A foe for The Yellow King: Aftermath A decade ago longtime mob enforcer Jonas Cromer took advantage of his boss’ connections to the Castaigne regime to wangle a spot in an experimental supersoldier program. Most of the test subjects died while undergoing treatment. Others suffered fatal or debilitating aneurysms over the subsequent months and years. […]
A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws This wraps up the series outline from the previous installment of See P. XX. Cult Activity A friend or loved one joins the Temple of Hali, willingly embracing the new unreality as more vivid and exciting than boring old regular life. Can the team dig up a […]
In the latest episode of their 30-tonne podcast, Ken and Robin talk chain of fights scenarios, actual play podcasting with Eric Prister, Six Ages: Lights Going Out, and the Delft arsenal explosion.
In the latest episode of their sweet, irreplaceable podcast, Ken and Robin talk Belle Époque Egyptomania, gum arabic, early 21st century SF cinema, and the latest wave of UFO chatter.
Carcosan energies coalesce around folkloric traditions, creating actual monsters from creatures of legend. Outside of Paris, no part of France spawns more of these beings than the haunted shores of Brittany. Befriend otherwise menacing ankou and korrigans with this orchard-based variant of the classic julep. 1 oz. Bourbon 1 oz. Calvados 1/2 can club soda […]
This wraps up the series outline from a previous installment of See P. XX. Cult Activity A friend or loved one joins the Temple of Hali, willingly embracing the new unreality as more vivid and exciting than boring old regular life. Can the team dig up a sinister truth that will release this person from […]
A Scenario Seed for The Yellow King: Aftermath Not knowing who to trust, a fellow ex-insurgent now working for the Federal Police turns to the crew for assistance. A top-secret tribunal has sentenced a key war criminal of the Castaigne regime to death. The hitch: the convict is an egregore, an insubstantial malign being from […]
A Foe for The Yellow King Roleplaying Game: Paris Monsieur Anguillerose, or Mr. Eelrose as he translates his name into English, is a singular Carcosan being who enjoys the Parisian nightlife, and killing the people who inhabit it. After spoiling a royal plan in the days before the city of Ys sank, the Pallid King […]
In the latest episode of their winged, dusty podcast, Ken and Robin talk faeries in The Yellow King RPG, the Mothman Festival, character complexity levels in fiction, and Cotton Mather.
A column about roleplaying by Robin D. Laws Early phases of Yellow King scenarios often find the investigators looking into subtle symptoms of Carcosan reality shifting. While they talk to initial witnesses and hit the books to orient themselves in some research, not much in an overtly horrific or supernatural vein might be happening […]
