Over on the Twitter, Jack Of Spades asked why DramaSystem uses cards instead of dice. The answer is that as soon as you have dice in your resolution system, you have numbers on your character sheet. Since DramaSystem presents a new play style revolving around the way emotional interactions occur in fiction, I wanted to […]
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I’ll be typing a storm at you on #RPG.NET chat at 8 PM Eastern tonight (Tuesday Oct 23rd.) I’m sure that Hillfolk and its ongoing Kickstarter will be the topic du jour. But feel free to ask me anything within my remit, from GUMSHOE to Skulduggery, from GM advice to podcasting. To join #rpgnet chat: […]
In this week’s episode, Ken and Robin talk Paris Catacombs, open licenses, John Dee … and Ken and Robin.
Night’s Black Agents is now available as an eBook bundle, which includes the PDF, an ePub version, an Android app and the first chapter of the adventure supplement the Zalozihny Quartet.
Halloween is drawing near, and you might be looking for appropriately spooky games to run for your players. Here’s a quick roundup of seven Pelgrane Press games and adventures that might fit the bill: Night’s Black Agents by Kenneth Hite – The designer of this mashup of the spy thriller and horror genres describes it as “The Bourne […]
DC script writer Lowell Francis turns from sceptic to believer in this detailed breakdown of Hillfolk. I didn’t think this game would be good. I read it. I was terribly wrong. It is great. Rick Neal goes into some detail about the system here. …for those who are interested in the kinds of story that […]
The latest Page XX, featuring new releases, articles and news on the 13th Age, Night’s Black Agent sand Trail of Cthulhu. Articles View from the Pelgrane’s Nest by Simon Rogers, all you need to know about Pelgrane Press this month. 13th Age News: Through the Scrying Glass by Simon Rogers, updates and news on our […]
Episode 10 of the Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff podcast is now available for your auditory enjoyment. Listen raptly as we discuss Hillfolk, Puritans, annoyingly inevitable game design, and a Tibetan Nazi space god.
The latest episode of the Golden Geek-nominated podcast that’s sweeping the gamer nation, Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, now wings its way toward your earbuds. Join us as we fling open the inaugural doors of the Cartography Hut to contemplate maps we have known and loved. In a frenzy of construction, we then throw […]
Response to the Hillfolk Kickstarter has been so overwhelming I haven’t had time to tell you how overwhelming it’s been. Things are moving faster than I can type this update. As of this writing, we’re at the 16 hour mark and are already 201% funded. The first two—no, make that three—stretch goals have been surpassed […]