Esoterrorists aren’t known for their long-range thinking. The sorts who join this loosely affiliated conspiracy of sadists, power-seekers and maniacs don’t want to wait generations to enjoy the fruits of their demon-summoning labors. Members of a cell headquartered in Silicon Valley learned of an effort to create software that will one day be able to […]
In the latest episode of their odobenus-fearing podcast, Ken and Robin talk choice & the gamer brain, ZTE, walrus revenge, and the Eliptonic 70s.
In the latest episode of their safely engineered podcast, Ken and Robin talk coincidence in mysteries, Gnosticism 101, genre tropes in litfic and reversing Chernobyl.
Game Masters. Most RPGs require them. Even the ones that don’t often have a facilitator or organizer. When it comes to selling RPGs, Game Masters are your bread and butter. A glance of the RPG products on my shelves shows me well over half them are GM-focused. While it is true player-focused books sell higher […]
Demonologist By ASH LAW The demonologist is the class for players who like things a little risky—who like playing close to the edge. Sure, you get to raise demons and bind them to your will, but if you falter you’ll unleash something very nasty into the world (and potentially against the party). Demonologists get three […]
A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws Pelgrane co-publisher Simon Rogers has been thinking about Mutant City Blues lately, and maybe someday he’ll tell you about that. In the meantime, he asked me how you might play the game for a duo of enhanced police detectives, in true buddy cop fashion. Here’s a […]
If you are interested in playtesting any of these games, please email us with the adventure you wish to playtest in the subject line. Title: Night’s Black Agents: Solo Ops System: GUMSHOE One-2-One Author: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan Deadline: July 29th 2018 Number of sessions: 3-6 Description: Night’s Black Agents: Solo Ops is a stand-alone RPG which applies […]
A quick postcard from the Nest this month as we prepare for the Origins Game Fair, in Columbus, Ohio in mid-June. We’re excited to be sharing the Indie Press Revolution (IPR) booth #823 with excellent RPG-publishing colleagues like Evil Hat, John Wick Presents, and Bully Pulpit – it’s a boothapolanza not to be missed! We’re […]
The upcoming Book of Ages describes dozens of potential ancient Icons, the heroes and villains of past Ages of the Dragon Empire, from the Enchantress to the Explorer to the Steel Colossus and the Zealot. These Icons once bestrode the world. Some vanished when the wheel of history turned and their power faded; some endured […]
by Steve Hammond Whoot! Infrastructure and other problems are behind us, and we are flying. A ton of progress in May and the Black Book is essentially back on schedule. This month we have a video showing the complete character generation experience for Trail of Cthulhu. In the video you can see how we handle […]
Hideous Creatures: Rat-Things 