Project Status Strangeness novel layout continues to be irritating Dust to Dust art should be rolling in this week Masters of Jade writers are being hired Victorian Lost writers are also being hired Geist 1.1 pass will start this week Free RPG Day 2012 has been contracted (Matt McFarland to develop) Mummy is now to … Read more
Okay, freak-beaks, I ran a little late on this and a little over word count, but the prestation chapter is complete and ready for your keen eyes. That is, this first draft is ready for consideration. Given some word count juggling I may do, this chapter may bulk up by 1,000 to 1,500 words as … Read more
Take a look at some of the social systems based on prestation below. One of the important things for Vampire — which is a very social game — is to not allow the rules to overtake the interactions among players and Storytellers or between players. That makes it a bit difficult to create social systems. … Read more
Monday Meeting 2! … yeah, numbering these is going to get irritating really fast. Let’s forget that I ever used to do that. Project Status Strangeness ebook — To Layout Vampire 20th — To PoD Layout Dust to Dust — To Layout Strange, Dead Love — Editing Imperial Mysteries — Development/Prep for Editing Victorian Lost … Read more
I asked the #V20 hashtag on Twitter whether I should focus on prestation or titles (two of the in-progress sections from the V20 Companion as detailed in the outline). Feedback was about equal, but favored prestation a little bit over the course of the day, so that’s where I turned my attention. The systems portion … Read more
Okay, the locations chapter for the V20 Companion is up and ready for you to read! It’s here: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1YBFFvGTSL9WtyorRmMSDJp8ZDOVjiIyR5HwWD3d6f50 I’ve been watching all of the commentary and wanted to address a few points here, instead of in-line in the comments. The most important thing to keep in mind as that this isn’t intended to be … Read more
Back in the mists of ancient time, we had a regular lunch meeting on Mondays in which we would talk about what we were working on. It was called the Monday Meeting, because we’re original like that. Slightly less time ago (maybe “distant time” instead of “ancient time” — I don’t have the manual with … Read more
As we move forward with the V20 Companion, it’s important to learn from what has come before. Both to avoid repeating any mistakes and to ensure that we’re hitting the same high notes that kept players happy with the core V20 book, I want to take stock. What worked about the Open Development process for … Read more
Part of working on V20 is creating new material, since players have stated plainly that they want new supporting stuff. It’s a design challenge that has to be handled delicately, though. Too much new stuff creation, particularly in setting material, treads dangerously close to “metaplot,” which we don’t want. Remember, we’re steering away from what … Read more
I love the Grand Masquerade, as you well know. You know what I don’t love? Hotel wifi and the cellular dead spots that seem to breed in hotels. Seriously, I know lots of people were able to keep their cellular and Internet signals going, but I have no idea how. I have, like, 50 different … Read more