See P. XX

As Pelgrane ramps up production, installments of See P. XX fall thick and fast. The latest edition features another double shot from your humble correspondent.

My eponymous column tackles the non-issue of point hoarding in GUMSHOE, while making a wider point about not letting your concerns about how a game works stop you from playing it and finding out how it really works.

Also, the Ashen Stars previews continue with the basic rundown on the seven peoples of the Bleed. Appended is a poll asking you which species you'd most like to play. I confess to a certain amount of vindication, in that the eerily beautiful balla, who got a lot of stick during playtest, are now ahead in the voting. Go skew the results now.

And while you're doing that, check out the cornucopia of other gaming delights:

Gunslingers & Gadgeteers by Clinton R. Nixon, detailing the classes in Owl Hoot Trail.
Name that Orc, a competition for Owl Hoot Trail with fantastic prizes.
Using Stealing Cthulhu in Trail Scenarios, by Graham Walmsley, all you need to know to make your Trail adventures truly terrifying.

As always, View From the Pelgrane's Nest comprises a running progress report on products in all stages in development. Included is an incremental spilling of the beans re: Hillfolk, the game I'm testing now, and the DramaSystem rules that underpin it.