Pyramid Review
Ghosts of the Lady Grace
Published by Carnivore Games
Written by Bradford Younie
Edited by Anna Pratt
Art & maps by Alex McVey, Thomas Denmark, & Anna M. Dobritt
48-page b&w softcover; $12.95
If nothing else, Carnivore Games offers consistency from one product to the next, though that's not always a good thing. Their flagship book, Now Playing, was a quirky look at using the free-form FUDGE engine to turn a TV show -- any TV show -- into the setting for your next RPG. The primary setting detailed in that volume is due to have its own book soon, and to whet your appetite they're releasing Ghosts of the Lady Grace.
The campaign in question is the Foundation for Paranormal Investigation, which does just as its name suggests. In this adventure, it owes more to the cable show Ghost Hunters than it does your X-Files or your Scoobies and Shaggies.
[SPOILER ALERT!]
In the first episode, the investigators are called to a seaside cottage, the Monroe Inn, to look into reports of ghosts. Supposedly when the ship called the Lady Grace hit the shoals off the coast a century ago, only three survived and were brought to the home for medical attention. Two died and one disappeared without a trace, but all three are said to walk the halls at night. Lately, though, it's as if something has sent the ghosts into fits. No longer are there simply rumors of their influence, everyone is hearing and seeing the spirits throughout the house, and it seems like the FPI might be . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: July 28, 2006
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