In the past in “Claws and Effect” I’ve talked about how humor works in the game and ideas for long-term play. Plus, both Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau offer advice on how to “hack” a game into a different shape. But I thought this time I’d pull all that together and show you what effect each … Read more
Happy Halloween, everyone! We’ve had some fantastic releases this month: Cavaliers of Mars: Cavaliers of Mars Core Rules (PDF/print on DriveThruRPG) Cavaliers of Mars: Cavaliers of Mars Core Rules (print via Studio 2) Cavaliers of Mars: Cavaliers of Mars Core Rules (print via IPR) Cavaliers of Mars: Cavaliers of Mars GM Screen (PDF on DriveThruRPG) Cavaliers of … Read more
Now available in advance PDF via DriveThruRPG: the Guide to the Night for Vampire: The Requiem 2nd Edition! The eyes of the Ascendancy see everything. Well, everything we want them to see anyway. The more power they have, the less we have to worry about them trying to take ours. — Una Adeyemi This book includes: … Read more
Eric Zawadzki here, co-developer of the new Deviant: The Renegades line. Dave Brookshaw and I are hard at work redlining, but I thought I’d take a moment to share an excerpt from this project. Today we’re going to share Origins with you, which is one axis along which Deviants are organized, the other being Clades. … Read more
The Kickstarter for Chicago by Night for Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition begins now! Chicago By Night, an updated edition of White Wolf’s bestselling city book, will be Onyx Path Publishing’s first supplement for Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. In this hardcover supplement, you will find descriptions of most of the Kindred inhabitants of Chicago, complete with … Read more
Last chance on some amazing Halloween bargains! These sales end when October does, so grab them while you can! Indie Press Revolution’s Halfoween sale: Did you miss a Kickstarter? You can get remaining World of Darkness deluxe editions or Chronicles of Darkness prestige edition stock for 50% off! Includes great products like V20 Dark Ages, W20 … Read more
Chicago! By Night! What an evocative title that was in ’91. We had seen nothing like it for any of our games. The web of vampire NPCs and their sheer variety could have been overwhelming, but instead it was fascinating. We wanted to keep reading and to learn as much as we could about them, … Read more
Writers are deep in writing on the Tales of Excellent Cats anthology. Another story I’ve gotten a chance to read a bit of was “Listening In” by Aaron Rosenberg. It’s another great story, so here’s another teaser for you. This is a section from the pre-edited manuscript, so some things may change between now and … Read more
In which Eddy and Dixie talk with Jason Carl about Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, L.A. by Night, and what got him here. (Note: Jason’s audio wasn’t amazing for this episode, and there are a couple of gaps in the audio. We tried to normalize it; our apologies.) * Predictive text converstations * Jason’s history … Read more
Musing and Ravaging may seem clearly divided along Seelie and Unseelie lines, but the truth isn’t quite that simple. There are Unseelie fae who’ve mastered using the chaos and directness to inspire Dreamers to their own unconventional forms of Musing, while some Seelie changelings try to put a pleasant face on activities that are definitely … Read more