by Robin D. Laws In response to a previous installment of this column, mxyzplk writes: My group hasn’t gotten around to playing GUMSHOE yet despite me owning several of the books, but we have played games with somewhat similar mechanics before, and it seems like it runs the risk of either a) hoarding points or […]
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Another missive so soon? Yes. The stately aerial progress of Pelgrane Press is now a purposeful flapping of leather wings, thanks to Beth who has been diligent in her efforts to accelerate production. Already, since September, we have released the Eternal Lies Suite, Graham’s Purist limited editions, The Dance in the Blood, and Not So […]
by Robin D. Laws The great thing about designing tabletop roleplaying games is that people steal your ideas. You might think I’m being sarcastic, but no. I mean that as a completely straight-faced statement. In addition to the simple, straightforward goal of bringing fun to the people who play and read it, a secondary objective […]
Paco Garcia Jaen at G*M*S Magazine has posted an excellent review of The Armitage Files. This is a masterpiece. Not because the adventure is astonishingly good and attractive, but because the thinking behind the book, the perfect sandbox layout and the second to none writing is as good as it gets. This is Robin D. […]
At Dragonmeet we ran a seminar on investigative gaming featuring (from left to right) Gareth Hanrahan, Robin Laws, Ken Hite, and yours truly . Please forgive the initial plugging of forthcoming Pelgrane Press products at the beginning – the bulk of the seminar concentrates on investigative gaming and the touchy subject of railroading. This lead […]
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 […]
This was, without doubt, the best Dragonmeet we’ve had. Robin Laws and Ken Hite were present, truly splendid and affable guests. Pelgrane Press co-founder Sasha and his daughter Freya were there, helpful as always, and Beth enjoyed her first Con, impressing the stalwarts with her knowledge of Lovecraft and the GUMSHOE line. On the adjacent […]
Since the last issue in July, we’ve had our most successful GenCon ever, released two new products, gained an employee won an ENnie award and announced a fiction imprint. A New Employee The big news for Pelgrane Press is that we’ve taken on an employee – Beth Lewis. It certainly wasn’t my intention to employ […]
Pelgrane donated the very last copy of the Trail of Cthulhu leatherbound limited edition to Paul of Cthulhu to help fund the excellent yog-sothoth.com forum . It is signed by by Kenneth Hite (author), Robin D. Laws (GUMSHOE system), Simon Rogers (publisher) and Jérome Huguenin (artist). It also features a hand-drawn sketch of Cthulhu by […]
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 […]