Create your own agent, or take on the role of leyla khan an exmi6 officer who must confront her own halfremembered past as a thrall of the vampires. Buy nights black agents limited edition rpg from pelgrane press part of our role playing games collection. All the stuff learned over the years in gumshoe is on show in night s black agents and esoterrorists 2nd edition. Review of nights black agents rpgnet rpg game index. Jul 03, 20 theres a lot of other sections that make nights black agents a complete package. This is the set up for nights black agents, the latest rpg to be written by ken hite using the gumshoe system, an rpg that the author pitches as the bourne identity meets dracula or a vampire spy thriller. Their essential task becomes interpretation of the clues they get. Then you got out, or you got shut out, or you got burned out. At the core of night s black agents is pelgrane press gumshoe system, an rpg that puts investigation at the center of the action. Nights black agents is the latest in pelgrane press gumshoe line of games. 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.
Apr 19, 2010 nights black agents by kenneth hite puts you in the role of a skilled intelligence operative fighting a shadow war against vampires in postcold war europe. Presenting an epic improvised campaign for the night. The persephone extraction five desperate adventures to save the living from the hungry dead. Operation edom is the topsecret section of mi6 dedicated to thwarting and, ultimately, controlling dracula and his spawn. The chase questions to ask ask the players what time of day or night it is. We kick off our nights black agents campaign with an ambush and a mysterious contract. Ask the players to describe their car, which must be able to hold all of the pcs. Nights black agents is a tabletop roleplaying game in which burned spies take down vampire conspiracies jason bourne meets dracula. The book sports socalled thriller combat rules, which allow for the stunts we all know and love from the spy genre s fiction and it also offers cherries. Nights black agents, a new gumshoe rpg by kenneth hite.
A few months later, i finally got my hands on the red softcover. I really liked what i saw in that rough version and had high hopes for the final edition. Dangerous, highlycompetent professional spies learn that vampires are pulling the strings, and vow to take them down. Nights black agents brings the gumshoe engine to the spy thriller genre, combining the propulsive paranoia of movies like ronin and the bourne identity with supernatural horror straight out of bram stoker. Nights black agents rpg by kenneth hite 9781908983398. Author of trail of cthulhu and nights black agents roleplaying games, hite has been announced as the lead designer of the upcoming 5th edition of vampire. Nights black agents has been nominated for five ennie awards for best rules, best interior art, best rules, best writing and product of the year. Whether it is blood pumping action or heart stopping shocks, nights black agents is probably best shaken, and definitely has the vampire spy thriller staked.
Character generation general history pick a name, and a common handle. Nights black agents brings the gumshoe engine to the spy thriller genre, combining the propulsive paranoia of movies like ronin and the bourne identity with. I am thinking about getting one of these games for christmas. Theres a section on tools of the spy trade and possible vampirehunting devices.
Nov 02, 2012 nights black agents brings the gumshoe engine to the spy thriller genre, combining the propulsive paranoia of movies like ronin and the bourne identity with supernatural horror straight out of bram stoker. For more than a century, the topsecret operation within mi6 codenamed edom has defended the united kingdom from the machinations of the undead. Solo ops is presented as a gumshoe one2one series of three adventures which make a russian focused campaign of macabre investigation. Nights black agents won two silver ennie awards for best game and best writing, and was nominated for best rules, best interior art and product of the year. Nights black agents rpg actual play session 1 live. 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.
Theres a lot of other sections that make nights black agents a complete package. The awardwinning spy thriller roleplaying game that puts you in the role of a skilled intelligence operative fighting a shadow war against. Nights black agents pdf version wiki boardgamegeek. Last december i received the advance pdf of the new gumshoe rpg, nights black agents.
Jun 03, 20 night s black agents is the newest, with only 1 product under its tab. The book sports socalled thriller combat rules, which allow for the stunts we all know and love from the spy genres fiction and it also offers cherries. As good as the toolkits that nights black agents provides are, the rules and advice deliver on the game and genre that they promise. The persephone extraction is a campaign for nights black agents, combining ancient horrors from classical mythology with the modern terrors of conspiracy and bioterrorism. Investigation is crucial, but it never slows down the action, which explodes with expanded options for bonecrunching combat, hightech tradecraft, and. The record sheet does not reference fringe science which can be appended under academic abilities as i opted to use ken hits backslash rule for fringe abilities, as per the ken writes about stuff. And, from a gamers perspective, the characters actually behave pretty much like a roleplaying group in coc, toc, or nights black agents you see different attributes and skills if you closely look. We begin playing pelgrane press new oneonone rpg nights black agents. Adventure creation is a core component of the system gumshoe was written by robin d laws, creator of the dying earth, and the first release. Nights black agents and zalozhniy quartet 3 minute read we recently finished a campaign of nights black agents, after playing it for 1.
While playing vampires in rpgs has been extremely popular over the past 20 years or so, this one is about putting stakes in hearts and walking away while the bloodsucker burns in the sun. The thieves code part 1 july 23, 2016 11 comments a group of talented criminals are brought together by a mysterious and wellfinanced patron. A free rpg day 2015 giveaway adventure for nba that can be played as a oneshot or as the prelude to the dracula dossier campaign. Review of dust and mirrors music for nights black agents nights black agents has already made a name for itself in roleplaying it won two silver ennie awards for best game and bestwriting, and was also nominated for best rules, best interior art and product of the year.
Gumshoe rpg s the gumshoe rules system is a new rpg which revolutionizes investigative scenarios by ensuring that players are never deprived of the crucial clues they need to move the story forward. Gumshoe rpgs full inventory from noble knight games. The second section is for night s black agents and features quick start rules, pregenerated characters, and an introductory adventure. Nights black agents puts you in the role of a deadly secret agent, taking down the forces of darkness bring your favorite highoctane spy thrillers to the table with nights black agents from. And any player can try to intimidate a lackey without the skill, to get past them or deter their activities. The latest release for the modern horror rpg nights black agents has arrived in pdf from pelgrane press. Review of dust and mirrors music for nights black agents. Nights black agents rpg series 8 primary works 9 total works nights black agents puts you in the role of a deadly secret agent, taking down the forces of darkness. Sep 19, 20 nights black agents stormin da castle says. Theres backgrounds that are options for character creation that also help inform you about various agent specialties. 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. As good as the toolkits that night s black agents provides are, the rules and advice deliver on the game and genre that they promise. 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.
Night s black agents, to me, has one of the best, if not the best version of the gumshoeengine, though at least for any game that is at least slightly pulpy. This was a preliminary draft version texts without layout and no real art. Distributed for free rpg day 2015 booklet has two sections, the first for th age featuring quick start rules, pregenerated characters, and an introductory adventure. The players are spies that have worked for one of the many secret agencies like mi5, cia, mossad or even the stasi. Most print products include the pdf for instant download.
Nights black agents puts you in the role of a deadly secret agent, taking down the forces of darkness bring your favorite highoctane spy thrillers to the table with nights black agents from legendary designer. Kenneth hite born september 15, 1965 is a writer and roleplaying game designer. Updating classic gothic terrors for the postmodern age, nights black agents presents thoroughly modular monstrosity. Night s black agents has been nominated for five ennie awards for best rules, best interior art, best rules, best writing and product of the year. Nights black agents, to me, has one of the best, if not the best version of the gumshoeengine, though at least for any game that is at least slightly pulpy. First published in 1947 sunken land adepts gambit the man who never grew young smoke ghost the automatic pistol the inheritance the hill and the hole the dreams of albert moreland the hound diary in the snow the girl with the hungry eyes a bit of the dark world. Nights black agents and zalozhniy quartet jonne arjoranta. This is the set up for night s black agents, the latest rpg to be written by ken hite using the gumshoe system, an rpg that the author pitches as the bourne identity meets dracula or a vampire spy thriller. I want to know which one is better for people new to the gumshoe system. Hi all, im an old game master who s here to say hello, lend an ear if you have any questions, and chat with yah on my 3rd ama here on rpg. Nights black agents pdf version rpg item version link from publisher blurb.
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. Vampires beware, for tonight, nights black agents to their prey do r. Osta tama peli fantasiapeleista ja saa sen pdf versio kaupan paalle. Nov 05, 2012 ken hite brings them together in his newest rpg, nights black agents. Nights black agents pairs two genres that might at first seem incongruous. The ageold problem with doing mysterysolving scenarios in rpgs. Solo ops brings the gumshoe one2one game engine, designed for the gripping intensity of headtohead play, to the spy thriller genre, combining the propulsive paranoia of movies like ronin and the bourne identity with supernatural horror straight out of bram stoker. Ask the players if they have the faster or the more maneuverable car their choice. Nights black agents is a vampire spy thriller tabletop rpg written by kenneth hite and published by pelgrane press in 2012, using the gumshoe system. Nights black agents default setting is a world of horror and shadows, with flashes of action.
Abilities health 4, stability 4, cover 10, network 8, streetwise 1, tradecraft 1. Nights black agents general gumshoe question hi, i got a very warm recommendation for nba, and i started looking into it, hoping to run a campaign for my regular group. Hi all, im an old game master whos here to say hello, lend an ear if you have any questions, and chat with yah on my 3rd ama here on rpg. In at land s end the characters are passengers aboard a troubled ship. Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, while nights black agents to their prey do rouse.
Ken hite brings them together in his newest rpg, nights black agents. Aug 01, 2012 this is the set up for night s black agents, the latest rpg to be written by ken hite using the gumshoe system, an rpg that the author pitches as the bourne identity meets dracula or a vampire spy thriller. This edition has a roughly formatted and illustrationless pdf and recently epub and android app version of the book. Were loving the campaign, but have very mixed feelings about the system. The trove is the biggest open directory of rpg pdfs on the internet. Four book limited edition set in a slipcase, with gm screen. I wrote up some of my thoughts about that version in a post tinker,tailor, vampire, spy. Investigation is crucial, but it never slows down the action, which explodes with expanded options for bonecrunching combat, hightech. Play a dangerous human weapon, a sly charmer, an unstoppable transporter, a precise demolitions expert, or whatever fictional spy youve always dreamed of being and start putting those bloodsuckers in the ground where they belong. Someones framed the agents for a murder in paris that hasnt happened yet. Nights black agents thriller chase lead track rpgnet forums.
Aug 29, 2012 last december i received the advance pdf of the new gumshoe rpg, nights black agents. Pelgrane press gumshoe roleplaying games usually dont disappoint and kenneth hites nights black agents is no exception. This is a game of a burned spy trying to escape a vampire master and. Mix vampires and espionage with tabletop rpg nights black agents. The book, pretty much from the getgo, makes this clear and then is all about struggling with this threat. This corebook combines the awardwinning nights black agents setting with the innovative gumshoe one2one rules, designed for the thrilling intensity of headtohead play. For one reason or the other they left government employment and went into the shadowy criminal underground of europe. Gms can build their own vampires, mashup their own minions, kitbash their own conspiracies to suit their personal sense of style and story. The persephone extraction is a campaign for nights black agents, combining ancient horrors from classical mythology with. Nights black agents combines the spy thriller genre with vampires. Alternate nights black agents character record sheet for the dunwich sanction using the laundry as the basis for the character organisation. Double tap, is a massive expansion book for nights black agents that clocks in at 4 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page inside of front cover, 2 pages of editorial, 3 pages of toc, leaving us with 123 pages of content, so lets take a. Nights black agents is a roleplaying game where to put it like the designer does jason bourne meets dracula.
You were a shadowy soldier in those fights, trained to move through the secret world. Rules options let you set the level of betrayal, grit, and action in your game. Conclusion wrap up the demo by having the pcs cinematically defeat limrovich and disarm the ticking nuclear device. Nights black agents thriller chase lead track rpgnet.
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