by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan The goal of the Ocean Game is to reach Briny Heaven, a drowned magical city under the ocean. It is, deliberately, an esoteric, disturbing or even contradictory goal. Part of the appeal of Briny Heaven is that it is the only way out of the Game; no matter what’s down there, it’s […]
Players of the art student investigators from Yellow King: Paris might wonder which of their fellow classmates are headed for later fame. Their characters could even discover this, should you feature them in a flash forward scenario set after the Belle Époque period, or if they glimpse the future, as those in Carcosa’s penumbra sometimes […]
Pelgrane Press cordially invites you to playtest scenarios for Merryshire Detective Club. These include “Slaying the Wagon,” a second intro scenario for the core book, and scenarios from The Dreadful Hare, its accompanying adventure anthology book. Depending on the whims of our random selection process, you may be assigned to run: a tale of a […]
In the latest episode of their winsome, brookside podcast, Ken and Robin talk finding stuff in RPGs, the political science of game worlds with James Fielder, nymphs, and an 18th century vampire rampage.
In the latest episode of their over-easy podcast, Ken and Robin talk Gen Con, scene setting, halfling breakfasts, and psyops Satanist Michael Aquino.
In the latest episode of their labyrinthine, drop-ceiling podcast, Ken and Robin talk handing the scenario off to the players, liminal vs reality horror, the only way to use the word seems, and which historical figures IDed Ken.
In the latest episode of their labyrinthine, drop-ceiling podcast, Ken and Robin talk handing the scenario off to the players, liminal vs reality horror, the only way to use the word seems, and which historical figures IDed Ken.
By Jason Kraus “Even by the standards of the drugged out antisocial degenerates that filled the ranks of the outlaw motorcycle clubs, the Black Stars were some sinister SOBs. Even the Angels gave them a wide berth.” – Hunter S. Thompson, author and former Hell’s Angel* *Real man, real facts, fake quote During the late […]
August heat brings basking time for the Great Pelgrane. He lolls in his nest, panting tongue dangling from his piercing beak. In his endothermic torpor he allows us to complete this update without fear of interruption. We toiling humans at the press named after him regard August differently, as a time not of rest but […]