Author Archives: Cat Tobin

Free RPG Day 2016 – Swords Against the Dead/The Van Helsing Letter flipbook

Released on Free RPG Day 2016 – now available to download here. The Dracula Dossier – The Van Helsing Letter Just before he vanished, Abraham Van Helsing – doctor of medicine, doctor of law, and secret vampire hunter – wrote one last letter hinting at an unsolved case. Now, more than a century later, that letter is in […]

See Page XX – March 2016

March is here, and with it comes spring (hooray!), an occasional glimpse of sunshine, and a host of Pelgranista birthdays, with Gareth, Cat, and Rob Heinsoo all celebrating another spin around the sun this month (congrats!). This month, we’re releasing the Night’s Black Agents PDF adventure The Dubai Reckoning (which includes the EPUB and MOBI). The third installment of the 13th Age Monthly […]

Stories of Another Time and Place: The Importance of Getting it Right

by Victor J Raymond PhD [Editors’ Note: Victor Raymond acted as a cultural consultant on Trembling Giant, an adventure for Out of the Woods, our forthcoming collection for Trail of Cthulhu. Victor J. Raymond, PhD, is a sociologist, writer and longtime gamer.  A founding member and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Carl […]

March playtesting

If you are interested any of these games, please email me with the game you wish to playtest in the subject line.   The Other Ocean or Paradigm Beta System: Ashen Stars Author: Jakob Schmidt Deadline: 30th April Number of sessions: 1 Description: Contact with the water-dwelling inhabitants of the ocean moon Abzu, and a research station […]

February playtesting

If you are interested any of these games, please email me with the game you wish to playtest in the subject line.   The Coldest Walk System: Trail of Cthulhu Author: Lauren Roy Deadline: 31st March Number of sessions: 1 Description: Deep in Wisconsin’s northern woods lies the town of Four Pines – a quiet, almost forgettable community. […]

See Page XX – February 2016

This month, you may have spotted that Pelgranistas Ken and Robin have released a Patreon campaign for their award-winning podcast, Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff. You can contribute to their campaign here. The second installment of the 13th Age Monthly subscription soars into its own with issue two, the beautifully illustrated Phoenix. KWAS subscribers now have the March edition, Unspeakable Cults: […]

Seven Wonders Resources

Resources for Seven Wonders Blank character sheet for Before the Storm (A4 format) Blank character sheet for Before the Storm (US letter format) Blank setting sheet for Before the Storm (A4 format) Blank setting sheet for Before the Storm (US letter format) Blank character sheet for Heroes of the Hearth (A4 format) Blank character sheet for Heroes of the Hearth (US […]

When the Dark is Gone – a design process

by Becky Annison It all started with Fiasco, a game by Jason Morningstar. Until then I’d loved and played many traditional games but nothing like Fiasco. It had no GM, required no pre-game prep and everyone created bits of the world and story. I’d never see anything like it before! The idea of no prep […]

Ken Writes About Stuff – All Individual Issues

Can’t find the specific issue of Ken Writes About Stuff you’re looking for, or keen to make sure you’ve got all the GUMSHOE Zooms? Here’s the complete list of all the individual issues, which you can buy in the webstore. Alchemy. (Volume 3) Chemistry or magic? Madness or miracles? Poison or power? Blend all those elements […]

Build your own 13th Age battles

by Ian Chilvers Download Ian’s 13th Age encounter manager here. A lot of my time used in the preparation of 13th Age sessions is in the creation of encounters. Particularly in the specifics of balancing (or deliberate unbalancing) of encounters to a party’s level. 13th Age has a reasonably simple method for calculating an encounter’s […]

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