Hey everybody, it’s writer and game designer Robin D. Laws. Now that I am also Creative Director here at Pelgrane Press custody of this column has been turned over to me. This is my first time stepping into the Pelgrane’s nest and I have to confess to feeling somewhat overwhelmed. The miscellaneous bones and bits […]
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In the latest episode of their high and dry podcast, Ken and Robin talk urban fantasy university, Dayton’s Great Flood, late 30s fantasy films, and occult 60s rocker Graham Bond.
Page Turners, the forthcoming game of dramatic interaction for one player and one GM, enables you to create a story that feels like a novel or a play. To help get you there, each scenario provides Constraints, a set of ground rules both participants absorb in advance. These storytelling guide rails ensure that you jointly […]
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A column about roleplaying By Robin D. Laws When asked what one can do to be a better player, the first thing I always say is: the mere fact that you’re concerned about this suggests that you’re probably already most of the way there. The second thing I say is: see where the ball is, […]
In the latest episode of their clever, smoothly efficient podcast, Ken and Robin talk apocalyptic campaigns, the wily servant, mid 30s fantasy films, and the Grime’s Graves Goddess.
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A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws The GUMSHOE moment when you decide how many pool points to spend on a general ability test is meant to put players on the spot. They weigh their desire to hang on to a finite resource with the need to succeed. The rule makes them decide how […]
In the latest episode of their emerald-laden podcast, Ken and Robin talk the role of dice in RPGs, brain diagnosing inner voices, fantasy films of the silent era, and the sinking of the San Jose.
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In Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff 603 we riffed a series of plot hooks arising from the career of experimental filmmaker and Vodou researcher Maya Deren. But maybe that left you unsatisfied, wanting a Yellow King: This is Normal Now scenario hook that drew in all of experimental cinema. You absolutely requested that, so […]
Pelgrane Press seeks swashbuckling playtesters to strap on their swords and smite some sorcery to playtest Pillars Built on Sand. Written with the trademark verve of acclaimed designer Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, this book of linked scenarios features: A quarantined ship harboring a fatal secret. An avatar of war on a predatory night time hunt. A covert […]
In the latest episode of their cleverly escaping podcast, Ken and Robin talk gaming the French Revolution, English spy George Blake, ground rules for fantasy film essentials, and Kabbalists vs Hitler.