A column about roleplaying By Robin D. Laws After a four decade restoration project, a book shrine found in a lake has gone on display at the National Museum of Ireland. Only seven others of its kind survive. Known as cumdachs, these elaborately decorated cases of metal-shod wood were fashioned to contain precious devotional […]
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In the latest episode of their arrow-deflecting podcast, Ken and Robin talk research librarian listserv campaigns, St. Cuthbert, early 40s fantasy films, and a longer-lived Attila the Hun.
Hey everybody, it’s writer and game designer Robin D. Laws. Now that I am also Creative Director here at Pelgrane Press custody of this column has been turned over to me. This is my first time stepping into the Pelgrane’s nest and I have to confess to feeling somewhat overwhelmed. The miscellaneous bones and bits […]
In the latest episode of their high and dry podcast, Ken and Robin talk urban fantasy university, Dayton’s Great Flood, late 30s fantasy films, and occult 60s rocker Graham Bond.
Page Turners, the forthcoming game of dramatic interaction for one player and one GM, enables you to create a story that feels like a novel or a play. To help get you there, each scenario provides Constraints, a set of ground rules both participants absorb in advance. These storytelling guide rails ensure that you jointly […]
In the latest episode of their clever, smoothly efficient podcast, Ken and Robin talk apocalyptic campaigns, the wily servant, mid 30s fantasy films, and the Grime’s Graves Goddess.
In the latest episode of their emerald-laden podcast, Ken and Robin talk the role of dice in RPGs, brain diagnosing inner voices, fantasy films of the silent era, and the sinking of the San Jose.
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In Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff 603 we riffed a series of plot hooks arising from the career of experimental filmmaker and Vodou researcher Maya Deren. But maybe that left you unsatisfied, wanting a Yellow King: This is Normal Now scenario hook that drew in all of experimental cinema. You absolutely requested that, so […]
Pelgrane Press seeks swashbuckling playtesters to strap on their swords and smite some sorcery to playtest Pillars Built on Sand. Written with the trademark verve of acclaimed designer Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, this book of linked scenarios features: A quarantined ship harboring a fatal secret. An avatar of war on a predatory night time hunt. A covert […]