In the latest episode of their epoch-making podcast, Ken and Robin talk Bubblegumshoe, playing historical figures, and Ken’s New England book raid.
Somewhere in the beautiful jungles of social media, or perhaps in the dappled glen that was Origins, some unheralded genius-slash-troublemaker asked me “so how would you drift Bubblegumshoe and Night’s Black Agents to play Buffy: the Vampire Slayer?” How, indeed, blithe spirit. A couple of informational footnotes before we launch ourselves into that glorious void: […]
Tides of Fate: Part 1 The Dragon Empire is under attack by strange creatures called star-masks, monsters that fall from the stars themselves. But if the legends are true, there’s a chance to take the fight to the enemy. The magical ship Ostulti, created in the age of the Wizard King, is a flying fortress that can ascend to the […]
In the latest episode of their irrepressibly upbeat podcast, Ken and Robin talk playing the beat cycle, Yakov Blumkin, breaking the fourth wall and the Business Plot.
Cult for Trail of Cthulhu Ever since humanity stared into the first flames and saw a cause for worship, cults secretly venerating Cthugha have arisen within existing religions to lure the young and fervent to immolation. In the contemporary west, this pattern manifests in the Cult of Redeeming Light. Founded by French knight, occultist and […]
In the latest episode of their clock-melting podcast, Ken and Robin talk investigative scenario hard parts, Italian horror cinema, surrealist Communism, and past life regression.
I’m currently incorporating playtest feedback from GUMSHOE One-2-One into the final manuscript. We’ve never had more respondents take part in a test for any GUMSHOE project, so having this much material to work with represents a huge luxury. The higher the number of reports, the easier it becomes to identify and address the most common […]
In the latest episode of their rugged yet avalanche-threatened podcast, Ken and Robin talk environmental obstacles, The Cthulhu Wars, Toynbee tiles, and Ken’s claim to be from Porlock.