by Bill White [Ed. This is the introduction to Bill White”s RPG The New World. Join the playtest here.] A Roleplaying Game of Historical Fantasy The Voyage Out A ship is sailing across the ocean, far from home. When it makes landfall, those aboard will leave the ship to seek their fortunes and make their […]
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From the keyboard of Kenneth Hite… For those of you who have somehow been occupying yourselves with other pursuits than my game design career, perhaps I should mention that a pre-order edition of my vampire spy thriller RPG Night’s Black Agents is available now from Pelgrane Press. More on that below, where the horrid, horrid […]
Following on from the previous post, this is how gross $ sales break down by outlet. The net margin picture (which includes a lot of guess work) looks a little different: PDF sales declined as a percentage of net margin, because of the mammoth Ashen Stars and Bookhounds pre-orders, but increased overall. […]
This post covers the relative success of the different lines of lines of products. If you have any questions, post in the comments. Core Book Sales This pie chart shows the proportion of sales we’ve had for each of our core lines, since we started. The second, how each fared in 2011. What I note […]
This post compares this year and last. I’ll look at my 2011 predicitions as I go through the figures. Another post will look at a few sales numbers. The first thing to say is that this has been a great year for Pelgrane. Our turnover more than doubled, and it’s twice the turnover of the […]
The Game’s The Thing Podcast features guest star Kenneth Hite, and they discuss Night’s Black Agents at length. Apparently, Night’s Black Agents is really, really neat.
Kakfa reviews the Trail of Cthulhu adventure Hell Fire by Adam Gauntlett. (8/10) …in the hands of a skilled Keeper this adventure would be truly fantastic.
A review of the REDACTED edition of Night’s Black Agents on rpggeek.com It is worth mentioning how much fun this book is to read. There are in jokes, sidebar commentary and examples from playtesting scattered throughout. The materials a pleasure- especially when you come to the sections on conspiracy building, running in European cities, and […]
A review of Stunning Eldritch Tales on rpggeek by Simon Crowe. …for anyone looking for investigations to use in a long running campaign I’d recommend picking this up.
Three five-star reviews on rpgnow.com, including Megan Robertson’s who says: Four cracking adventures, utilising the Gumshoe system to the full as well as exploring the Cthulhu Mythos with a sure touch