New World of Darkness is not for me…

I cannot help it. I have tried. I have really tried to read a nWoD book and plan to run a game, but no. It is not interesting.I tried to run W:tF and it was fun storytelling, but when game changed to technical where you [...]
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[V:tM] One Nosferatu haven

My haven  My haven is a little detached house just outside town. Subway goes near so it's easy for me to go to city when ever I need to, as I don't have a car or even a license to drive one. Not that the lincense is[...]
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V:tM Nosefratu character. Q&A

These questions are from V:tM corebook. This chronicle has ended already, but I decided to post this Q&A part of the character creation. Character is not mine, but player's of mine.How old are you?I was Embraced in t[...]
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Books For Sale – Vampire: The Dark Ages Collection

I need to both make some money as well as make room in my bookshelves, so I’m putting up for sale my entire Vampire: The Dark Ages collection. These are all physical books, and most are in near-mint condition (exce[...]
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[Mage: the Awakening] Campaign Idea: Sword of Damocles

After some idle chatter with Hikkikomori, I got the seed of an idea for a Mage: the Awakening campaign with a different protagonist:  The Seers of the Throne.  Presented in the game as the traditional opposition and vi[...]
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White Wolf swapping, got H:tR

I am not that into sourcebooks, I like to collect main rulebooks more. But White Wolf is exception, especially old World of Darkness series. That is currently only games line I like and want to collect also source books.[...]
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[Hunter: the Vigil] A Hunter’s Survival Guide for Player Characters

Hunter is one of my favorite games since it presents a unique sort of challenge.  You’re the underdog, mostly bereft of supernatural powers, and have nothing else but your own intelligence, resourcefulness and cun[...]
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Are the Rumors of nWoD’s Passing Greatly Exaggerated?

From his White Wolf Blog, Eddy Webb writes: Once in a while, we want to put something important out, and we take special care to make sure we’re saying what we mean. But after you stare at something over and over, [...]
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Of Mages and Mirrors, Woundgate and Worlds of Darkness

I contributed to two recent White Wolf releases: World of Darkness: Mirrors and the Mage Chronicler’s Guide. They’re both big books of optional systems and ideas. But since I hate toolkits, why the hell did [...]
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[Mage: the Awakening] Well… that was a fun ride.

I just caught word from RPG.net that the Mage: the Awakening Chronicler’s Guide just came out in pdf format.  But while that is awesome news, it was also quickly brought to the attention of the people in RPG.net t[...]
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Campaigns I’d Love to Play: July 2010 Edition

As a pen & paper rpg enthusiast that’s often saddled with GMing duties, it’s probably not really all that surprising to see me put up a post now and then about games or campaigns I’d love to play in[...]
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Gaming Report: Weekend of July 4

I managed to get some gaming goodness rolling this weekend, including a random pick-up game of D&D! Friday Night — Hunter: The Vigil First official session of my Hunter game. Really happy with the results. Ther[...]
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GTA: Vice City to rpg

I know, that GTA: Vice City is older game. But it is great fun. Point here is, that when I did read GTA: Vice City's manual, I couldn't but to think about making this 80's Miami Vice style game into Vampire: the Masquera[...]
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The Gift of Dice [THE BONES Blog Carnival]

Gameplaywright has published a book called THE BONES: Us And Our Dice, a collection of articles and essays celebrating those funny-shaped randomizers that every gamer just absolutely seems to love. To celebrate the publi[...]
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The Vigil: Post-Chargen Mellowing Out.

I bitched a lot in the last post. You’d almost think I completely despise Hunter: The Vigil. It was more of a fanboyish gripe; the remnants of my old Reckoning-player mentality lashing out at the new game line.  I[...]
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Ranting on Hunter: The Vigil

Okay, so, tonight we’re prepping characters for a Hunter: The Vigil chronicle. Small group, something to play on the week nights for a little while. Players not involved in this game are involved in a casual weeken[...]
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Whitewolfgasm

(Reply request in form of "poll" included). Someone might know already, how I love White Wolf's World of Darkness products. There are many rpg's that are really cool and fun, but there's something about WoD. It is brilli[...]
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Is Evil Hat the new White Wolf?

Looks like Fred Hicks and the Evil Hat crew have a hit on their hands with the Dresden Files RPG. I have to admit that I’m both a fan of Jim Butcher and the urban fantasy genre but at first I wasn’t too keen [...]
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[M:tAw] What is Mage: the Awakening About? (Long, but Awesome)

Once in a while I stumble into brilliant people who have the ability to explain something with a clarity that is beyond my meager abilities.  Today, that person is Mailanka from RPG.net, who went on to try and explain M[...]
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Odd Campaign Idea: WoD + D&D 4e + Hyper-Sports Anime

Clearly, work has managed to do some severe damage to my mind to have come up with this idea. Anyway, the campaign concept is simple, and not all that unique:  Virtual D&D dungeon-delving superstars. Players make tw[...]
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What the Heck is Wrong With Me?!?

Yeah, more tektek silliness. This time, my buddy Daniel’s Mage-dudes. Ashton, dual-trad Akashic/Virtual Adept Devon, Ashton’s adoptive son and a Virtual Adept.[...]
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Linda Lee, Revisited

The below is an in-universe bit of background explanation as might be given by one Linda Lee, Black Spiral Dancer Kinfolk and eventual Fomor. Linda was the character that I brought in to New Bremen on the first day of th[...]
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Fragments from a Shattered Mirror: The Younger Years

This week has been a trip down memory lane for me. The Rokea game I brought up last post has triggered a spark in me to go over my old favorites, the old World of Darkness books that I had spent many, many nights playing[...]
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Re-learning old rules; and “Alien” Role Play.

So last night, my buddy hosted the first Old World of Darkness game we’ve played in probably years. We’ve been kicking around the idea for picking up the old world for quite some time; it was pretty much the [...]
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Mage: The Sterile Version

Mage: The Ascension is on my mind again. I’m planning to run a game at Anime North where the characters’ objective is to assassinate the Second Coming of Christ. I decided to continue fooling with the Dirty V[...]
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Mage: The Dirty Version — Templar Tradition Prologue

Ave Baphomet. I felt like my blood twisted in its veins when I first mouthed that prayer. Tonight I feared a terrible error for the last time: that the old false image -- horns, cloven hooves and all -- would come and[...]
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[nMage Japan] A Host of Opponents

Yesterday I talked a little bit about the Mage: the Awakening campaign I’ve started over the weekend.  The situation posited is interesting since it motivates every single living Mage in Japan to try and do someth[...]
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GM versus Players, Round 3

Rolling along  . . .Let’s finish this mini-series, shall we?Last time we discussed ‘coolness’ – now let’s focus on the concept of power.D&D, and its clones, really hammer home the concept of power an[...]
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[nMage Japan] The Road to Hell

Last weekend marked the kickoff of my new Mage: the Awakening Campaign set in Japan, and because of it, I find that my thoughts are currently locked on running the game. One of the biggest, overarching themes of the Mage[...]
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GM versus Players, Round 2

Last post, I used some really sweet graphics (see also: a table) to show you how this GM’s mind was taking into consideration both what I wanted from a game and what I imagined my player’s wanted . . . I then proceed[...]
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Pacing and Escalation

One of my difficulties when I run a game would be in terms of Pacing and Escalation.  This is pretty much my primary concern with regards to the upcoming Mage: the Awakening campaign I’ll be starting tomorrow. Hav[...]
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Next Game: nMage Japan

I’ve written about the Campaign Idea I’ve had for a Mage: the Awakening campaign set in Japan before, and it looks like my players liked it enough to request for that to be the next campaign to play.  Not th[...]
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Vampires In Twin Peaks

Last week was the 20th Anniversary of the debut of Twin Peaks on television, a series that literally redefined the prime-time drama and opened the door to everything from The X-Files to pretty much every single geeky sho[...]
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GM versus Players, Round 1

My mind is awhirl lately with RPG possibilities . . . recently a Pathfinder query of mine got picked up b a 3rd party publisher (they are reviewing the piece now)  and I just submitted two other Pathfinder pieces fo[...]
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[Let's Study - W:tF] Analysis & Conclusions

Now that I’ve had a chance to actually read through Werewolf: the Forsaken, take a look at it’s component parts and what it presents in terms of a setting and character options, I feel that I’m now reas[...]
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[Let's Study - W:tF] Tribes – Storm Lords

Perhaps the missing piece I was looking for in terms of the Tribes, the Storm Lords are the self-styled leaders of the Forsaken, taking upon themselves the burden of command in order to give purpose to the werewolves.  [...]
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RPG Survey Part II and Redux

Well, ran into a few problems. Such as me being an idiot and not reading the complete terms. But never fear. Things will be well. I’ll be posting the results of the first survey later this week. I don’t want[...]
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[Let's Study - W:tF] Tribes – Iron Masters

Of all the tribes, the Iron Masters are perhaps the most different, as these are the Forsaken who have taken their ability to appear human to new frontiers.  This tribe believes in being involved in human affairs, keepi[...]
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An RPG Survey

Curiosity has gotten the better of me so I decided to create this little survey. It’s rather short (only ten questions). And I think might yield some interesting results about what folks feel about RPG blogs, third[...]
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What did the wolves every do for us?

I just read Zach over at RPG blog II post about White Wolf. They are a company that somehow generate some strong feelings. Since I have some of those myself I will focus on something else. Let's say WW stop focus on RPG[...]
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Loving the Part that Bothers Me

I am currently ripping through Vampire: The Requiem and the World of Darkness rulebook.  I’m finding a fairly even mix of things I really enjoy and things that give me pause.In all fairness, Vampire: The Masquer[...]
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[Let's Study - W:tF] Tribes – Hunters in Darkness

So far we’ve discussed the Warrior ways of the Blood Talons, and the Shamanistic nature of the Bone Shadows. Today we take a look at the consummate trackers of the Forsaken, those of the Tribe known as the Hunters [...]
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[Let's Study - W:tF] Tribes – Bone Shadows

If the Blood Talons are the warriors, then the Bone Shadows are the Shamans.  Devoted to a Totem who lived her life focused on learning about the world, and making pacts among the spirit courts, the Bone Shadows represe[...]
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[Let's Study - W:tF] Tribes – Blood Talons

Like all social creatures, Werewolves form societies with a common philosophy or purpose.  In their case, these larger political-spiritual societies are known as Tribes.  In many ways Tribes are a necessary function, a[...]
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To Game Darkly, Savagely, or Mutantly? Or All Three

I am gaming like its 1997!By that I mean, I am playing in a game of Vampire: The Masquerade, and I have a tattered copy of the Shadowrun rules (2e) sitting on the nightstand beside my bed. I’ve not yet tackled the Sh[...]
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[Let's Study - W:tF] Auspices

If there is one sliver of proof that redemption exists for the Forsaken, it would be evidenced by the fact that they bear the marks of their mother, Luna in the form of the Auspices.  A werewolf takes the auspice of the[...]
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[Let's Study - W:tF] A Game of Savage Fury

Of the three main lines of the new World of Darkness, Werewolf: the Forsaken is the one game that I have felt the least connection to.  While Vampire’s themes and metaphors have been done to the point of almost be[...]
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The Horror

I play with a screenwriter, producer, photographer, a writer for television and a web developer. They are very creative, intelligent people with a ton of experience in Hollywood.R. is currently taking his turn at Storyt[...]
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[Let's Study] And the Results are in!

After a week of voting, the Let’s Study poll has come up with a the following results: Werewolf: the Forsaken – 11 votes Hunter: the Vigil – 9 votes Shadowrun 20th Anniversary Edition – 9 votes Ec[...]
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Tommy Westphall and the Big Dark Crossover

Tommy Westphall was a minor character in the 80s medical drama St. Elsewhere.  Nowadays he’s known for the Tommy Westphall Hypothesis: the idea that most TV series exist in his mind, due to the fact that by the la[...]
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