…or so concluded Melissa Gay, artist for The Wars, one of the four books conjuring the interwoven, skewed realities of The Yellow King Roleplaying Game (now on Kickstarter.) Technically I asked Melissa to draw not an ornithopter but an odanathopter, as this aircraft from the weird battle zones of Europe’s 1947 Continental War is called […]
In the latest episode of their well-cured podcast, Ken and Robin talk horror chases, the Evangelist murders, daunting drinks and Lady Liberty’s lost sister.
The latest edition of See Page XX, the monthly Pelgrane Press newsletter, is out now! This month, we offer you the Free RPG Day 2017 adventures to download, a new monster for Trail of Cthulhu, Ordo Veritatis safe houses, improvised Problems and Edges for Cthulhu Confidential, new play modes for Owl Hoot Trail, and updates on the Yellow King RPG […]
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A scenario seed for The King in Yellow Roleplaying Game As heroes of the revolution that deposed the Castaigne regime you’ve been invited to take center stage at the first 4th of July celebration in 97 years. In 1920, backed by the King in Yellow, the Imperial Castaigne dynasty took over the US. Six months […]
By Kevin Kulp Owl Hoot Trail is a fantasy steampunk Western game (reviewed here and here) published by Pelgrane in 2013. Clinton R. Nixon wrote the core of the game that Matt Breen and I developed. Our aim wasn’t to make a Western-flavored fantasy game that felt like D&D with spurs; it was to make […]
Origins is fading into the past as we are swept up by the Yellow King Kickstarter and Gen Con print deadlines. Cthulhu Confidential has been shipped to pre-orderers and is now available as a PDF. The 13th Age Bestiary 2: Lions & Tigers & Owlbears is at the printers, and pre-orderers can see the final […]
A big “Happy day!” to our North American friends, celebrating Canada Day and Independence Day around this time. As a bonus holiday gift, we’re releasing the PDF of “Swords vs Owlbears” and “The Font of Knowledge” – our Free RPG Day 2017 adventures – to everyone. If you already picked up the book in stores, […]
Since the first outbreak in 1905, the city of Great Arkham has struggled to contain the spread of an unusually virulent and dangerous form of typhoid. All vehicles leaving the city must be inspected by the transport police. These officers wear heavy gas masks and protective clothing to minimise their exposure to the toxic disinfectant […]
See Page XX A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws Since Cthulhu Confidential’s arrival in foyers and post office boxes worldwide, a couple of folks have asked me how one might go about combining GUMSHOE One-2-One with Trail of Cthulhu’s standard multiplayer format. The short answer is, uh, I didn’t design them to fit […]
Time for a shout-out of royal Carcosan gratitude to the backers of The King in Yellow Roleplaying Game Kickstarter. Their support has unlocked fifteen stretch goals, and now they’re bearing down on the sixteenth. To keep the main Kickstarter page readable we’ve been noting achieved goals with a graphic that looks like this: (Pay no […]