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 – […]
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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 […]
Our sister company Profantasy Software, produces the industry standard map-making software Campaign Cartographer. Here are a choice of two cut-price bundles exclusive to Pelgrane customers – more than 15% off. The 13th Age Bundle This choice gets you the core map-making engine Campaign Cartographer 3 plus the Cartographer’s Annual 2012. In September, as part of […]
August is GenCon month, but due to Beth’s foresight we are able to release a just-in-time Page XX. GenCon became a hard target for three new print releases, and when we get back, all these pre-orders will be going out. 13th Age will be the only outstanding pre-order left. These new releases are Night’s Black […]
This year at GenCon, my best friend and I are promoting 13th Age, our new fantasy RPG for people who want more story and more open-ended rules. Twelve years ago at GenCon 2000, some new friends and I were promoting D&D 3E, my corporation’s fantasy RPG. At GenCon twelve years before that, in 1988, my […]
Futile Position is revewing ENnie award nominated products, and they check out Lorefinder our Pathfinder/GUMSHOE mash-up here. Lorefinder adds Pelgrane Press’ Gumshoe investigation rules onto Paizo’s Pathfinder system. Over 40 pages long, Lorefinder thoroughly covers Races, Classes, Spells, and Skills in the Lorefinder system, which provides a framework for your players to perform investigations without […]