Avoiding the Gimmick by Kevin Kulp TimeWatch, Pelgrane Press’s recently Kickstarted game of investigative time travel, falls into the same category of games that play quite differently as a one-shot than they do as a continuing campaign. Feng Shui, Trail of Cthulhu, and Night’s Black Agents fall into this category as well, as does Paranoia… […]
Hello, my name is Kendall Jung and I’m one of the mods on the Pelgrane 13th Age forums, host of Vault of the 13th Age (http://www.13thage.org) and I have also taken up the mantle of “Official GM Wrangler” for GenCon and Origins this year. Together with Cat Tobin and Wade Rockett, we’re feverishly working towards […]
Lurker by Casey Peavler and Ryven Cedrylle Art by Kaitlynn Peavler A moment of concentration brought a shadow into Tullie’s hand, the misty substance hardening into a stiletto dagger as light as a feather and harder than dragon bones. Her prey was currently occupied with the entertainment he had paid for tonight, and judging by […]
If you are interested any of these games, please email me with the game you wish to playtest in the subject line. The truth, or something like it System: Ashen Stars Authors: Piers Beckley Deadline: March 30th Description: 50 years ago, at the height of the Utopian era, the most powerful starship ever launched […]
And so the time has begun for teases of Dracula Dossier content. Not least because the time is being taken up writing Dracula Dossier content instead of “Call of Chicago” content for See p. XX, but be that as it may. (If you’re wondering what The Dracula Dossier might be with all this content of […]
In The Zalozhniy Quartet, there’s a scene (not really a spoiler) where the PCs are outmatched and are ‘supposed’ to flee, leading into a tense chase. Expecting player characters to take a particular action is always hazardous design – you can set up a situation where there’s only one valid route for the PCs to […]
Undead by Casey Peavler and Ryven Cedrylle +2 to Con or +2 to Cha It’s not hard to understand why undead are feared and reviled by all cultures and all races. Mindless monsters, recently dead loved ones risen from the grave to feed on their family. The haunted spirits of those long-dead. Nothing in […]
Spring has arrived in London; birds are singing, flowers are blooming and even the sun has deigned to shine on us. Infused with the joys of the season, we’ve planted article seeds in people’s heads and can now show you what we’ve cultivated. New in the shop this month are the conclusion to the Cthulhu […]
In the St. Patrick’s Day edition of their green and defiant podcast, Ken and Robin talk Aaron Allston, genre emulation, Octagon City, social media and Ireland unconquered.