[Spinachcat]

Great review. I am a big fan of Paranoia 1e and I have not seen a need to buy the XP edition, but your review has certainly piqued my interest with the Perversity and Tension mechanics. I like the additional backstab.

Kinda surprised they didn't define the effects of the drugs. The old versions did not really and we generally left it to roleplay...or the machinations of the Happiness Officer.

The Straight play doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the tone of the rules and the game as presented. Possibly a good idea if it was a stand-alone game "Dark Paranoia" where the art / flavor text / examples were all aimed at that style.

Zap-style Paranoia has always been a terrific one-shot game where the award usually goes to the player who lost the most (or fewest) clones.