See Page XX – November 2025

See Page XX: The Pelgrane Press webzine

November 2025 Edition

ARTICLES

VIEW FROM THE PELGRANE’S NEST: NOVEMBER 2025 by Robin D. Laws: Studio update covering 13th Age 2E shipping, Page Turners and Paragon Blade moving to print, art and layout progress across lines, and playtests on the horizon.

13TH AGE 2E ERRATA & TYPO NOTES by Rob Heinsoo: Living errata for 2E PDFs that lists current fixes, highlights a few gameplay affecting corrections, and notes roll-in for the next printing.

OPERATION MURAMASA PART 2 by Jason Kraus: Late-1960s Tokyo chapter for Fall of Delta Green that threads missing-agent leads through crime, espionage, and occult pressure.

CELEBRATING 2ND EDITION: ICON TALENTS FOR 13TH AGE by Martin Killmann: Primer on Icons and talents with quick examples that show how to bake identity and theme into your build from level 1 in 13th Age 2E.

13TH AGE FAQ by Wade Rockett and Rob Heinsoo: Updated answers on what changed in 2E, compatibility with older books, SRD and previews, purchasing, and where to find live errata.

13 HOOKS FOR YOUR FIRST 13TH AGE SESSION by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan: Fast start prompts that get a new table moving while inviting players to shape the story.

 

THIS MONTH’S PREVIEW

Ballad Hunters Design Diary: Compass Verses

by Tristan Zimmerman

Curious how Ballad Hunters turns folk ballads into table-shaping magic? This diary introduces compass verses, where each investigator carries a line from the Child Ballads and can bring it to life once per session to overcome obstacles. You’ll see how the GM leans into “yes, and,” the playtest moment that sparked the idea, and the 100-entry verse table that also works as a printable card deck.

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13th Age Second Edition Boxed Set

The 13th Age Second Edition Boxed Set packs the full fantasy toolkit, pairing a Heroes’ Handbook for players with a Game Master’s Guide brimming with foes and adventures, plus a sturdy GM screen so you can launch high-energy, narrative-driven campaigns right out of the box.

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13th Age Heroes’ Handbook

The world won’t save itself!

Living dungeons rip up from the depths, flying realms crash to earth, dark overlords seize ancient thrones, and the Empire’s protectors stumble.

It’s time for your heroes to answer the call!

13th Age is a new, improved edition of the d20-rolling fantasy game of unique heroes, gripping combat, group storytelling, and high adventure.

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13th Age Gamemaster’s Guide

The 13th Age Gamemaster’s Guide arms you with ready-to-run adventures, clever encounter tools, and deep advice on pacing, villains, and flexible improvisation, turning every session of 13th Age into fast-moving, cinematic fantasy.

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The Art of 13th Age

The Art of 13th Age is a treasure hoard for Dragon Empire enthusiasts, crammed with full-color spreads, concept sketches, and designer commentary that let you pore over every rune-etched sword, snarling owlbear, and iconic archmage in glorious detail.

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Pillars Built On Sand

A ruthless cabal of power brokers and hidden cultists schemes to undermine Eversink’s divine blessing, its river-fed trade, and its promise that anyone can rise, shaking the city’s future to the mud beneath its canals. The campaign offers five tightly linked Swords of the Serpentine scenarios you can run in sequence for a full arc or lift as standalone adventures. STATUS: In art direction.

Boundary of the Darkness

The Lunar Society are a dining club of natural philosophers, industrialists, and radical intellectuals, the embodiment of the Enlightenment. They have wealth, knowledge, and principles. Simultaneously, members of the Bluestockings Society, who meet to discuss art, literature, and politics, havein their most secret meetingsformed Friends of Blue, a private organisation set up to protect the world from the devastating knowledge of the Mythos. Boundary of the Darkness is an 18th century campaign frame for Trail of Cthulhu by Phil Masters and Sarah Saltiel. STATUS: In art direction.

Page Turners

First Edition is the game of personal storytelling for one player and one GM. Incorporating new rules by GUMSHOE One-2-One and DramaSystem designer Robin D. Laws, First Edition features an accessible framework for creating compelling solo protagonist narratives. STATUS: In print buying.

Cassilda’s Song

A massive scenario series by Robin D. Laws for The Yellow King Roleplaying Game, which spans all four of its core sequences.Its overarching plot turns on a contest between the two daughters of the King in Yellow, Cassilda and Camilla, who race with one another to destroy the timelines, winning the favor of their pallid father. Camilla seeks a cataclysm of blood and fire. Cassilda intends to dissolve reality into hallucinatory delirium. STATUS: Art is being commissioned.

Merryshire Detective Club

In Merryshire Detective Club, an upcoming core GUMSHOE game from the brilliantly comforting mind of superstar writer-designer Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, you play amateur detectives in a cosy-fantasy setting. Your band of plucky investigators solves mysteries (quite often, murder mysteries) that crop up with remarkable regularity in the lovely little village you’ll design together. Gameplay mixes deduction and investigation with comic absurdity and plenty of cakes. (No giant tentacle monsters or vampiric conspiracies, we’ve quite enough of those, thank you.) STATUS: Preparing for playtest.

Outside Entities

Raging from the indifferent depths of a hostile universe, gods and creatures cut from Trail of Cthulhu Second Edition come rampaging back in Outside Entities. Chill once more to revamped envisionings of Daoloth, Mordiggian, Quachil Uttaus, and Y’golonac. Send your Investigators into deadly confrontations with sand-dwellers, shan, and lloigor. Submit to the bizarre imaginings of Trail of Cthulhu designer Kenneth Hite as he fever-dreams of a new titan, avatars of Y’golonac, those strangely under-utilized space vampires the Nioth-Korghai, and the malitia vetus, a never before gamified beastie straight from Lovecraft’s nightmares. STATUS: Art is being commissioned.

Gladiators

13th Age Starter Set

Rob Heinsoo and Wade Rockett have been working on a 13th Age Starter Set. This slimmed-down rules set and a one-arc introductory adventure in a box will serve as a lower-cost entry point than the full two-book Second Edition slipcase. STATUS: Being written.

Crowdfunding News

Fear Itself: Shattered Veil Edition

We successfully funded a Gamefound campaign for Fear Itself: Shattered Veil Edition, featuring a hardback cover, improved art, and The Ocean Game expansion. Late pledges available!

Ballad Hunters Crowdfunding Plans

We’re thrilled to announce that our folkloric occult RPG Ballad Hunters will enter crowdfunding soon. This edition debuts musical magic rules, eerie case files, and lavish period art. We have determined a launch date of March 2026. Follow our updates for art reveals, musical magic previews, and case file teases as we head toward launch.

Merryshire Detective Club

We’re preparing Merryshire Detective Club, a cosy-fantasy core GUMSHOE game of village mysteries, quick wits, and plenty of cake, for crowdfunding in Q2 2026. Follow our updates for previews, playtest notes, and first looks at art and case material.

Eternal Lies

Eternal Lies Boxed Set Crowdfunding

We’re excited to announce plans for a crowdfunding campaign to reprint Eternal Lies! This edition will feature exciting improvements, which we’ll reveal soon. Eternal Lies Boxed Set crowdfunding is postponed to late 2026. Follow our updates for first looks inside the box, schedule news, and a preview link ahead of the late 2026 campaign.

NOVEMBER PLAYTESTING OPPORTUNITIES

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3 thoughts on “See Page XX – November 2025

  1. Tom Pleasant says:

    I know production schedules are subject to the corrupting influence of ineffable alien gods beyond our ken, but would it be possible to have a page listing where each product currently stands and what else need to be done?

    It’s quite a mission trying to hunt through past Page XX issues to find the latest info on campaigns and the like that only give an annual update on what’s happening.

    The Stonetop Kickstarter has an excellent spreadsheet that goes into a lot of would-be-nice-but-not-essential detail.

    What do you think? Pretty please?

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h4IUgiaBW_9bbTWiJGSn_sOJH9XHbmuvxUFTSaV_OfY/edit?usp=drivesdk

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