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First up, a shout-out to our estimable Patreon backers – Andy, Michael H, Samwise, Ranting John, Andreas, Michael B, Scott, Michael M, P. Troilus, Bryant, Michael K, Craig, Emma, Jim, Clark, Bryan, and Peter! We had a Real Talk a few weeks ago, which has helped to firm up in my head how I want […]
A column about roleplaying By Robin D. Laws Sometimes you want to run an entirely casual tabletop session that requires next to no prep on your part, and zero learning curve for the players. For example, you might want to run a game around a dinner party, maybe with a break in the middle for […]
In the latest episode of their ingenious podcast, Ken and Robin talk traps, the Veiled Prophet of St. Louis, futurist cuisine, and Ophiuchus.
A Fear Itself scenario outline In this one-shot horror scenario, the players portray a heist crew that targets the wrong office building for its latest job. Create pregenerated characters for this premise, fitting the investigative point spends to your number of players. Ignore Sources of Stability. Asking each player to specify, in a private communication […]
In the latest episode of their leafy, majestic podcast, Ken and Robin talk managing your shopping-happy player, the Sycamore Gap tree felling, and Ken’s latest Portland book raid.
By Kevin Kulp This is the fifth in our series on non-human heroes which has so far covered Constructs, Intelligent Animals, Unsleeping Advisors (secret undead), and the Considerata (humans whose souls are contractually linked to gods). This month’s Ancestry is inspired by drow elves, deep ones, embedded spies, and any creatures who try to hide within […]
In the latest episode of their parrothead-adjacent podcast, Ken and Robin talk running horror when you don’t like gory movies, the Battle of Castle Itter, anthropodermic bibliopegy, and Elvis in Margaritaville.
A Trail of Cthulhu GMC in Armitage Files format Resort Owner Name: Jack Belkirk Physical Description: heavy-set man in his mid-fifties, wears overly tight suits, hair slicked to scalp with faintly medicinal-smelling pomade Sinister: The blood of the Deep Ones courses through Jack’s veins. Yet when he reached the age where other members of his […]
Hello Everyone! My name is Ibrahim and I’m happy to be working as Project Editor in the esteemed Pelgrane Press. Also, I’m happy to have this opportunity to be a part of this community and meet you all. I will be working on many things, taking over as many duties as I can from Cat. […]