In which the trio talk to and about Vampire: The Masquerade developer Justin Achilli. And whiskey.

* White Wolf war stories* Maybe we'll do some recording at Midwinter?* A little discussion of the Rage CCG* Clowns and art notes* A little discussion of the historical lines* Vampire: The Masquerade Revised* Vampire 20th Anniversary Edition* Nostalgia of broken mechanics* There's no manual* Vampire: The Requiem * The World of Darkness MMO* Fans as collaborators at the table* The V20 design process* Justin's Ubisoft career* Werewolves Within and social spaces in VR* Star Trek: Bridge Crew and adapting existing social dynamics* Prince's Gambit* Out-of-character mechanics blurring in-character (for example EVE Online)* Working on something Justin completely owns* The trio talk about whiskey* The punishing production schedule of White Wolf back in the 90s* Vampire: The Masquerade is JUST like Doctor Who (not really)* Dixie has an excellent segue that would have been perfect* They Came from Beneath the Sea Kickstarter!

Links* Rage CCG: http://rageccg.weebly.com/about.html * Vampire: The Masquerade -- 20th Anniversary Edition: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/94815/Vampire-The-Masquerade-20th-Anniversary-Edition * Vampire: The Requiem (First Edition): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1122/Vampire-The-Requiem * Werewolves Within: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/werewolves-within/ * Star Trek Bridge Crew: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/star-trek-bridge-crew/ * Prince's Gambit: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/223907/Princes-Gambit-Card-Game * Game of Thrones whiskey: https://www.johnniewalker.com/en-us/our-whisky/limited-editions/white-walker/ * They Came from Beneath the Sea!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea-a-tabletop-roleplay