I’m really out of my league here. I’d like to use the standard OGL for Houses of the Blooded. Is there really any reason I shouldn’t? Anybody got an opinion?

“The world is about to end. And we dance and we sing.” Living Shanri is a shared universe created by players of the Houses of the Blooded roleplaying game. Playing in Living Shanri is free… with one notable exception. We’ll discuss that below. Players take the roles of nobles in the world of Shanri, using…

For the Fall Quarter, Houses of the Blooded sold better than I ever expected. The PDF sales alone were amazing. Over 400 people paid five bucks to look at my game. How many more have copies of the PDF… we can only speculate. I’ve gone through 4 print runs of the core book and with numbers…

When scholars write about No More Roses (one of Shivon Mwrr’s last operas) most call it one of his "mediocre masterpieces." Mwrr wrote it in a time of mourning for his lover, the unamed "Lady V." His heart broken by grief, Mwrr made three aborted attempts to compose the pieces, finally completing it five years…

I meant to save some advanced Bloodsword mechanics for The Invisible World: Sorcery and the Suaven but players have asked for something more substantial and I’m the guy who does what people want. Especially when they buy my book. So here are some advanced Bloodsword rules… See more in the HotB News and Design Blog.

Inspired by a session with Snag (therefore, he gets credit for this), let’s talk about another use for Courage. Everyone knows how Courage risks against Terror work. You fail, you have to start spending Style Points. Even if you succeed, you have to spend wagers equal to the Terror. Okay, friends. You can thank Snag…

If you ordered the Limited Edition, the InDesign files were missing from your download. I have corrected that oversight. You may now download the InDesign Files. If you have any questions, e-mail me at the usual place.