Vol. 3
Ken Writes About Stuff Vol. 3 KWAS Vol. 3 is a collection of supplements written by master Lovecraftian writer and GUMSHOE guru Kenneth Hite. Discover hideous creatures¸ manage the global war against aliens in a campaign frame¸ or learn to command the alchemical elements in this collection of fear and fun!
In the ENnie-award winning Ken Writes About Stuff series¸ Kenneth Hite turns his considerable writing talents and encyclopedic knowledge of game design¸ history¸ the occult and all things Mythos to bear on new topics. From hideous creatures to GUMSHOE innovations¸ from Moon Dust Men to martial arts¸ Ken illuminates the dark corners of the genre with 4000-word supplements.
Each PDF includes a deep delve into some deeply weird topic¸ plus crunchy bits for your GUMSHOE game. If you're a fan of Suppressed Transmissions¸Trail of Cthulhu¸ Night's Black Agents¸ The Nazi Occult or Day After Ragnarok¸ KWAS is a must-have.
All episodes are available in epub¸ mobi and PDF format.
KWAS Vol. 3 features:
- Hideous Creatures: Tcho-Tcho. "The nastiest people who ever lived … and whatever it is they were doing¸ they weren't going to let a stranger in on it." Do you really want to know what the Tcho-Tcho know? Too late.
- The Spear of Destiny. Is it the Spear that pierced Christ's side¸ or the Spear of Odin? Does it grant true kingship or invincibility? Who has borne it through the millennia¸ and who seeks its true whereabouts now? This issue pierces the legend to reach the truth - and then makes the legend invincible. Plus¸ a look at the Spear for Night's Black Agents ¸ The Esoterrorists ¸ Trail of Cthulhu ¸ and TimeWatch.
- Hideous Creatures: Great Race of Yith. "As mental barriers wore down¸ I beheld great masses of thin vapour in various parts of the building and in the streets below. These steadily grew more solid and distinct¸ till at last I could trace their monstrous outlines with uncomfortable ease." From unguessable aliens to cone-shaped librarians to beetle-conquerors¸ the Great Race of Yith takes many forms. Learn to recognize them¸ before they take yours!
- Mutant City Spies. Ten years after the ghost flu hit¸ the world is changed - but the secret world stays the same. Enemies of your country still plot¸ terrorists still scheme - but now they might have superpowers. An espionage-specops frame for Mutant City Blues takes the super fights into the shadows.
- Hideous Creatures: Wendigo. " In spite of his exceeding mental perturbation¸ Simpson struggled hard to detect its nature¸ and define it …" Cannibal spirit or arctic ogre? Wind-walking demigod or folie a faim? Hunt the Wendigo down - or up into the skies¸ where mad auroras roll.
- Moon Dust Men: MAJESTIC Overwatch. The Moon Dust Men are the tip of the spear. MAJESTIC-12 aims it. Manage the global war against the aliens with this new GUMSHOE subsystem. Do you build retro-engineered Aurora craft¸ or bioroids to fight on the Moon? Do you launch satellite screens or dig in anti-saucer lasers? You decide where the black budget goes - and who it goes after.
- Hideous Creatures: Hunting Horror. "I see it-coming here-hell-wind-titan blur-black wings-Yog-Sothoth save me-the three-lobed burning eye...." Avatar or servitor¸ this winged and coiling horror haunts the dark and hunts those who seek it out. Shine a little light on this most shadowy of creatures!
- Moon Dust Men: Galileo Uplift. To fight aliens¸ one must use the alien. Take it apart¸ reverse-engineer it¸ rebuild it¸ turn it i