13th Age is at the printers, the Complete Eternal Lies Suite (featuring a voiceover by none other than Wil Wheaton) is available to download, and the Strange Aeons edition of Eternal Lies is available for pre-order. Plus, there’s the latest installment in the Ken Writes About Stuff subscription (updated on your order page now if […]
13th Age is almost here, and seeing the rate of pre-sales we strongly recommend you reserve your copy now. You can order the game directly from us, or pre-order 13th Age at your favorite game shop and still get the finished PDF from us that same day. Your retailer also gets a discount if they pre-order copies, so […]
In the latest episode of their insidiously well-connected podcast, Ken and Robin talk the games they’re running right now, Beyonce illuminated, pastiche and Jamestown cannibalism.
by Ryven Cedrylle 13th Age’s move from a Skill-based system to a Background-based system has far greater reach and power than is immediately evident on the first pass. The mechanics can handle a multitude of interesting nuances better than the standard d20 skill lists despite being a much smaller amount of information. In order to […]
Evenglare on the Pelgrane Press forums has built a one-page, fillable PDF character sheet for 13th Age. This very useful sheet can be downloaded here.
If you are interested any of these games, please email me with the game you wish to playtest in the subject line. 13th Age Bestiary System: 13th Age Author: Kenneth Hite, Steve Townshend, Ash Law, Kevin Kulp, Cal Moore Duration: Various Deadline: 15th June Description: This is for 13th Age pre-orderers. If you want […]
We sent the 13th Age manuscript to the printer last week. It’s a good feeling. The book looks great. I think you’ll be able to see the quality of Chris Huth’s final layout work for yourself. The magnificent editing job performed by Cal Moore is probably harder to see. Cal spotted innumerable problems and knew […]
The following is a post from the RPG.net forums by PTiKachu about his experiences running RMS Titanic: The Millionaire’s Special with a group of artists in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Warning: may contain game spoilers, so read at your own risk! —————————————- [GUMSHOE] Converting new players to Trail of Cthulhu…and it feels awesome! So, there is […]
by Christopher Smith Adair I’ve been converting scenarios to Trail of Cthulhu since I started playing the game. I get to dig in to the scenario or rules, see how it works, and reinterpret it. There’s at least as much art as science to conversions. Although I constantly refer to the ToC rulebook’s helpful guidelines, […]
As I begin planning future Ken Writes About Stuff pieces, a number of solid GUMSHOE campaign frames occur to me. Longer than the frames in the corebooks, but not super complex, such settings make good KWAS PDFs. They might not support a whole book (although then again they might, if sales of the basic PDF […]