A relatively new entry in scriptwriting jargon owes its secret origin to notoriously uncooperative movie star Bruce Willis. Kevin Smith recalls the moment, during their unfruitful collaboration on fore-doomed project Cop Out, when Willis started ripping out pages of dialogue he deemed irrelevant to the main action. This was chuffa, Willis said, and he wasn’t […]
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It’s our now-annual shout-out for Gen Con GMs! Last year, we ran more games than ever before, but this year we’re determined to beat that record. The submission date for games is March 13th, 2015, so if you’re interested in running games at GenCon, email me for more information and to stay updated on our […]
In the latest episode of their ENnie-winning podcast, Ken and Robin talk headline ripping, Igor Gouzenko, heroic surveyors and George Hunt Williamson.
Some of the fantasists of the early 20th century are arguable more popular and well-known than they were when they were alive. HP Lovecraft or Robert Howard, for example, with their Cthulhu and Conan tales cast titanic shadows over the fantasy genre. Other writers have slipped into comparative obscurity, like the wonderful James Branch Cabell. […]
In the latest episode of their ENnie-winning podcast, Ken and Robin talk GM/player scenario collaboration, crime & upward mobility, hallucinations, and Ken’s Frisco book raid.
This issue of Page XX features a regime change, a Hillfolk Bundle, the last few hours of a 13th Age Kickstarter, with articles and three new releases in the store . Our new releases include Temples of the Frogfolk for 13th Age, Accretion Disk for Ashen Stars, and GUMSHOE Zoom: Goëtia for Trail of Cthulhu In our articles Robin D […]
A GUMSHOE core clue can be seen as a key, giving the PCs access to a door, behind which more of the story waits. With the key, they can interact with, change, master, and adjust that story. Sometimes a core clue can be a literal key. Literal for the characters, that is, and imagined by […]
In the latest episode of their ENnie-winning podcast, Ken and Robin talk historical script immunity, eggshell boats, gotcha traps and 2014’s best movies.
“You know how modern advertising gets everybody’s mind set in the same direction, wanting the same things, imagining the same things. And you know the psychologists aren’t so sceptical of telepathy as they used to be. Add up the two ideas. Suppose the identical desires of millions of people focused on one telepathic person. Say […]
Forget your shrooms, your blotter dots. For me the opener to the gateway of creativity was always speed. Gobble a handful of bennies and work through the night boom flash bang. Only problem I faced or so I thought was making sure I had enough canvases on hand to last through a period of explosive […]