By Clinton R. Nixon Fantasy adventure and Wild West stories have been linked since their beginnings. Both celebrate the lone hero or group of heroes vanquishing their challengers. Both are usually set past the edge of civilization on a frontier full of unknown dangers. Both have no place for the weak, who are weeded out […]
So much news, so late in the year! The latest issue of Page XX, our free webzine is out now, with news and articles. Bookhounds of London is available for pre-order from the Pelgrane store . Pre-orderers will get a preferential opportunity to get limited edition. The Eternal Lies Suite – over an hour of music […]
We know that Jérome Huguenin’s atmospheric, ENnie-award-nominated art for Trail of Cthulhu is very popular, and so we’ve released three A2-sized (16.5 x 23.4 in), high-resolution gloss posters printed on 200gsm paper. The front covers of Trail of Cthulhu, Rough Magicks and Arkham Detective Tales were chosen for this privilege. Half of the profit goes […]
We’ve really ramped up production here at Pelgrane Press, with more than eighteen projects passed the planning stage. Three new Trail of Cthulhu products are out right now. We are also really pleased to announce more details of our new fiction imprint Stone Skin Press, and the first stage of our Vancean relaunch. The Dying […]
Welcome to the December edition of See Page XX. We have a host of great articles for your yuletide delectation; John Stavropoulos gives some excellent Batman-inspired GMing tips, Robin D Laws lets us in on the thoughts behind the new fiction imprint, Stone Skin Press, Anna Kreider delves deep into the world of women in […]
Game-mastering tips from John Stavropoulos Batman: Then why do you want to kill me? Joker: HAhahAhaHaha! I don’t want to kill you! What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mob dealers? No, no, NO! You… you… complete me. – The Dark Knight (2008) For you, the GM/Storyteller/Maestro-of-the-ongoing-roleplaying game campaign, it’s the […]
By Anna Kreider [Ed: Anna took this post as the genesis of her Go Make Me A Sandwich blog, which you can fund here.] The Inspiration: Simon’s request and a 2007 LiveJournal Article At GenCon this year, I was asked by Simon Rogers to write an article about sexism in gaming for a new issue […]
by Dave Allsop [Ed’s note – a little taster of what to expect in the new Book of Unremitting Horror – the Ocean Game] The Phantom Birds bear a strong resemblance to Earth’s Marabou Storks – spindly, ugly, carrion creatures with bald, scab-encrusted heads. Phantom Birds tend to be much larger though, possessing all too […]