Bureau 13

Bureau 13

Infobox RPG
title= Bureau 13
subtitle=Stalking the Night Fantastic


caption= 3rd edition cover
designer= Richard Tucholka
publisher= Tri Tac Games
date= 1983 "(1st edition)"
1984 "(2nd edition)"
1990 "(3rd edition)'
1992 "(4th edition)'
2007 "(5th special edition)
2008 "(6th d20 Edition)'|genre= Horror
system= Custom
footnotes=

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 Every"thing". "Stalking the Night Fantastic" is a horror game released by Tri Tac Games in 1983. 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.

pinoffs

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 was published by Wildside Press in 2003, along with a fourth novel, "Damned Nation".
*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.

Trivia

* A secret organization named "Bureau 13" is mentioned in the Babylon 5 episode "A Spider in the Web". When J. Michael Strackzinski heard about the game, he promised never to use the name again. [http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/guide/028.html]
* 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.

ee also

* Vector 13
* Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense
* Men in Black
* Special Unit 2

External links

* [http://www.Bureau-13.com "Bureau 13" fan club]
* [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bureau-13/ Yahoo group]
* [http://a.webring.com/hub?ring=bureau13 Webring]
* [http://www.NickPollotta.com Nick Pollotta Home Page]
* [http://www.TriTacGames.com Tri Tac Games]


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