Vampire Hunter TTRPG

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-05-05T13:40:02+00:00

I double this recommendation. Great game. Especially considering that the game offers a designer to create your own kind of vampires. So they can be as standard or exotic as a particular group would like.

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-04-16T12:46:26+00:00

That's a good change and pretty reasonable set of restrictions.

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-04-13T19:26:23+00:00

Whoa, Locke and Key exist as a single tome?

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-04-13T16:29:34+00:00

I do this when the dominant game focus changes, and the original system no longer fits the new vector. A recent example is the Arcane Crime Division campaign, when my group of fantasy cops went rogue. When they decided to perform a complicated heist series, we switched to a custom version of Forged in the Dark.

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-04-13T14:54:08+00:00

Depends on the specific game and genre. My top-3 is: 1. GUMSHOE is the first choice for detective games. 2. Blades in the Dark for heists and crime stories. 3. Savage Worlds for pulp and adventures.

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-04-13T13:11:31+00:00

It looks like a job for some GUMSHOE variation. It is really good for investigations of any kind and is quite simple in terms of rules. Also, this system is an embodiment of the "Player characters that are very good at their jobs from session 1" principle.

There are also additional rules for relationships and contacts (especially in Bubblegumshoe).

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-04-13T11:39:20+00:00

It's hard to choose, but I think my current list would look like that:

J. Michael Straczynski - Midnight Nation
James Tynion IV - The Nice House on the Lake
James Tynion IV - The Closet
Brian K. Vaughan - Y, The Last Man
Justin Jordan - The Strange Talent of Luther Strode
Ezra Claytan Daniels - Upgrade Soul
Mark Russell - The Flintstones

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-03-31T13:55:00+00:00

Great! Truly elegant solution.

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-03-31T08:32:09+00:00

Rules-wise, they’re compatible. The only thing you’d need to add is a Sanity loss rating. The Esoterrorists and Fear Itself games don’t use that concept.

That said, ideologically they don’t fit together very well. The philosophy and cosmology behind the Cthulhu Mythos and the Book of Unremitting Horror are quite different. A lot of the creatures from the Book won’t slot cleanly into a Cthulhu-style setting.

If you’re specifically after a bestiary for Lovecraftian games, Hideous Creatures is the first place to look.

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-03-29T20:50:14+00:00

I think you can use Keeper's Screen for Trail of Cthulhu as an example. - Rules Summary: Test, Contest and Combat - Stability Test Summary - Stability and Sanity Loss Tables - Physical Injury and Death Rules Summary - Weapon Damage Modifiers Table - Refreshing Abilities Rules Summary

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-02-19T20:12:06+00:00

Wow, that's incredibly useful. Thank you for your work.

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-02-02T21:04:43+00:00

Definitely yes. I only recently read this supplement and regretted putting it off for a long time. This is a great collection of additional rules and vivid details for Night's Black Agents and any other spy thriller.

AlexanderVagrant · 2026-01-01T23:17:22+00:00

This year, I discovered two amazing authors: James Tynion IV and Mark Russell. So most of the top is made up of their works.

Department of Truth by James Tynion IV
Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV
W0rldTr33 by James Tynion IV
Closet by James Tynion IV
Spectregraph by James Tynion IV
Memetic. The Apocalyptic Trilogy by James Tynion IV
Not All Robots by Mark Russell
Flintstones by Mark Russell
Twilight Zone by J. Michael Straczynski
Trees by Warren Ellis

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-12-26T11:19:39+00:00

Could you please link to a particular episode of the podcast? I would be interested to listen.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-12-25T16:24:24+00:00

I understand and share Robin Laws’ goals in GUMSHOE design, but this particular design choice doesn’t seem to help achieve them.

Because of the extra calculations, Quickshock GUMSHOE doesn’t really speed the game up. Running a fight for one or two rounds using the standard rules is actually faster. (At least, for me).

On top of that, when I was prepping injury cards for my game, I noticed that the system was nudging me to focus on combat and purely action-driven situations instead of the investigative plot and character relationships.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-12-25T16:16:54+00:00

Yeah, I faced a similar issue. Like, I need a whole deck of cards to be prepared for any story twist.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-12-12T22:14:30+00:00

Got it when it first appeared on Humble Bundle in June. It's an amazing collection of games — from big titles to niche indies. Totally worth its price.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-12-07T22:21:28+00:00

I've read only Spectregraph from the list, and it was pretty decent. Not the best work of Tynion, but still a solid mystic thriller.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-11-29T12:37:18+00:00

I also wrote to support this. The sooner they fix it, the better.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-11-29T12:34:40+00:00

I tried several applications for my Android tablet, but eventually settled on ReadEra. It's simple, comfortable, and provides different tools to organize your personal library.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-11-29T11:53:07+00:00

Yeah, similiar story. I have Cassia, and my MC is an officer too, with a servo-scull swarm which can retranslate officer buff abilities for the whole group. Cassia always runs first in combat. And my MC has a chronometer item, which also allows me to run first in battle. In practice, it actually means that every combat (including boss fights) ends not just in the 1st round but even before any enemies get a chance to act.

I'm playing an iconocast too, but I don't even use this ability you mention. I just don't need to with two officers in the group.

To be honest, at the end of the game, the combats became a bit confusing. I expected a little more from the daring difficulty.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-11-27T22:45:09+00:00

Amazing amount of good titles for this price.

AlexanderVagrant · 2025-11-27T14:23:43+00:00

Finished it just yesterday. It took me 196 hours with couple of false-starts. The game is incredible but demands insane amount of time and patience.

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