by Robin D Laws The GUMSHOE rules break with roleplaying tradition in several notable ways. Most obviously, its information gathering skills, here called investigative abilities, default toward automatic success, with a point-spend mechanism to allow for extraordinary successes and additional benefits. Also, its general abilities—those governing activities where failure is as likely to lead […]
Author Archives: Beth Lewis
By Simon Rogers I’m a small publisher. I’ve been publishing roleplaying games for ten years usually in the traditional model – that is I pay people to write and draw stuff, and it’s usually work for hire. So, I’ll pay a word rate based on the writer’s experience and the amount of work we need […]
In celebration of the life of HP Lovecraft and on the anniversary of his death, we asked our Trail of Cthulhu writers and a few others if they would write us a few hundred words on how Lovecraft has influenced them. Be it in life, their writing, careers, and of course, in gaming. Here is […]
Steve Dempsey has done it again! Kill Them and Take Their Stuff is a 15 minute Esoterrorists demo perfect for conventions and to give your players a taste of horror, GUMSHOE style. Esoterrorists Demo You can download the PDF here.
Ulf Andersson has kindly supplied us with Refresh cheat sheets for all the GUMSHOE games, including Night’s Black Agents (which is available to pre-order now). These are extremely useful and comprehensive resources, a must for any GUMSHOE GM. GUMSHOE Cheat Sheets You can download the PDF here.
Kafka has reviewed Terra Nova over on RPGNet. Read the full review here. Pelgrane represents a certain maturity of the RPG industry to tackle deeper and darker themes whilst maintaining enjoyment and good, crisp writing. Their editor does a fine job at eliminating bugs and problems. The art is once again at an incredible level […]
Alessandro Alaia (Cthulhu Apocalypse) is producing some amazing artwork for Night’s Black Agents. Here is a sneak preview of what you’ve got to look forward to.
Our Night’s Black Agents artists are producing some amazing work and we couldn’t be happier so we thought we would share this image from Chris Huth (Ashen Stars) with you. Enjoy!
The bumper January/February edition of See Page XX is now out. Read about Ashen Stars combat options, improving your scenario writing, constructing and destroying conspiracies in Night’s Black Agents and loads more. Also take our Page XX Poll where we ask your opinion on options for a new GM Screen. We have playtest opportunities, an […]
By Robin D. Laws Although I’m not a line developer or editor for the GUMSHOE line, the Head Pelgrane occasionally asks me to comment on manuscripts in progress. Over time I’ve been able to see certain issues crop up in the work of multiple authors. This process has improved not only those books, but my […]