Gen Con is over, and we’re catching our breath after our biggest event of the year. We had a great Gen Con 50, and a big shout-out to the team involved in pulling together such a cracking anniversary event. We had a super productive Pelgranista get-together in Indianapolis in advance, and have big plans for […]
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[Author Roland Rogers is a 13-year-old 13th Age player whose One Unique Thing is that he Knows All the Monsters. Inspired by ASH LAWS character builds, here is a dual-class character created at all levels.] In 13th Age, dual class characters can be much more powerful than single class characters. This is not always true […]
Gen Con 50 is over, and we’re catching up on all the work it’s generated. Gen Con also acts as a magnet for new releases, so we’ve got a bunch of those, too. The 13th Age Bestiary 2, Cthulhu City and Out of the Woods are all off pre-order and are available, shipping now. A […]
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a column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws When characters in DramaSystem want to accomplish something practical, external to their emotional goals, the full procedural system seen in Hillfolk allows you to narrate a detailed scene around that. It determines not only what ultimately happens, but lays down a series of suspense beats along the […]
If you are interested in playtesting any of these games, please email us with the adventure you wish to playtest in the subject line. Title: The Yellow King RPG System: GUMSHOE core Author: Robin D. Laws Deadline: 31st October 2017 Number of sessions: 6-8 Description: Inspired by Robert W. Chambers’ influential cycle of short stories, YKRPG pits the characters […]
GenCon’s come and gone, and we picked up a pleasing number of new GUMSHOE customers. Some of them came to the booth with something in mind (“do you guys do that Dracula game?” or “hey, is that the two-player Cthulhu game?” or even “hey, is this the Green Ronin booth?”), but others wanted to try GUMSHOE, but […]
UPDATE: Booth space at PAX Unplugged is sold out, and PAX has told us that there is no open gaming at the con—the only game events will be those run by exhibitors. As a result, we unfortunately won’t have a presence at PAX Unplugged 2017. (Unless someone miraculously drops out and no one’s ahead of […]
The latest edition of See Page XX is out now! Featuring the Cthulhu Confidential PDF and an adventure, 13th Age Book of Demons playtesting, masked vigilantes in Cthulhu City, the 13th Age Bestiary 2 printing videos and monster origin stories, a Trail of Cthulhu quick reference rules guide, and more. It’s all in this month’s See Page […]
While ebooks have their benefits, we at Pelgrane Press love physical books. But with all the advantages of ebooks, we understand that to be a bit more than printed paper stuck in a binding. They have to be beautiful, useable and durable. We use Huron Gloss premium paper in almost every case, manufactured in Ken […]
In GUMSHOE,when your character needs to do something tricky and where randomness adds tension, you roll a d6, add points you spend from an Ability pool, and if you make the Difficulty number, you succeed. The number of points you spend on a test can represent the effort a character is making, but usually they […]