by Lowell Francis NUTSHELL In the Empire of the Claus, Joy = Duty. The snow-dusted land of England shivers under the heavy yoke of the Kringle. But a small band of revolutionaries gather to strike back against the tyrannies of St. Nick and his red-booted thugs. GM BRIEF The Industrial Revolution changed everything, shifting […]
by Kenneth Hite By now, perhaps word has reached your shell-like ears that I have become embedded, as it were, within the Pelgrane nest as a permanent contractor for the next six months at least. Simon and I have the option to renew, and given the amount of Trail of Cthulhu and Night’s Black Agents (and […]
By Robin D Laws In DramaSystem, the engine of our upcoming game Hillfolk, GM-run characters who appear on a regular basis are called recurring characters. This denotes their importance to the storyline and the main cast of player characters. The series protagonists care about them enough to seek emotional rewards from them, engaging them in […]
In all the excitement that was my previous post, I neglected to link Zak’s version of the Night’s Black Agents character sheet, which in one page combines sheet and character generation rules using the mighty power of colored overlays. So here it is.
As we approach mid-December, a month jammed full of winter festivals from cultures around the world, it occurs to us to ask how the citizens of the Dragon Empire create warmth and light in the midst of the cold and darkness. When adventurers in 13th Age go forth on a cold night, what decorations hang in the […]
So last weekend I flew to Los Angeles to run Night’s Black Agents for artist and game designer (Vornheim is amazing) Zak S, impresario and writing mind behind the terrifically interesting and useful old-school game blog Playing D&D With Porn Stars. The idea being to run a new-school RPG for Zak and, well, porn stars. Zak, […]
Although the stellar roster of writers and designers drafted to create Series Pitches for Hillfolk and Blood on the Snow have until the end of January to get their drafts in, an early bird brigade has already begun to submit their pieces. I’m happy to report that they all live up to the promise of […]
I started my Blackmarch 13th Age campaign this past weekend. It’s sort of like True Grit with swords and magic, and I decided to get the players into the frontier spirit by kicking it off with a good, old-fashioned tavern brawl. I treated the other brawlers as low-hp mooks, so the PCs could emerge as […]
On RPG.net, Darren MacLennan gives Trail of Cthulhu a 5/5 playtest review. Despite encountering some of the usual roadblocks for players new to GUMSHOE, Darren concludes: On the other hand, Trail of Cthulhu taught me how to write an investigative adventure, has a ton of useful resources for Call of Cthulhu – and if you’re […]