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The Shadowrun universe has always had countries that never recognised the BRAs - the NAN come to mind, as well as Manchuria and Amazonia, among others. As far as the UCAS and the BRAs are concerned, the story is not disruptive to lore at all and is a (relatively) logical reaction to events in...

They have already published two books with fan art already and a third one is under way. All have sold well and they are hardly cheap (the standard edition of the latest book is £60 at the moment), so there is obviously demand for this. They also display fan art during their show and have a...

I guess Seattle will have to do on its own, though this particular development was heavily hinted in various 5e books, and it was a matter of time before Seattle seceded. I suppose they will rely on heavy corporate presence as counter balance to the surrounding NAN states, something similar to...

Well, the very premise of the World of Darkness is that it is a world that resembles ours but much darker. No one claims the World of Darkness is our world, it is just an imaginary version of it. Regarding the different point of view - you can't expect everyone to have your point of view, we are...

20th Anniversary Editions are not separate lines but a kind of a revisited edition for each main line (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Changeling, Wraith, Dark Ages). Rules and storylines have been cleaned up, the books offer plenty of options which version of the end-gaming events for each line...

You are most probably right, it will be a real hassle to co-ordinate across different developers. Still, I’d love to see them try. One of the big advantages I find in Chronicles of Darkness is the option for crossover play, which you could never do in World of Darkness due to balance issues (the...

This an interesting point, though. If I remember correctly, and I believe I do, when Paradox acquired the White Wolf IPs from CCP, they said they wanted to do a One World of Darkness, in other words a single shared universe. Since we have only Vampire books released so far, we don’t know if this...

It's funny that you mention that, because it was the very idea Chronicles of Darkness (back then named "New World of Darkness") was built on back in 2004. The first edition of Chronicles of Darkness had a separate rule book and everything else simply built upon it, adding rules only when...

One quick note here - the very reason why Paradox handed off development of of future Vampire 5e books to Modiphius was the lacklustre books that were initially published. We haven't seen anything come out of Modiphius for Vampire yet, so there isn't really any ground to judge whether quality...

The situation with Onyx Path is somewhat unique, as it became the home for many of the writers and game designers that CCP, White Wolf’s previous owner, let go. Many of the authors of the original game lines, like Rose Bailey, Eddy Webb, Matthew McFarland, Dave Brookshaw, Ethan Skemp...

I’ve seen some of the work Ivan Van Norman has done - mostly limited RPG series - and I believe the franchise is in good hands. He thinks outside of the box and I am looking forward to what he and the team will come up with. It is a reason to be interested in the new reincarnation of Werewolf...

It’s all very hypothetical at this point. Sure, CR are about to have an animated series on Amazon, which will give them greater exposure, but it doesn’t necessarily mean many more viewers of the CR show. After all, not everyone is willing to watch 4-hour streams of people playing a tabletop RPG...

I am pretty certain they said it would be just a fantasy story at some point, whether on Talks Machina (their post-game talk show) or on this special here (a talk with Titmouse representatives, the studio that will do the actual animation): I mean, it wouldn't make any sense to show actual...

Great review. I am particularly grateful that it focuses on the game system itself and what it can offer as a whole, rather than resort to nitpicking as many on the official Shadowrun forums do. I do wonder why Shadowrun products still lack proper editing - one would think they have learned by...

So here are my 2p. The Wild Soul Barbarian actually looks interesting. I get the people who would like to receive more non-magical subclasses, but it is a criticism of the overall approach to class writing, not of this particular subclass. Complaints of the sort "I didn't get the subclass I...

Regarding what the story is about, I keep wondering why anyone here presumes that the people who wrote the script have any familiarity with any D&D setting? I mean, Hollywood script writers can’t (or don’t want to) get things in our everyday life right (I am yet to see even a vaguely realistic...

I believe it would be very counter intuitive on Legendary's side to drop Critical Role from Alpha's roster, given how it is currently the most watched show on any of their channels. Sure, things change, but I doubt it was the reason why the CR cast decided to go on their own. Some of them...

Sure, you can see one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGfdJW_py7E It ends somewhat abruptly, but there was a time constraint (90 minutes, I believe), which is pretty taxing even for an experienced storyteller, in my opinion. It is not something extraordinary, but she was fun. And here...

Well, I am not so sure. I'd say CR have a greater chance of getting more favourable terms from G&S than Twitch (owned by Amazon). As far as I have seen, Twitch collects 50% of all revenues from streamers, and given CR's popularity, they will be able to get a better deal from G&S, though the lack...

I seriously doubt that Critical Role will not be aired on Alpha after their contract expires. I expect that the terms will change and Critical Role will be also available on their own Twitch channel. What Geek & Sundry are doing is to give their subscribers incentive to stay subscribed and keep...