When we suffix -punk to a word and create a genre, often it’s about a scientific development and it’s effect on the individual or the status quo. ‘Cyber’, ‘Steam’ or ‘Diesel’ punk have easily identifiable technologies and timeframes that divide them. But when we a cultural ideal instead we have a difficult job in working […]
Mark Rein•Hagen returns to Vampire
At Gen Con White Wolf announced that Mark Rein•Hagen, creator of Vampire: The Masquerade first edition, is coming back to the title. He’s joining the team developing the 5th edition of the iconic roleplaying game. The 5th edition of Vampire is due out in early 2018 and produced under the auspeces of White Wolf’s new […]
White Wolf sold to Paradox Interactive
Today, Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive has announced they’ve bought White Wolf Publishing from CCP. Fredrik Wester, CEO and President of Paradox Interactive, said; Like Paradox’s games, White Wolf’s properties have dedicated, passionate communities. While there are similarities in spirit, White Wolf’s IPs have very different themes than Paradox’s titles, and deserve their own brand and […]
We Are the Night: a Review of Blood & Smoke – the Strix Chronicle
After getting my mind completely blown by the greatness that was Demon: The Descent, I decided I hadn’t had enough of the new, post-God Machine World of Darkness. And so I promptly double-clicked on my review pdf copy of Blood & Smoke: the Strix Chronicle and began reading. Did I find more of the same excellent story-gaming […]
A bloodbath of change among the best selling horror RPGs
A year ago Geek Native ran a list of the best selling horror RPGs on DriveThru RPG and RPGNow. The question was; “Are these the best horror RPGs of all time?” and many people thought not. This year we’ve the top 10 best selling horror RPGs from the last poll up to the start of […]
Which were the best selling horror comics this year?
Last week we asked “Who scares the best” and investigated DriveThru Fiction’s best selling horror stories. We found out that gamers tended to go for anthologies and White Wolf did well. Gamers don’t just read books; they read comics too. There’s DriveThru Comic’s best sellers from Halloween 2012 up until the start of this month […]
Mind’s Eye Theatre: Vampire the Masquerade LARP looks to return
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bynightstudios/minds-eye-theatre-vampire-the-masquerade/ [Back this Kickstarter] At the start of the year By Night Studios announced a deal with CCP that gave them a license deal to update the LARP system for Mind’s Eye Theatre. This would mean a revision of the Vampire: The Masquerade LARP rules and perhaps other World of Darkness properties. It’s a few […]
Picture this… Vampire: The Masquerade LARP group adopts highway
This is a highway in northern Virginia and it’s been adopted by a Vampire: The Masquerade LARP club. I think this is pretty cool though I’m not sure it follows the Masquerade very closely!
Poster: Keep Calm and Uphold the Masquerade
This poster meme hails from a poster designed by the British, but never actually published, during World War II. Keep Calm and Carry On was supposed to boost morale and clearly did a very good job at tapping into the national psyche. It’s almost as if the poster or its designer had some Persuasion powers… […]
10 popular horror comics for roleplayers
It’s the run up to Halloween and we’re digging deep into unknowable horrors. Yesterday, with sales data from DriveThru RPG and RPGNow we asked are these the best horror RPGs of all time?. Today we look at comics. The slideshow above is composed of front covers from the most popular horror series (comics with a […]
