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Look at me mangling the English language on these post titles. Here are the last of the regular Tribe sketches from our good friend, the talented Mr. Steve Prescott. The updates to these will now come more slowly as he takes the notes given and creates the finishes. The rumor is that he’s finished the … Read more
And it’s a new week and so that means more sketches from Steve Prescott for the 2-page Tribe spreads. Lots of good feedback from the previous ones and so I hope to hear more from you folks on these pieces. One thing though: there’s no need to add snark to your comments on this work … Read more
Just in time for the weekend, here’s a sketch for the Children of Gaia full-page piece by Ron Spencer. When Ethan and I discussed this originally, the idea of a CoG who would tear apart a group of enemies in order to allow life to grow seemed a pretty strong one, and I really like … Read more
Thanks so much for your comments on the first batch of Steve Prescott sketches for the Tribe two page spreads- keep your thoughts and ideas coming folks- we’re listening. And because you didn’t come here to listen to me chatter, here’s Steve’s notes and then the art: Once again, some of these have feet running … Read more
Here are the first of Steve Prescott’s sketches for the Tribe two-page spreads. I really don’t have a lot to say here, Steve is truly the master of the Tribes and his beautifully designed Tribe full page pieces for WtA Revised are still a high-water mark for depictions of our Garou. Steve does point out … Read more
One of the interesting things about this process has been expanding beyond the “core.” I’ve worked on two Werewolf core books myself simply from the cWoD alone, and done at least one translation project (the original Werewolf: The Dark Ages). W20 is an entirely different beast, play on words unintended but unavoidable. So I’m used … Read more
So first drafts are rolling in and I’m working on them apace. It’s very interesting being back in this headspace after so long. In fact, it’s a slightly altered headspace, because there’s a certain level of Werewolf spirit that needs to be amplified from where I used to be. Every author has an individual voice. … Read more
If you haven’t heard yet, we’ve got news regarding the V20 Companion. In particular, we’re using Kickstarter to help finance a prestige print run of the book. Response to the limited Grande Masquerade edition of V20 was so positive, and we heard so many times that players wanted to be able to find other limited-edition copies … Read more
What goes well with Ron Spencer fullpages? If you said “Steve Prescott tribal spread art,” then you are a person of taste well after my own heart. Steve Prescott’s been knocking them out of the park for Werewolf for ages, from a maggot-spewing comic in the front of Freak Legion to those masterful Revised fullpages … Read more
A little more of the work in progress, this time from the introduction that looks at clan culture as it relates to Embraces in times of revolution. Assamites The Assamites play both sides of Revolution to the hilt. Some of their most lucrative contracts for assassination come in domains in the midst of rebellion, power … Read more