King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games. We have developed more than 200 fun titles, offering games that are enjoyed all around the world. 'The Yellow King' and 'The King in Yellow' are a work of fiction by Robert W. Chambers in the public domain. We retain all copyright and trademark rights on art, logos, characters, story, and other media unique to our product. Microcinema International, (currently this DVD's exclusive distributor) would like everyone to know that the 2008 edition of The Weird Tale Collection, Volume 1 (release date: October 28, 2008) has been updated by Lurker Films so that the aspect ratios on both The Yellow Sign and The King in Yellow are as the filmmakers intended them to be. The King in Yellow – Robert W. Download The King in Yellow ebook. The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. Download a PDF Character Sheet (US letter format) Download a form fillable PDF Character Sheet (US letter format) Download a PDF Spotlight Tracker (US letter format) Download a PDF Relationship Table. Laws Actual Play video of the Yellow King RPG.
Paris
- Download a PDF Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a form fillable PDF Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Spotlight Tracker (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Relationship Table and Group Matrix (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Investigative Ability Worksheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Fight Tracker (A4 format) (US letter format)
The Wars
- Download a PDF Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a form fillable PDF Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF You’re In The Wars Now & French Army Ranks Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Investigative Ability Worksheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Group Matrix (A4 format) (US letter format)
Aftermath
- Download a PDF Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a form fillable PDF Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Welcome to the Aftermath Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Investigative Ability Worksheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Group Matrix (A4 format) (US letter format)
This is Normal Now
- Download a PDF Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a form fillable PDF Character Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF How to Solve a Case Sheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Scenario Worksheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Investigative Ability Worksheet (A4 format) (US letter format)
- Download a PDF Group Matrix (A4 format) (US letter format)
Other Downloads
The Yellow King Download Free
- DownloadThe Doors to Heaven, a Free RPG Day adventure by Sarah Saltiel for the Paris setting
- Download a preview PDF of all four settings
- Download a preview PDF of Absinthe in Carcosa
- Excel list of all Shock and Injury cards
- PSD format YKRPG blank card templates: Shock * Injury * Chit * Hit * Goal
- GIMP format YKRPG blank card templates: Shock * Injury * Chit * Hit * Goal
- Yellow Sign images and backgrounds, including the public domain Yellow Sign image from the Yellow King Roleplaying Game.
Articles and Interviews
The King In Yellow Download
- Robin D. Laws talks you through creating a character for the Yellow King RPG
- All Yellow King RPGarticles
- Shannon Appelcline speaks to Robin D. Laws on RPG.net
- Brie Sheldon speaks to Robin D. Laws on their blog
- Ben Riggs looks at The Yellow King RPG on Geek & Sundry
Miscellaneous
- The Yellow King RPGteaser video
- How to create a Yellow King RPG character video
- Robin D. Laws Actual Play video of the Yellow King RPG
- Listen to a sample of the Yellow King Suite:
The book has been written.
The book has been read.
Now it rewrites you.
Across time it spreads, creating dread new realities.
And you’re in all of them.
Inspired by Robert W. Chambers’ influential cycle of short stories, The Yellow King Roleplaying Game takes you on a brain-bending spiral through multiple selves and timelines.
Written and designed by GUMSHOE master Robin D. Laws, it pits the characters against the reality-altering horror of The King in Yellow. This suppressed play, once read, invites madness or a visit from its titular character, an alien ruler intent on invading and remolding our world into a colony of his planet, Carcosa.
Four full-colour hardback books, served up together in a beautiful slipcase, with a separate GM screen, confront your players with an epic journey into reality horror:
- Belle Époque Paris, where a printed version of the dread play is first published. Players portray American art students in its absinthe-soaked world, navigating the Parisian demimonde and investigating mysteries involving gargoyles, vampires, and decadent alien royalty.
- The Wars, an alternate reality in which the players take on the role of soldiers bogged down in the great European conflict of 1947. While trying to stay alive on an eerie, shifting battlefield, they investigate supernatural mysteries generated by the occult machinations of the Yellow King and his rebellious daughters.
- Aftermath, set later in the same reality, in present day North America. A bloody insurrection has toppled a dictatorial regime loyal to Carcosa. Players become former partisans adjusting to ordinary life, trying to build a just society from the ashes of civil war. But not all of the monsters have been thoroughly banished—and like it or not, they’re the ones with the skills to hunt them and finish them off.
- This is Normal Now. In the present day we know, albeit one subtly permeated by supernatural beings and maddening reality shifts, ordinary people band together, slowly realizing that they are the key to ending a menace spanning eras and realities.
New GUMSHOE features include:
- A completely new player-facing combat system.
- A fresh, evocative approach to wounds, physical and psychic, inspired by the innovations of GUMSHOE One-2-One.
- Linked character creation across multiple settings.
Each purchase of The Yellow King RPG from our website, or a bricks-and-mortar retailer, includes the following downloads:
- PDFs of the Paris, The Wars, Aftermath and This is Normal Now settings
- GM Screen PDF
- Slipcase GM Screen PDF
- MP3s of The Yellow King RPG Suite
- PNG files of all Shock and Injury cards from the four core settings
- PNG files of all Goal, Chit & Hit cards from the Aftermath setting
- Bonus The Yellow King RPG adventure, “The Doors to Heaven”, written by Sarah Saltiel for the Paris setting
- A PSD format blank template of the Shock, Injury, Goal, Chit & Hit cards
- A GIMP format blank template of the Shock, Injury, Goal, Chit & Hit cards
- PDF of the 76-card Basic Shock deck
- PDF of the 76-card Basic Injury deck
| Stock #: PELGY01 | Author: Robin Laws |
| Artists: Aaron Aurelio Acevedo, Dean Engelhardt, Melissa Gay, Shel Kahn, Christian Knutsson, Jessica TC Lee | Format: 4 x hardback books, presented in a slipcase, with a separate GM screen |