Original FAQ written by Wade Rockett in 2013. Slightly updated by Rob Heinsoo in 2025 to handle 13th Age 2E. For the current 2E Errata & Typos, click here. If you have spotted more errata or typos, please email us the details at support@pelgranepress.com. What is 13th Age? Who are Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet? What […]
Author Archives: Cat Tobin
Official Pre-Generated Characters Level 1-4 Gen Con 2015 pregens (PDF) by ASH LAW level 1 – 4: Half-Elf Fighter, Forgeborn Cleric, Tiefling Hellsinger (customized bard/barbarian multiclass), Dwarf Ranger with bear companion, Wood Elf Druid and Human Wizard. To speed things up, we pre-split the 8 background points into three backgrounds: 4-point, 3-point, and 1-point. Level 2 pregens (PDF) by Nathan Panke, […]
A big shout-out to our estimable Patreon backers! Thanks to Peter, Jim, Phil, Bryant, P. Troilus, Michael M, ScottKey, Michael B, Andreas, Ranting John, Michael H, Mark, Daniel, Jiří, Marcus, Cena, Thomas and Marc!! TARIFFS Since my last update, one topic has dominated the tabletop games industry: the impact of the USA’s extensive tariffs on imports, […]
A big shout-out to our estimable Patreon backers! Thanks to Peter, Jim, Emma, Phil, Bryant, P. Troilus, Michael M, ScottKey, Michael B, Andreas, Ranting John, Michael H, Mark, Daniel, Jiří, Marcus, Cena and Thomas!! NEW AT PELGRANE: Robin D. Laws! I’m incredibly excited to announce that, after many years of cajoling, oystering-up, and outright begging, […]
We are beyond thrilled to announce that, after two decades of brilliant collaboration, Robin D. Laws has officially stepped into the role of Creative Director at Pelgrane Press. For more than 20 years, Robin has been a driving creative force behind so many of our most significant and innovative projects. He designed Pelgrane’s very first […]
We’re looking for GMs to run our games at Gen Con 2025 in Indianapolis! If you’re interested in joining the GM crew at Gen Con, please email gamemasters@pelgranepress.com (click here to open with your email client) with the following info: Your name Your Gen Con registered email address Your t-shirt size Number of 4-hour games you […]
The Basics You and your teammates are elite investigators drawn from various walks of life, all with a background in investigation. You are reality’s last defenders, combating the plots of the Esoterrorists, a loose affiliation of occult terrorists who seek to gain personal power by tearing the fabric of the world apart and letting the […]
We’re just back from another brilliant Dragonmeet, held – for, we hear, the last time – in the Hammersmith Novotel in London. Ken, Robin, Gareth and myself joined Simon and booth stalwarts Jay Godden and Elina Gouliou for the fastest day of the year. It was great, as always, to catch up with everyone, and […]
After months of waiting, we’re thrilled to announce that Trail of Cthulhu Second Edition is live on Backerkit! The campaign features the new, extended core book and Boundary of the Darkness, containing two 1800s campaign settings for Trail of Cthulhu 2e – the natural philosophers of the Lunar Society, and the erudite wordsmiths of the […]

