To celebrate the fresh off-the-print Second Edition of 13th Age, I would like to send a little love letter to the system. Let me showcase two of the innovations that set the 13th Age RPG apart from other d20-based tabletop RPGs, Icons and talents. The Icons represent archetypes of powerful NPCs in the game […]
In the latest episode of their contemplative podcast, Ken and Robin talk scene calling in Page Turners, ornamental hermits, fantasy films of the 10s and 20s, and the grue jay.
By Jason Kraus Historically significant personalities, events, and locations in bold. Japanese names are written in the Western convention. Authors Note: Elements of this scenario reflect HP Lovecraft’s “The Shadow over Innsmouth”. Players unfamiliar with Lovecraft’s work (yes, there are a few) may be less paranoid than those who’ve enjoyed his oeuvre. For players more […]
In the latest episode of their emotionally accommodating podcast, Ken and Robin talk unmet needs in Page Turners, Matt Orr of Wet Ink Games, fantasy films of the oughts, and the occultism of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky.
In the latest episode of their always Halloweeny podcast, Ken and Robin talk classic monsters vs. the Mythos, late 90s fantasy films, and Ken’s latest Portland book haul.
A chill pervades the air here in Toronto, but our production pipeline is hot, hot, hot with fresh developments. Projects moving closer to you this month come swinging swords, waggling tentacles, or creeping their way through cozy parlors on sturdy, fur-topped feet. In our biggest bit of news, 13th Age 2nd Edition print copies are […]
Pelgrane Press seeks playtesters to run and provide feedback on a one-shot scenario for the upcoming Fear Itself anthology Sudden Frights. In Tristan Zimmerman’s “Dead Man Walking,” detectives are investigating an out-of-place murder in a dying western town are drawn into the occult, the monstrous, and the horrific in a noir police procedural. Run for […]
By Jason Kraus Historically significant personalities, events, and locations in bold. Japanese names are written in the Western convention. PremiseTwo Delta Green-connected ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) officers went missing in Tokyo while investigating heroin smuggling out of Vietnam with possible supernatural ties. The agents, tasked with finding them, uncover a tangled web of yakuza, […]
by Adam Gauntlett … for the purpose of this resolution, ‘dark fleet’ or ‘shadow fleet’ means ships that are engaged in illegal operations for the purposes of circumventing sanctions, evading compliance with safety or environmental regulations, avoiding insurance costs or engaging in other illegal activities … Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’: Bringing the threat to light: […]