As the saying goes, April showers bring long-awaited May releases. Proving that this month is Paragon Blade. Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan’s high fantasy GUMSHOE One-2-One casts a lone player character into the evil-scarred remnants of the Hellbound Empire. Play a rugged barbarian, secret user of magic, or shadow-dwelling thief. Investigate conspiratorial wizards, tussle with monstrous foes, and […]
Author Archives: Robin Laws
In the latest episode of their easy-peel podcast, Ken and Robin talk character-driven scenario design, London’s spy hotel, the 1633 banana astonishment, and ostrich cull conspiratorialism.
In the latest episode of their heartfelt podcast, Ken and Robin talk Dinosaur Flying Aces, Oklahoma triads, why whodunnits struggle on screen, and the Ghost Murmur Device.
In the latest episode of their entirely trustworthy podcast, Ken and Robin talk playing ringers and traitors, Crete’s newly unearthed labyrinth candidate, Nepal’s mountain rescue scam, and murderous Anglo-Saxon weasel Eadric Streona.
In the latest episode of their load-bearing podcast, Ken and Robin talk encumbrance rules if they were fun, Princess Caraboo, installation horror, and Elizabethan magician Simon Forman.
In the latest episode of their lumberjack-taunting podcast, Ken and Robin talk staying true to your Page Turners doom, a Brazilian forest monster, and Ken’s Bay Area book raid.
Our big news this month is happening right now on Kickstarter, with Ballad Hunters now crowdfunding. In Tristan Zimmerman’s brilliant game of musical mystery, you play agents from the gritty side of the Regency era investigating a weird phenomenon that brings folk song lyrics to terrifying life. Its design pushes the boundaries of our signature […]
In the latest episode of their divinely solar podcast, Ken and Robin talk Ken’s 7-year Fall of DELTA GREEN campaign, the two Sonny Boy Williamsons, whodunnit murder motives, and parapsychologist Harry Price.
In the latest episode of their cane-wielding podcast, Ken and Robin talk PCs on the run, General Ludd, stern matriarchs, and bartitsu.
a column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws We’ve all seen the stock scene in a detective drama where the investigator breaks down the resistance of a reluctant informant in stages, finally eliciting the nugget of info she’s looking for. The informant starts with a stonewall. The investigator counters this deflection. The informant gives a […]