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 […]
The music of Eternal Lies is split into three categories: ambient music to play during most of the game, short stings to be played at specific instants and ‘action loops’ to be played during combats, chases and other stressful scenes. These action loops are each 2 minutes long and generally of a frantic disposition to help […]
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 […]
We are converting Esoterrorists into epub and mobi format for use with ebook readers. If it proves popular, we’ll release all our books in this format. Please help us out by letting us know which ebook reader you use. By the end of the year, what ebook reader are you likely to be using? I […]
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 […]
A lot has happened since our last mail out, including GenCon. This is summary for occasional browsers: The Dance in the Blood, the third and penultimate in Graham Walmsley’s Purist series is out now. The three adventures are available in a printed, limited edition form in a clean, simple and Keeper-friendly layout. Graham has signed […]
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?” […]