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Chaosium picks up 3 times ENnie winning Harlem Unbound and will publish the second edition

August 14, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Darker Hue Studios had a cracking ENnies this year. Chris Spivey’s indie Call of Cthulhu (and Gumshoe) supplement Harlem Unbound won three ENnies. It took home gold for Best Setting, Best Writing and Best Art (Cover).…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, chris spivey, Darker Hue Studios, gumshoe, Harlem Unbound

Genre Police: Trenchcoats & Tragedy

August 12, 2018 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Film Noir City by Edouard NoisetteI know you’ve put the trenchcoat away since we did Gothpunk but it’s time to get it out again. Put it back on, find a hat and pour yourself some bourbon straight from the bottle.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: deadlands, genre police, ghost in the shell, gumshoe, hellywood, Night’s Black Agents, Noir, Sin City, Sophonisbee Barca

TimeWatch RPG preview

December 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

TimeWatch is an RPG from Kevin Kulp. It’s born from a Kickstarter Campaign that made over $100,000. The game is from Pelgrane Press and uses the Gumshoe system, familiar to players of Night’s Back Agents and Trail of Cthulhu, with some modifications.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: dinosaurs, gumshoe, kevin w kulp, Pelgrane Press, time travel, timewatch

$1,000,000,000 stretch goal still locked: TimeWatch RPG looks set to Kickstart

February 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Back this Campaign] While the comedy $1,000,000,000 stretch goal (an actual time machine) remains safely locked; Kevin Kulp’s TimeWatch looks set to fund. The Gumshoe Investigative RPG, part of Pelgrane Press’ growing collection, only asked for $4,000.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: gumshoe, kevin w kulp, kickstarters, Pelgrane Press, timewatch

A Long Line of Body Snatchers: A Review of Hideous Creatures: Ghouls

January 23, 2014 by Paul Baldowski Leave a Comment

At heart, Ghouls are haunters of the dead, spending their time around the bodies of the deceased, primarily as a source of sustenance, but also seeking out grave goods. In a lot of horror fiction beyond Lovecraft, they have become the pathetic, fawning groupies of greater monsters – failed vampires, would-be liches, and the almost zombies.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: gumshoe, Kenneth Hite, reviews, rpgs, Trail of Cthulhu

Guess What’s Coming to Dinner: Reviewing The Esoterror Summoning Guide

January 10, 2014 by Paul Baldowski Leave a Comment

The Membrane is a border between our reality and the Outer Dark, a dimension filled with terrors and darkness. The Esoterrorists, a scattered and ill-organised group of occultists and outright mad men, work tirelessly to tear down that barrier between worlds to loose the floodgates to ultimate power.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, gumshoe, Pelgrane Press, reviews, rpgs

I Want to Believe: A Review of Moon Dust Men

October 3, 2013 by Paul Baldowski Leave a Comment

Trail of Cthulhu has been effectively and efficiently stepping on Call of Cthulhu‘s coattails for a short while now, offering a take on Lovecraft’s unfathomable and otherworldly horror that offers a fresh approach.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: gumshoe, Kenneth Hite, reviews, rpgs

Robin D. Law’s Hillfolk and the DramaSystem

October 4, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Robin D. Law’s is a well known games designer who brought us the GUMSHOE investigative roleplaying system. He tends to work closely with Pelgrane Press, who have a number of GUMSHOE products, and is actually the Creative Director at Stone Skin Press which is Pelgrane’s fiction imprint.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: dramasystem, gumshoe, Hillfolk, Jason Morningstar, Kenneth Hite, kickstarters, Matt Forbeck, michelle nephew, Pelgrane Press, robin d laws, Trail of Cthulhu

Pelgrane Press’s 20% GUMSHOE sale

July 3, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pelgrane Press have a 20% sale going on all five of their GUMSHOE core books. That’s 20% off Trail of Cthulhu, Ashen Stars, Mutant City Blues, Fear Itself and The Esoterrorists.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: ashen stars, Fear Itself, gumshoe, Mutant City Blues, Pelgrane Press, The Esoterrorists, Trail of Cthulhu

Three Fourteen Games steps into GUMSHOE with The Last Guest

December 17, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Three Fourteen Games have announced a deal with Pelgrane Press to produce games for the GUMSHOE system. GUMSHOE is a system designed to ensure that players get all the clues they need in an investigation game.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: gumshoe, Pelgrane Press, Three Fourteen Games, Trail of Cthulhu

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