You and Me Against the World
Rose and the Doctor, Fafhrd and the Mouser, Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier. Breaking down two-character stories for two-player games. Read More …
Tag: Vampire
Mirrorshades
My sister sent me a video clip, from London or Prague or wherever the hell she is. A woman with a BBC voice is describing a baby seal used to comfort Japanese dementia patients. The seal is synthetic fur covering hundreds of sensors, tiny chips and batteries and joints. It recognizes its name and responds Read More …
Power. Danger. Mystery. Romance.
For the last few years, alongside developing Vampire: The Requiem, I’ve been working as a content designer on White Wolf’s next generation online game, World of Darkness. Last night, World of Darkness was announced to White Wolf’s fans at The Grand Masquerade. I’m extremely proud. This actually isn’t much of a change for me; I’ve Read More …
Dead Girl’s Guide: The original introduction to Kiss of the Succubus
Good stories start with dead girls. Read the original introduction Kiss of the Succubus, the Daeva clan book for Vampire: The Requiem. Plus designer commentary! Read More …
Anniversary of the Sack of Rome
Relevant to my last few entries, today is the anniversary of the sack of Rome by Alaric and the Visigoths. The Visigoths departed after their sack. Perhaps Conan would have been happier if he’d done the same thing. When King Numedides lay dead at my feet and I tore the crown from his gory head Read More …
Requiem for Methuselahs
In the final chapter of our bonus content for Requiem for Rome, we delve into the secrets of the very eldest Kindred, by whose measure the Senex is just a stripling. If you missed the first two parts, here they are: The Cross, the Chapel and the Spear: The secret origin of the Lancea et Read More …
Why vampires sparkle
Merit: Sympathy for the Devil ● Once per scene, a player whose character possesses this Merit may roll his character’s Humanity, plus one additional die, instead of the character’s ordinary dice pool. Hack: Exposure (Hacks, introduced in Dudes of Legend, are special features of a character not governed by the character creation rules or experience system. Read More …
How crime novelists don’t get women
(This post is not about my personal problems. At least, not anymore than normal.) What I write for work is basically crime fiction. If you look at the places I’ve been given free reign with the Vampire property, you’ll see that my influences are movies like Go, Brick, and The Godfather. At one point early Read More …
I was a vampire for the JLA, part 3
Can the Superfriends survive an endless maze of 100’x100′ rooms? Will they be thwarted by someone who’s a little too attached to her sniper rifle? Who is the mysterious “Fifth Yellowjacket”? Find out in the epic conclusion of this great three-part novel! It may be an imaginary story, but all of it happened just like Read More …
A Quick Primer on Middle School Gaming
Matthew J. Finch’s A Quick Primer for Old School Gaming has been around a while, and, in certain Dungeons & Dragons circles, is held as a sort of Leviticus on how the game is supposed to be played. I, however, did not start gaming in 1974.1 I’ve gamed in a lot of different circles, and Read More …