Erik Kain recently gave 13th Age an excellent review on Forbes.com, saying: “…one of the best systems I’ve encountered—and I’ve either played or read the rules to countless d20 systems at this point—is 13th Age, a game cobbled together by Jonathan Tweet and Rob Heinsoo.” He then goes on to say: “13th Age is … […]
If you want 13th Age news, there is enough to fill an article – see Through the Scrying Glass. The most important news this month is the pre-release of our enormous campaign Eternal Lies, but we also offer the early release of the next installement of Ken Writes About Stuff, Hideous Creatures: The Hounds of […]
A early Page XX this month, due to a number of absences from the Pelgrane’s Nest, with Simon off on a lovely holiday for a week and Cat away at UK Games Expo in Birmingham. This means that lucky Ken Writes About Stuff subscribers get their latest fix of Kenly goodness early this month in […]
The mist is finally clearing in the scrying glass, and I have some and it’s time for a solid update on the 13th Age. In short, 13th Age is at the printers, which means we have a PDF of the final version for you pre-orderers and a reasonably sure estimate for the books to ship […]
by Will Hindmarch Eternal Lies took a while to devise and design and write. It took a long time to assemble and layout and that’s not even done yet. It turned into something. Working on a book this big can be scary. We went through a number of ideas, experimenting with structure and motif and […]
A 13th Age/Archmage System hack by ASH LAW The lich-king Mordred is on the throne, Merlin is imprisoned, and Arthur and his knights are over a century dead. Undead grail-knights roam the land dispensing the king’s ‘justice’, and plague-zombies terrorize the peasants. Welcome to the 13 Knights of Camelot – a setting for 13th Age’s […]
See P. XX A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws Recruiting the Reluctant Within any gaming group you’ll find a variety of tastes regarding any facet of the roleplaying experience. According to a Thing I Always Say, one of the main tricks of GMing is to find the sweet spot between those tastes and […]
See P. XX A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws SRD or SDD? With editorial for Hillfolk and Blood on the Snow completed, it’s time to take a break from DramaSystem to work on another of the obligations arising from our November Kickstarter. That would be the System Reference Document for Open GUMSHOE. On […]