richt 2015 was in a lot of ways a year of changes, although Onyx Path Publishing itself became more stable and efficient. Not that that internal tune-up was obvious as projects slid last year, but I think it will make a big difference this coming year now that we have a very different licensing situation. One … Read more
On Dec 12th, we announced that we were changing the nWoD brand title to Chronicles of Darkness. Which was not really that long ago, when you think about it. I (and the rest of the Onyx Path crew) have talked a fair bit about this change, from the initial announcement through to an AMA we did, … Read more
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Reddit Ask Us Anything yesterday! As always, there was a frenzy of questions and answers and we had a great time answering your questions – everything from our relationship with the new White Wolf Publishing, to which Kith will be appearing in C20. You can read the whole AMA … Read more
Let’s get caught up. On Saturday, in a castle in Germany, Martin and Tobias (the White Wolf Publishing guys), let folks know some of their plans for the WW properties: https://youtu.be/waHQeOrKxK8 Here’s how those plans affect us here at Onyx Path Publishing: First, we are changing the overall title of New World of Darkness (nWoD), … Read more
Onyx Path Publishing and White Wolf Publishing are proud to announce that Chronicles of Darkness is now the overall brand name for the series of game lines previously called the New World of Darkness. These game lines include Vampire: the Requiem 2nd Edition, Werewolf: the Forsaken 2nd Edition, Mage: the Awakening 2nd Edition, Promethean: the Created … Read more
Bear with me, I’m gonna digress a bit before answering the title of the blog. My oldest son and I were digging our pet dog’s grave this weekend, and… OK, maybe not the best opening. Also, trigger warning about pets dying and cancer before you read any further. * * * So, our 10 year … Read more
So it’s the last day of November. The calm before the storm (or Firestorm, as depicted by Sam Araya in this gorgeous full-page illustration from Promethean 2nd Edition). December looks like it is going to be just crazy, so here a few points about next month that I want to share (these came out of … Read more
In the category of “things to be grateful for”, we have the fact that Fast Eddy Webb was not killed by terrorists as he watched the WWE in Atlanta. As we understand it, there was a threat made about the event. So that’s a good thing. The Eddy not being dead part, not the threatening. … Read more
Amazingly, the Waffle House menu list of options for their home fries of scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, diced, peppered, capped, and topped, sound a lot like a description of this illustration by Ron Spencer for the W20 Shattered Dreams book. I have no idea why that came to mind except I just saw a video … Read more
As a follow up to last week’s blog (which you can get to in a click here: https://theonyxpath.com/a-pair-of-ducks-bought-white-wolf-monday-meeting-notes/, thanks Monica!), I had a very nice conversation with the CEO of the new White Wolf Publishing, Tobias Sjogren last week. The art above by Brian LeBlanc for W20 Shattered Dreams is the exact opposite of the nature … Read more