In the latest episode of their sleek-maned podcast, Ken and Robin talk the exasperated GM trope, everyday historical lives, Ellie Akers, and Brother XII.
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Revising your writing requires acute concentration. The first draft may be an act of pure creation, but when you start to patch it up, any tool that can assist your weary brain warrants consideration, no matter how mechanical it may seem. Almost every writer’s first draft includes stylistic bugaboos that need to be hunted down […]
In the latest episode of their absolutely authentic podcast, Ken and Robin talk D&D mass battles, ICE’s replica Chicago, Darren Watts and responsible conspiracy culture.
Heyhihello! I’m Jess, and I’m here to be a part-time Digital Media Manager. Which boils down to — I want to hear & curate all your stories with our line of games and squeal over your experiences! Also, I have plans to make a shiny video here & there and post plenty of nifty nerd […]
An adventure seed for Night’s Black Agents, by Adam Gauntlett The Agents are hired for a simple babysitting gig in Monaco, playground of the idle rich, and find themselves in the Conspiracy’s crosshairs. What Came Before A group of hackers hoping to make a big score cracked a billionaire’s superyacht Wi-Fi system. The hackers downloaded […]
The BORELLUS CONNECTION manuscript was too nightmarish and vast to be constrained by any binding our printer could conceive; therefore, we were obliged to remove some material from the book. It’s preserved here as a series of Page XX articles. As Orne’s mysterious correspondent in Philadelphia warned us, “no Part must be missing if the finest Effects are […]
The weather is starting to turn wintry, the evenings are darkening earlier over Europe, and all the world is preparing for Black Friday. Cuddle up by a nice warm fire and get the pumpkin spiced drinks in with our latest PDF releases – the one-player, one Director Night’s Black Agents: Solo Ops, and the Night’s […]
I’m just back from the wilds of London’s Alexandra Palace, where Becky and I, ably assisted by knowledgeable Pelgrane playtester CJ Romer, ran the Pelgrane booth at the second ever Tabletop Gaming Live. The venue itself is lovely, and the staff were really friendly and helpful. It was mostly boardgames-focused, with very few RPG companies […]
When creating your own game with the GUMSHOE rules – or when hacking an existing game – one key early step is deciding which investigative abilities you’re going to include. Different games use radically different numbers and lists of abilities – compare the sprawling list of abilities in The Esoterrorists to the much more compact list […]
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A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws In Ashen Stars, players portray freelance law enforcers working the spacelanes of the frontier sector known as the Bleed. Their ability to secure lucrative contracts depends on their reputation, which goes up when they solve cases well and honorably, and drops when they get caught cutting ethical […]