I went to be incredibly early last night and had damned strange dreams. There were spiders that I could hear walking around because they were so damned big and lost time that I couldn't account for and travels in a Middle Eastern country that I couldn't name with beautiful beaches but I had trouble explaining what gluten-free meant to my waitress ( Read more... )

I had no idea what we would do for our Houses of the Blooded game tonight. It has been weeks to almost a month since we played last and this arc hasn't been as laser focused as the last ( Read more... )

Check out Storn's art for Houses of the Blooded. I think they're my favorite of his pieces, particular that first one, chronicling a bit of our campaign. I can't wait to see the other 11. Shit, I can't wait to hold this damned book in my hands.

And Clarkesworld has an article by Justin Howe and Jason S. Ridler about authors and how RPG's had an ( Read more... )

I posted this on the Blooded thread on RPG.net but thought some folks might appreciate asking questions hereabouts rather than thereabouts.

So, there are sub-systems in the game, all rooted to the same root mechanics.

Basic 7 Virtues StuffThe main mechanics are rooted to the 7 virtues the ven hold most dear and instead of skills, you figure out ( Read more... )

Orc in HotB = Anything that isn't ven. Not to be confused with the hate-filled, Tolkien-inspired orc of the Burning Wheel game via skype. Orc is just another name for monster, more or less ( Read more... )

The ven capital city's has a few translations. One way to translate it is the Hub of All Revenge (Wick, 2008 ( Read more... )

In the last hour of the game, Mario dramatically described his character putting on the red, an act that in ven culture means that you put aside your sword, only use a dagger and get ready to murder some son of a bitch who deserves it. A letter is written in your own blood, describing your intentions and you're off ( Read more... )

After a month of fun doing Houses of the Blooded, we hit a kind of wall ( Read more... )

The game was going alright. We were reaching a bit. It was kind of puttering a tad ( Read more... )

You can have a ruin in your domain in Houses of the Blooded. Anthony was looking over the rules, knowing that a prominent ruin was written into the fabric of his character, who leads a secret society dedicated to sussing out the secrets of the ruin but just didn't see the advantages right away ( Read more... )