Brand new scenario from Adam Gauntlett (Not So Quiet) set in 18th Century London, with a side trip to the Colonies. The exact date is unspecified, but is assumed to be sometime from 1760 to 1770. The protagonists are members of the exclusive Hell Fire Club, with an interest in fine (pornographic) literature and rational […]
Author Archives: Beth Lewis
Wedded bliss is only a few relatives away… The Wedding is the brand new setting for Skulduggery, the roleplaying game of verbal fireworks and sudden reversals! You are guests at the wedding of Emma Blunt and Martin Sharpe, held at the moderately-swanky Elysian Country Club. Emma’s father, Gerald Blunt, owns a processed-cheese empire, Martin’s one […]
This month’s See Page XX has a distinct Apocalyptic feel to it. Firstly we have the Apocalypse Competition to celebrate the release of The Dead White World. Next we have an article on the forthcoming stand-alone, post-apocalyptic game Razed by Will Hindmarch. Nathan Russell is the author of The Fallout, a post-apocalyptic, Mad-Max-esque playset for […]
by Kenneth Hite The Cold War? Over. The War on Terror? Over. For you. You used to uncover secrets, or maybe kill to keep them. You used to serve your country in the shadows, doing things – or stopping things – that couldn’t be shown in daylight or on the evening news. Then you stopped. […]
by Will Hindmarch Apocalyptic tales pit us—all of us, as a people—against great and terrible threats. Razed, which is as apocalyptic as it is post-apocalyptic, is about characters living through hellacious times, facing the end of a known world and the imposition of something new, something alien, something frightening and mysterious. It’s about how we […]
by Robin D. Laws It’s not true that there’s one in every group. But when there’s one in your group, it sure feels like there is. I’m talking about That Guy. The overbearing, dysfunctional participant who dominates the room and sucks the fun from the game. He hogs the spotlight. He turns every discussion in […]
by Robin D. Laws In response to a previous installment of this column, mxyzplk writes: My group hasn’t gotten around to playing GUMSHOE yet despite me owning several of the books, but we have played games with somewhat similar mechanics before, and it seems like it runs the risk of either a) hoarding points or […]
by Nathan Russell [Editor’s note: Fiasco is a roleplaying game designed by Jason Morningstar, writer of The Black Drop and the forthcoming Many Fires.] Fiasco is a game about powerful ambition and poor impulse control. It’s designed to help players make their own Coen brothers movie in about the time it would take to watch […]
In celebration of the release of The Dead White World, the first three scenarios of Cthulhu Apocalypse, author Graham Walmsley has put together a fantastic competition with the chance to win a numbered list of thirteen works of postapocalyptic fiction. All you have to do is figure out which book relates to which symbol. Subtle […]
Nominated for Best Setting and Gold Award winner for Best Writing in the 2012 ENnie awards This work is a primer for players of Lovecraftian roleplaying games set in the dismal streets of 1930s London. The Guide is replete with contacts, rumours and clues which will guide you on your quest for forbidden knowledge. […]