Page Turners, my game of dramatic interaction for one player and one GM, enables you to create stories resembling the character-driven narratives of films and literary fiction. Unlike the GUMSHOE One-2-One line of one player one GM games, it doesn’t focus on solving external problems. Instead it centers the protagonist’s journey from one emotional state […]
Author Archives: Robin Laws
You are terrifyingly invited to test a scenario—or two if you and your group have the time—for Sudden Frights, an upcoming anthology of Fear Itself one-shots. In Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan’s “Faust Blood,” a college camping trip goes horribly wrong—or horribly right—when the students stumble across the home of infamous occultist John Tradowski. What secrets does he […]
In the latest episode of their grandmasterly podcast, Ken and Robin talk introductory adventures, a 4th century Saracen vampire, the disapproving father character, and magical chess.
a column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws As reported in November, Polish archaeologists recently found a spiked iron tool establishing that druids local to the area, as they did elsewhere, once practiced trepanation. Until around the 19th century, cultures spanning historical and geographical boundaries did what they could to treat apparent brain ailments, by […]
In the latest episode of their smoothly informative podcast, Ken and Robin talk providing clues to players, the saint with the highest body count, and Ken’s previously undocumented raid on NYC’s Strand Books.
In the latest episode of their double-pupiled podcast, Ken and Robin talk Mr. Johnson and why he is bad, a weird ancient beliefs quiz with guest stars Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan and James Wallis, writing compelling exposition, and a murder case ghost.
Roses are red Violets are blue The Great Pelgrane is hungry And so are you …for tidings of the newly bustling Pelgrane production line. While the Great Pelgrane flaps lazily over unsuspecting cities and towns looking for chocolates to snatch from the grasp of unsuspecting Valentine’s celebrants, we can once again rifle his nest for […]
A Trail of Cthulhu Scenario Hook Some pharaohs lived in easier times than others. In turbulent eras, when war sapped the economy and royal coffers emptied, indignities might strike your earthly husk even after death. Though your nine-sectioned soul had made its way to the Western Lands, your mummy wasn’t safe from interference. Never mind […]
In the latest episode of their concentrated, flavorful podcast, Ken and Robin talk Sub-Genius roleplaying, the century-straddling S.S. Warrimoo, bitters, and the island the CIA was accused of assassinating.
a column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws As teased in a previous View from the Pelgrane’s Nest, for the Pelgrane gang’s annual game on Dragonmeet Eve, I ran “Ragnarok at the OK Corral.” While creating this DramaSystem pitch for THE KRAKEN back in the spring of ‘25, I noticed, uh, certain elements that would […]