Author Archives: Robin Laws

View from the Pelgrane’s Nest – Send in the Scones Edition

With July comes the sultry summer heat that leads the Great Pelgrane to fly away to bask on one of his favorite rocks. Though distressing to the villagers dwelling below that lofty perch, it gives me the opportunity to creep into the nest to review the progress of various projects here at Pelgrane Press. This […]

Finding Reference Points for Page Turners

I knew that procedural storytelling had taken over pop culture but it wasn’t until I promised to find examples of character-driven dramatic narratives new enough to not have Humphrey Bogart in them that I realized just how true this is. When running roleplaying games, we depend on fictional reference points to share assumptions about what’s […]

View from the Pelgrane’s Nest – Summer is Gaming Season Edition

The Great Pelgrane just flapped away, wearing his sunglasses and exhibitor’s badge, so it’s safe to talk to you again. As a Torontonian I’m used to sudden shifts from winter to summer, so I shouldn’t be surprised to see that it’s convention season already. Cat, Gar, Ibrahim, and Ken C have returned from an ever-expanding […]

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