By Robin D. Laws Although I’m not a line developer or editor for the GUMSHOE line, the Head Pelgrane occasionally asks me to comment on manuscripts in progress. Over time I’ve been able to see certain issues crop up in the work of multiple authors. This process has improved not only those books, but my […]
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With Kenneth Hite’s GUMSHOE vampire spy thriller Night’s Black Agents now percolating out into the gamer bloodstream, you may be seeking resources for your real-life geopolitical chasing and shooting needs. One site to bookmark is In Moscow’s Shadows, the blog of Mark Galeotti, an expert on Russia’s criminal underworld, its national security apparatus, and the […]
By Robin D Laws Though most players find GUMSHOE simple and straightforward, we’ve heard from a few folks who’ve had trouble assimilating it. Usually this happens when they see that it’s a little different from the roleplaying rules they’re used to, and then assume that it’s even more different than it really is. Here are […]
by Steve Dempsey You enjoy the investigative genre, you dig the GUMSHOE system, you’ve got Cthulhuesque horrors all lined up for Trail of Cthulhu, Super Criminals bursting out all over in Mutant City Blues or a Jungian monster from the Id for Fear Itself. There’s just one thing that’s bugging you. You don’t want to […]
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 […]
We have three new playtesting opportunities available at the moment. If you’re interested in playtesting any of these please email me with the name of the game in the subject field (e.g. Love of Money Playtest), stating whether or not you’ve playtested for Pelgrane before. The deadline for these playtests is the end of March. […]
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 […]
Three Fourteen Games will be producing adventure materials and supplements in both English and Spanish for Fear Itself and Esoterrorists. Their first release will be called The Last Guest (detailed below). The Last Guest He got some painful souvenirs from his time in the war in Iraq. He was too close when a grenade exploded. […]
What non-adventure supplements would you like to see for GUMSHOE (other than Trail)? Edit: Those are some great core setting suggestions, but I’m after either current-setting-specific suggestions, or else general GUMSHOE supplements.
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