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I'm between 99% and 100% sure that @Fenris-77 knows how Brindlewood Bay works. The point that he (and I) are making is that the players...

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I get the solve vs. create a mystery argument in B. Bay, but the game does play tricks on the mind. The players know that I haven't set...

So, having run a several-year-long campaign of Ashen Stars, which runs on Gumshoe... The mechanics for getting clues are too simple in...

For context, the Kickstarter for Brindlewood Bay and the BK for The Between (which uses the same mechanic) made three quarters of a...

I don't disagree that Apocalypse Keys has some strong mechanical design, it does indeed. I do disagree that BBay 'fails to deliver' and...

I reject the idea that Gumshoe's approach to investigation is "fancy". If you have a skill, and think to use it in a place where a...

I'm not completely convinced about the separation between 'solving a mystery' and 'telling the story of solving a mystery' as usefully...

Since Jeremy Strandberg finished the first draft of the last chapter of Stonetop, I'd say that 2026 will indeed be the Year of Stonetop.

yeah, pretty sure some did, I just don’t think it was anywhere near as ubiquitous as some make it sound… I basically went with ‘I would...

Many tables in the early days mooshed together original with Advanced. Many rules in Advanced were dropped or not noticed. Gary...

Still Christmas Eve here. About to settle in with eggnog and listen to Patrick Stewart perform A Christmas Carol. Hoping everyone has a...

I’m going to be doing a RPGs in 2025 review this Sunday on my talk show! Here are my notes! My 2025 Released City of Arches Released...

I doubt it. Keith is writing a blog, not doing You Tube videos, as far as I know. His readers are 5e fans, buying his books in order to...

Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim: watched this every Christmas Eve growing up, so it's entangled with Christmas memories and tradition...