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An interview with Justin Achilli: The return of “Our Brilliant Ruin” the Downton Abbey meets Arkham Horror TTRPG

July 24, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now, and in Starter Set form, Our Brilliant Ruin is coming back to Kickstarter. It’s a starting point for new players and for those already familiar with the game, the set offers a new venture in Dramark.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Justin Achilli

Our Brilliant Ruin: Studio Hermitage’s RPG with dark past hints at a bold future

March 3, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The corrupt elite in a society wrecked by ruin and corruption party on while the world succumbs to a seemingly inevitable doom.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Justin Achilli, kickstarters

Ghost Show Press want your backing for Fantastic Flops!

July 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fantastic Flops — Reflections on Misjudged Films That Broke the Rules salutes movies and movie-makers that fearlessly challenged the way flicks are made, viewed, marketed, released, and merchandised.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Eddy Webb, Fight Club, John Wick, Justin Achilli, Kenneth Hite, kickstarters, matthew dawkins, pride and prejudice and zombies, Sucker Punch

Hunter: The Reckoning coming from Renegade and the World of Darkness, shifting forward in development as Werewolf is delayed

October 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On the World of Darkness Twitch channel Outstar, the community manager interviewed Justin Achilli, the Brand Creative lead about Werewolf.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hunter: the reckoning, Justin Achilli, Renegade Game Studios, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, world of darkness

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #55

July 3, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One week of RPG news: A battle in the Gygax family of D&D’s legacy, too sexy vampires and a game designer disowning their award-winning edgelord adventure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Alligator Alley Entertainment, astral tabletop, beowulf, Chaosium, cubicle 7, curse of hearts, daniel kwan, dms guild, earthdawn, ENnies, Esper Genesis, fasa, Gary Gygax, GURPS, Jon Hodgson, Justin Achilli, kobold press, lamentations of the flame princess, luke gygax, Malleus Monstrorum, Massif Press, onyx path publishing, R. Talsorian Games, rebellion, routinely itemised, Steve Jackson Games, vampire, warhammer 40k, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, world of darkness, wrath & glory

Justin Achilli returns to the World of Darkness; Outstar joins as Community Developer

June 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Achilli has more than 100 games on his portfolio, including RPGs and World of Darkness tabletop games. He’s worked on Vampire: The Masquerade, Dark Ages: Vampire, Werewolf: The Apocalypse and other core titles.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Justin Achilli, Paradox Interactive, world of darkness

White Wolf release the V20 Companion

August 25, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s been 20 years since the launch of White Wolf’s Vampire: The Masquerade. The publisher, now part of CCP, are marking the occassion. The first supplment released for the 20th anniversary edition of the game is the V20 Companion. The Companion is designed to dig into those extra questions that experienced V:tM players may have. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Eddy Webb, Justin Achilli, Vampire: The Masquerade, vampires, white wolf, world of darkness

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