With Merit

I’m annoyingly sick this week (101 degree fever for several days running), so we don’t have a full dev blog. However, writer David Hill has been posting Merits from Blood and Smoke on the forums, and I wanted to share a few of the social ones. The Merits in the original Vampire book were some of … Read more

The Choir Invisible

Update: Clarifications and fixes were made on 1/19. — Busy week for Vampire again. I’ve been working with the writers on the last of the Disciplines, and getting together reprinted material for the anthology. We posted a second draft of Protean earlier today. And there are lots of contracts and practical matters to square away! Plus, … Read more

Diehard GameFAN names Blood Sorcery sourcebook of the year!

Diehard GameFAN has named Blood Sorcery (link) their 2012 sourcebook of the year (link). We’re in good company, alongside Shadows of Esteren and Cthulhu By Gaslight, among others. I can honestly say without hesitation that Blood Sorcery is the best Vampire: The Requiem book I’ve read in a very long time (perhaps even since the inception of the line) and it really gives … Read more

This Too Solid Flesh

Update 1/17/2013: We’ve uploaded a second version of Protean, based on feedback here and on our forums. Full animal form moves down to the third dot. The fourth dot power, Unnatural Change power gives vampires traits that go beyond the merely bestial, and into the truly abominable. Click here to check it out. — The final … Read more

Mummy Kickstarter final push! 32 hours left!

We just passed the 300% mark, but there’s still room to grow!   We’ve hit the following stretch goals: $35,000: Deluxe silk bookmark $45,000: Mummy: The Curse Fiction Anthology $50,000: Mummy ST Screen tier/addon unlocked $55,000: Deluxe gold gilt edges $63,000: Cursed Necropolis: DC citybook $68,000: Mummy: The Resurrection Players Guide PDF $72,000: Deluxe title … Read more

Mummy Kickstarter final push! 32 hours left!

We just passed the 300% mark, but there’s still room to grow! We’ve hit the following stretch goals: $35,000: Deluxe silk bookmark $45,000: Mummy: The Curse Fiction Anthology $50,000: Mummy ST Screen tier/addon unlocked $55,000: Deluxe gold gilt edges $63,000: Cursed Necropolis: DC citybook $68,000: Mummy: The Resurrection Players Guide PDF $72,000: Deluxe title and … Read more

Majestic

Time for another round of playtesting for Blood and Smoke: The Strix Chronicle, this summer’s big Vampire book. Tonight, we’re rounding out the Daeva Discipline spread by introducing Majesty. Majesty follows the pattern of many other Disciplines in that each power expands on others. You’ll notice Conditions and Beats, two concepts being introduced in The God Machine … Read more

Mummy Kickstarter Update

We just passed 1000 backers and the 200% mark with $60,000! See what all the fuss is about! We’ve passed the following stretch goals: Deluxe silk bookmark Mummy fiction anthology ST Screen Deluxe gold gilt edging Upcoming stretch goals: $63K: Cursed Necropolis: DC $68K: Mummy: The Resurrection Players Guide PDF $72K: Deluxe embossed cover $80K: … Read more

Announcing: Mummy

Hi, gang! Yes, it’s been a few weeks since my last blog update, but uh, we’ve been a little busy over here.  🙂 The first and most important low-down is that the Mummy: The Curse Kickstarter has launched (link below). We’ll be looking to shout it from the rooftops through the holidays, since we only … Read more