A month of Thanks!

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  As we come to the last few days of the fantastic Deluxe V20 Dark Ages Kickstarter, not only does our Salubri pictured above give thanks, but so do I. First of all, for that same fantastic Deluxe V20 DA Kickstarter, which has vaulted through funding and right into enabling us to create both a … Read more

Sunday’s Eternal Choice [Promethean: The Created]

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It’s Sunday, and so you, faithful readers, are again faced with a decision regarding what aspect of Promethean you want to hear about come Tuesday morning. I’ve given the choice several times as “Refinements or [something else],” and while the vote is always close, “something else” always gets picked. As I was typing up notes for … Read more

The Invisible Pulse [Mage: The Awakening]

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It’s another layover week, and there’s one Path left, so it’s time to look at the Thyrsus. (It’s okay, though, we’ve got five Orders to get through before I run-out of emergency fill-in material.) So. The Thyrsus. I know we’re not supposed to have favorites, and from a game design perspective I don’t, but let … Read more

October 31 Open Dev Roundup

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In case you missed any, open dev posts from the last week include: Requiem’s Secrets of the Covenants: Ordo Dracul Merits & Mysteries: The Rites of the Dragon Werewolf: The Forsaken 2e: Any Answers Mage: The Awakening 2e: The Fate of Atlantis Promethean 2e: Disquiet and the Wasteland: Everything and Everyone Hates You Cavaliers of Mars: The Cities of … Read more

“Dragons in the Stacks: A Teen Librarian’s Guide to Tabletop RPGs” covers Onyx Path games

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Dragons in the Stacks: A Teen Librarian’s Guide to Tabletop Role-Playing, co-authored by Steven A. Torres-Roman and Cason E. Snow, is now available. Says Roman: We discuss the value of using tabletop RPGs in programming for youth and teens (which I’ve been doing for over 10 years now), how to integrate the items into the library’s … Read more

The Fate of Atlantis [Mage: The Awakening]

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A long time ago – what seems like an incredibly long time to me, but is probably actually about a year and a half, I had a conversation with Ian Watson. I was newly-minted Awakening Developer but still claiming to not be in threads because second edition hadn’t been publicly announced. Ian was recently released … Read more

Disquiet and the Wasteland: Everything and Everyone Hates You [Promethean: The Created]

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Every Promethean burns with an inner fire so intense, it scorches the land around them. It makes people uncomfortable, even if they can’t figure out why. The Divine Fire, the energy that ultimately allows the alchemy of the Great Work, also sets Prometheans apart from the world they want to join. In 2nd Edition, we’re … Read more