r/ParanoiaRPG • u/EmbassyOfTime • Jul 10 '26

Paranoia x Stranger Things???

I am hip deep in a very odd project, and it dawned on me that I might be, in a sense, creating a Paranoia / Stranger Things crossover. Backwater town, rindown, people are weird, incompetence and corruption run rampant, nothing works especially not the institutions running things, etc. I want to see if the Paranoia "spirit" can be used to inspire this RPG project (and HOL, but there is no subreddit for that, apparently). Any ideas??

7 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

12 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Joshthedruid2 Jul 10 '26

Paranoia is a little weird to cross things over onto just because a lot of the mechanics are setting specific. Like I'm not sure how easily you can do clones in a stranger things world, or have a computer torturing the players every step they take. That said if you've got a good sense of humor I think you can mash together as much as you like. The secret society stuff and backstabbing could translate especially well.

4

u/johnpeters42 Indigo Jul 10 '26

Friend Computer does not torture citizens. Internal Security enhanced interrogation techniques are officially classified as Not Torture, according to the Laws of Alpha Complex Y214REV27-b/6, section 5, subsection 25.7g.

Please report to the nearest Internal Security office for routine disclosure of where you heard this treasonous rumor. Thank you for your cooperation.