The Virtual Play podcast has been busy with Pelgrane products. First is a actual play report of Bill White’s Trail of Cthulhu scenario, Castle Bravo, you can listen here. The second is Skulduggery, Robin D Laws’ game of backstabbing and verbal fireworks. You can listen to the full report here.
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A great and thorough review of Trail of Cthulhu from A Game of Whit’s. You can read the full review here. Trail of Cthulhu overall provides a very complete gaming system that has a well thought-out structure and encourages investigative play by closely following the spirit of the genre. It may be a bit revolutionary […]
Pookie has posted a review of Jason Morningstar’s Many Fires on Reviews from R’lyeh. You can read the full review here. Many Fires is strong in terms of its atmosphere, the eerie aridity of northern Mexico enhanced with oddity of the encounters… Many Fires fairly sizzles along before breaking out into a roaring inferno.
Andrew Brehaut has posted a review of Graham Walmsley’s The Dying of St Margaret’s on his site, A Lazy Sequence. You can read the full review here. The Dying of St. Margaret’s is an excellent adventure and I hope to get an opportunity to run some of the other purist scenarios in future. This may […]
The March issue of See Page XX is out now to commemorate the 75th anniversary of HP Lovecraft’s death. To celebrate this we have asked some Lovecraftian luminaries to tell us about how HPL has influenced their life. Robin D Laws talks about ratings and pools, there are some exciting new playtesting opportunities and most […]
Sometimes products are unappreciated, and it’s very hard to see why. I present to you four such treasures, and my speculation for their neglect. Until 16th March 2012 we are offering the chance to pick up one or more of these neglected gems at a 25% discount at the store in both print and PDF […]
A Ripped From the Headlines Scenario Hook for Ashen Stars In a development that raises the prospect of bespoke organs created with cells extruded through a 3D printer, a patient in a June 2011 procedure received a new windpipe grown specifically for him. 3D scanning technology provided the template for an exact replica of his […]
Kafka has reviewed Terra Nova over on RPGNet. Read the full review here. Pelgrane represents a certain maturity of the RPG industry to tackle deeper and darker themes whilst maintaining enjoyment and good, crisp writing. Their editor does a fine job at eliminating bugs and problems. The art is once again at an incredible level […]
Until 7th March get Esoterrorists, Fear Itself and supplements from the rpgnow.com sale.
A Ripped From the History Books scenario premise for Trail of Cthulhu It is 1936. Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace, hailed for his New Deal innovations, is easily the most mystical of cabinet secretary in US history. A self-proclaimed spiritual seeker of Theosophist bent, he openly connects his occult beliefs to his liberal politics. He even […]