From the keyboard of Kenneth Hite… For those of you who have somehow been occupying yourselves with other pursuits than my game design career, perhaps I should mention that a pre-order edition of my vampire spy thriller RPG Night’s Black Agents is available now from Pelgrane Press. More on that below, where the horrid, horrid […]
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Following on from the previous post, this is how gross $ sales break down by outlet. The net margin picture (which includes a lot of guess work) looks a little different: PDF sales declined as a percentage of net margin, because of the mammoth Ashen Stars and Bookhounds pre-orders, but increased overall. […]
This post covers the relative success of the different lines of lines of products. If you have any questions, post in the comments. Core Book Sales This pie chart shows the proportion of sales we’ve had for each of our core lines, since we started. The second, how each fared in 2011. What I note […]
This post compares this year and last. I’ll look at my 2011 predicitions as I go through the figures. Another post will look at a few sales numbers. The first thing to say is that this has been a great year for Pelgrane. Our turnover more than doubled, and it’s twice the turnover of the […]
The Game’s The Thing Podcast features guest star Kenneth Hite, and they discuss Night’s Black Agents at length. Apparently, Night’s Black Agents is really, really neat.
Kakfa reviews the Trail of Cthulhu adventure Hell Fire by Adam Gauntlett. (8/10) …in the hands of a skilled Keeper this adventure would be truly fantastic.
According to a conspiracy theory both odd and oddly un-sinister, a youthful Barack Obama, as part of a secret CIA program, used to teleport to Mars. Why, the official denials only serve to confirm it! To rip this from the headlines into an Ashen Stars scenario… Teleportation technology doesn’t appear in the game setting. It’s […]
The December issue of Page XX is out now with a host of articles, advice and a brand new Night’s Black Agents Competition as well as new releases! Check it out here.
Our first review of Lorefinder is available on RPG Geek : Do I recommend the book? Yes, absolutely! The brief book provides an excellent paradigm for regulating information in a fantasy RPG. Even if you follow that paradigm within the core Pathfinder rules (with skill checks), GUMSHOE is an excellent model and will enrich your […]
On my return from London, the players in the ongoing Hillfolk game wanted a full report on what went down in the one-shot I ran for the Pelgrane crew, pre-Dragonmeet. Who were their alternate universe counterparts, and what did they get up to? As the game moves into outside playtesting, it’s an issue I’ll be […]