In an eerie recreation of a lost live episode, Ken and Robin talk Moses space opera, the ideal GM screen, nice things to put in bread, and whether ducks are iconic.
Author Archives: Robin Laws
You might think that the horrendous rhythmic buzzing you hear emanating from our humble crag foretells doom, but never fear, it’s only the Great Pelgrane, snoring. The big fella slumbers deeply in his nest, hung over and sated from holiday feasting. Shall we all tell ourselves it was only cheese and crackers he was devouring […]
Pelgrane Press invites you to playtest Merryshire Detective Club, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan’s cozy and delightful GUMSHOE game of halfling investigation. If you are a Game Moderator with an active group and are able to play and report back by the end of February 2026, please contact us at gamemasters@pelgranepress.com. For this phase we are asking you […]
In the latest episode of their not-to-scale podcast, Ken and Robin talk smoking scrolls, secret maps at the British Library, and Ken’s London book haul — with a shocking twist!
Thanks to the existence of Paul StJohn Mackintosh’s Casting the Runes, I don’t have to answer the question of how to do M. R. James in GUMSHOE. Still, as the holiday season rolls nearer, reminding me of the Jamesian tradition of ghost stories told in the yule log’s glow, I can’t help but hear a […]
As an inexhaustibly patient Pelgrane gamer, you may be wondering when that project you’ve been waiting for will actually appear. As we work to regularize our schedule and shock the world with a string of releases in 2026, our books are shaping into a clearer production stream. We have in-house release dates in mind for […]
In the latest episode of their nunchuck-brandishing podcast, Ken and Robin talk dim mak in 70s NYC, busted Bulgarian spies, cutting your manuscript for length, and Douglas MacArthur shamanism.
In the latest episode of their detectably lexical podcast, Ken and Robin talk the vital sense rpg designers need, invisible consort Zhongli Chun, words Elizabethan playwrights gave us, and the murders of Morton the Regent.
In the latest episode of their fiery podcast, Ken and Robin talk troupe-style group leaders, the town with 7300 eyes, hotheaded characters, and the mutiny against Magellan.
When egg nog appears on store shelves and the strains of Wham’s Last Christmas play on their public address systems, that means two things in the Pelgrane nest. One, the Great Pelgrane flaps from his nest on his annual flight to the North Pole to offer old Saint Nick his sleigh-pulling services should the reindeer […]