Pelgrane Press Ltd is a British

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publishing company based in London and founded in 1999. It is co-owned by Simon J Rogers and Cat Tobin. It currently produces GUMSHOE System RPGs, '' 13th Age'', the Diana Jones award-winning '' Hillfolk'' RPG, ''

The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game ''The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game'' is a tabletop role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2001. Description ''The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game'' is an adaptation of Jack Vance's ''Dying Earth'' novel series. The game situates players ...

'', and other related products. It publishes fiction under the Stone Skin Press imprint.

History

Pelgrane Press was founded in 1999, and was initially owned by Simon Rogers, ProFantasy Software, and Sasha Bilton. It is co-owned by Simon J Rogers and Cat Tobin.

GUMSHOE System

The GUMSHOE System was designed by Robin D. Laws for running investigative, clue-finding games: * '' The Esoterrorists'' and '' Fear Itself'' by Robin D. Laws, based on the ''Book of Unremitting Horror'' by Adrian Bott and Dave Allsop * '' Trail of Cthulhu'' by

Kenneth Hite Kenneth Hite (born September 15, 1965) is a writer and role-playing game designer. Hite is the author of '' Trail of Cthulhu'' and '' Night's Black Agents'' role-playing games, and lead designer of the 5th edition of '' Vampire: the Masquerade''. ...

* '' Mutant City Blues'', a near-future gritty police procedural Superhero setting by Robin Laws * '' Ashen Stars'', a darkly rebooted investigative

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setting by Robin Laws * '' Night's Black Agents'', a game of action and espionage in a vampiric setting by Ken Hite * ''TimeWatch'', an investigative time travel game by Kevin Kulp * ''Fall of Delta Green'', a conspiracy horror game by Ken Hite set in the 1960s period of the

Delta Green ''Delta Green'' is a contemporary era setting for the ''Call of Cthulhu'' role-playing game created by Adam Scott Glancy, Dennis Detwiller, and John Scott Tynes, a.k.a. the Delta Green Partnership, of the Seattle gaming house Pagan Publishi ...

RPG setting * ''The Yellow King'', a surrealist horror game bridging four different eras by Robin D. Laws, inspired by '' The King in Yellow'' by Robert W. Chambers * ''

Swords of the Serpentine ''Swords of the Serpentine'' is a 2022 urban sword-and-sorcery role-playing game by Kevin Kulp and Emily Dresner. Its rules are based on the Gumshoe System and it is published by Pelgrane Press. Publication history Full publication of the game w ...

'', a

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RPG by Kevin Kulp and Emily Dresner. GUMSHOE One-2-One is a re-imagining of the GUMSHOE system for one player, one GM gaming. * ''Cthulhu Confidential'' The ''

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'' RPG and the ''Yellow King RPG'' each combine elements with other system elements, including ''Skulduggery'' systems in the ''Gaean Reach'' and GUMSHOE One-2-One elements in ''The Yellow King''. Similarly, ''Lorefinder'' grafts GUMSHOE investigative elements onto

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'' RPG.

Other Products

* '' 13th Age RPG'' * '' Hillfolk'' * ''

'' * '' Skulduggery'' * ''

Honey & Hot Wax ''Honey & Hot Wax'' is an anthology of artistic tabletop and live action role-playing games on the theme of sexuality, published by Pelgrane Press in 2020. It includes games by nine designers, a foreword by the academic chair of NYU Game Center, ...

Awards

Pelgrane Press has won several

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RPG Awards (the “

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”), including the Silver Ennie for Fan's Choice for Best Publisher (2016). The company's Gold Ennies include: * 2012: Best Electronic Book for ''Cthulhu Apocalypse: The Apocalypse Machine'' (for ''Trail of Cthulhu''); Best Writing for ''The Investigator’s Guide to Occult London'' * 2014: Best Adventure for ''Eternal Lies'' (for ''Trail of Cthulhu'') * 2016: Best RPG Related Product for ''Ken Writes About Stuff, Volume 3''; Best Supplement for ''The Dracula Dossier: Hawkins Papers''; Best Writing and Product of the Year for ''The Dracula Dossier: Director's Handbook'' (for ''Night's Black Agents'' RPG *2019: Best Setting for ''The Fall of Delta Green'' RPG *2020: Best RPG Related Product for ''Absinthe in Carcosa'' (for the ''Yellow King RPG'') *2023: Best Art, Cover for ''Swords of the Serpentine'' RPG Pelgrane Press won the 2017

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award for "Best Game" for the story game anthology ''Seven Wonders.'' Press coverage has noted Pelgrane's outsized ability to accomplish significant output despite its stature, with one website saying:

Pelgrane are a relatively small company in comparison to some of the other contenders and seeing them sweep the awards shelf is great. They are proof that at least in the table top world, quality products can still conquer the world.

References

External links

Pelgrane Press Home Page
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