Chris Huth has produced excellent art and layout for Pelgrane Press including Ashen Stars, Night’s Black Agents and 13th Age. Last week his apartment suffered extensive damage from a fire. (You can read more news reports here and here.) Luckily, no one was hurt, but he and his partner have lost their home and most […]
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A shorter than usual Page XX this month – Robin D Laws talks about the significance of verbal changes, Kenneth Hite talks about monster wrangling in the 13th Age Bestiary, Wade Rockett gives tips on teleportation spells in 13th Age, and James “Baron Munchausen” Wallis talks about the Kickstarter for Alas Vegas. As well as […]
I’ll be typing a storm at you on #RPG.NET chat at 8 PM Eastern tonight (Tuesday Oct 23rd.) I’m sure that Hillfolk and its ongoing Kickstarter will be the topic du jour. But feel free to ask me anything within my remit, from GUMSHOE to Skulduggery, from GM advice to podcasting. To join #rpgnet chat: […]
Halloween is drawing near, and you might be looking for appropriately spooky games to run for your players. Here’s a quick roundup of seven Pelgrane Press games and adventures that might fit the bill: Night’s Black Agents by Kenneth Hite – The designer of this mashup of the spy thriller and horror genres describes it as “The Bourne […]
Bookhounds of London offers three different kind of campaign settings: Arabesque, Technicolor and Sordid. This time out I’m going to go Sordid, and discuss the crime of murder. Murder was an obsession of the Thirties. People read about them all the time – Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers made their careers out of murder – […]
Any moment now, when Kickstarter pushes the 13 True Ways book over $64K, Jonathan Tweet and Robin D. Laws and I will be working together again for the first time. Jonathan and Robin have worked together, most notably on Over the Edge. Robin and I have worked together from my first paid gig writing an […]
The recovery from our very successful GenCon has taken longer than expected, with many loose ends to tie, leads to follow and products to commission. Night’s Black Agents and The Zalozhniy Quartet are out now, the pre-order [REDACTED] Editions having shipped yesterday. The 13th Age 13 True Ways Kickstarter has hit its funding goal and […]
I didn’t add this to the official Kickstarter promises at http://bit.ly/13TrueWays, but one thing I’m dying to do in the 13True Ways book for 13th Age is a map of the carved and magical back of a Koru behemoth. Koru behemoths were a wonderful suggestion from Keith Baker when Jonathan and Keith and I started […]
For the ancient Hebrews, the most powerful living men virtually ranked among the gods. Thanks to Plato, today we think of God as infinite, something beyond human scope. But ancient people hadn’t been taught about infinity, and they viewed their gods as finite. Their gods were immortal, but they were not all powerful or all […]
“Axis, City of Swords…capital of the Dragon Empire, one of the 7 Cities. Axis is a city of wonders, military power, and martial competition. Gladiatorial games, skirmishes between noble houses, and staged holy wars hone the fighting spirit of an empire built on conquest.” –Text from the 13th Age Playtest I think the comparison between gladiatorial […]