A review of Stunning Eldritch Tales at Ogre Cave. There are lots of great RPGs, but many fewer great books of adventures. This is one of those great books of adventures, and it deserves some of your shelf space.
This month’s Page XX is a bumper January/February edition. Our line-up this month includes the incomparable Robin D Laws with three columns. Two give advice on combat rules in Ashen Stars and the last holds a treasure-trove of writing tips, both for general prose and for roleplaying scenarios. A playtest group has provided us with […]
Quandos Vorn Must Die! In an impossibly distant future, our species has dispersed to the stars. Traveling in slender spacecraft, armed with projacs and needle guns, we have settled countless worlds. Cultures are everywhere different, yet propelled in the end by fundamental qualities humankind cannot shed: greed, egoism, pettiness, and a crippling passion for procedure. […]
From the composers of the Eternal Lies Suite comes a six-track theme for Ashen Stars. James Semple and his team are working on six tracks of evocative, atmospheric melodies to become the soundtrack of your stellar adventures. Listen to a sneak preview now. [audio:http://site.pelgranepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Ashen%20Stars.mp3]
The Dracula Dossier is an epic improvised campaign for the Night’s Black Agents RPG. Do your Agents have what it takes to face the Lord of the Undead himself? The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the demon shall cry to his fellow; Lilith also shall rest […]
You are Royal Flying Crops pilots stationed near the Front, and rumour has it the next big push is about to begin. The squadron’s being worked to death, and its champion ace is on the verge of cracking up. Meanwhile the new Hun Circus is racking up kill after kill – but is it the […]
Your town isn’t like other places. There’s something wrong with it. No-one wants to admit to themselves, but things are strange here. More madness. More sorrow. More deaths. More horrible ‘accidents’. It’s not like it used to be. There’s something rotten in the heart of this place, a cancer of the soul that eats away […]
The December issue of Page XX is out now with a host of articles, advice and a brand new Night’s Black Agents Competition as well as new releases! Check it out here.
A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws In my book Hamlet’s Hit Points I present a way of looking at stories called beat analysis. The system, when internalized, sharpens your understanding of narrative technique. As a GM, it allows you to make good choices on the fly. Among the tricks revealed there are […]