New creature for The Esoterrorists or Fear Itself A hole opens up in the road outside your house. You pay no attention to this. Guarded by construction fence, it shows every sign of being regular repair work. Maybe they’re fixing the water mains. Or resurfacing the pavement. But then it gradually dawns that you never […]
Category Archives: Esoterrorists
Excerpt from interview conducted at Debriefing Center Xenon, 9/12/12 Subject: Nathan Cox, age 27 Interviewer: So what do you think you did to attract their attention? Subject: Attract her attention, you mean? Interviewer: However you want to answer the question, Nathan. Subject: Don’t call me by my first name like you know me. I […]
Over at RPGNet, Kafka has been working through our new releases, and has posted a great review of The Esoterrorists 2nd Edition, giving it 5/5 for Style and Substance. Kafta notes that the second edition contains “both an update of the basic rules (GUMSHOE), hence edition change but also add-ons that make it more the […]
On the UK Roleplayers forum, Ragr has given the Esoterror Factbook a great 8/10. Ragr says the Factbook “…expands the background wonderfully and provides great advice for developing characters and helping the players to visualise exactly what their job as OV investigators is all about.” Ragr concludes by saying: “For me this book was a […]
Until 7th March get Esoterrorists, Fear Itself and supplements from the rpgnow.com sale.
A Ripped From the Headlines Plot Premise For The Esoterrorists When viral videos appear on the Internet documenting a mystery sound heard in farflung locations throughout the world, skeptics declare them obvious fakes. It doesn’t take a sound engineer to tell that they’re electronically generated, possibly from a sample of the Godzilla scream. But the […]
Your town isn’t like other places. There’s something wrong with it. No-one wants to admit to themselves, but things are strange here. More madness. More sorrow. More deaths. More horrible ‘accidents’. It’s not like it used to be. There’s something rotten in the heart of this place, a cancer of the soul that eats away […]
Here is actual play of the Esoterrorists adventure Profane Miracles, with a home-designed follow up adventure using Fear Itself here, from the excellent Role Playing Public Radio. There is a bit of banter at the beginning, but they get into it pretty quickly and get on with the game.
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 […]