The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in February 2008. Find James Semple’s stings for Trail of Cthulhu here, and you can also find the soundtracks James composed for Trail of Cthulhu and Night’s Black Agents. A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws Sting, Sting, Sting A GUMSHOE issue […]
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While searching for French vampire inspiration for a new Night’s Black Agents campaign I’m running, I came across Paul Féval’s La Ville Vampire. The Wikipedia synopsis doesn’t do it justice. … in which the protagonist is Gothic Novel writer Ann Radcliffe herself. In it, to save her friends from the dreaded vampire lord Otto Goetzi, Radcliffe and […]
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in December 2007. A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws The GUMSHOE system focuses primarily on investigation and by default assumes that moments of interpersonal conflict will be handled through roleplaying. As such it lacks an equivalent of the Persuasion/Rebuff system that […]
The following article about the state of the roleplaying industry in the mid-2000s originally appeared on DyingEarth.com in June 2006. Is the RPG Industry Screwed? When you depend on live game designers for sustenance, the health of the ecosystem which allows them to thrive is of paramount importance. Whilst everyone has an opinion on this […]
Please email support@pelgranepress.com for instructions on how to take part in this playtest! Title: The Paragon Blade System: Fantasy GUMSHOE One-2-One core book Author: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan Deadline: Friday, October 30th 2020 Number of sessions: 1-2 sessions per protagonist character Description: Play a hero in a fantastical land, still scarred by the evil of […]
The following article originally appeared on an earlier iteration of See Page XX in October 2007. A column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws Mixing and Matching With GUMSHOE In addition to its primary goal of rethinking the way we run investigative scenarios, GUMSHOE is also an ongoing experiment in rules modularity. Along with whatever […]
The Utility spell in 13th Age is a lovely way to cram all those spells that are great in the right situation, but useless most of the time into a single handy package. This article presents two variants on the regular Utility spell. Each one takes up a spell slot, as usual. Illusion Utility Spell 1st – disguise self Range: […]
The following article originally appeared on DyingEarth.com in June 2006. June brings us to the completion of work on our webstore. Substantial progress has also been made on all of our outstanding manuscripts, and what’s more, new roleplaying games in the pipeline – yes, that’s plural. And remember at the store, you may obtain a free […]
As we enter the fifth month of lockdown, gaming continues to develop online. We recently attended (the first?) Gen Con Online, and were surprised by how busy it was – our panels will be appearing on our YouTube channel shortly. We’ve also reconnected with our friends at the Bundle of Holding to offer the Compleat […]
Current News: The Dying Earth RPG in the Bundle of Holding I sometimes joke that it should be actually be called The Un-Dying Earth RPG, because it’s still going strong since it became the game that spawned not just our company, but also, our company name. The celebrated fantasy novels by Jack Vance on which […]