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Paranoia

Science fiction tabletop role-playing game
Creative Work Tabletop Role Playing Game Q1042398

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12 properties
Instance of
tabletop role-playing game, tabletop role-playing game family[2]
Award received
Origins Awards[1]
Genre
tabletop role-playing game[3]
Language of work or name
English[9]
Publication date
1984[11]
Collection
The Finnish Museum of Games collection of TTRPGs[4]
Copyright status
copyrighted[22]
Country of origin
United States[10]
Designed by
Dan Gelber, Greg Costikyan, Eric Goldberg, Ken Rolston[5][6][7][8]
Game mechanics
custom role-playing game system, progression tree[20][21]
Has version, edition or translation
Paranoia (Finnish edition), Paranoia (1st edition), Paranoia (2nd edition), Paranoia "Fifth" Edition, Paranoia XP, Paranoia 25th Anniversary edition, Paranoia RED Clearance edition[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Title
Paranoia[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alpha complex en Paranoia en paranoia:Happiness is Mandatory en Paranoia (Paranoia - the RPG) fr Complexe Alpha fr Paranoïa fr Paranoia XP ja パラノイア zh 偏執狂：幸福是義務的 zh 妄想症
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh96009116
Archive of Our Own tag
Paranoia (Roleplaying Game)
Booru tag
paranoia_(rpg)
Curlie ID
Games/Roleplaying/Genres/Science_Fiction/Paranoia
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
paranoia_game
Freebase ID
/m/018rqc
J9U entity ID
987007563765005171
Open Library ID
OL8876479W
RPGGeek ID
rpgitem/44031
Subreddit
ParanoiaRPG
Topic's main category
Category:Paranoia (role-playing game)

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Designed by 2
Greg Costikyan, Ken Rolston
Award received 1
Origins Awards
Country of origin 1
United States
Genre 1
tabletop role-playing game
Instance of 1
tabletop role-playing game
Language of work or name 1
English
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Greg Costikyan United States

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Language of work or name → English
    Game mechanics → custom role-playing game system, progression tree
    Instance of → tabletop role-playing game, tabletop role-playing game family
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007563765005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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