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The Armitage Files for Trail of Cthulhu. It's designed to be run improvisationally, but I had to run The Dracula Dossier first before I could see how to do that.

Yes, I want them to decide what's worth exploring, but I need some ideas to have ready.

A group of 4-5 8th level adventurers have just descended into the depths of the earth for some underground West-Marches style fun. Because of the constraints of this type of game there is no direct threat to their surface world - so what sort of other things than oppose a big bad would you want...

My war mage just got this spell and is looking forward to some hands-on combat. But I wonder - if I have the time to cast some buffs before it - what spells might mesh nicely with it in the thick of battle. I had some ideas but would welcome the community's thoughts too. With other concentration...

I think it's weirder that he's labeled "mythological" :) As far as alignment, change it to "England" and it solves all problems.

The genre presupposes a frontier where civilization ends and lawlessness begins (at least in the eyes of the characters). American Westerns are the first and most easily recognizable, but there are Westerns set in China, for example.

Conan gets my vote as the American fantasy rpg. I would also note Howard's views that old (read: European) civilizations were dying (witness how Hyboria is literally Earth with a thin veneer of pseudohistory) and that a frontier kept a nation on its toes. I can't read Oz as anything more than an...

I would avoid bright-line rules. If the party was trying to avoid attracting notice in the town, and didn't want to interact with everyday citizens, a roll might be called for - and failure could mean notice by the town watch as opposed to the inability to find the shop. A DM could even use the...

The players are all the officers, so there should not be a problem with control. I will try something like Fenris is proposing, with a failed roll leading to some ship damage. I will also keep track of the total margin from successful skill tests, using that as a rough guide to how far the ship...

Ship-v-environment is what I really want. Using the framework from Ghosts of Saltmarsh.

My pirate PCs are 6th level, with a ship of their own and a sea to sail her on! The next session will involve a perilous naval journey, but the group check mechanism seems sort of flat for what I envision to be a major setpiece. Does anyone have ideas to spice up this encounter into something...

For us, the Record Keeper is usually the last person who says "not it!" Unless that's something a player likes to do already.

Some of the games in the line are Trail of Cthulhu & Nights Black Agents.

I would like to start a game here if there is interest. Looking for about 3 players. The game will start off in Venice, with immediate action, to get folks in the spirit as soon as possible. I am also up to run other GUMSHOE games, even a new setting I have been toying with involving psychics...

I do think it's hard to run the intro adventure online, since it requires a lot of setup that can be hard to slog through. Recall that all of Kevin's demo scenarios start in the thick of the action. Anyway, I am happy to try something if you like & there is interest.

I'm still checking in periodically. The scenario was a success as well.

I'm happy starting in November, then, if you two wanted to hash out custom characters prior to the 18th.

Folks, I have an adventure I will be running in town in a few weeks' time, and I was hoping a few of you wouldn't mind trying it out. We can use the pregens if that's easiest.

Does anyone want to try a new mission?

Anyone with military experience would know that somewhere in NATOs computer system will be a virtual tome on Lennart and his history. (This will require either passing some challenges (using digital intrusion, 1/2 a day) to obtain the information undetected; some spends of of bureaucracy (1...