Nights black agents the redacted edition simon rogers november 18, 2011 53 comments nights black agents, redacted edition. In the dracula dossier, stokers novel is a redacted coverup. The book, pretty much from the getgo, makes this clear and then is all about struggling with this threat. Horror investigation secret agent supernatural gumshoe type. In the explosive finale to beyond the threshold, the team trace the evil back to its source, where they plan to destroy it once and for all. You get prime early examples of urban horror from the 40s with smoke ghost and girl with the hungry eyes, and two of my alltime favorite lovecraftian. If i had to choose just one singleauthor horror collection to keep forever not counting greatest hitstype retrospectives, night s black agents would definitely be in the top 3 or 4. Average rating 7 ratings take your players on the greatest vampire hunt in historymore than a hundred years in the making. Posts about nights black agents written by mparker546. Conclusion wrap up the demo by having the pcs cinematically defeat limrovich and disarm the ticking nuclear device. It occurred to me that ive been working on just that very thing for a writing project id like to see come to fruition, so with that in mind. The team scrambles to get undercover and safe after a disastrous encounter at the fremont.
Its the censored version of bram stokers afteraction report of the failed british intelligence attempt to recruit and control the perfect asset. The redacted edition costs about what the eventual hardcover will cost. Night s black agents was written by ken hite, and published by pelgrane press in 2012. Tagged actual play, night s black agents, role playing, tpk. Tagged campaign crucible, dungeon master, game master, guest, gumshoe, kenneth hite, night s black agents, role playing, trail of cthulu, wrestling. Nights black agents live from the sword coast october 1. Its about the same length as ashen stars, and will be full colour. And, from a gamer s perspective, the characters actually behave pretty much like a roleplaying group in coc, toc, or night s black agents you see different attributes and skills if you closely look.
Selling board games and hobby supplies including magic. The redacted edition is no longer available but the standard edition, which does not include the extras below, is now available to buy in the store. Four book limited edition set in a slipcase, with gm screen. New now includes the epub version for use with mobile readers. The redacted files updates old gods of the north numenera final girl fiasco the strange lovecraftian shorts trail of cthulhu pathfinder night s black agents 7th sea general call of cthulhu mars colony fear itself interview delta green kamb lasers and feelings dresden files only war world of darkness th age the bite blades in the dark. Throughout a typical nights black agents campaign, the agents. They are doing a prepre order like the did for ashen stars. In short, it suggests that gumshoe games are secretly a diceless rpg. We played our first dracula dossier game this past weekend. With janet montgomery, shane west, seth gabel, tamzin merchant. Cotton discovers lifealtering news while mary learns the power of her femininity. Buy night s black agents dracula unredacted rpg from pelgrane press. What shouldnt require explaining though is how quickly the trf cast behind beyond the threshold came to love nights black agents for its unique blend of supernatural horror, technothriller action and espionage drama. Buy the standalone pdf now, or get 15% off as part of the dracula dossier.
Initially it was a few forays into th age and esoterrorists, but eventually i started looking at one of their newer games. Were loving the campaign, but have very mixed feelings about the system. Bring your favorite highoctane spy thrillers to the table with night s black agents from legendary designer kenneth hite trail of cthulhu. Nov 18, 2011 the redacted edition is no longer available but the standard edition, which does not include the extras below, is now available to buy in the store the ashen stars stellar nursery edition was a great success enabling us to do a full colour offset print run, and ensuring we could make the final book attractive and reasonably priced. If youre not familiar with it, nights black agents is a gumshoe based game where you play burned spies on the run, who gradually realize that. Starter kit bundle with the director s handbook and the night s black agents core book. The ashen stars stellar nursery edition was a great success enabling us to do a full colour offset print.
Night s black agents is the latest in pelgrane press gumshoe line of games. Oct 17, 2016 in preparation for our game, our gm directed us to an blog post from a nights black agents gm called a fight gone wrong. Supplement hardback 476 pages product description dracula is not a novel. Nights black agents is a roleplaying game created by kenneth hite and published by pelgrane press in 2012. Review of nights black agents redacted edition pelgrane press. The text cover character creation, rules and advice for running the game, vampire, conspiracy and city creation, examples for these, and a sample scenario to get your group started. Nights black agents live from the sword coast october 1, 2016.
It looks like they are adding it a few more bells and whistles to. It was published by arkham house in an edition of 3,084 copies. The book s title is taken from macbeth, act iii, scene ii. Jul 26, 20 take your players on the greatest vampire hunt in historymore than a hundred years in the making.
Essentially any action worth taking with general abilities is worth spending enough points to automatically succeed. Most print products include the pdf for instant download. The guys are joined by friendpcs antonio and andy as they play some nights black agents. Youll also get pdfs of both dracula dossier books, as well as immediate access to the nights black agents rpg and our inprogress production docs so you can start playing. Nights black agents is a roleplaying game where to put it like the designer does jason bourne meets dracula. Uncover the extent of the vampire conspiracy, mapping its branches and personnel. This game, nights black agents, adapts the gumshoe engine to the propulsive paranoia of the spy thriller genre.
Stream the the redacted files episode, 157 beyond the threshold 12. If you want to take a look at what characters we made and some of our campaign discussion, check out my previous post for the purposes of our first scenario, we assumed that our spy team has already established our trust and network, the details of which we will finalize as we play. It was released in 1947 and was the author s first book. A remainder mark is usually a small black line or dot written with a felt tip pen or. Nights black agents is up for best writing, best game, product of the year, and. The d suffix indicates that the product is the watermarked digital download version available from download sites. Pelgrane presss rpg nights black agents pits super spies against vampires in a covert war. Mix vampires and espionage with tabletop rpg nights black agents. Other books in the series night s black agents rpg 8 books. Its the censored version of bram stokers afteraction report of the failed british intelligence attempt to recruit and control the perfect asset the ultimate weapon count dracula. Night s black agents is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by american writer fritz leiber. Review of nights black agents rpgnet rpg game index. Nights black agents live from the sword coast october 1, 2016 dungeon musings. The original book was a collection of ten fantasy classics that was published by arkham house in 1947.
The pcs may need to use their skills to delay or reroute polish law enforcement officers in order to give themselves some privacy as they take limrovich out. Nights black agents and zalozhniy quartet 3 minute read we recently finished a campaign of nights black agents, after playing it for 1. Kenneth hite and gareth ryderhanrahan have restored the deleted characters and redacted information, inserting annotations and clues left. It has been informally pitched as jason bourne vs the vampires, but it describes itself on page 5 of the redacted edition as. The gathering, warhammer, pokemon, miniature painting suppli.
If you purchase the nights black agents redacted edition, you get. Nov 16, 2016 in preparation for our game, our gm directed us to an blog post from a nights black agents gm called a fight gone wrong. Listen to the the redacted files episode 157 beyond the. Until now, the emphasis of these titles has been investigation, with simple mechanics that ensure the players will always get the information they need to drive a story forward. If youre not familiar with it, night s black agents is a gumshoe based game where you play burned spies on the run, who gradually realize that the powers theyre up against have a distinctly supernatural flavor the illuminati is vampires. Whiles night s black agents to their preys do rouse. What shouldnt require explaining though is how quickly the trf cast behind beyond the threshold came to love nights black agents. Buy night s black agents dracula unredacted rpg from pelgrane press part of our role playing games collection. The second book, the dracula dossier director s handbook, is a massive campaign for the night s black agents rpg which we are big fans of.
If you purchase the nights black agent s redacted edition, you get. Live from the sword coast, october 7, 2016 duration. As night falls on belgrade, you and your team of special agents go on high. Nights black agents and zalozhniy quartet jonne arjoranta. Agents spanning the decades search for the elusive fiend at the behest of one agency or another, all in an attempt to either destroy his evil once and for all or to turn it to their own use, cultivating the prince of darkness into a master operative for their. Oct 07, 2016 night s black agents dracula dossier session 2 live from the sword coast, november 2, 2016 duration. Nights black agents the redacted edition pelgrane press ltd. Jun 23, 2015 hangman since i got into the excellent trail of cthulhu by pelgrane press, i started to branch out and take an interest in some of their other products.