This is an update on the effect of the UK’s referendum in which the majority of voters (52%) voted to advise parliament to leave the European Union. The short version Because of a steady new lower exchange rate between the UK pounds Sterling and the US dollar, we will be increasing our mail order prices […]
Category Archives: See Page XX
a column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws The release date for Cthulhu Confidential, flagship product of the GUMSHOE One-2-One game, creeps up on us daily. For International Pelgrane Day, I ran its intro scenario for gamer and science TV presenter Marty Jopson, which you can check out here. This mystery features one of our […]
We’re just back from Dragonmeet, the biggest RPG-focused convention in the UK, where we had a great day catching up with customers and colleagues alike. One of the most exciting things to happen there was selling out of our limited preview editions of Cthulhu Confidential by 14:00. The first product for our new GUMSHOE One-2-One system […]
The year nears its end, and it’s been a year, filled with non-Pelgrane-related turmoil, festooned with awards and topped off with Kickstarter fulfilment ! Now, with the Dragonmeet behind us, we move on to a belated See Page XX. After hundreds of playtests, the polishing and honing of the manuscript and a whole new look […]
by Steve Dempsey Dreamhounds of Paris is a very rich game. The player characters, the surrealists, each have a detailed history. Paris, both in its mundane and magical incarnations, has locations, stories and conspiracies. And that’s even before you add in the Dreamlands and the rest of the Lovecraftian canon. As someone who runs improvised […]
Hallowe’en is over, the evenings are closing in, and we hear the roads are already frozen in Helsinki. Cheer yourself up before the winter sets in where you are, with the latest edition of See Page XX. Featuring the release of the second title in the Battle Scenes series, The Crown Commands – available as a […]
This month we celebrated International Pelgrane Day and the tenth anniversary of GUMSHOE. We’ve uploaded The Crown Commands, the next 13th Age Battle Scenes book to the printers, and created yet more Hawkins Papers. Work on the extra TimeWatch books continues – they are in art direction, and Cthulhu Confidential is in layout. Also, available […]
If you are interested any of these games, please email us with the game you wish to playtest in the subject line. Title: Unquiet Waters System: GUMSHOE One-2-One Author: Ruth Tillman Deadline for playtest feedback: 30th November Number of sessions: 1-2 Description: It started like an ordinary assignment–cover a confrontation between scabs and union workers. Yet as […]
A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws Over the years I’ve occasionally been asked, most often by Simon, how GUMSHOE and player narrative control might work together. My answer has always been the same—uh, they kinda mostly don’t. GUMSHOE assumes that the solution to the mysteries the PCs investigate remains fixed once established in […]
by Jason Fryer “There are eight million stories in the naked city; this has been one of them…” ~ The Naked City (1948) Be it police procedural, horror, or spy thriller, characters are integral to the GUMSHOE campaign, influencing and expanding the narrative with their personal stories. However, although ever-present, one vital character remains oft-forgotten […]