| Bureau 13 Stalking the Night Fantastic |
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| Designer | Richard Tucholka |
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| Publisher | Tri Tac Games |
| Publication date | 1983 (1st edition) 1984 (2nd edition) 1990 (3rd edition)' 1992 (4th edition)' 2007 (5th special edition) |
| Genre(s) | Horror |
| System | Custom |
Bureau 13 is a fictional a top-secret government agency in the role-playing game (RPG) Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic which investigates and combats supernatural events; their motto is "Protecting America from Everything". A "game designer" is a person who designs Video games or one who designs traditional games such as Board games Video Games Designer A video game designer Richard Tucholka (born February 9, 1954) is a writer game designer and publisher best known for his work in the creation of the Role-playing game A video game publisher is a company that publishes Video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a Video game developer Tri Tac Games is a publisher of Role-playing games based in Pontiac Michigan. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. Stalking the Night Fantastic is a horror game released by Tri Tac Games in 1983. Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Tri Tac Games is a publisher of Role-playing games based in Pontiac Michigan. see also 1982 in games, 1984 in games This page lists board and Card games Wargames miniatures games In 1991 Bureau 13 won the Gamers Choice Award at Gencon for best Fantasy Game. In 2008 a new d20 Modern edition was released. Bureau 13 has a definite tongue in cheek attitude that is emphasized by both the background stories and the illustrations. Tongue-in-cheek is a term used to refer to humor in which a statement or an entire fictional work is not meant to be taken seriously but its lack of seriousness is subtle
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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. Nick Pollotta is an American Science Fiction and Fantasy author A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story
- The Russian language editions were published by Armada Press of Moscow in 1994.
- An extended version of the trilogy was published by Wildside Press in 2003, along with a fourth novel, Damned Nation. Wildside Press is an independent Publishing company located in Maryland, USA.
- The Bureau 13 Sourcebook was planned, but never released by Wildside Press.
- Damned Nation was released in 2007 by ATS Press, Moscow.
Nick Pollota and Richard Tucholka have since terminated their business collaboration.
Videogame
GameTek published in 1995 an adventure game game named from the role-playing game. GameTek was a computer game and video game publisher based out of North Miami Beach Florida well known for publishing video game adaptations for Game shows during An adventure game is a type of Video game characterized by investigation exploration puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters and a focus on Narrative
Trivia
- A secret organization named "Bureau 13" is mentioned in the Babylon 5 episode "A Spider in the Web". Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J " A Spider in the Web " is an episode from the second season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. When J. Michael Strackzinski heard about the game, he promised never to use the name again. [1]
- 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.
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