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Building Bonds, Testing Trust, and Sandbaggers – oh my! Part 2

Posted by Runeslinger on March 14, 2026 · Leave a Comment

This is the second in what might become a series which uses the episodes of a beloved cold war spy series called The Sandbaggers to dig into the genre from an RPG perspective and specific mechanisms from RPGs such as Delta Green and World War Cthulhu.

Filed under Preparation and Preparedness, The Blog, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with cold war rpg, covert action rpg, Delta Green, espionage RPG, roleplaying, roleplaying games, RPG, running games, The Sandbaggers, World War Cthulhu

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