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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 […]
By Kevin Kulp High Concept Want to adapt Swords of the Serpentine to play a high fantasy game instead of swords and sorcery? Use these guidelines and house rules to capture a classic fantasy feel that features non-human heroes, classic magic, and gods who grant prayers and provide miracles. Character Generation Professions If you’re coming […]
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 […]
Jun
A column about roleplaying By Robin D. Laws When asked what one can do to be a better player, the first thing I always say is: the mere fact that you’re concerned about this suggests that you’re probably already most of the way there. The second thing I say is: see where the ball is, […]
Jun
A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws The GUMSHOE moment when you decide how many pool points to spend on a general ability test is meant to put players on the spot. They weigh their desire to hang on to a finite resource with the need to succeed. The rule makes them decide how […]
Jun
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 […]