Courtesy of Steve Dempsey. In fairness, here is me gurning.
Author Archives: Simon Rogers
Our first review of Night’s Black Agents, by Rick Neal. If you like scary vampires, if you like espionage games, if you’re looking for a dark, modern game of horror investigation, I heartily recommend you pick up this book
A detailed and insightful review of Dead Rock Seven for Ashen Stars by kafka – 9/10. Dead Rock Seven again demonstrates Pelgrane’s superior skills aptitude with design by creating a truly beautiful product. It brings over some the same similar layout, font and formatting used in the Ashen Stars core book- with but with a […]
This review by Matthew Pook is worth considering if only for the terrible pun of the title, Tome Team. Given the lack of a sourcebook detailing London within the genre of Lovecraftian investigative horror, Bookhounds of London is a much, much needed resource. Although its focus is primarily the book and the booktrade, the information […]
This month sees only one release, but it’s a big one: a new core book by Kenneth Hite. Night’s Black Agents is a vampire spy thriller, and even the game text is tense, gripping and engaging. Just as we did for Ashen Stars, we’ve released a pre-pre-order version which includes the post-playtest draft now, and the book later. Graham […]
There is a review of Ashen Stars over on Flames Rising by Todd Cash. It’s a positive review giving 4 out of 5 stars. There are not many sci-fi settings that I like; however, this is a damn good setting. Law populates Ashen Stars with interesting alien races, an excellent back-story, and tons of ideas […]
Bookhounds of London has won the prestigious Golden Geek Award 2011 for Best RPG Supplement. Armitage Files was a runner up against stiff competition from Jason Morningstar’s excellent Fiasco Companion.
The REDACTED Edition is no longer available but the standard Edition, which does not include the extras below, is now available to buy in the store. The Ashen Stars Stellar Nursery edition was a great success – enabling us to do a full colour offset print run, and ensuring we could make the final book […]
DieHard Gamer reviews Dead Rock Seven for Ashen Stars If you’re going to run or are thinking about running Ashen Stars, go ahead and pick this up. These stories are smartly written and presented. They provide many ways for the GM to tune the experience. If you think that a mystery adventure has to follow […]
DieHard Game Fan offers this in-depth review of Ashen Stars from a reviewer who is not keen on the GUMSHOE system’s resource management. Ashen Stars breaks new ground in that genre with its narrow focus on mysteries and problem solving. GUMSHOE fans and those looking for a new sci-fi setting with an emphasis on drama […]