As I begin planning future Ken Writes About Stuff pieces, a number of solid GUMSHOE campaign frames occur to me. Longer than the frames in the corebooks, but not super complex, such settings make good KWAS PDFs. They might not support a whole book (although then again they might, if sales of the basic PDF […]
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The mist is finally clearing in the scrying glass, and I have some and it’s time for a solid update on the 13th Age. In short, 13th Age is at the printers, which means we have a PDF of the final version for you pre-orderers and a reasonably sure estimate for the books to ship […]
Bubblegumshoe, developed by Kenneth Hite, Emily Care Boss, and Lisa Steele is the Evil Hat’s first delve into the GUMSHOE system. The design doc has been drafted and now they’re looking for Alpha playtesters to give it a spin! Interested? Great! Here is what they’re looking for: – Familiarity with GUMSHOE (have run it, played […]
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 […]
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 […]