The campaign is inspired by the award-winning Armitage Files for Trail of Cthulhu, highlighting the importance of player agency and the Director’s improvisation. Players use Dracula Unredacted, a specially annotated version of the original novel, to uncover clues and follow leads.
Gareth Hanrahan, co-writer on Trail of Cthulhu, spills the beans/guts
GUMSHOE’s core idea is that it’s always more fun when the players get information; a good mystery isn’t the GM saying “you don’t find anything – ooooh, how mysterious it is to live in ignorance!!”
Trail of Cthulhu offers a free quickstart as the crowdfunding summoning rite goes well
In Trail of Cthulhu 2e gamemasters are provided with resources to design horror mystery adventures, including guidelines for creating Cthulhuoid creatures, cults, and narrative frameworks for long-running campaigns.
The 13th Age 2nd edition: An Interview with Rob Heinsoo
Pelgrane Press is currently generating buzz on Kickstarter with £250,000 pledged for the 13th Age second edition. The campaign, which asked for £50,000, took about an hour to fund.
13th Age 2nd edition rises: Modernised fantasy storytelling with classic D20 action
Now 13th Age is getting its own 2nd edition, one that’s backwards compatible, and it is smashing targets on Kickstarter.
Discover the 13th Age Megabundle – Your gateway to epic fantasy RPG adventures
The 13th Age Megabundle offers a perfect blend of classic and innovative RPG elements, a customizable world, compatible with future editions, at a significant discount until May 1st.
The (undying) Dying Earth RPG bundle from Pelgrane returns with the iconic Jack Vance setting
Vat-grown beauties, charming rogues, and boastful magicians stage their final acts on a sun-scorched, dying Earth.
Trail of Cthulhu RPG lurks on Humble Bundle
The value of the top Trail of Cthulhu bundle tier comes to nearly £280, and money raised goes to support Cancer Research UK.
The future of Tabletop Scotland: A talk to Dave Wright
I wondered whether all this faith in the Tabletop Scotland team would be tested by the movie and reached out to the convention organisers.
Award-winning TTRPG 13th Age gets a mega bundle Humble deal
Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet have worked on some of the world’s most iconic tabletop RPGs, and for Pelgrane Press, they did 13th Age.