GUMSHOE

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GUMSHOE is a [[RPG]] system by Robin D. Laws. Its first appearance was in the [[Esoterrorists]] game.

GUMSHOE is a simple, skill-based system which uses d6 dice. It was devised specifically for investigative games, because it sports an extended list of investigative abilities from laboratory forensics to questioning people. To gain a vital clue from a scene, players just need to activate one of their investigative abilities to get it. This does away with a traditional problem of investigative games - when players got stuck because of some bad rolls and didn't pick up on an important clue.

Since it has a System Reference Document, anybody can publish their own material for the game (with some minor restrictions).

== Settings ==
GUMSHOE has a bunch of settings published for it. Many of them include additional rules to expand your options.
* Ashen Stars: The sci-fi setting. Has rules for space combat, aliens, etc.
* Cthulhu Confidential: Eldritch horror/noir. Includes rules for solo play.
* The [[Esoterrorists]]: The first setting published for GUMSHOE about elite investigators combatting a terrorist organisation hellbent on exposing society to the supernatural. Received a second edition in 2013.
* [[Delta Green|The Fall of Delta Green]]: A horrific black ops campaign in the 1960s.
* Fear Itself: Personal horror game set in a similar world to The Esoterrorists. Adds psychic powers to the rules. Has a 2nd Edition out.
* The Gaean Reach: Vancian science fiction setting.
* Lorefinder: Adds GUMSHOE's investigation rules to Pathfinder.
* Mutant City Blues: Cop Drama+Supers. Adds rules for super powers and the investigation thereof.
* Night's Black Agents: Super spies vs Vampires! Features expanded rules for combat and action sequences, as well as plenty of bloodsucker types.
* Swords of the Serpentine: The swords-and-sorcery setting. Bunch of new rules for the fantasy genre, particularly for magic & combat.
* TimeWatch: Time travelling law enforcement! (With optional rules for settings such as time heists)
* [[Trail of Cthulhu]]: Investigative role-playing in a [[Call of Cthulhu]]-esque setting.
* The Yellow King: A multi-setting campaign of horror in which PCs in subsequent settings are mysteriously connected. New rules for player-facing combat and injury (mental as well as physical).
* Bubblegumshoe: Published under the GUMSHOE OGL, emulates the teen detective genre with rules for social ties.

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