Author: Stew

  • 2016 Year in Review: Stew Wilson

    2016 Year in Review: Stew Wilson

    Most fun project: W20 Shattered Dreams was the most fun project I worked on this year. It’s the most ambitious book that we’ve produced for W20 in terms of sheer scope — originally, the book focused on the it looks at the life and wars of the Changing Breeds around the Wars of Rage. The…

  • Get Your Motor Running [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    Get Your Motor Running [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    Last time, I gave you an overview of the contents of The Pack, and the crowd went wild. As well you might, as this book’s going to be amazeballs. Yeah, I went there. I do have a Lodge for you, but I’m going to make you hold on just a little more. Before we get to it, let’s…

  • The Pack [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    The Pack [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    Curses! That fool Brookshaw left the microphone live. Now, I must spill all my secrets. I’ll get him next time, Gadget, next time! ahem In the immortal words of Professor Nebulous, I’m drifting. Since Dave’s whetted your appetites for Signs of Sorcery, it’s only fair if I spill the beans on The Pack. I have it…

  • Playing the Pure [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    Playing the Pure [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    In Werewolf: The Forsaken 2nd Edition, we had a chance to bring all of the Uratha’s antagonists up-to-date, based on how they had appeared throughout the game line previously. Unfortunately we only had the room to detail the Pure as antagonists. In some cases they can be viable protagonists, both in historical eras and in some Hunting Grounds. The following systems for playing as Pure…

  • The Giver of Gifts: 2 [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    The Giver of Gifts: 2 [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    Following up from yesterday’s post, Chris is back again with Shadow and Wolf Gifts. As a means of preamble, I’ll point out that the City Gift (updated below) was the first thing I ever wrote for Werewolf: The Forsaken — it’s neat to get turnabout like that. Over to Chris: Designing Shadow Gifts A Shadow Gift…

  • The Giver of Gifts: 1 [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    The Giver of Gifts: 1 [Werewolf: The Forsaken]

    Chris Allen, the mastermind behind our re-working of Gifts in the 2nd edition of Werewolf: The Forsaken, asked if I’d give him some space on the blog to talk about his design philosophy. He’s gone quite in-depth, highlighting how Gifts work in Forsaken 2e. I’ve split what he has to say into two pieces. The first covers general Gift…

  • Day 24: Rage Across the World

    Day 24: Rage Across the World

    Onyx Path’s Month of Nightmares features games, stories, and more to celebrate the spirit of Halloween. Count down the days with us by reading our excerpts, participating in the discussion, or by taking advantage of our special offers leading up to a haunted Halloween. Rage Across the World exists to ground Werewolf in the modern…

  • Day 14: W20 Cookbook

    Day 14: W20 Cookbook

    Onyx Path’s Month of Nightmares features games, stories, and more to celebrate the spirit of Halloween. Count down the days with us by reading our excerpts, participating in the discussion, or by taking advantage of our special offers leading up to a haunted Halloween.   The W20 Cookbook is the book I didn’t know I…

  • Day 7: A Look At The Idigam Chronicle Anthology

    Day 7: A Look At The Idigam Chronicle Anthology

    Onyx Path’s Month of Nightmares features games, stories, and more to celebrate the spirit of Halloween. Count down the days with us by reading our excerpts, participating in the discussion, or by taking advantage of our special offers leading up to a haunted Halloween. Ahead, in the darkness, I hear water rushing as if from…

  • The Hidden Rain [Werewolf: The Apocalypse]

    It’s time for some Werewolf: The Apocalypse news! Work on Shattered Dreams and Changing Ways continues apace; in the meantime we’ve been working on some web enhancements that W2o players and Storytellers can use to spice up your games. First up, we have the Ozuzo — fallen werehyenas created by Leath Sheales in response to a request on our forums.