Ashen Stars is a new game from Pelgrane Press. It hit the shelves at the start of the month. The game uses the Gumshoe system by Robin D. Laws and draws on the artistic talents of Jerome Huguenin and Chris Huth. In this gritty space opera game, the PCs are Lasers, freelance troubleshooters and law […]
The runners and riders of Ennies 2011
The 2011 Ennies have been announced. Who are the runners to pay attention too? There are 8 entries for Green Ronin, 11 for Cubicle 7, 10 for Paizo Publishing, 4 for Pelgrane Press, 8 for Wizards of the Coast, 6 for Posthuman Studios, 3 for Gaming Paper, 5 for Arc Dream Publishing, 6 for Catalyst […]
30 years of Call of Cthulhu
This may make you feel old, but 2011 is the 30th anniversary of Call of Cthulhu. Zip back in time to 1981. Sandy Petersen – he of Doom fame, yeah; the computer game – pitched a concept to the RPG publisher Chaosium that made use of Lovecraft’s Dreamlands setting. The original game, Dark Worlds, was […]
Trail of Cthulhu book cover posters
I think Jérome Huguenin Rough Magicks cover is one of my favourite Cthulhu RPG illustrations. As it happens, Pelgrane Press has it and two others for sale in A2 poster form. If I bought one… just not sure where I’d put it. On the wall behind my desk at the office? Rough Magicks Arkham Detective […]
The Depiction of Women in Gaming
While the following flow chart is doing the rounds – making people laugh because it’s true, making people think because it’s true – I thought it hightime that Geek Native pointed out the fantastic post by Anna Kreider over at Pelgrane Press’ See Page XX on The Depiction of Women in Gaming. Kreider brings science […]
Three Fourteen Games steps into GUMSHOE with The Last Guest
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. The premise being the game is no fund if the entire party sits there, scratching their heads, being stuck. […]
The 2010 Ennies nominations have been announced
The Ennies may well be the most significant of the RPG industry awards. Certainly, everyone who’s made it through to this round should be very happy with themselves and will hopefully see a rise in sales just because they’re a nominee. You’ll see some of the products marked with HM – these are honourable mentions […]
Interview with Simon Rogers – Night’s Black Agents
Authors Robin D Laws and Kenneth Hite are both talking about a vampire spy thriller game called Night’s Black Agents. It’ll be coming out Pelgrane Press and will be a Gumshoe title. So, what’s a vampire spy thriller? Hite uses some popular movies to describe how the game will feel; “Imagine the movie Ronin. All […]
An introduction to GUMSHOE
The GUMSHOE rules system was created by Robin D Laws – the creator of the Dying Earth RPG – and is designed to work best for investigation games. Since it’s launch GUMSHOE has picked up other big names; including Kenneth Hite who produced a new version of Call of Cthulhu called Trail of Cthulhu with […]
