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= Paranoia: The Toothpaste Disaster =

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This is the home page of a [http://www.20by20room.com/2003/11/lexicon_an_rpg.html Lexicon] game in Alpha Complex, the setting of the classic '''PARANOIA''' paper-and-dice roleplaying game. In this satirical science-fiction game, a cross between Aldous Huxley and the Marx Brothers, Alpha Complex is an underground city of the future ruled by an insane Computer. Originally published by West End Games in 1984, '''PARANOIA''' returned to print in August 2004 from [http://www.mongoosepublishing.com Mongoose Publishing] (Swindon, UK). The new edition was written mainly by longtime paranoiac [http://www.allenvarney.com Allen Varney], with considerable help from Famous Game Designer [http://www.AaronAllston.com Aaron Allston] and many others, under the supervision of '''PARANOIA''' co-designer [http://www.costik.com Greg Costikyan].

Designed by [http://www.respectstartstomorrow.com/oceanwiki/NeelKrishnaswami Neel Krishnaswami], a '''Lexicon''' game is a set of glossary entries written collaboratively by all players in a WikiWikiWeb, a collection of editable Web pages. Each turn covers a specified letter(s) of the glossary; players write entries beginning with that letter. Starting in early April, 2004, this game covered two letters per turn, running turns twice a week, and concluded on May 13.

In the standard '''PARANOIA''' RPG, players become lowly Troubleshooters in service to The Computer. In this Lexicon game the players were nothing less than illustrious High Programmers who administered entire sectors of Alpha Complex. Last year the Toothpaste Disaster hit these Programmers' sectors. Fascinated high-clearance citizens across Alpha Complex sought to know more about this notorious event. The Computer created a fact-finding panel to investigate the origins, determine the causes, and implicate the traitors involved in this chaotic, mysterious, and wide-ranging disaster.

Together these High Programmers prepared an alphabetical encyclopedia and glossary, Clearance ULTRAVIOLET, which the head of Internal Security respectfully and blindly forwarded to The Computer. Sounds like routine administration? No, this is '''PARANOIA''' -- there were many fatalities, widespread acts of treason, and a few sectors apparently got engulfed in miniature black holes. Clearly lexicography in Alpha Complex is dangerous work.

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  * HighProgrammerBiographies and RealWorldPlayers
  * LexiconSchedule
  * [http://paranoia.allenvarney.com/index.cgi/WikiRandomLexiconPage List of entries]
  * ["Speculative Ongoing Subjective Timeline of Events"]
  * ["Final Reports"] of the High Programmers - well, some of them, at any rate.
  * LexiconDiscussionPage to talk about the game
  * A discussion of a possible NextVersion of this game
  * The OriginalPitch made to recruit players
  * [http://www.20by20room.com/2003/11/lexicon_an_rpg.html Lexicon rules]
  * A [http://www.respectstartstomorrow.com/oceanwiki/LexiconOfTheSecondAge completed Lexicon game] written for a NOBILIS roleplaying campaign
  * [http://www.costik.com/paranoia Paranoia blog]
  * [http://www.paranoia-live.net Paranoia-Live.net], a fine introduction to '''PARANOIA''' with an active forum of longtime fans
  * [http://www.allenvarney.com Home page of Allen Varney, the game's host]
  * Questions or comments? Contact me at allenvarney (at) gmail (dot) com.

Here is an entry chosen at random:
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