A second review of the Ashen Stars stellar nursery edition (8 out 10 based on pre-release layout) on rpg.net. Well-designed game in the GUMSHOE line, a bit like Traveller or Serenity (in that you have a PC-owned ship with a PC crew) but rather than flying from port to port trading, the focus is picking […]
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A review of the Ashen Stars pre-order edition here. The delight in the setting is that it is constructed from the ground up to suit role-playing, unlike any licensed property would be. … The fact is this perennial problem [spaceship combat] has been solved in Ashen Stars. … That the art released so far looks […]
I’d like to thank Matt over at Flames Rising for organising Pelgrane week, and all the contributors. Here is a summary of the content for the week. The new reviews they posted during the week: Black Drop Castle Bravo Cthulhu Apocalypse: Dead White World The design essays: The Origins of the Occult Guide by Paula […]
A well written and engaging review of Trail of Cthulhu by Emily Dresner. …the section on the Cthulhu Elder Gods/Outer Gods is superb and packed with so many incredibly insane ideas for running plots it is hard to talk about it without waving hands around incoherently. One small sentence about Elder Gods as meme loads […]
Matthew Pook reviews The Dying of St Margaret’s for Trail of Cthulhu. With its strong sense of deterioration and dilapidation, The Dying of St. Margaret’s is well deserving of eight phobias out of ten.
Matthew Pook has reviewed Trail of Cthulhu in Unspeakable Oath with very positive results. You can read the full review here. If ever there was a game writer spawned to author a Lovecraftian RPG, it is surely Kenneth Hite. Trail of Cthulhu is a harsher, grainier approach to Lovecraftian investigative horror. Fully supported by elegant […]
A review of The Dead White World on rpg.net. 10 out of 10 …it is a superb adventure and does deliver a very distinctive “Cthulhu experience” sure to jolt even the most knowledgeable and seasoned of players.
Dan Harms reviews The Investigator’s guide to Occult London. …this is an enjoyable and entertaining read for anyone interested in one or another aspect of the Bookhounds universe.
A glowing review of The Big Hoodoo over at rpg.net; 10 out of 10. The adventure effortless transports investigators from scene to scene without the need to railroad the players. The clues themselves lead the players to frightful conclusions steadily ramping up the suspense level until the final climax. Plus deserved praise for Jerome: For […]
Here is a detailed review of Bookhounds by Lowell Francis over at RPG Geek. One point the reviewer raised was of particular interest – he mentioned that he was expecting more Armitage Files like handouts, and guessed, correctly that the Occult Guide will fulfil this role. If you want to run a player driven occult […]