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I have to find a local group that plays Paranoia.

Anyone here played Paranoia (see here for more details) role-playing game? Some of those think tanks defend such unbelievable ideals that they remind me of the good old secret societies in the game!

Good news:

""Aeon Flux" is currently casting."

Bad News:
Hollywood is making "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Interesting prospect:

Paramount is working on a film called Paranoia.

Naaah, that'd actually be a cool movie. I am, of course, hoping the parent's Martha Stewart joke is speculation. If they do a Martha movie I hope they get Ana Gasteyer to play Martha :_)

I recently forked over $75 for a set of the original first edition Paranoia because our local gaming group was getting way too obsessed with their stats and game mechanics. The ensuing pandemonium and infighting didn't solve the problem, but at least it entertains the game master, which is the point of it all, right?

I'm especially happy to hear that the new edition won't be using d20. I've been using Active Exploits, a free, diceless game system, and it has worked very well for keeping the game fast and simple -- an essential for Paranoia.

There are also some excellent resources for individuals who want to play Paranoia online; Paranoia-RPG is probably the best place to start.

And, finally, if Paranoia tickles your fancy and you want to try a different comic genre, check out Atlas Games' Over the Edge, a lightweight conspiracy game that makes Fox Mulders' wildest guesses seem tame.

Paranoia! is still being played on the net, thanks to a nifty little Java program named (oddly enough) JParanoia.

You can look for games/players that use JParanoia on paranoia-live.net or paranoia-rpg.com

(Paranoia-Live.net being the better of the two sites.)