In the latest episode of their widely traveled podcast, Ken and Robin talk Robin’s wrap-up of his Justice Society vs Cthulhu game, the British Museum’s Silk Roads show, and Ken’s London book raid.
By Kevin Kulp
This is the 12th in our series on non-human heroes in Swords of the Serpentine. Unlike the previous entries, which could easily fit into Eversink without fundamentally changing the nature of the city, this entry on Forest Elves is only recommended for use if you want to use the SotS rules to power a high fantasy game. Characters like Forest Elves don’t fit into most swords and sorcery settings, so make sure you want a higher-fantasy feel to your campaign before you use these.
by Adam Gauntlett This little Night’s Black Agents gem is inspired by Sauron, the home defense system marketed by Kevin Hartz and Jack Abraham, written up by the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/05/tech-ceos-elites-home-security-silicon-valley/ Premise The bad people, they know they’re being watched. Nosferatu co-founder Eduardo Parker. There’s a new home security tech startup and it seems to […]
In Episode 621 of Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, at the request of beloved Patreon backer Ryan McCelland, Ken and Robin brainstorm some extra Trail occupations. As they’ve done the fun bit of coming up with the concepts, it falls to Gar to do the numbers bit. Explorer Also works for guide, big game […]
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How can/should you change the Icons over the course of a campaign? I remember hearing, maybe at a Gen Con panel, that “If at least one Icon isn’t dead or changed by Epic tier you’re doing something wrong.” Suggestions or musings on how best to do this could be helpful. A great question! I’ll start […]
A few backers have asked why Trail 2nd Edition sticks to the old GUMSHOE method of having point Spends for each individual investigative ability, instead of switching to the Pushes used in the Yellow King/GUMSHOE One-2-One and Mutant City Blues. There’s no standalone GUMSHOE rules engine – each game takes the precepts and techniques and […]
Recorded live at Dragonmeet, Ken and Robin talk psi powers in the revolutionary war, tarot saturation, the world’s ineluctable slide into chaos, and what to do with brussels sprouts.
In the latest episode of their festive podcast, Ken and Robin talk falling damage, Kieron Gillen, krampuses, and Victorian spiritualist William Stainton Moses.
In 1895, the art student player characters of The Yellow King: Paris can’t simply pop home to visit their wealthy American families for the holidays. They can’t take time from their studies at the École des Beaux-Arts for a two-way ocean voyage. Like other temporary residents in someone else’s city, they’ll need to band together […]