Matthew Dawkins Greetings, fellow Cainites! The title of this blog is the kind of question to make fellow writer and developer Neall Raemonn Price disturbingly euphoric. He has an odd fetish for those three-eyed soul-sucking demonspawn learned vampires know as “Salubri.” Well, V20 Dark Ages Companion is coming soon, so I thought I’d post to the blog … Read more
Most fun project: The V20 Dark Ages Companion was my first solo development project. To develop and write for a book set in my favourite Vampire era was superb fun. Something I added to the outline for this book was that I wanted the writers to make it the book everyone refers to as “that brilliant … Read more
Greetings, fellow Kindred! It’s been a while since we last talked about Beckett’s Jyhad Diary, so I thought it high time to post an update on the book’s status! As those of you who backed the Kickstarter will know, we funded several new chapters through stretch goals, which were as follows: The Way of Three … Read more
I recently returned from New Orleans and the Grand Masquerade with my writing and development batteries rejuvenated! Though I’m busy working on the stretch goals for Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (about to tackle The Way of Three Eyes), I thought I would stop by and talk a little about the upcoming V20 Dark Ages Companion. The … Read more
Don Draper: Nostalgia – it’s delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek, “nostalgia” literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. – Beckett: If I see so much as a flickering shadow, I’ll be moving to rip your arms off. Talley: … Read more
In an interview I hosted several years ago with Richard Dansky as my guest, he said to me “Dark Ages is a world lit only be firelight.” It’s a phrase that’s always stuck with me. In Masquerade, vampires walk the cold city streets illuminated by flickering street lights, neon from shop windows, and the occasional … Read more