“It is only when I have found what was supposed to be psychic turned into extortion that I have condemned and exposed it. Or when I have watched it ladled out to some trusting soul until it became a one-way ticket to an asylum.” Rose Mackenberg, quoted in the Chicago Tribune (Aug. 5, 1945) Born […]
by Emily Cambias This Spiritualism-inspired adventure is best played with Trail of Cthulhu groups that include a Parapsychologist or Medium. Introduction New England, December, 1930. Mrs. Allsopp is a wealthy widow and avid Spiritualist. She’s hosted the medium Lewis Thrush in her home for eight months and holds regular séances with him. Everyone who attends […]
The nature of Trail lends itself to carefully planned, highly detailed adventures. The investigators analyse each clue, each location and object in forensic detail, deploying their highly specialised investigative abilities to ferret out the tell-tale clue. Trail scenarios support this by providing lots of suggested nuggets of information the players can pick up. However, the […]
In the latest episode of their subjectively numinous podcast, Ken and Robin talk planning a time slip scenario, a field trip to Roswell, an ill-fated bridge in Providence, and Giza megastructures.
Pelgrane Press seeks playtesters for Boundary of the Darkness, the Trail of Cthulhu sourcebook of dread investigation during England’s age of Enlightenment. It presents two exciting campaign frames, ripped from the broadsheets of the 1770s: Phil Masters’ In Lunar Service, in which the Investigators act as Secret Associates for Birmingham’s most notable thinkers, scientists and […]
In the latest episode of their clearly functional podcast, Ken and Robin talk knowing when rules work, the mummy the Ottomans dismembered, Mythos creatures with dwarf males, and the Blaenavon horse humanoid.
ROSEMARY JUSTICE by Adam Gauntlett In which the Bookhounds attend an auction at a pub on Rosemary Lane and discover a peculiar phantom. 0 Point Clues Rosemary Lane, renamed Royal Mint Lane in 1850, was until recently a notorious spot for thieves and street-sellers. It was one of the largest street markets in London, but […]
In Episode 621 of Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, at the request of beloved Patreon backer Ryan McCelland, Ken and Robin brainstorm some extra Trail occupations. As they’ve done the fun bit of coming up with the concepts, it falls to Gar to do the numbers bit. Explorer Also works for guide, big game […]
A few backers have asked why Trail 2nd Edition sticks to the old GUMSHOE method of having point Spends for each individual investigative ability, instead of switching to the Pushes used in the Yellow King/GUMSHOE One-2-One and Mutant City Blues. There’s no standalone GUMSHOE rules engine – each game takes the precepts and techniques and […]
In the latest episode of their headgear-accepting podcast, Ken and Robin talk despised medieval occupations, New York City’s straw hat riots, making the zoog scary, and the hodag.
