I am once again looking to augment the ranks of my Thursday night playtest group—hence this open call for one new recruit. To join the group, you’ll need to be reliably free on Thursday nights and able to get to the Bloor-Bathurst area in downtown Toronto. We meet from 7 pm to 10 pm. You […]
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The September issue of See Page XX is now out. We have new releases, a host of articles, and the traditional P. XX poll! Check it out here.
Twisted Tales interviews Kenneth Hite, author of Trail of Cthulhu and the forthcoming Night’s Black agents.
A review of The Armitage Files on rpg.net offering top marks (10/10) For anyone who doubts an investigative sandbox campaign is possible, this book is the winning counterargument. I know of no other books like this one. I hope this is not the case for long.
After an overly long summer break, my Thursday night playtest group will reconvene, continuing to put the first DramaSystem game, Hillfolk, through its paces. At this point, I’m confident that the main mechanism works well. This is the framing and playing out of dramatic scenes, in which one main character seeks an emotional concession from […]
Our current forum is a little long in the tooth, and we’ve been having problems with registrations. John Clayton, our excellent webmaster, has added a new Vanilla forum. Please join up here, try it out, and let us know if anything is not working.
A positive review of the Occult Guide by Andrew Brehaut …the book is an entertaining read – if you are like me, you might find yourself puzzling over facets of the mystery for hours.
In what might be our first Ashen Stars FAQ, I’ve been asked if Jerome Huguenin’s cool image of a kch-thk warrior means that player characters of his locust-like species get four Shooting attacks per round. As the questioner pointed out, the illo will have his players making an impassioned case for it. The reality is […]
A review of Repairer of Reputations on rpg.net by kafka (9/10) …it is one of the best Trail of Cthulhu adventures written to date. Laws has done an admirable job at adapting the story and making a fine adventure.
All the Ashen Stars Stellar Nursery editions have gone out. Here are the last few: The limited edition is awaiting these tokens, which we should have by the end of the month. Other limited editions are available through the Game Preview Event in selected stores.