In the latest episode of their authentically regal podcast, Ken and Robin talk Vampire: the Masquerade PCs as Night’s Black Agents villains, unlikely movie stars, food books, and Andorra’s 13 day king.
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in February 2008. Ten years after the Sudden Mutation Event, 1% of the population will possess Class A mutant powers. Dr Lucius Quade of the Quade Institute in Your City will have created his seminal diagram which maps out the connections and defects […]
While searching for French vampire inspiration for a new Night’s Black Agents campaign I’m running, I came across Paul Féval’s La Ville Vampire. The Wikipedia synopsis doesn’t do it justice. … in which the protagonist is Gothic Novel writer Ann Radcliffe herself. In it, to save her friends from the dreaded vampire lord Otto Goetzi, Radcliffe and […]
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in February 2008. News from Pelgrane Press Short and sweet. The blog has more Pelgrane details and a caption competition. This month we’ve released Fields of Silver, Lynne Hardy’s Turjan-level adventure, and Ian Sturrock’s Esoterrorist adventure Albion’s Ransom. Playtesting The Mutant City Blues and Stunning […]
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“When you ask who built this mound, the only answer is the echo of your own question within the vault that has been hidden in darkness within this mound for no one knows how many centuries. The dead past has surely buried its dead within the mound.” — artifact collector J.G. Braecklein, quoted in the […]
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in December 2007. You can find Simon’s previous article on Air Transport in the 1930s here, and Sea Transport in the 1930s here. an article for Trail of Cthulhu by Simon Carryer The 1930’s was a period of great innovation in rail technology. The […]
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in December 2007. Paula Dempsey, alias Mystic Moo, predicts your gaming future. (To the tune of Let it Snow) The weather outside is frightful So Buttercup’s made a trifle For Hamish the Hieland Coo Let it Moo! Let it Moo! Let it Moo! […]
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in December 2007. A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws The GUMSHOE system focuses primarily on investigation and by default assumes that moments of interpersonal conflict will be handled through roleplaying. As such it lacks an equivalent of the Persuasion/Rebuff system that […]
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in December 2007. News from Pelgrane Press This month we’ve released GUMSHOE Unremitting Horror, Robin’s The Birds webcomic and The Compendium of Universal Knowledge. This is the month that we pre-released a limited edition Trail of Cthulhu and the general release version went […]
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in October 2007. Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Started Loving Losing Control by Fred Hicks When I sit down at the table, I’m looking to feel. I want my character’s triumphs to exhilarate me, and when he makes a bad decision, I […]