No, these guys are from the Delta Green side of things. So I think allowing 3 Stress should be sufficient. Believe me, brutality and terror are already par for course. No one likes to come to my games without three characters already made. I just really want to try the Dresden-esque creation process, as well as phase aspects and Fate points. I think I will use the suggestion of clearing out mental consequences by taking permanent Aspects - I like that a lot.

Oooooh, it's been a while sense I last played me some Delta Green. You guys have fun for me  
Please do work on the insanity mechanic. I'm thinking it will need a bit of tweaking for a proper Cthulhu feel, but my hope is that giving players a bit of control will create a dynamic where they can chose to either fight the insanity (keep short term consequences, take the risk of filling all consequences and going off the deep end) or embrace the madness (Take an insanity aspect, increase overall chance of survival). One kind of character would stay generally sane, until they go out in a blaze of mad fiery glory, and the other character could last an entire campaign, but by the end would be a total dysfunctional wreck.

A convention center. Plenty of crazies around to blend in with.

Better than nothin...

http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/2010/06/29/the-problem-with-being-a-small-company/

http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=12407402&postcount=76

http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=12408622&postcount=81

A good probability program, for anybody interested. I already plugged in 4dF, 1d6-1d6, and 2d6 centered to 0.
http://anydice.com/program/11a

As an aside, I've found fudge dice to be a subjective thing. My group used them for a few sessions, then decided they didn't like them. It wasn't anything big, but 4dF creates a very sharp and predictable curve, which just didn't fit the groups love of zany, off-the-wall action. As players they decided that they actually liked less predictable rolls, where there was more chance to succeed and fail dramatically. 2d6 fits the players a lot better, and works in the rules as long as it is used consistently.

The Evil Hat webstore has to be manually updated by Fred. Fred is currently at the DFRPG release at Origins, so many people will get the books before the store is updated.

Fred's twitter, 21 hours ago:
"Update from the warehouse is they have a few hundred shipped out, but this is out of a total of 1600; going as fast as they can."

So I don't know, let's say they're shipping ~400 orders a day. Gestimate that, then add in UPS shipping time from a factory in Navada to your house. Maybe give 24 hours for Murphy's Law and general unluckiness. It all ads up to one thing- TOO LONG.

Which begs the question - how Canon is this? For instance, the blacked out part after the pyramids in Egypt definitely refer to a scene in Changes.

Does the fill and explanation in the book equate to WOJ status?

From what I understand, most of the setting material in the DFRPG was written by a really cool guy named Chad Underkoffler, who did a lot of reading and research to get to know the Dresden canon. Everything he wrote was reviewed by Priscilla, who is a alpha reader and generally knows everything. When something was ether unknown or too vague they would go to Jim for answers.

So I don't know if it's WOJ. Stuff like the exact mechanics of feeding dependency aren't going to be *exactly* like in the book. But I think that the flavor text should be considered canon, because Jim would potentially say something if he objected to part of the text. Either that or he would just rub his hands together and laugh maniacally. This is Jim we're talking about...

Actually, sponsored magic would work great. My original problem with it was that sponsored magic comes from a greater power that feels you're working in the power's best interest. You have total control of the imps and don't owe favors to anyone, so it doesn't quite fit. But the imps aren't the source of power, the original demon is. You could take sponsored magic and keep the demon in the picture as the sponsor. Sure, the demon doesn't have any direct control over the imps, but with 10,000 imps around it could easily track the PCs and know where they are and what they're doing at all times.  Add in the kind of trouble PCs always get into, opportunities for misdirection and the temptation of power, I bet that demon would just have a field day!