Bureau 13
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| Designer(s) | Richard Tucholka |
| Publisher(s) | Tri Tac Games |
| Publication date | 1983 (1st edition) 1984 (2nd edition) 1990 (3rd edition)'' 1992 (4th edition)' 2007 (5th special edition)' 2008 (6th d20 Edition)' |
| Genre(s) | Horror |
| System(s) | Custom |
Bureau 13 is a fictional top-secret government agency featured in the role-playing game (RPG) Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic which investigates and combats supernatural events. The Bureau's motto is "Protecting America from Everything".
Stalking the Night Fantastic is a Bureau 13 horror game released by Tri Tac Games in 1983.
In 1991 the Bureau 13 series won the Gamers Choice Award at Gencon for best Fantasy Game. In 2008 a new d20 Modern edition was released. The series has a definite tongue in cheek attitude that is emphasized by both the background stories and the illustrations.
A secret organization named "Bureau 13" is mentioned in the Babylon 5 episode "A Spider in the Web". However, when J. Michael Straczynski heard about the game, he promised never to use the name again.[1]
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[edit] Spinoffs
Nick Pollotta has published five novels set in the Bureau 13 universe:
- The original trilogy, "Bureau 13", "Doomsday Exam" and "Full Moonster" were published by Ace Books in 1990.
- The Russian language editions were published by Armada Press of Moscow in 1994.
- An extended version of the trilogy and a fourth novel - " Damned Nation" were published by Wildside Press in 2003.
- "Bureau 13 Sourcebook" was planned but never released by Wildside Press.
- "Damned Nation" was released in 2007 by ATS Press in Moscow.
- A role-playing game called Era Vodoleya (Age of Aquarius) was published in Russia; it contains several references to Bureau 13. The game's protagonists, the Institution for Applied Exophysics, are actually a Russian counterpart to Bureau 13.
[edit] Videogame
GameTek published an adventure game game named from the role-playing game in 1995.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Dave Zimmerman. "The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5: A Spider in the Web". http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/028.html. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "GameFAQ's". http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/564638-bureau-13/data. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
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