It’s in Swedish. Here is a direct link, and here is Google’s plausible translation. In short, the whole book a real pleasure to read. It combines in a really fun way the spirit of the classic horror films with Lovecraft’s Mythos, and raises the result to something new and exciting. All of the adventures may […]
Pelgrane books have been nominated for the Golden Geek awards. These awards are given out annually at BGG Con, and this year for the first time roleplaying games have been included. Armitage Files has been nominated both for Best Artwork and Presentation, and for Best RPG Supplement, and Shadows Over Filmland for Best RPG Supplement. […]
A review of Esoterrorists: … the game does deliver on its promise. You could easily explain the rules to someone in 15 minutes enough so that they could play. You can also learn them enough to run the game in about an hour. There are some spots you’d still need the book (for tables and […]
Over on my main blog I’ve talked a lot about the importance of having a clear 25-word-or-less pitch statement to explain a new game you’re selling at a booth. Obviously, it helps you to get a few more copies into people’s hands. However, designers, in particular, should have that pitch in mind as they create […]
No, we haven’t been taken over by spammers: Battlefield Bangkok, the premier Thai roleplaying game store will be creating a Thai language version of the The Esoterrorists. I’m rather excited by this – it’s a completely unknown market to us. Anyway, here is what they have to say: หลังจาก การปรึกษาหารือและค้นคว้ามาพอสมควรแล้ว ในที่สุด Battlefield Bangkok ก็ค้นพบเกม และสำนักพิมพ์ที่จะอณุญาติให้เราแปลและจัดพิมพ์หนังสือ […]
Here we have a very thorough and in-depth review of Trail of Cthulhu and the GUMSHOE system from Paco G Jaen of G*M*S Magazine. Jaen talks very positively of Trail and how it fits in with Lovecraftian themes, as well as how the GUMSHOE system deals with the investigative aspects of the Mythos. “The Gumshoe […]
It’s no longer quiet on the Western Front. An ancient horror is stirring and something dark walks the halls of Hospital Number Five. Bullet-ridden, bruised and bloody, the Investigators, soldiers and nurses in the Great War, are brought from the fontline to Military Hospital Number Five. Haggard staff make their rounds, the doctors experiment after […]
For the first time, Pelgrane Press has an employee, Beth Lewis. She came into the office in response to a livejournal post in which I asked for a volunteer. When I described a forthcoming competition, the prize for which is an obsidian sphere etched with the elder sign, she asked “which one, Lovecraft or Derleth?” […]
This Product is now Out of Print Gathered together for the first time in this Special Edition bundle are Signed & Numbered Limited editions of The Dying of St Margaret’s, The Watchers in the Sky, and the brand new monstrous adventure, The Dance in the Blood. Signed, numbered and designed by the author, Graham Walmsley, […]