Following up from yesterday’s post, Chris is back again with Shadow and Wolf Gifts. As a means of preamble, I’ll point out that the City Gift (updated below) was the first thing I ever wrote for Werewolf: The Forsaken — it’s neat to get turnabout like that. Over to Chris: Designing Shadow Gifts A Shadow Gift … Read more
A little bit of red (blood) and green (marble) for the holidays! Lore of the Clans is now available in PDF and print-on-demand via DriveThruRPG! My sire always told me, “There’s no instruction manual for being dead, strákur.” I believed her, because she was older and smarter than me, and we value knowledge if nothing else. … Read more
Ho! Ho! WOW… Yesterday, we checked in to choose a new Condition Card and were blown away by the number of entries for the 12 Days of Onyx Contest. As of this morning, we’ve received over 70 ideas for holiday-themed Condition Cards. Ranked by theme, the Chronicles of Darkness fills over half of the ideas. … Read more
Chris Allen, the mastermind behind our re-working of Gifts in the 2nd edition of Werewolf: The Forsaken, asked if I’d give him some space on the blog to talk about his design philosophy. He’s gone quite in-depth, highlighting how Gifts work in Forsaken 2e. I’ve split what he has to say into two pieces. The first covers general Gift … Read more
I mentioned in my Hunter the Vigil 2E developer announcement that I wanted to use OpenDev as a way to introduce how I’m addressing gameplay, structure, and the three tiers in the context of the Slasher Chronicle. This will be an experiment, for both you and for me, that will help us understand how discussions … 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
Hang those stockings and grab that nog, ’cause we’ve got a “nice” contest update for you! So far, we’ve got over two dozen entries into the 12 Days of Onyx Contest. By far, the most popular holiday-themed Condition Cards you’ve created are for the newly-released Chronicles of Darkness rulebook. In terms of specific games, we’re … Read more
Now available in PDF on DriveThruRPG: The Chronicles of Darkness Revised Storytelling System Rulebook! Keep walking. Eyes straight ahead. Don’t look back. In the shadows and between the cracks of our everyday lives hide the Chronicles of Darkness. Here lurk creatures of ancient myth and urban legend. Here lie the graves of angels and the … Read more
My name is Monica Valentinelli and I’ll be your friendly, neighborhood developer for Hunter: the Vigil 2nd Edition. Since the Slasher Chronicle was announced at GenCon 2015, there’s been a lot of questions and more than a few recommendations about what might go into the new edition. Today, I’m going to talk a little bit … Read more
Hey all! I know things have been quiet on the Pugmire front lately, but I wanted to take a moment to give you an update on the Pugmire crowdfunding campaign. First off, back at Gen Con we said that we would have the crowdfunding campaign by the end of the year, but that isn’t going … Read more