An extract from the forthcoming Botts RPG Miscellany, Adrian Bott’s big book of GM’ing wisdom. By Adrian Bott Some Games Masters fear failure – not so much their own, but the players’. For a none too confident GM, the thought that the players might experience failure can be daunting. Failure is generally understood to […]
Over the next few months we will be releasing short demos for each of our games. You can find the Ashen Stars Demo here. This month it is Steve Dempsey’s Trail of Cthulhu demo, Ritual Pursuits. It takes around 20-30 minutes to run and is a favourite at conventions. Ritual Pursuits ToC Demo wCover Download […]
Pelgrane Press is pleased to announce the release of 8 brand new wallpapers. Following on from the success of Ashen Stars, we have 5 images for you to download, some from the core book (Jerome Huguenin & Chris Huth), one from Dead Rock Seven (Pascal Quidault) and one from the currently in playtest, Terra Nova […]
October brings new playtesting opportunities, in particular Owl Hoot Trail, but we are shy of a few takers for the Esoterrorists adventures. Anyone signing up for those will get a sneak peak at the latest iteration of GUMSHOE – Esoterrorists 2.0 Each playtest has its own email link. Please click the link to send the […]
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice Others say Cthulhu’s wrath, Which would be rather nice – with apologies to Robert Frost To celebrate the recent release of the Apocalypse Machine and the success of the Cthulhu Apocalypse series, Pelgrane Press and Apocalypse Machine author Graham Walmsley offer you a […]
After a month’s hiatus to recover from GenCon and all that entails, See Page XX is back, packed with articles, advice, and interesting Pelgrane-related tidbits. We have the monthly round-up of all things Pelgrane from Simon Rogers. Robin D Laws talks about the forthcoming DramaSystem. Johnny Nexus, author of Game Night and Critical Miss condemns […]
A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws It’s about time I expanded the boundaries of roleplaying again. (This sentence is a trial project of the Commonwealth Anti-Effacement Alliance. This non-governmental organization assists Canadian game designers and British publishers in their attempts to self-promote themselves with all the zest and vigor the present age demands.) […]
Your Friendly Supplier of Advice, Information, and Only Mildly Offensive Sarcasm So after a few months of cajoling, convincing, and bribery, we have a new regular See Page XX feature – Ask Beth. If there is anything you’ve always wanted to ask Pelgrane about, however silly or non-GUMSHOE related, here is your chance. Questions can […]
By Johnny Nexus My Monday night group is currently playing a Spirit of the Century campaign. SotC is a free-wheeling pulp action game set in the 1920s, and I’m playing my man-turned-gorilla PC (there was an accident involving an aircraft and a mad-scientist) Lord Edward Silver. This last Monday though, I wasn’t actually playing a […]
Last month, with GenCon, we didn’t get a chance to do a Page XX. You can read the GenCon wrap-up and boasts of our ENnie award success here. In August, we released the Out of Time print bundle for Trail and Dead Rock Seven for Ashen Stars. This month sees the release of The Apocalypse Machine and Many […]
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