Hola, Chochachos. Long time, no gab.

What's happening over here? Much and little. That is, much occurs, but most of it is still invisible from your perspective.

Werewolf: It's out and people are grooving. Rockies is back from the printer and in the warehouse. Predators is in layout, all fine and dandy. I'm seconds away from putting Lore of the Forsaken into the editor's hands. Ethan's next project is Blood of the Wolf and to prepare for it, he has been coming to work in a bizarre set of wolfskin overalls.

For Vampire, Ordo Dracul will presently be in the proofing stage of layout. VII will finish development soon and hie itself off to the editor. Invictus is the next book in development. Ghouls is in the warehouse and the cover is bloody creepy, let me tell you. Go look.

Mage is being canceled.

Just kidding. Calm down, you psychos. Mage has been through its first editorial pass and is in its second. After that, it goes to layout. I'd tease you with a bit of art here, but I don't want to step on Rich T.'s toes, so I'll let him get to that at his own pace.

What I can show you, though, is a little bit of the concept art developed back in the very, very early planning stages of the game. I can't yet vouch for what made the final cut and what didn't, conceptually, but here's one of my own sketches.



So there you go. Seriously, Mage is still on target for GenCon.

Writers are hard at work on WoD: Armory as we speak. Mysterious Places went to the printer two days ago. I have an idea for a WoD one-shot set in northern Europe in 1944, but that probably won't see print. So, uh, I don't know why I'm telling you that.

John is hard at work on Exalted's Bastions of the North, for which Geoff is doing some writing. Aspect Book: Wood is in Production right now. Cult of the Illuminated is at press.

This weekend is our one-year anniversary of owning our bar, The Independent! Although I still think it's a ploy to funnel company moneys from employee pockets back into White Wolf coffers. On the other hand, Miller High Life drafts are a buck on Thursdays. Note to self: Today's Thursday.

That's all the news that's fit to print. Talk atcha again soon.

Current Music: Morrissey, "Sister, I'm a Poet"