Call of Chicago: If I Had a Hammer
I know I’ve got to talk about The Dracula Dossier, but I’m not sure what I can tell you. What’s the point of giving you a sneak peek when you can back the Kickstarter and see the whole Director’s...
View ArticleAchievements for the Dracula Dossier
Double Tap introduced the concept of video-game-style Achievements into Night’s Black Agents (Will Plant’s original is here, but Double Tap‘s list is bigger, better and has more bonuses for blowing...
View ArticleCall of Chicago: Bram Stoker’s Pre-Gens
In The Dracula Dossier, one of my favorite campaign frames — inserted at Simon’s insistence, and written mostly by Gareth — is “Unto the Fourth Generation,” in which you play the whole saga of...
View ArticleCall of Chicago: A Sort of Sortilege
In Bram Stoker’s original Notes for Dracula, we find the following cryptic line: Lawyer – (Sortes Virgilianae) conveyance of body Stoker originally thought perhaps the “lawyer” character Peter Hawkins,...
View ArticleCall of Chicago: The Call of … Varna?
“I think that Varna is not familiar to any of us …” — Van Helsing In my defense, not a lot of stuff happens in Varna. I mean, in the novel. Lots of stuff happens in Varna, including a disastrous...
View ArticleCall of Chicago: Icons for the Dracula Dossier
Thirteen – each has a number. Each asked to tell something strange – order of numbers makes the story complete – at the end the Count comes in. — Bram Stoker, Notes for Dracula For a...
View Article“Something Wonderful Has Been Created”, Dracula Dossier Review
Karloff reviewed the backer-PDF copy of the Dracula Dossier. You can find the full review here. Thanks, Karloff! Karloff says, “This improvisational Night’s Black Agents campaign setting, complete with...
View ArticleDracula Dossier: The Hawkins Papers
The original 1894 Operation Edom brief, key memos, secret military maps of Transylvania, précis of reports from Balkan battlefronts and German academies alike, and plans for the next century’s battle...
View ArticleThe Many Faces of Dracula
by James Palmer Dracula the Warlord – In life, Vlad Tepes was a man who would go to any end to win. In death, he’s worse. Being a vampire is only one part of his toolkit, and while he uses it, he’ll...
View ArticleDracula Dossier All Rolled Ups – The Story
Many great nations and peoples have measured the passage of time through myriad methods, too numerous for me to list or spend the time trawling Wikipedia for information. I imagine few – if any – have...
View ArticleThe Plain People of Gaming: Prompts for Dracula NPCs
The macro level of a Dracula Dossier campaign emerges from the Conspyramid and Vampyramid charts, as well as the instructions in the opening section, How To Use This Book. Those charts are the...
View ArticleDracula Dossier – Director’s Handbook
A Secret History Unearthed. A Legendary Horror Walks Again. Presenting an epic improvised campaign for Night’s Black Agents Roleplaying Game. Do your Agents have what it takes to face the Lord of the...
View ArticleDracula Dossier Resources
Downloads Download the Night’s Black Agents Dracula Dossier character sheet here Download a Blank Conspyramid Download Perveniet Calix, a Dracula Dossier Series Pitch by Ryan Macklin Download the...
View ArticleDracula Dossier retail information
This Halloween, a legendary horror walks again – do your customers have what it takes to face the Lord of the Undead himself? LIMITED-EDITION RETAIL BUNDLE: Act now to get the full Dracula Dossier kit...
View ArticleCall of Chicago: Dracula Dossier Designer’s Notes
A-HEM … oh all right, co-designer’s notes It all started in 2011, even before Night’s Black Agents was published. Or perhaps it all started in 1890, when Bram Stoker began outlining the tale of...
View ArticleThe Plain People of Gaming: Filings from Edom
The upcoming Edom Files, yet another part of the I-can-justifiably-use-the-word-epic-at-this-point epic Dracula Dossier series, is an anthology of eight missions, ranging from 1877’s Stoker: First...
View Article31 Nights of Dractober: Drakula Istanbul’da (1953)
Drakula Istanbul’da (1953) Director: Mehmet Muhtar Dracula: Atif Kaptan The first direct identification of Bram Stoker’s Dracula with Vlad the Impaler came (unsurprisingly, in retrospect) from the...
View Article31 Nights of Dractober: Dracula (1938)
Dracula (1938) Director: Orson Welles Dracula: Orson Welles This premiere performance of Welles’ Mercury Theatre on the Air came about thanks to a re-release of the Browning/Lugosi Dracula in 1938....
View Article31 Nights of Dractober: Count Dracula (1977)
Count Dracula (1977) Director: Philip Saville Dracula: Louis Jourdan Generally (and correctly) hailed as the most textually accurate of the major Dracula adaptations, this BBC TV production has the...
View Article31 Nights of Dractober: Blade: Trinity (2004)
Blade: Trinity (2004) Director: David S. Goyer Dracula: Dominic Purcell Well, they can’t all be gems. Aside from the midriffs of the “Night Stalkers” (there aren’t enough air quotes in the world) Ryan...
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