A Yellow King: Paris Scenario Spine On March 23rd, 1895, the group’s Muse or Belle-Lettrist brings the rest of the art students to the Cafe de la Paix on the Boulevard des Capucines, near the Opera Garnier in the 2nd arrondissement. They arrive during the cafe’s sleepy midday hours to meet a distressed, humbly garbed […]
Category Archives: Yellow King Roleplaying Game
It feels like a mere month since I last peered out from the nest to let you know what’s up with Pelgrane Press. That’s because it was a month. Among our efforts to ramp up our activities with my coming on board as Creative Director, we’re endeavoring to return to regular publication for this very […]
In the latest edition of their accurately branded podcast, Ken and Robin talk player characters who aren’t who they think, cattle rustler Rufus “Climax Jim” Nephew, postwar fantasy films, and occult immortality methods.
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Jun
Jun
In Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff 603 we riffed a series of plot hooks arising from the career of experimental filmmaker and Vodou researcher Maya Deren. But maybe that left you unsatisfied, wanting a Yellow King: This is Normal Now scenario hook that drew in all of experimental cinema. You absolutely requested that, so […]
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May
May
Playtest reports for The Yellow King Roleplaying Game gave me one consistent message: This game is way too deadly! Accordingly, I made it less so, lowering Difficulty Numbers for tests to avoid Shocks and Injuries. I added the more forgiving Occult Adventure mode, where it takes 4 Shock or 4 Injury cards to take a […]
In the latest episode of their delicious, almond-coated podcast, Ken and Robin talk bending world logic toward fun, Nicolo Zeno’s Friesland maps, Toulouse-Lautrec’s snake cake, and preventing the Wilson administration.
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Mar
Mar
Yellow King: The Wars PCs will often meet soldiers from nations other than France. These GMCs may show up in your storyline unexpectedly. When that happens, reach for this handy article for names and personalities to adjust to your needs. Depending on your alternate history, soldiers from any European nation might be friends or foes. […]
In the latest episode of their haunting but catchy podcast, Ken and Robin talk a rogue musicologists campaign, ghosts in a kids’ VR game, and our favorite films of 2024.
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Feb
Feb
When they first hear of the creature known as the Lou Carcolh, the art students of Yellow King: Paris may breathe a sigh of relief. This titanic, man-eating cross between a snail and a serpent dwells more than a day’s train trip away from the École des Beaux-Arts, in a cave beneath the town of […]
In 1895, the art student player characters of The Yellow King: Paris can’t simply pop home to visit their wealthy American families for the holidays. They can’t take time from their studies at the École des Beaux-Arts for a two-way ocean voyage. Like other temporary residents in someone else’s city, they’ll need to band together […]