Gumshoe: An Introduction & Overview

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Gumshoe: An Introduction & Overview (3/9 2000 US EST)
This is for a 90 minute seminar/talk by Lowell Francis for those interested in the GUMSHOE system-- beginners and veterans welcome. We will cover:

  • The basics of Gumshoe
  • How it serves mystery gaming
  • Managing the Gumshoe economy
  • Planning Gumshoe cases
  • Common sticking points for the rules
  • Creatively managing investigative spends
  • The different flavors of Gumshoe-- from Trail of Cthulhu to Night’s Black Agents to Yellow King

We will aim for a 45-60 minute talk, with the rest of the time given over to discussion and questions. I’ve you’re a Gumshoe vet, we’d welcome your input. I will send out an outline of the talk a little before the session.This session will be recorded so we can keep this as a community resource. Participants are welcome to remain off-camera and microphone. This session is governed by out Community Code of Conduct.
https://app.playabl.io/games/60

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For anyone happening on this later, the recording is available on YouTube:

Also available are the talk notes.

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This recent article by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan is a useful complement to that: https://pelgranepress.com/2023/03/08/a-taxonomy-of-investigations/

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Talking GUMSHOE
Last week I did community seminar talking about GUMSHOE- how it works, what it does well, and how to work with it. I’m not an expert, just an enthusiast who has had some great campaigns with various GUMSHOE games over the last couple of years. I spoke for a little less than an hour followed by a Q&A. I put that up as a blog post along with an extensive look at all of the GUMSHOE games-- from Ashen Stars to The Yellow King. I hope it’s useful for folks curious about the system.

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