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Title: New Game in the works: "Thirst"
Post by: Jake Norwood on October 15, 2002, 07:18:34 AM
Just a heads up but us folks down here at Driftwood have been tinkering with a Vampire game that's tentatively called "Thirst." It won't be too large and we'll probably release it as a PDF. It's really just a hobby project, and obviously Of Beasts and Men and TFOB have precedence in the "real world," but we've got some killer mechanics for it and we're pretty excited, so I thought I'd tell y'all.

Jake
Title: New Game in the works: "Thirst"
Post by: Shadeling on October 15, 2002, 08:11:57 AM
Sounds awesome! Definitely interested.
Title: New Game in the works: "Thirst"
Post by: Lyrax on October 15, 2002, 07:37:19 PM
Jake... you need to show that to me sometime soon.
Title: New Game in the works: "Thirst"
Post by: Jake Norwood on October 15, 2002, 10:13:04 PM
Quote from: LyraxJake... you need to show that to me sometime soon.

Later, chief.

The game has definite Riddle influence, including a specialized take on SAs. It's got more streamlined mechanics, a really nifty twist on "rolling successes," and several other elements that have us pretty excited.

I'll probably give you more info later. Right now it's just a system, not a setting (I prefer things that way, I think), but there are guidelines on a campaign style that we'll be playtesting soon--maybe even tomorrow.

Jake
Title: New Game in the works: "Thirst"
Post by: Shadeling on October 16, 2002, 06:09:23 AM
Quote from: Jake Norwood
Quote from: LyraxJake... you need to show that to me sometime soon.

Later, chief.

The game has definite Riddle influence, including a specialized take on SAs. It's got more streamlined mechanics, a really nifty twist on "rolling successes," and several other elements that have us pretty excited.

I'll probably give you more info later. Right now it's just a system, not a setting (I prefer things that way, I think), but there are guidelines on a campaign style that we'll be playtesting soon--maybe even tomorrow.

Jake

Playtesting...oh you meant in house... :(
Title: New Game in the works: "Thirst"
Post by: Jake Norwood on October 16, 2002, 07:17:32 AM
Quote from: Shadeling
Playtesting...oh you meant in house... :(

Yeah, one thing we DO do at Driftwood is playtest our stuff ourselves. Not that some of you won't get a chance, but we are gamers over here.

Jake
Title: New Game in the works: "Thirst"
Post by: Shadeling on October 16, 2002, 08:24:59 AM
Quote from: Jake Norwood
Quote from: Shadeling
Playtesting...oh you meant in house... :(

Yeah, one thing we DO do at Driftwood is playtest our stuff ourselves. Not that some of you won't get a chance, but we are gamers over here.

Jake

Of course. Well I do look forward to it.
Title: New Game in the works: "Thirst"
Post by: Jake Norwood on October 17, 2002, 06:29:48 AM
We played for the first time tonight. Some elements of the game are really nice, and others need work. The game is largely about making "hard" decisions. We've partially borrowed the Pendragon traits (in form, not details) to showcase this, and so far it's working nicely. The "feeding" process has proven to posess a few hidden in-play bonuses, and we're feeling that it's only going to improve.

There is a general issue that I'm going to bring up in the Game Design forum, though, and if you'd like to join in, I invite you.

Jake