Ashen Stars uses the episodic ‘planet-of-the-week’ or ‘case-of-the-week’ approach to adventures – the Lasers get an assignment, show up, solve the mystery, and move on to some other part of the Bleed. It’s Have Starship, Will Travel.In a Station Duty campaign, the Lasers are on permanent assignment to a particularly troubled system or sector, a […]
In the latest episode of their generously gifting podcast, Ken and Robin talk players getting ahead of the mystery, the raid on St. Nicholas’ tomb, late 50s science fiction films, and the occult inspiration of artist Yves Klein.
A blurry photograph of the room where the investigators found the tome. Shadow shapes that might be the result of a double exposure or some damage to the photographic plate are visible, as if the room is haunted. Photography coupled with Chemistry might replicate the experiment and yield more information. The binding of the book […]
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This wraps up the series outline from a previous installment of See P. XX. Cult Activity A friend or loved one joins the Temple of Hali, willingly embracing the new unreality as more vivid and exciting than boring old regular life. Can the team dig up a sinister truth that will release this person from […]
If you’re attending Gen Con 2023, we’d love you to run Pelgrane RPGs at it! GMs get t-shirts, swag bags, Pelgrane webstore discounts, and if you run more than three sessions, you also get a GM badge giving you free entry to Gen Con 2023! March 11th is the closing date for game submissions, so […]
In the latest episode of their floaty, watchful podcast, Ken and Robin talk ear ghosts, spy balloons, and our top ten movies of 2022.
GUMSHOE, as we always say, is the game system where you always find a clue. If you’ve got the right Investigative Ability, you get the information. When designing scenarios, however, it’s useful to divide those pieces of information into different categories. My usual mental breakdown (building on the Clue vs Lead division) Leads: A piece […]
Please email support@pelgranepress.com for instructions on how to take part in this playtest! Title: Cassilda’s Song: The Wars section System:The Yellow King RPG Authors: Robin D. Laws Deadline for return of feedback: Friday 28th April 2023 Number of sessions: 1-2 sessions per each of the four adventures Description: Like the YKRPG itself, Cassilda’s Song consists of four […]