[Author Roland Rogers is a 13-year-old 13th Age player whose One Unique Thing is that he Knows All the Monsters. Inspired by ASH LAWS character builds, here is a dual-class character created at all levels.] In 13th Age, dual class characters can be much more powerful than single class characters. This is not always true […]
Gen Con 50 is over, and we’re catching up on all the work it’s generated. Gen Con also acts as a magnet for new releases, so we’ve got a bunch of those, too. The 13th Age Bestiary 2, Cthulhu City and Out of the Woods are all off pre-order and are available, shipping now. A […]
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a column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws When characters in DramaSystem want to accomplish something practical, external to their emotional goals, the full procedural system seen in Hillfolk allows you to narrate a detailed scene around that. It determines not only what ultimately happens, but lays down a series of suspense beats along the […]
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: The Yellow King RPG System: GUMSHOE core Author: Robin D. Laws Deadline: 31st October 2017 Number of sessions: 6-8 Description: Inspired by Robert W. Chambers’ influential cycle of short stories, YKRPG pits the characters […]
GenCon’s come and gone, and we picked up a pleasing number of new GUMSHOE customers. Some of them came to the booth with something in mind (“do you guys do that Dracula game?” or “hey, is that the two-player Cthulhu game?” or even “hey, is this the Green Ronin booth?”), but others wanted to try GUMSHOE, but […]
In the latest episode of their bleary-eyed and gravel-throated podcast, Ken and Robin talk Gen Con, Gen Con, the eclipse, and Gen Con.
In the demonologist playtest I ran a week ago, the non-demonologist character in the party cast turn undead against a mixed group of zombie mooks and ghostly mooks. We were halfway through the attack when we all realized, no, this couldn’t be right, something was wrong with our results. I must have half-remembered an […]
UPDATE: Booth space at PAX Unplugged is sold out, and PAX has told us that there is no open gaming at the con—the only game events will be those run by exhibitors. As a result, we unfortunately won’t have a presence at PAX Unplugged 2017. (Unless someone miraculously drops out and no one’s ahead of […]
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THE NECROMANCER By ASH LAW In this series by ASH LAW, we feature two different builds for every 13th Age character class, at all levels. ASH suggests how the builds might be used, and offers tips on playing each character. Stats are based on the point-buy method, and the characters have no non-standard elements. MORTAL MAGICS […]
In the latest episode of their ENnie-winning podcast, Ken and Robin talk selling players on the new, Breton folklore, bad guy filler and cold war psychic warfare.