13th Age in Glorantha will contain around twelve chapters. That’s too much to summarize in a single blog post, so this tour of the work-in-progress book starts with the first chapter: Initiations.
As an opening chapter, Initiations introduces newcomers to Glorantha while unveiling several mechanics we’re creating to handle new styles of 13th Age ( Read more... )

The text below is from a 13 True Ways Kickstarter update I just posted. Since it talks about material that will also interest everyone buying 13 True Ways on pre-order or ordering it from their hobby shop, I'm posting the update here as well.

Hey, 13 True Ways supporters!
By now most of you will have seen the 13 True Ways PDF, except for those old- ( Read more... )

The new orc mook I posted on the Pelgrane Press website as a 13th Sage column today, the Orc Spear Grunt, has a max mob size of 7, for reasons you'll understand if you read the piece.

Could be especially useful for people running current and upcoming OP seasons with orc battles galore.

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My 13th Age collaborator Jonathan Tweet does most of his social media through G+ these days. When he has a gaming blog he wants to run, I post it here. This time he's responding to requests for a discussion of RPGs and rituals.

Jonathan Says:

Religion, rituals, and roleplaying games all work because people are suggestible. Maybe you’ve heard that ( Read more... )

Last week, Jonathan wrote a neat essay on how 13th Age design relates to his work on 3e. It's a cogent account of how we wove threads from earlier editions of F20 into something new-ish in 13th Age. Jonathan has a gift for cutting to the core and the essay explains design decisions we haven't said that much about elsewhere.

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