List of Paranoia books

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A list of books for the Paranoia role-playing game, with their ISBN numbers.

Contents

First edition

TitleAuthor(s)Pub. DateISBNNotes
Paranoia Dan Gelber, Greg Costikyan, and Eric Goldberg 1984 ISBN   978-0-87431-025-2 First edition of the game. Consists of Player Handbook, Gamemaster Handbook, and Adventure Handbook with introductory adventure Destination: CBI Sector. Boxed set also includes two 10-sided dice.
Paranoia (Games Workshop)Dan Gelber, Greg Costikyan, and Eric Goldberg1986 ISBN   978-1-869893-01-9 A Games Workshop printing of the first edition. Contains all three books of the basic set in one hardcover volume, as well as the three short adventures (Robot Imana-665-C, The Trouble with Cockroaches and Das Bot: Nearly a Dozen Meters Beneath the Sea) from the first edition Gamemaster Screen .
Acute Paranoia Ken Rolston and various1986 ISBN   978-0-87431-034-4 Articles on supplementary rules and flavor material, including Sanity Tests, Playing Robots, New Secret societies and Better Living Through Chemistry. Contains the full-length adventure Me and My Shadow, Mark IV, mini-adventures Botbusters, Warriors of the Nightcycle and The Harder They Clone, and 8 short missions designated "Code 7": An ARD Day's Night, Reboot Camp, Whitewash, The Second Coming, Plumber's Helper, Miami Laser, Paranoid Clones in Savory Vulture Stew, and Outland-ISH. "Code 7" refers to a mission that takes Troubleshooters seven clones to finish; therefore, with a finite six clone family limit, they are suicide missions.
Clones in Space Erick Wujcik 1986 ISBN   978-0-87431-042-9 An adventure in which the player characters are sent into space by The Computer. The covers are not stapled to the rest of the book and may be used as a small gamemaster's screen (the reference tables for this adventure are printed on the inside covers).
Double Paranoia John M. Ford and Curtis Smith1986 ISBN   978-1-869893-03-3 Contains The YELLOW Clearance Black Box Blues and Vapours Don't Shoot Back (British spelling) reprinted in one volume by Games Workshop in the UK.
Gamemaster ScreenKen Rolston and Steve Gilbert1985Gamemaster's screen and three short adventures: Robot Imana-665-C, The Trouble with Cockroaches and Das Bot: Nearly a Dozen Meters Beneath the Sea. The player side of the screen contains reference tables for players.
HIL Sector Blues Ken Rolston1986 ISBN   978-0-87431-051-1 A campaign pack for playing and gamemastering Blue-clearance Internal Security troopers. Contains three short adventures: First Blood and Then Some, IntSec Agents at the Earth's Core, and One of Our Petbots Is Missing. Also includes "Cardstock Commies" (cardboard stand-up figures) and rules for using miniatures. The name of the supplement references Hill Street Blues. The covers are not stapled to the rest of the book and may be used as a small gamemaster's screen (new reference tables are printed on the inside covers).
Orcbusters Ken Rolston1986 ISBN   978-0-87431-050-4 An adventure in which an inter-dimensional portal causes a stereotypical fantasy roleplaying dungeon and its residents to appear in Alpha Complex. Dungeons & Dragons parody, takes place in the "DND sector". The covers are not stapled to the rest of the book and may be used as a small gamemaster's screen (the reference tables for this adventure are printed inside).
Send in the Clones Warren Spector and Allen Varney1985 ISBN   978-0-87431-033-7 An adventure in which the player characters track Commie traitors through the sewers while someone is singing treasonous old hit songs over the Alpha Complex public address system. The covers are not stapled to the rest of the book and may be used as a small gamemaster's screen (the reference tables for this adventure are printed inside).
Vapors Don't Shoot Back Curtis Smith1985 ISBN   978-0-87431-026-9 An adventure containing three missions in which the player characters attempt to carry out contradictory, incomprehensible, and usually lethal instructions from The Computer and a High Programmer. The covers are not stapled to the rest of the book and may be used as a small gamemaster's screen (the reference tables for this adventure are printed inside).
YELLOW Clearance Black Box Blues, The John M. Ford 1985 ISBN   978-0-87431-027-6 An adventure in which every secret society is after a black box of unknown content. Winner of the H.G. Wells Award for Best Role-playing Adventure of 1985. [1] Includes a two-page cardboard gamemaster's screen with reference tables for this adventure.

Second edition

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TitleAuthor(s)Pub. DateISBNNotes
Paranoia Second EditionDan Gebler, Greg Costikyan, Eric Goldberg, and Ken Rolston1987 ISBN   978-0-87431-063-4 Second edition of the game. Includes new introductory adventure Into the Outdoors with Gun and Camera. Boxed set also includes one 20-sided die.
Paranoia Second Edition (Games Workshop)Dan Gelber, Greg Costikyan, and Eric Goldberg1987The ISBN printed on the cover (1-869893-21-1) is invalidA Games Workshop printing of the second edition of the game. Same as the West End Games original, but hardcover.
Alice Through the MirrorshadesEd Bolme1989 ISBN   978-0-87431-154-9 First adventure in the "Vulture Warriors of Dimension X" arc. Crossover with Cyberpunk as the player characters travel back in time to pre-Alpha San Francisco. [rp 2] [rp 4]
Alpha ComplexitiesEd Bolme1988 ISBN   978-0-87431-080-1 An adventure that takes the player characters into the Outdoors hunting for invisible Commies.
At Your Service, Citizen...West End Games1992N/AA series of official Paranoia newsletters with articles by various authors. Five issues published from 1992 to 1993 in addition to the issue "zero" that appeared in The Paranoia Sourcebook.
Bot Abusers' Manual, The Ed Bolme1992 ISBN   978-0-87431-164-8 Revised rules for bot player characters (updates those in Acute Paranoia for ReBoot Alpha). Also contains the adventure Been Hurt: A Sporting Adventure for Mostly Bots. [rp 3]
Compleat Troubleshooter, TheSteven Gilbert and Doug Kaufman1987 ISBN   978-0-87431-018-4 Introduces Mandatory Bonus Duties for Troubleshooters. Included with the 2nd edition boxed set.
Computer Always Shoots Twice, TheKen Rolston, Warren Spector and Allen Varney1988 ISBN   978-0-87431-087-0 Consists of Send in the Clones and Orcbusters updated for second edition.
Crash Course ManualDoug Kaufman and Jonatha Caspian1989 ISBN   978-0-87431-153-2 The Post-MegaWhoops (crash of The Computer) campaign setting. Includes introductory adventure A Passage to NDA Sector by Ed Bolme and Peter Corless. [rp 2]
Death, Lies and VidtapeAllen Varney1990 ISBN   978-0-87431-159-4 The final "Secret Society Wars" adventure, in which Elizabeth-R is trying to bring the secret societies together to form a government in Post-MegaWhoops Alpha. [rp 1] [rp 2]
DOA Sector Travelogue, The Steve Gilbert1989 ISBN   978-0-87431-078-8 A campaign pack detailing the DOA sector of Alpha Complex. Contains some background for the "Secret Society Wars". Includes a poster-sized map of DOA sector. [rp 1]
Don't Take Your Laser to Town Malcom Mouvis and Vern G. Hargett1988 ISBN   978-0-87431-104-4 An adventure set in old WST sector, an Alpha Complex re-creation of the American Old West (based on movie clichés) for amusement of citizens.
Form Pack Steven Gilbert1988 ISBN   978-0-87431-079-5 Contains multiple copies of three Alpha Complex forms in triplicate, and a short bureaucratic adventure, A Hole in The Complex, which revolves around filling and filing these forms.
Gamma-LOTGrant Boucher1990 ISBN   978-0-87431-158-7 An adventure in which a part of medieval England has been teleported to the LOT sector of Post-MegaWhoops Alpha. A sequel to Orcbusters. Contains parody of King Arthur, Knights of the Round Table and Robin Hood. [rp 2]
Iceman Returneth, The Sam Shirley1989 ISBN   978-0-87431-152-5 An adventure featuring a frozen High Programmer from the past, who tries to "fix" The Computer. Includes one possible explanation for The Crash, which also forms the basis for Alice Through the Mirrorshades. Part 3 of the "Secret Society Wars". [rp 1]
Mad MechsPaul Murphy1991 ISBN   978-0-87431-160-0 An adventure featuring the return of The Computer after the Crash, and in which the player characters are sent to Australia to bring back a former Commie mutant traitor in order to save Alpha Complex. A parody of Mad Max. [rp 2] [rp 3]
More Songs About Food Vats Karl Hughes1989 ISBN   978-0-87431-151-8 An adventure in which the player characters are assigned to prevent sabotage to the Food Vats. Part 2 of the "Secret Society Wars". [rp 1]
ParamilitaryDave Lemon1993 ISBN   978-0-87431-167-9 A campaign setting for player characters in the Armed Forces of ReBoot Alpha. [rp 3]
Paranoia Excessory Pack West End Games1987 ISBN   978-0-87431-064-1 Contains a gamemaster's screen for the 2nd edition rules, 12 character sheets, 9 forms in triplicate (three different forms with three copies of each), and "Cardstock Commies" (cardboard stand-up figures). The player side of the screen contains reference tables for players and lyrics for "Alpha Complex Battle Hymn" (a parody of The Battle Hymn of the Republic).
Paranoia Sourcebook, The Ed Bolme1992 ISBN   978-0-87431-163-1 Campaign setting and sourcebook "update" for the world of ReBoot Alpha (where The Computer has returned but does not control all of the pre-MegaWhoops Alpha Complex). Includes Emergency Services Manual and issue "zero" of the Paranoia newsletter At Your Service, Citizen.... [rp 3]
Paranormal / CTVEd Gibson, Charles Ginsburg, Brian Schomburg, Jesse Van Valkenburg, and Bill Olmesdahl1994 ISBN   978-0-87431-169-3 An adventure flip-book. Contains three short adventures in the world of TV and two short adventures in the world of the paranormal.
People's Glorious Revolutionary Adventure, The Ed Bolme1989 ISBN   978-0-87431-150-1 An adventure in which the player characters are Commies in the CCCP (Communist Controlled Complex Population), under supervision of Tovarich Computer. Part 1 of the "Secret Society Wars". [rp 1]
R&D Catalog, TheEd Bolme and C. J. Tramontana1990 ISBN   978-0-87431-157-0 A catalog of items sold by R&D in the Computer-less Post-MegaWhoops Alpha. Includes the mini-adventure Have Gizmo, Will Travel. [rp 2]
Recycled PackWest End Games1989N/AContains multiple forms in triplicate, "Cardstock Commies" (cardboard stand-up figures), and a selection of 56 plastic miniatures. The contents of each pack are different.
Twilightcycle: 2000 Sam Shirley1990 ISBN   978-0-87431-155-6 "Vulture Warriors of Dimension X", part 2. Crossover with Twilight 2000 as the player characters travel back in time to World War III. [rp 2] [rp 4]
Vulture Warriors of Dimension XJoseph Anthony and David Avallone1990 ISBN   978-0-87431-156-3 Time-travelling campaign pack, including the adventure Dr. Whom and the Paranoids of Alpha ("Vulture Warriors of Dimension X", part 3). A parody of Doctor Who. [rp 2] [rp 4]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Part of the "Secret Society Wars" arc.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Part of "The Crash" arc, also called the "MegaWhoops".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Part of the "ReBoot Alpha" arc.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Part of the "Vulture Warriors of Dimension X" arc.

Fifth edition

TitleAuthor(s)Pub. DateISBNNotes
Paranoia: the Fifth Edition Ed Stark, Greg Farshtey, and Daniel Scott Palter1995 ISBN   978-0-87431-171-6 Main rulebook of the "Fifth Edition". Contains new introductory adventure Back from the Outdoors, which is a sequel to the 2nd edition adventure Into the Outdoors with Gun and Camera.
Creatures of the Nightcycle Jennifer Brandes and Chris Hepler1997 ISBN   978-0-87431-172-3 An adventure spoofing Vampire: The Masquerade. The player characters are turned into "vampclones".
BUG SectorChris Helper and Jennifer BrandesN/AN/AAn unreleased adventure. The manuscript has been leaked on the Internet.

Paranoia XP

TitleAuthor(s)Pub. DateISBNNotes
Paranoia XPAllen Varney and various2004 ISBN   978-1-904854-26-5 Main rulebook of the "Paranoia XP" edition. Reprinted in 2005 with errata as Paranoia XP Service Pack 1. "XP" dropped from later printings, making the final title of this edition just Paranoia. Contains the new introductory mission Mr. Bubbles by Dan Curtis Johnson.
Alpha Complex NightsGareth Hanrahan2007 ISBN   978-1-906103-06-4 Three missions: My First Treason, Sweep of Unhistory, and Spin Control.
Alpha Complex Nights 2Gareth Hanrahan2008 ISBN   978-1-906103-80-4 Two missions: Viva La Revolution! and The Communist Cafeteria Conspiracy.
Big Book of Bots, TheGareth Hanrahan2008 ISBN   978-1-906103-60-6 A sourcebook on bots in Alpha Complex, including rules for bot characters. Includes a Mission Unthinkable, an adventure for bot characters.
Citizen's Guide to Surviving Alpha ComplexMongoose Publishing2009N/AA condensed version of the basic rules and Alpha Complex background, and the introductory mission Tube Jam.
Crash Priority!Traitor Recycling Studio2004 ISBN   978-1-904854-35-7 Five short missions showcasing the different styles of play introduced in Paranoia XP: Stealth Train (Straight), Traitor Backup (Straight), Patch Job (Straight/Classic), Random Access Mission (Classic), and Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk (Zap). The Zap-mission Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk takes inspiration from The Three Stooges.
Criminal HistoriesBill O'Dea and the Traitor Recycling Studio2006 ISBN   978-1-905176-80-9 Supplemental rules for character background generation. The new rules replace the chapter on character creation in the main rulebook, and include the optional additions from Service, Service! and The Mutant Experience. Also includes Prehistory Pachinko, a set of over 50 tables for random background generation.
Extreme ParanoiaTraitor Recycling Studio2005 ISBN   978-1-905176-24-3 Supplemental rules for characters of security clearances higher than Red. After an introduction to security clearances in Paranoia, there is a section on each security clearance from Orange through Indigo. The Blue section contains a condensed and updated version of HIL Sector Blues, including two short missions.
FlashbacksVarious2005 ISBN   978-1-904854-40-1 Updated versions of the adventures Robot Imana 665-C, The Trouble with Cockroaches, Das Bot, Vapors Don't Shoot Back, The YELLOW Clearance Black Box Blues, Send in the Clones, Me and My Shadow Mark 4, Alpha Complexities, An ARD Day's Night, Reboot Camp, Whitewash, and the new introductory mission Pre-Paranoia by Jeff Groves. Updates to old missions include removal of puns from character names, but the original names are given in an appendix.
Flashbacks IIVarious2007 ISBN   978-1-905850-04-4 Updated versions of the adventures Orcbusters, Clones in Space, and The People's Glorious Revolutionary Adventure. Does not include the original pre-generated player characters of any mission.
Gamemaster's Screen & Mandatory Fun Enforcement PackAaron Allston, Allen Varney and members of Paranoia-Live.net2004 ISBN   978-1-904854-49-4 A gamemaster's screen and the Mandatory Fun Enforcement Pack, which includes 6 forms and "Mission Blender" tables for generating random missions. The player side of the screen contains humorous one-liners ("fortune cookies") about the game.
Little RED Book, TheAllen Varney2006 ISBN   978-1-905471-56-0 Abridged core rules containing just the information cleared for players (designated "RED clearance" in Paranoia materials; hence the title).
Mandatory Mission PackGareth Hanrahan2008 ISBN   978-1-906103-81-1 Gamemaster ideas and aids for constructing Paranoia missions.
Mutant Experience, TheR. Eric Reuss2005 ISBN   978-1-904854-65-4 A sourcebook on mutants in Alpha Complex. Introduces new mutant powers and elaborates on the ones described in the main rules. Also includes rules for mutagens and medications affecting mutant powers.
Sector ZeroGareth Hanrahan, Saul Resnikoff, and Jeff Groves2006 ISBN   978-1-905471-52-2 Contains three Classic-style "Sector Zero" missions: Bubblegum Run, The Dinner Party, and Lightning Rod. The term "Sector Zero" is introduced as jargon for punishment duty, or a dispiriting assignment nobody else wanted.
Service, Service!Traitor Recycling Studio2005 ISBN   978-1-905176-72-4 A sourcebook on the service groups and service firms of Alpha Complex. Contains eight Classic-style missions, one for each service group: Spurious Targets (Armed Forces), The Lightbulb Missions (CPU), Rockumentary (HPD&MC), Nightcycle Shift (Internal Security), Going Postal (PLC), Both Sides Now (Power Services), Troublebots (R&D), and Three Up, Three Down (Technical Services).
STUFFEric Minton and the Traitor Recycling Studio2005 ISBN   978-1-904854-86-9 A sourcebook of equipment available for purchase in Alpha Complex, presented for players in the form of "CBay" listings with comments from "other buyers".
STUFF 2: The Gray SubnetsEric Minton and the Traitor Recycling Studio2007 ISBN   978-1-906508-16-6 A sourcebook of (mostly) illegal/treasonous equipment, presented for players in the form of "CBay" listings with comments from "other buyers". The gamemaster's section lists the "real" properties of the same items.
Sweep of Unhistory / My First TreasonGareth Hanrahan2007 ISBN   978-1-906103-04-0 A flip-book containing the adventures Sweep of Unhistory and My First Treason. The adventures were re-published in Alpha Complex Nights together with Spin Control.
Thin Green Line, TheGareth Hanrahan2008 ISBN   978-1-906103-76-7 A sourcebook on running missions for player characters in the Armed Forces. Includes One Man Army, a short mission for Armed Forces characters.
Traitor's Manual, TheGareth Hanrahan2004 ISBN   978-1-904854-27-2 A sourcebook on secret societies, detailing all 16 secret societies presented in the main rulebook of this edition. Includes the short Classic-style mission Down and Out in Alpha Complex.
Underplex, ThePaul Baldowski2006 ISBN   978-1-905471-13-3 A sourcebook on the abandoned and forgotten parts beneath and between the populated sectors of Alpha Complex. Includes the short Classic-style mission The One.
War on [Insert Noun]Gareth Hanrahan2009 ISBN   978-1-905850-60-0 Three linked missions: Null Mission, War on [Insert Noun Here], and Heck of a (Screw) Job Citizen. In these missions the player characters are assigned to an entirely new service group, "Department of Complex Operational Defence".
WMDTraitor Recyclying Studio2005 ISBN   978-1-905176-14-4 Four Straight-style missions: Infohazard, Hunger, WMD, and Hot Potato. Hunger is based on The Great Leap Forward of the People's Republic of China, and places the player characters in charge of a new "miraculous" method of food production.

25th Anniversary Edition

TitleAuthor(s)Pub. DateISBNNotes
Paranoia: TroubleshootersAllen Varney and Gareth Hanrahan2009 ISBN   978-1-906508-55-5 Self-contained rulebook for Paranoia games involving Troubleshooter player characters. Includes two missions: Robot Imana-665-C (from the 1st edition Gamemaster Screen supplement), and The Quantum Traitor (new).
Paranoia: Troubleshooters: Black MissionsAllen Varney and Gareth Hanrahan2009 ISBN   978-1-906508-62-3 A limited edition (1,000 copies) of Paranoia: Troubleshooters, featuring a black cover and including a CD-ROM with interviews of Paranoia authors, a selection of Paranoia sound effects, a Paranoia screensaver for Microsoft Windows, and PDF versions of most supplements published for the previous edition (Paranoia XP).
Paranoia: High ProgrammersGareth Hanrahan2010 ISBN   978-1-907218-09-5 Self-contained rulebook for Paranoia games with Ultraviolet-clearance High Programmers as player characters. Includes the mission Disaster Management.
Paranoia: High Programmers: White WashesGareth Hanrahan2010N/AA limited edition (100 copies) of Paranoia: High Programmers, featuring a white cover in the same style as Troubleshooters: Black Missions.
Paranoia: Internal SecurityGareth Hanrahan2009 ISBN   978-1-906508-69-2 Self-contained rulebook for Paranoia games with Internal Security Troopers as player characters. Includes two short introductory missions: Six Clones Before Breakfastcycle (new), and IntSec Agents at the Earth's Core (from HIL Sector Blues, but tweaked).
Paranoia: Internal Security: Blue LineGareth Hanrahan2009N/AA limited edition (100 copies) of Paranoia: Internal Security, featuring a blue cover in the same style as Troubleshooters: Black Missions.
Flashbacks ReduxVarious2011 ISBN   978-1-907702-09-9 Updated reprint of the Mandatory Mission Pack and the following adventures for Troubleshooter player characters: Clones in Space, Orcbusters, My First Treason, Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues, Me and My Shadow Mark IV, Pre-Paranoia, Vapours Don't Shoot Back, and the short "Code 7" missions from Acute Paranoia.
Flashbacks Redux ReduxVarious2011 ISBN   978-1-907702-33-4 Updated reprints of the following adventures for Troubleshooter player characters: Spin Control, Citizens' Guide to Surviving Alpha Complex, My First Treason, Sweep of Unhistory, The Communist Cafeteria Conspiracy, Viva la Revolution!, and The Peoples' Glorious Revolutionary Adventure.
Flashbacks Redux Redux - Materials Treacherously DeletedVarious2012N/AContains The Great Outdoors—a sourcebook for adventuring outside Alpha Complex—as well as reprints of the following adventures for Troubleshooter player characters: Alpha Complexities, Das Bot, Send in the Clones, and The Trouble with Cockroaches. The adventures were supposed to appear in Flashbacks Redux Redux but were accidentally left out; this supplement was offered to customers as recompense.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Termination BoothGareth Hanrahan2010 ISBN   978-1-907218-17-0 A mission for Troubleshooter player characters, who are ordered to escort a noted traitor to his public execution. The cover incorrectly states that the adventure is "for use with Internal Security", even though the adventure is for Paranoia: Troubleshooters.
Mr. Bubbles Dan Curtis Johnson 2010 ISBN   978-1-907218-41-5 A mission for Troubleshooter player characters, involving trouble with e-mail spam, scrubbots and malware. Originally published in Paranoia XP as the introductory mission.
None of This Is My FaultGareth Hanrahan2010 ISBN   978-1-907218-22-4 Two missions and a minigame for High Programmer player characters: Joy in the Morningcycle where the player characters fight over the services of a famous chef, The Iceman Returneth (Again) in which a member of the Computer's original support staff is found cryogenically frozen (a remake of the 2nd edition The Iceman Returneth from a High Programmer perspective), and the minigame When Things Were Interesting in which each player character manages their own FunBall team.
Paranoia Forms PackGareth Hanrahan2009 ISBN   978-1-906508-85-2 A collection of Alpha Complex forms. Includes 9 generic forms, 6 forms for Troubleshooters, 6 forms for Internal Security, and 3 forms for High Programmers. Unlike the 2nd edition Form Pack, the forms are presented as a book, not as actual forms in triplicate.
Paranoia Games Master's ScreenGareth Hanrahan2010 ISBN   978-1-906508-67-8 A game master's screen for Troubleshooters, Internal Security, and High Programmers.
Termination Quota ExceededGareth Hanrahan2009 ISBN   978-1-906508-71-5 Three missions for Paranoia: Internal Security: Where's the Beef about the theft of a genetically engineered organism, The Survivor, in which a team of Troopers ends up in an isolated town inspired by The Prisoner, and Termination Quota Exceeded, in which a large number of termination vouchers must be used before they expire in a matter of hours.
Treason in Word and DeedGareth Hanrahan2009 ISBN   978-1-906508-70-8 Three missions for Paranoia: Troubleshooters: Treason in Word and Deed, in which a team of Troubleshooter characters is locked in a vault for 72 hours of loyalty tests, Heroes of Our Complex, in which a vid-show action hero is assigned to a series of suicide missions along with the player characters, and Little Lost Scoutbot, in which the Troubleshooters are sent outdoors to find a missing bot or its remains.

Red Clearance Edition

TitleAuthor(s)Pub. DateISBNNotes
Paranoia - Red Clearance Starter SetJames Wallis, Grant Howitt, Paul Dean2017 ISBN   978-1-908460-64-6 Core set required to play the Red Clearance Edition. Includes Player's Handbook, Gamesmaster's Handbook, Mission Book with three missions, 110 playing cards, and character cards
Implausible DeniabilityGareth Hanrahan2017 ISBN   978-1-908460-72-1 A mission in which the players investigate food vats
Yellow Clearance Black Box Blues (Remastered)John M. Ford2017 ISBN   978-1-908460-71-4 An updated version of the classic 1st edition adventure
Acute PARANOIAW J MacGuffin, Amanda Cherry, Greg Ingber, Dan Curtis Johnson, Ed Turner2019 ISBN   978-1-908460-79-0 A self-described "massive upgrade" featuring bot troubleshooters, health insurance, insanity bingo cards, the outdoors, the underplex, and more. Includes the Troubleshooter's Survival Guide, Gamesmaster's Despotic Powers Book, Mission Book 2.0, Bot Character Cards, Mental Disorder Bingo Cards, and a new deck of cards with a variety of new equipment, mutant powers, and more.
Truth or DareGreg Ingber2019 ISBN   978-1-908460-82-0 An adventure in which players go undercover to infiltrate the Death Leopard secret society
Project Infinite HoleW J MacGuffin, Jason Brick, Keith Garrett, Lara Turner, Jamie Brewer, Eran Aviram, Stephen Whitehead2021 ISBN   978-1913076269 An expansion launched on Kickstarter in March 2020, focussing on R&D [2]

Paranoia Perfect Edition

TitleAuthor(s)Pub. DateISBNNotes
Paranoia Core Book, TheWJ MacGuffin, Keith Garrett2023 ISBN   978-1-913076-92-4 The core rule book for Paranoia Perfect Edition.
Paranoia 404 CompendiumWJ MacGuffin, Keith Garrett, Greg Ingber2023 ISBN   978-1-916675-15-5 A compendium containing generic NPCs, mission complications, secret society flyers, a character-generation mini-game, and more.
Paranoia Brave New MissionsWJ MacGuffin, Keith Garrett, Greg Ingber2023 ISBN   978-1-916675-07-0 A mission book with five playable missions for Paranoia Perfect Edition including Certifiable, In The Clouds, Meet'n'Greet, Stealth Train Redux, and Viva VEG Sector.
The Paranoia Accomplice BookWJ MacGuffin, Keith Garrett, Greg Ingber2023 ISBN   978-1-913076-93-1 An additions guide with information on using rules from older editions, ways of creating your own missions, Alpha Complex celebrities (such as Teela-O-MLY), customizable rules, and more.
Paranoia Gamemaster's ScreenWJ MacGuffin, Keith Garrett2023 ISBN   978-1-913076-93-1 A game master's screen for Paranoia Perfect Edition that includes charts and tables for various mechanics.

Other Game Products

TitleAuthor(s)Pub. DateISBNNotes
Paranoia: The Mandatory Card Game Steve Gilbert2005N/AA card game for 3 to 8 players. Won Gamer's Choice Best Traditional Card Game of the Year, 2005 Origins Awards [3]

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