Film… Sorcery and Consensus, Part 2: Drawing Inspiration from Doctor Strange for Your Games of Mage: The Ascension 5 Oct 202528 Sep 2025 There’s something undeniably compelling about Doctor Strange’s brand of magic. It’s not just the swirling mandalas and gravity-defying set pieces; it’s the way his sorcery feels earned. It’s ritualistic, intellectual,…
Film… Sorcery and Consensus, Part 1: Doctor Strange Through the Lens of Mage: The Ascension 27 Sep 202521 Sep 2025 Marvel’s Doctor Strange films are, on the surface, kaleidoscopic spectacles of spellcraft and multiversal peril. But beneath the swirling portals and time loops lies a surprisingly nuanced meditation on belief,…
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: Thoughts on Adapting World of Darkness for Other Media 5 Jun 202515 Jan 2025 It's always challenging, translating something from one medium to another. Do you go faithful, or make it something unique? I'm not a fan of direct translations, because different mediums work…
Throwback Thursday Throwback Thursday: Mental Health and World of Darkness 24 Apr 202514 Jan 2025 Some thoughts on an interesting article I read about mental health and Vampire: the Masquerade. The Malkavians, or rather some players' interpretation of the Malkavians, can be a bit problematic.…
5 on Friday 5 on Friday 07/03/25 7 Mar 2025 It’s Friday, and here on No Rerolls that means it’s time for an all-new 5 on Friday. We’re going to start with 5 exciting releases for this week before moving on to…
RPGs… Throwback Thursday: Returning to Chicago in V5 27 Jun 202425 Jun 2024 Chicago was always very much the default setting for World of Darkness, or at least for the flagship title, Vampire: The Masquerade. It works very well as a setting and…
Books… Humble Bundle: World of Darkness (Mixed Media) 23 Oct 202223 Oct 2022 Oh, this is a really interesting bundle! It's quite a different bundle. Usually, they seem to be just one thing. Like, all video games, or all books, or all software.…
RPGs… Improving the depiction of mental illness in Vampire: The Masquerade via Gamesindustry.biz 12 Apr 2021 Mental illness has long been a prominant features of the World of Darkness, and Vampire: the Masquerade specifically. There are a number of very obviusl conditions that many of the…
RPGs… The Vampire (Chronicle) Diaries: Chicago by Night 15 Aug 202015 Aug 2020 If you've been around here for a while, you'll know that I do love Vampire: the Masquerade. It was my first RPG, the first game I ran as GM (storyteller,…
Reviews… Review: Changeling C5 (fan-made) 3 Nov 2019 The 5th edition of Vampire: The Masquerade brought with it a plethora of changes in rules, tone, and art direction. Of these, the change in art was the hardest for…
RPGs Faulty Knowledge in the World of Darkness 29 Nov 2017 As I plan the next Vampire: The Masquerade chronicle I intend to run, I find myself looking at different blogs and message boards for pointers to help me up my game as…
Board Games… Asmodee Tease World of Darkness Apps 1 Feb 2017 Tabletop juggernaut Asmodee have recently tweeted an image promoting current nd upcoming apps for mobile devices. The image promotes staple titles such as Small World, Pandemic and Ticket to Ride, along with an upcoming…
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