by Graham Walmsley When people ask where I got my ideas for Cthulhu Dark – that’s my rules-light Lovecraftian roleplaying game, which is currently on Kickstarter – I tell them one of three stories. Story One: It’s our gaming night. Simon Rogers from Pelgrane and I are talking, before our 13th Age game starts. Specifically, […]
“He handed me a chunk of green stone, almost too heavy to hold in one hand. … The inscription was in curved characters, not unlike Pitman’s shorthand; the face in the midst of them could have been a devil mask, or a snake god, or a sea monster.” — Colin Wilson, “The Return of the […]
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THE BARD 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. This time, we […]
In the latest episode of their pure gold podcast, Ken and Robin talk Ken’s Vampire gig, the Story Beats app, loose lips at the White House, and alchemy at the Kulturforum.
by Rob Heinsoo Apologies from the garage-sanctum, but I’m pushing on three 13th Age deadlines for the end of the month so today’s column is another scoop from the archives. Before 13th Age was published, Jonathan ran a campaign in which the PCs gained a level between every session. Actually it was a campaign I […]
In the latest episode of their spicy podcast, Ken and Robin talk F20 villagers, generic supplements, food as treasure, and Lulu Hurst.
by Chris Sanderson As I write this, our store has been open for exactly eight years. We opened with little to no fanfare, with no real plan and with a marketing budget of “my mates.” My goal: a place to hang out and play RPGs together. Sure, we’d been hanging out and playing RPGs together […]
In The Yellow King Roleplaying Game, Kickstarting soon at a Kickstarter near you, players portray characters linked across various eras and timelines corrupted by alien supernatural influence. In the third of these linked settings, Aftermath, the investigators are all ex-partisans who fought in a successful rebellion against a tyrannical regime backed by Carcosa. Now they […]
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THE BARD 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. This time, we […]
In the latest episode of their high-profile podcast, Ken and Robin talk premise rejection, war movie evolution, Keisha Howard and the Old Man of the Mountain.