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Monica Valentinelli

Game Fiction: Why it Works (and Why it Doesn’t)

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Monica Valentinelli

If you go to your bookshelf and pick up your favorite gaming book, whether it’s from Apophis Consortium or Evil Hat Productions, reread the fiction or flavor text that’s used as chapter breaks or to enhance the setting. Now, check out your other books and see how many World of Warcraft-inspired novels or Forgotten Realms stories you have.

Do you remember what you liked about them? Disliked?

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Matt-M-McElroy

New World of Darkness Books (and Scion!)

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Matt-M-McElroy

White Wolf has confirmed that Fall of the Camarilla and Scion: God have shipped.
I’ve been looking forward to FotC for some time. Requiem for Rome is an incredible book. I was a big fan of the Dark Ages line for the previous World of Darkness and there are a ton of cool ideas on the [...]

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Flames

Wraeththu RPG Review

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Flames

The official Wraeththu (pronounced RAY-THOO) roleplaying game is based on a body of fiction by Storm Constantine. I should note that, prior to reviewing the product in question, my exposure to Ms. Constantine’s fiction has been exactly none. That said, after reviewing the RPG, I’m tempted to look into it. I found the game itself to be conceptually intriguing, though its execution leaves much to be desired. Something appears to have gone horribly awry between the initial spark of inspiration and the finished product.

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