Ever hungry for new sources of terror, we just received seven gods and titans for use in any Trail of Cthulhu campaign, from player Nick Ingham. He says: “Some have been mentioned in supplements like the Bookhounds of London, but not properly described like the ones in the core rulebook. Others I just like. In […]
In the latest episode of their transcendent podcast, Ken and Robin talk out-of-body guns, Russian spying 101, reluctant heroes and Hypatia of Alexandria.
In the latest episode of their serpentine podcast, Ken and Robin talk player plans, the Black Dahlia, CCTV vs weirdness, and Moorish sovereign citizens vs Yig.
Come Learn With Us! Below is a complete list of Pelgrane Press seminars that will be featured at Gen Con 2017. All will be located in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Pennsylvania Station B. Registration for these and all other events will open May 28th. See you there! Thursday 11:00 AM – 13th Age Adventure […]
by Brian Dalrymple Crowd-funding has solidified its acceptance as a necessary step in the creation of games in the minds of small and mid-sized publishers and the player base at large, but the idea still meets resistance from retail game shops, and there are valid reasons. While many crowd-funding efforts over years have included well-intended […]
It’s a busy time for travel, with both Simon and Cat away at a remote Polish castle being wizards, and Cat now off to Edinburgh to be a guest at Conpulsion Battlegrounds. Alex has coped admirably with being dropped into managing everything, and she’s settling in impressively well. She’s currently working on the art direction of […]
The upcoming Book of Ages includes the Engine of the Ages, a Microscope-like tool for collaboratively generating your own history of the Dragon Empire. Each player tells the tale of one faction (usually, one associated with their player character), while the GM mixes in other groups that may play a part in the campaign. The […]
If you are interested any of these games, please email us with the adventure you wish to playtest in the subject line. Title: One For the Money System: GUMSHOE One-2-One Author: Chris Spivey Deadline: 30th April Number of sessions: 1-2 Description: Rhino Jones needs a solid. Has hell frozen over? Can Langston Wright get to the bottom […]
One of the suggested campaign frames in Cthulhu City casts the investigators as journalists on Newspaper Row, working for one of Great Arkham’s competing newspapers. Let’s borrow a page (yellowed, and a little stained) from Bookhounds of London and look at the mechanics of playing a journalist. Newspaper Credit Rating Each newspaper has a Credit […]
See Page XX a column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws In his influential book on the films of Howard Hawks, the late film critic Robin Wood identified one of the director’s key themes as “the Lure of Irresponsibility.” This phrase has stuck in my head over the years, connecting itself to a subject far […]