A review of Stunning Eldritch Tales on Flames Rising by Matt McElroy. These pulp-style adventures are a good companion for the core book, helping folks get started with the Gumshoe system from Pelgrane Press.
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A review of Stunning Eldritch Tales on Yog-Sothoth.com. In summary I feel this is well worth picking up, as all four adventures can be run straight out the book and are brimming with ideas.
A review of Stunning Eldritch Tales at Ogre Cave. There are lots of great RPGs, but many fewer great books of adventures. This is one of those great books of adventures, and it deserves some of your shelf space.
A review of Many Fires by kafka 10/10. Many Fires is available as part of the Out of Time bundle. Another fine offering from Pelgrane chalked filled with excellent art and is an exceptionally well written adventure to boot. Taking place in the Classic Cthulhu period (late 1920s & early 1930s) in exotic and dark […]
A sparse month for playtesting. The Zalozhniy Quartet – Part One System: Night’s Black Agents Number of Sessions: 2-8 Last Delivery Date: 1st March Short Description: The first release for Night’s Black Agents, the Zolzhniy Quartet is designed by Ken Hite and written by Gareth Hanrahan. Test the first part, then move on to the others […]
This month sees the release of Love of Money, a high octane adventure for Esoterrorists, and the Out of Time collection for Trail of Cthulhu as a PDF from the store. The epic Eternal Lies playtest draws to a close, and I give an overview of this year, and a teaser for next year. An […]
Our first review of Lorefinder is available on RPG Geek : Do I recommend the book? Yes, absolutely! The brief book provides an excellent paradigm for regulating information in a fantasy RPG. Even if you follow that paradigm within the core Pathfinder rules (with skill checks), GUMSHOE is an excellent model and will enrich your […]
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Here is actual play of the Esoterrorists adventure Profane Miracles, with a home-designed follow up adventure using Fear Itself here, from the excellent Role Playing Public Radio. There is a bit of banter at the beginning, but they get into it pretty quickly and get on with the game.
Lowell Francis has written a review of the Night’s Black Agents This is my new favorite GUMSHOE game and one of the best espionage game sourcebooks I’ve read.