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Pariah Press
Pariah Press was the company, funded by Mike Nystul, that published the first commercial edition of '' The Whispering Vault'' role-playing game. History Mike Nystul self-published a new horror role-playing game called '' The Whispering Vault'' (1993), which he debuted as a limited edition at GenCon Gen Con is the largest tabletop game convention in North America by both attendance and number of events. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, live action role-playing ... 26, and founded Pariah Press the following year to release an expanded version of the game. In 2003, Ronin Arts purchased ''The Whispering Vault'' and started producing new ''Whispering Vault'' material almost immediately. References Role-playing game publishing companies {{Publish-corp-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Nystul
Mike Nystul (born March 22, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois) created and wrote numerous role-playing game products in the 1990s. Career Nystul got his start in the RPG industry writing ''Fantasy Hero'' books for Hero Games, and then worked for FASA and Mayfair Games in the early 1990s. Nystul self-published a limited edition of a new horror role-playing game called ''The Whispering Vault'' (1993), which he debuted at GenCon 26. The following year, he released an expanded and more professional version of the game through his new company, Pariah Press, and also published the supplements '' Dangerous Prey'' (1995) and a three-panel GM screen (1995). He then worked at TSR for a short time, which ended in 1996. In early 1996, Chris Pramas acquired the rights to ''The Whispering Vault'' from Nystul, and Pramas formed Ronin Arts to publish the game. Nystul wrote several products for FASA's ''Shadowrun'' line, and the ''Role Aids'' series published by Mayfair Games Mayfair Games was an Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whispering Vault
''The Whispering Vault'' is a horror-themed role-playing game originally published in 1993. Players take on the role of "Stalkers", persons who have risen above their own mortality to act as servants of the guardians of Reality, tracking down and apprehending rogue gods who have invaded Reality and returning them to the realm of the Unseen where they are cast into The Whispering Vault. History In 1993, at Gen Con 26, Mike Nystul sold a 88-page spiral-bound, pre-publication version (referred to as the "black book") of his self-published horror RPG called ''The Whispering Vault''. Buoyed by positive comments, Nystul formed Pariah Press the following year to publish an expanded and professionally printed edition. Shannon Applecline, in the book ''Designers & Dragons'', highlighted the horror-themed art and evocative background material. Applecline also mentioned the "brutal and quick" combat system and the simple task resolution system that reduced dice-rolling to a minimum and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GenCon
Gen Con is the largest tabletop game convention in North America by both attendance and number of events. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, and strategy games. Gen Con also features computer games. Attendees engage in a variety of tournament and interactive game sessions. In 2019, Gen Con had nearly 70,000 unique attendees. Established in 1968 as the Lake Geneva Wargames Convention by Gary Gygax, who later co-created ''Dungeons & Dragons'', Gen Con was first held in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The convention was moved to various locations in Wisconsin from 1972 to 1984 before becoming fixed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1985, where it remained until moving to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2003. Other Gen Con conventions have been held sporadically in various locations around the United States, as well as internationally. In 1976, Gen Con became the prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronin Arts
Ronin Arts is a role-playing game company founded as a join venture by Philip J. Reed and Christopher Shy in 2003, to some degree a successor to Shy's Studio Ronin and Reed's selling of role playing games PDFs from his blog. Ronin Arts publishes or published at some point, among other products ''The Whispering Vault'', '' Star Ace'', '' M&M Superlink'' support, and ''D20 Future'' support. History In 2003, author Philip J. Reed and artist Christopher Shy joined forces to create Ronin Arts as a new company to highlight their talents. The first version of the web site sold both Reed's ''101'' books along with illustrated art books like Shy's edition of H. P. Lovecraft's '' Herbert West: Reanimator'' (2003). That same year, Ronin Arts expanded beyond their d20 collections by purchasing Pariah Press' ''The Whispering Vault'' and Pacesetter's '' Star Ace''. They started producing new ''Whispering Vault'' material almost immediately, beginning with Ronin Publishing's previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
