This past weekend I finished judging the Lost Magic spell design contest at Kobold Press (go vote on the finalists!) and so I had magic on the brain when I saw Dave Thompson’s 13th Age True Magic Item Mask of the Charred Zombie on his blog To Hit Arse Class 0. It’s a fun item and […]
Bubblegumshoe, developed by Kenneth Hite, Emily Care Boss, and Lisa Steele is the Evil Hat’s first delve into the GUMSHOE system. The design doc has been drafted and now they’re looking for Alpha playtesters to give it a spin! Interested? Great! Here is what they’re looking for: – Familiarity with GUMSHOE (have run it, played […]
Update Nov. 2015: It appears the Nyerd website is no more, and the Actual Play audio is no longer available online. Alas. I’ve had a lost of requests for an actual play series to introduce people to Hillfolk and DramaSystem and have kicked around various ways of making this happen. Turns out all I had […]
In the latest edition of their medically reputable podcast, Ken and Robin talk GAMA Trade Show, transplant quackery, player disbelief, and Jesuits in conspiracy lore.
A new Page XX is now up, with the long-awaited downloadable Rumours of London player handouts for Bookhounds of London and redesigned character sheets for Trail of Cthulhu, as well as articles about clue gathering in the GUMSHOE system, gender-flipped icons and finding the right character class for you in 13th Age, and the release […]
Easter is coming soon, but the best Easter eggs are to be found right here in the March edition of Page XX, with the long-awaited downloadable Rumours of London player handouts for Bookhounds of London and redesigned character sheets for Trail of Cthulhu. We’ve also got an eggcellent article about clue gathering in the GUMSHOE […]
by Tony Williams I first played RPGs in my middle teens during the time Michael Jackson’s Thriller was dominating the charts. The gateway drug, as it was for most of us I suspect, was D&D. I played with my schoolfriends and we had a great time but D&D, as it was presented in those days […]
Player handouts for Bookhounds of London These rumours are player knowledge: the sorts of things eager Book-Hounds are likely to hear as they wander the streets, drink a pint in the pubs, and gossip with their cronies and rivals. Their degree of truth, and their potential for danger and profit, remain in the Keeper’s hands […]
The very talented Tony Williams has redesigned the Trail of Cthulhu character sheet and the Keeper’s Investigator Ability Matrix. In his words, “In redesigning them I tried to retain the look and flavour of the official sheet but make them clearer and try and get all the crunchy and most referenced info onto the front […]