by Jay Godden, edited by Isaac Rolfe and Rob Heinsoo, art by Aaron McConnell & Lee Moyer Read the introductory post here. Origins: It’s said, mostly by dwarves (and their magic items!), that the first seven dwarves were carved directly from the mountains. The Smith God made a gift to each of the first seven […]
The Campaign The key to any Station Duty campaign: layers. Everything – every character, every faction, every location – should have a surface layer that’s immediately obvious, and hidden depths that must be uncovered. These don’t all have to be dark secrets or criminal schemes – it’s fine, say, to have the Lasers discover that […]
In the latest episode of their strongly moored podcast, Ken and Robin talk cosmic horror superheroes, zoo thefts, early 60s science fiction films, and the Enshu beach egg.
Ashen Stars uses the episodic ‘planet-of-the-week’ or ‘case-of-the-week’ approach to adventures – the Lasers get an assignment, show up, solve the mystery, and move on to some other part of the Bleed. It’s Have Starship, Will Travel.In a Station Duty campaign, the Lasers are on permanent assignment to a particularly troubled system or sector, a […]
In the latest episode of their generously gifting podcast, Ken and Robin talk players getting ahead of the mystery, the raid on St. Nicholas’ tomb, late 50s science fiction films, and the occult inspiration of artist Yves Klein.
A blurry photograph of the room where the investigators found the tome. Shadow shapes that might be the result of a double exposure or some damage to the photographic plate are visible, as if the room is haunted. Photography coupled with Chemistry might replicate the experiment and yield more information. The binding of the book […]
First off, a massive THANK YOU to our Patreon backers, Charles Paradis, Peter Nix, Bryan, Clark Olson-Smith, Jim McCarthy, Emma Marlow, Craig Maloney, Vivienne Dunstan, Phil LaDouceur, Michael Knowles, S. Go, P. Troilus, Michael Maneval, ScottKey, Michael Bowman, Todd W Crone and Andreas Meier! NEW RELEASE: Message in a Bottle In early 2021, GUMSHOE designers […]
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This wraps up the series outline from a previous installment of See P. XX. Cult Activity A friend or loved one joins the Temple of Hali, willingly embracing the new unreality as more vivid and exciting than boring old regular life. Can the team dig up a sinister truth that will release this person from […]
If you’re attending Gen Con 2023, we’d love you to run Pelgrane RPGs at it! GMs get t-shirts, swag bags, Pelgrane webstore discounts, and if you run more than three sessions, you also get a GM badge giving you free entry to Gen Con 2023! March 11th is the closing date for game submissions, so […]