RPG system: White Wolf

Rules & Settings

The rules

Link: One Page Dungeon & City Generator

Mapping your campaign — it’s one of the best and worst parts of creating any RPG. It can…

Aggravated damage in White Wolf

In RPGs, there are lots of ways to deal and/or take damage. And not just lots of ways to do it, but lots…

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Taking prisoners

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Combat: Maps vs. Theater of the Mind

To map or not to map? I’ve gone back and forth on this subject, and done it both ways…

Sandbox vs. rail games

Sand­box and rail games are a bit like all that stuff about winging it or planning ahead. But instead of being about…

Level-based vs. purchase-based RPGs

There are a lot of RPG systems out there. I haven’t played every single one — not even close —…

How I ruined a game without actually doing anything wrong

The Crisis System

Some systems lavish a lot of detail on combat and provide only bare-bones rules for social or mental tasks, while others have…