By Clinton R. Nixon The rules of Owl Hoot Trail are based in old-school fantasy gaming, and so it was a given that the game would have classes. Defining classes in a role-playing game is a powerful influence over how the game is played. You are defining a vocabulary of character types and actions. In […]
[Editor’s note: Graham’s final Purist adventure, The Rending Box is out now.] Stealing Cthulhu is my guide to Lovecraftian storytelling for roleplaying games. The central idea is: by stealing, adapting, combining and reusing Lovecraft’s ideas, you can create scenarios that seem new and horrific. In this article, I’ll describe some techniques from the book and […]
The Seven Peoples Read and decide which of the Seven Peoples you’d most like to play, then vote in our poll. The Balla You are of the Balla, a lithe, light-boned species known for becoming ever more eerily beautiful with age. Balla children appear unformed and somewhat grotesque, even to their parents. Despite your clumsiness […]
This is no Orc with a Pie, but a desperate brigand wanted for bank robbery and moral turpitude in two States and three territories. But we don’t even know his name. To celebrate the first draft of Owl Hoot Trail, we are running a competition. Post a name for this orcish desperado in the comments. […]
There is no theme this month, instead we celebrate a plethora of new projects. We have an article from Mr. Owl Hoot himself, Clinton R. Nixon on the different classes of his fantasy-western game, and a ‘Name that Orc’ competition. Graham Walmsley has written an article on his new book, Stealing Cthulhu, and how to […]
The rate at which we are releasing new Page XXs is a reflection of our stellar new production schedule. It’s amazing what difference a full-time person makes. The Ashen Stars pre-order is going well, and I’m exploring ideas to persuade stores to pre-order copies in this difficult climate – usually just-in-time is the order of […]
Bamboozle! Betray! Backstab! Why go all the way to the dungeon for enemies, when the other players are sitting right next to you? Skulduggery, the Roleplaying Game Of Verbal Fireworks & Sudden Reversals, brings fast and funny innovation to the exciting world of inter-player conflict! Super-speedy character generation• gets your group skeeving and conniving in […]
The Ashen Stars Stellar Nursery Edition pre-order window is closed, but you can pre-order Ashen Stars and get the PDF now, hardback in August from the Store. Download the character creation chapter and part of the GM’s Advice. This is what you get, at the price of a standard copy ($44.95): Now – the finished […]