By Anna Kreider [Ed: Anna took this post as the genesis of her Go Make Me A Sandwich blog, which you can fund here.] The Inspiration: Simon’s request and a 2007 LiveJournal Article At GenCon this year, I was asked by Simon Rogers to write an article about sexism in gaming for a new issue […]
Author Archives: Beth Lewis
Or, Buy These Books and I Won’t Use the Word “Synergy” By Robin D Laws (The following column will make greater sense to you if you check out this press release before proceeding further.) Whenever I run across discussion within the mainstream publishing industry about the transformative effects of emerging, disruptive technologies such as print-on-demand, […]
Not So Quiet, Adam Gauntlett’s new adventure for Trail of Cthulhu set in the Great War is now available on RPGNow!
By Robin D Laws Each time we create a GUMSHOE rules set for a fresh setting and genre, we discover specific needs for new rules structures. Will Hindmarch’s post-apocalyptic Razed will include new rules treating scavenging as a form of information gathering. Kenneth Hite’s Bookhounds of London, an imminent sourcepack for Trail of Cthulhu, includes […]
By Mike Drew In a game as focused on books as The Bookhounds of London, it is worth taking some time to consider what makes up a book and how to describe them effectively. Book Sizes Start with a large sheet of paper and fold it once vertically. You now have two leaves and four pages, […]
By Mike Drew In a lot of roleplaying games a character’s profession can become just an excuse on which to hang a skill-set, or become replaced by the generic aspect of ‘adventurer’ or ‘investigator’. Whatever 9-5 they were originally doing becomes replaced by saving the world. Bookhounds should be a little different. The character’s jobs […]
Hello Non-Bovines, I’ve been out of touch with my two-legged followers for too long I know, but we’ve been busy. Hamish’s online shortbread business has taken off and we’ve been knee-deep in caster sugar since April, trying to pre-empt the Christmas rush. Then the other week a letter dropped into my hayrack. Here’s what it […]
It’s no longer quiet on the Western Front. An ancient horror is stirring and something dark walks the halls of Hospital Number Five. Bullet-ridden, bruised and bloody, the Investigators, soldiers and nurses in the Great War, are brought from the fontline to Military Hospital Number Five. Haggard staff make their rounds, the doctors experiment after […]
Pookie over at Reviews from R’lyeh has re-reviewed the extended edition of Arkham Detective Tales which is due for release in November. You can read the full review here. Ultimately, what “The King’s Men” does is nicely round out the quartet in Arkham Detective Tales and make it a quintet. In doing so, it draws […]
Earlier this year Pakistan was hit with devastating floods, leaving thousands dead and millions homeless. The folks at RPGNow have put together a bundle of some of the top products currently available to raise some much needed help for those affected. The last fundraiser RPGNow put together for Haiti was a huge success so we […]