Author: John Wick


  • This chapter gives general guidelines for playing Houses in a live action environment. The rules are a little different, but basically the same. Let’s take a look at those basics. StyleThe most important change in the system is how players use style. Instead of using dice to determine random elements, we use style.Before we get…

  • for a friend

    Written by Mr. Chapin after he read a scathing review of a singer in a small local paper while he was on tour. A song about a singer. A song about the self-importance of critics. A song about doing something because you love it. Mr. Tanner. [Error: close lj-embed tag without open tag]

  • There is no Francis Drake, but there is a Walter Raleigh and (gasp!) Doctor John Dee! (I think I can see his orichalcum ring…) Fuck yeah.

  • He’s probably already seen it, but here it is. Why Star Trek is best when it reflects Neo-Con values.   Will this revisionist bullshit never end?

  •   yeah.

  • Jaymin Steele  “Leave an enemy alive and he makes allies. Kill him and he makes a grave.” House: Blooded of the ElkFavored Virtue: CunningTitles: the Iron Heart, Winter’s Promise, the Ruthless Jaymin Steele stands alone in the House of the Elk. A mountain of a man, standing a head above his brothers and sisters, he…

  • 2,351: Introduction 33,459: Shanri & the Ven 9,471: Character 6,161: Risk 10,15: Virtues 9,163: Aspects 7,501: Violence 2,362: Poison 2,788: Romance 16,189: Seasons 4,883: Sorcery 8,292: Suaven 9,084: Player 7,920: GM That’s a little more than 120,000 words. And I’m not quite done. I suspect the book will be closer to 200k. Lots to write…

  • It’s no secret that I adore Penn & Teller, but the first magician I ever saw, the one who made me want to be a magician all my life, was this man. Ladies and gentlemen, the Greatest Con Man in the World. Ricky Jay.

  • The release of Houses will be postponed until April, at the GAMA Trade Show. That’s four additional months of waiting. I apologize, but trust me when I say, the delay is for a very good reason I can’t quite talk about just yet. I will be releasing something in November to make up for it.…

  • Why don’t weapons add to my dice?  Ask yourself this question: Is Vin Diesel’s character Riddick most lethal with…  a) a knife  b) a sword  c) a pistol  d) his bare hands, or  e) I’d rather not fight him at all, thank you very much  Never forget the Riddle of Steel.