What an eventful month! 13th Age has received the most attention, and Night’s Black Agents is getting a lot of actual play love and resources. Flying Coffins, Adam Gauntlett’s World War One Trail adventure featuring Sopwith Camels against the Mythos is out now, and we release Titanic: The Millionaire’s Special, also by Adam in support […]
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By Robin D Laws Any game design that starts with me reading an enormous stack of Jack Vance novels is one after my own heart. Before re-acquainting myself with his classic cycle of novels set in the far future Gaean Reach, I assumed that Pelgrane’s companion to The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game would use its […]
April 2012 sees the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic so in true Pelgrane Press fashion we are releasing a mini-adventure set on the ill-fated voyage, The Millionaire’s Special. All proceeds of the sale of this adventure by Adam Gauntlett will go to the Heroes in the Dark charity which aims to bring audio […]
The Virtual Play podcast has been busy with Pelgrane products. First is a actual play report of Bill White’s Trail of Cthulhu scenario, Castle Bravo, you can listen here. The second is Skulduggery, Robin D Laws’ game of backstabbing and verbal fireworks. You can listen to the full report here.
The March issue of See Page XX is out now to commemorate the 75th anniversary of HP Lovecraft’s death. To celebrate this we have asked some Lovecraftian luminaries to tell us about how HPL has influenced their life. Robin D Laws talks about ratings and pools, there are some exciting new playtesting opportunities and most […]
Welcome to the March issue of See Page XX. This is a special issue to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the death of HP Lovecraft. To celebrate this we have a SALE on four of our best but as yet under-appreciated products and a brand new Bundle for Trail of Cthulhu Keepers. HPL has influenced […]
by Robin D Laws The GUMSHOE rules break with roleplaying tradition in several notable ways. Most obviously, its information gathering skills, here called investigative abilities, default toward automatic success, with a point-spend mechanism to allow for extraordinary successes and additional benefits. Also, its general abilities—those governing activities where failure is as likely to lead […]
In celebration of the life of HP Lovecraft and on the anniversary of his death, we asked our Trail of Cthulhu writers and a few others if they would write us a few hundred words on how Lovecraft has influenced them. Be it in life, their writing, careers, and of course, in gaming. Here is […]
The Zalozhniy Quartet System: Requires Night’s Black Agents REDACTED edition Number of Sessions: 2-4 per adventure, 4 adventures Last Delivery Date: 31st March 2012 Short Description: The Zalozhniy Quartet is a series of four linked adventures from Gareth Hanrahan that can be played in any order. A web of conspiracy and intrigue challenges the players […]
This month’s Page XX is a bumper January/February edition. Our line-up this month includes the incomparable Robin D Laws with three columns. Two give advice on combat rules in Ashen Stars and the last holds a treasure-trove of writing tips, both for general prose and for roleplaying scenarios. A playtest group has provided us with […]