An Ashen Stars scenario hook Interstellar commodities magnate Agnes Moro wakes up in an unfamiliar, disabled ship floating in space near the planet Bifrost. Its primary holo screen plays an audio-only recording on loop. The electronically distorted voice says: “Search your recollections and you will find that you have none. We have confiscated your memories. […]
by Brian Dalrymple Brian Dalrymple owns The Adventure Game Store & Dragon’s Lair in South Florida. He’s also worked in games distribution and publishing, and is a graphic designer. He sells a lot of role-playing games. Find his store online at facebook.com/AdventureGameStore or follow him on twitter @AdvGameStore Chances are, as a recipient of the Pelgrane […]
Released on Free RPG Day 2016 – now available to download here. The Dracula Dossier – The Van Helsing Letter Just before he vanished, Abraham Van Helsing – doctor of medicine, doctor of law, and secret vampire hunter – wrote one last letter hinting at an unsolved case. Now, more than a century later, that letter is in […]
by Paul Butler Paul Alexander Butler is the Director of Retail Operations at Games and Stuff, one of the largest gaming stores on the East coast of the United States. A familiar face at trade shows around North America, in recent years he has spent a great deal of time and energy helping other retailers […]
In the latest episode of their entirely curricular podcast, Ken and Robin talk RPGs as history class, Brussels espionage, writing influences, and the Black Dragon Society.
Getting Ahead through Strategic Incompetence My Wednesday night group been playing Dungeon World in the Forgotten Realms setting. We are enjoying it, and in particular exploring our characters’ differing niches (oo-er). In Dungeon World, whenever there is a challenge in the fiction, you describe what you are doing, an appropriate Move is chosen, then roll […]
Excerpt from an internal Ordo Veritatis monograph: A polemic pamphlet describing the 1616 trial and execution of a woman for double filicide unknowingly portrays a textbook case of Outer Dark activity. (The accompanying illustration, on the other hand…) Margaret Vincent of Acton, just outside London, murdered her two young children, aged 5 and 2, during […]
In the latest episode of their red and bubbling podcast, Ken and Robin Talk Bast, writing useful GMCs, Kim Philby and the return of Eric the lava lamp.