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.
By Adam Gauntlett Gorgo, Mormo, thousand-faced moon, look favourably on our sacrifices! The Horror at Red Hook Mormo, whose totem beast is the dog, maintains a great rivalry with the Elder Goddess Bast. She is the patron of all werewolves, and the Queen of vampires. Trail, p. 96 A Trail of Cthulhu scenario in which […]
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.
by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan There are game designers who quail at the sight of a lengthy skill list, who argue that brevity and simplicity is the goal of game design. Such game designers are, of course, cowards. Merryshire’s ability list is enthusiastically baroque. Here’s the very first list, from 2023. And the current list. See, […]
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.
Ballad Hunters Poll As you know, we’re doing Ballad Hunters Kickstarter campaign this month. Here’s a question about the game:
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 […]
By Adam Gauntlett The Sisterhood of Swineherds is a Guild taken seriously. Hogs are not allowed everywhere: the Government Committees have passed numerous ordinances about the keeping and management of pigs, so that the streets don’t swarm with swine. Swords of the Serpentine Where there’s muck, there’s brass. Traditional wisdom. A Swords of the Serpentine […]
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.
by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan Whence came Merryshire Detective Club? If we wish to be exceedingly nice and accurate, we can date it to after lunch on November 29th, 2023. Dragonmeet in London is one of the few times when all the far-flung Pelgranes return to the nest, and it’s become a tradition for one of us […]