a column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws As teased in a previous View from the Pelgrane’s Nest, for the Pelgrane gang’s annual game on Dragonmeet Eve, I ran “Ragnarok at the OK Corral.” While creating this DramaSystem pitch for THE KRAKEN back in the spring of ‘25, I noticed, uh, certain elements that would […]
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You might think that the horrendous rhythmic buzzing you hear emanating from our humble crag foretells doom, but never fear, it’s only the Great Pelgrane, snoring. The big fella slumbers deeply in his nest, hung over and sated from holiday feasting. Shall we all tell ourselves it was only cheese and crackers he was devouring […]
Thanks to the existence of Paul StJohn Mackintosh’s Casting the Runes, I don’t have to answer the question of how to do M. R. James in GUMSHOE. Still, as the holiday season rolls nearer, reminding me of the Jamesian tradition of ghost stories told in the yule log’s glow, I can’t help but hear a […]
A chill pervades the air here in Toronto, but our production pipeline is hot, hot, hot with fresh developments. Projects moving closer to you this month come swinging swords, waggling tentacles, or creeping their way through cozy parlors on sturdy, fur-topped feet. In our biggest bit of news, 13th Age 2nd Edition print copies are […]
If you’re curious to see Page Turners, the upcoming game of dramatic interaction for one player and one GM, in action, Guy and Jag of Unconventional GMs are here for you. In this video they tackle “The Beacon,” my F. Scott Fitzgerald pastiche. Of the many scenarios offered in the book, I steered Guy toward […]
As a company that makes horror games, Pelgrane looks forward to the Halloweeny month of October. From tentacled gods of cosmic indifference to cognitively dissonant demons to pallid-faced Carcosan aristocracy, we celebrate many terrors. One fear I don’t care to truck with, however, is a frozen production schedule. Let’s head down into the basement […]
A Yellow King: Paris Scenario Spine On March 23rd, 1895, the group’s Muse or Belle-Lettrist brings the rest of the art students to the Cafe de la Paix on the Boulevard des Capucines, near the Opera Garnier in the 2nd arrondissement. They arrive during the cafe’s sleepy midday hours to meet a distressed, humbly garbed […]
It feels like a mere month since I last peered out from the nest to let you know what’s up with Pelgrane Press. That’s because it was a month. Among our efforts to ramp up our activities with my coming on board as Creative Director, we’re endeavoring to return to regular publication for this very […]
A column about roleplaying By Robin D. Laws After a four decade restoration project, a book shrine found in a lake has gone on display at the National Museum of Ireland. Only seven others of its kind survive. Known as cumdachs, these elaborately decorated cases of metal-shod wood were fashioned to contain precious devotional […]
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A column about roleplaying By Robin D. Laws When asked what one can do to be a better player, the first thing I always say is: the mere fact that you’re concerned about this suggests that you’re probably already most of the way there. The second thing I say is: see where the ball is, […]