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Welcome to the best kept secrets in gaming. News of these games have been spread by word of mouth to a very few. Now you have a chance to play them too.

Bureau 13 has over 20 published supplements and support material, but only 3 have been carried nationally. The internet offers an inexpensive avenue to bring this information to you. Spread the word.

The TTS game system was the first truly universal game system (predating GURPS by quite a few years). With it a GM could play High Fantasy or High Flight. The gamebooks were written with flexibility in mind and actually expected the GM to have enough intelligence to use the rules with common sense. It was widely praised for its realistic system. The players could have confidence that if an action made sense, it could be accomplished. Firefights were quick and lethal. Heroic play was encouraged.

So if you have never played any of the TTS games (Bureau 13 - the first modern day supernatural RPG, Fringeworthy - the first interdimensional RPG, Incursion - the first alien abduction RPG, or FTL 2448) you owe yourself a treat. Try to find it at your local game store, but you can order any of them directly from Outpost Games or Tri Tac Systems.

Outpost Games has been authorized to produce a new version of Bureau 13 and Fringeworthy. This will result in the following changes:

The game system will be separated as much as possible from the actual game world. It will be "realistic" in that you (the player) should be able to do what you think you should be able to do. It will include basic character generation (attributes & skills), weapons, vehicles, magic, psionic, and all situation resolution. My current estimates are that the system will run 100 pages with the preponderance being descriptions rather than rules. Options for easier and more detailed play will be clearly marked. The GM merely decided how much detail he or she wants in each area of resolution.
This will be released with Bureau 13. This new version will be set in the near future. All information in the Lost Files, some Terror Watch articles, and the current Bureau 13 manual will be carried through and expanded to the setting year. It will include expanded information on Bureau 13 training, resources available to the teams, various types of play (investigative, assault, cleanup, roving or regional, etc). The enemies of the Bureau will be fleshed out and the scope of their threat clearly marked. Extensive instruction on the use of the Kirilean Detector as well as other equipment will be provided. Layouts of the Colorado Training Base, Catskills, and other bases will be provided as well as their rules of operation. The Bureau rules of engagement will be listed as well as a cascading set of guidelines for agents in the fields. This book should be the same size as the current edition and will include about 100 pages of completely new material. Also included will be a new competing supernatural elimination organization whose history intertwines with the Bureau in a most surprising way.
Following this is the new release of Fringeworthy 2016. This will include all material previously published in Infinite Crossroads, greatly expanded, as well as improved world and species generation, expanded Tehrmelern technology and expanded campaign and exploration instruction.

Information on the actual dates of publication are not currently available. Estimated is sometime in 2001.

Due to a distributor discount the price on the Bureau 13 CD-Rom has dropped from $49.95 to $19.95. Get your copy of this excellent game. Order

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