Thursday at GenCon
Here's White Wolf's GenCon news for Thursday!
BOOTH: We are in booth 866, sharing space with the folks at DriveThruRPG.com. We have a number of classic and current World of Darkness and Exalted books for sale, so please stop by!
TWITTER: Since we'll be roaming, we're going to post our movements on Twitter (because we want to use this opportunity to talk to people like you!). You can follow overall comments at our official account @wwpublishing, and we'll try to get the guys on the floor to use the hashtag #WWGenCon when they post to their personal accounts. If you want to talk about our presence at the show or about the various things we'll be announcing there, feel free to use that hashtag as well!
PANELS: Here are today's panels.
The Making of V20
2011/08/04 12:00 PM
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The team behind the Vampire, 20th Anniversary Edition talk about the process of making the book (writing, development, art direction, and community support), the impetus behind it, and working with twenty years of one of roleplaying's most iconic properties. They’ll also touch on the “open development” process they used, working with fans directly during the process of the book.
White Wolf 2.0
2011/08/04 02:00 PM
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Rich Thomas (Creative Director) and Eddy Webb (Senior Developer) talk about the new direction of White Wolf (including the World of Darkness and Exalted), covering topics such as their “digital first” approach, working with the fan community, marketing in a world of blogs and podcasts, and creative decisions in a market where books never really go “out of print” anymore.
RELEASE NEWS: Here's today's news about our upcoming releases (more tomorrow)!
Sep. 2011: (VtM) Vampire: The Masquerade – 20th Anniversary Edition (PDF)
Vampire: The Masquerade exploded into hobby games in 1991 and inspired a generation of fans which the game industry had never seen before or since. This book is for all of the White Wolf fans who have lived, loved, and taken the long road with us for the past two decades. This is Masquerade in all its glory.
An updating of the classic rules from Vampire: The Masquerade – Revised Edition. This book contains all thirteen original clans, clan variants and bloodlines, with their signature Disciplines. It also has rules for character creation and advancement from neonate to Methuselah, as well as all the Discipline powers from level one through nine. The book also features new full color art by Tim Bradstreet and other classic Masquerade artists.
Oct. 2011: (VtM) Dust to Dust
Gary, IN. It has been years since the War for Chicago, and nearby Gary, Indiana has been impacted by the changes. Things are heating up just as a new coterie comes onto the scene. How will the balance of power shift in the coming nights?
This is a brand-new Storytelling Adventure System story written by White Wolf specifically for the Wrecking Crew’s use at the Grand Masquerade, using Vampire 20th Anniversary rules. It will later be released as a PDF for sale through DriveThruRPG.com.
Nov. 2011: (VtR) Strange, Dead Love
Away from the eyes of mortals, vampires gather, nursing eternal grudges and burning for eternal love. A select few humans become part of this night world, bridges between the living and the damned. Can they resist the passion they have for each other, or must they defy the customs of living and dead alike?
Strange, Dead Love is our first collection of “world shards” for Vampire: The Requiem, different mixes of setting and rules to present a variety of Vampire worlds conducive to paranormal romance.
Dec. 2011: (MtAw) Imperial Mysteries
Archmasters pass a threshold in knowledge and power – the great secrets are just this far from their grasp. But mages exposed to greater secrets know that the quest and its goal are one. Think of observation changing the object in pop culture quantum physics. The way you investigate secrets changes those secrets, and at the apex of power, changing those secrets changes the universe – and might break it.
Imperial Mysteries is a Mage: The Awakening book that digs into what happens to mages who transcend to the highest level of mystical power, including mechanics for Arcana at 6 dots or more.
Jan./Apr./Jul./Oct. 2012: (nWoD) House Divided Series
House Divided is a four-part series of interlinked Storytelling Adventure System stories released every quarter. Each story is suitable for all of the World of Darkness gamelines. Each story will be designed to be complete in and of itself, but the larger story is revealed if you play them all.
Feb. 2012: (Ex) Masters of Jade
Many hate and revile them, yet none turn away from their visits. They are members of the Guild, a mercantile organization whose caravans and trading ships cross the face of Creation. They care not for the will of princes or Exalts, but only for profit. Some despise it, while others idolize it, but in truth, the Guild cares not if it is loved or hated, so long as those who do business with it pay their bills in full.
Masters of Jade details the Guild, the greatest of the world of Exalted’s merchant organizations. It will update the classic Manacle & Coin supplement to Second Edition, including new details of the Guild’s structure and methods – and of its abominable trade in addictive drugs and slaves.