Great googly moogly.

Werewolf has debuted to much fanfare and people seem happy with the game. That's good news -- we ran some eleventh-hour changes to the setting to further distinguish it from its predecessor, and most of the ideas we tweaked or added have drawn some critical praise. Rockies went to the printer weeks ago and should be coming back to our warehouses soon. Predators is due in layout at the end of the week. Lore of the Forsaken is in development. Infinite Dingo Sting of the Giant Werewolf Karate Duel is in outlining/contracting, but I may be making that up.

Mage is in editing and undergoing its own tenth-hour tweaks. I say "tenth" because it will almost certainly have eleventh-hour tweaks as the book goes to layout. Bill's really kicking ass on it, climbing around in the guts. The setting is done; it's the math and rules that are undergoing super-scrutiny because Mage is the most mechanically ambitious of the three core games, as you might expect. In last week's playtest, Conrad was almost gunned down but managed to turn invisible and drag Fred's unconscious body off the football field. I was pretty assbeat myself, but Will emerged unscathed. We were testing some of the magical defense rules and I think they held up pretty well. Except for the me getting all assbeat part.

Vampire continues its progress, too. New Orleans is off at the printer, Ordo Dracul is in layout and VII is in development. The Vampire section of Chicago is 90 percent done, too, with a revisit later on down the road as the other game lines conclude their Chicago contributions. Ghouls just came back from the printer and it looks rad.

In the general World of Darkness sense, Mysterious Places is in layout and I've contracted most of World of Darkness: Armory. WoD: Cougarpants has hit some snags, but that's completely made up, too.

Good news for MET fans: The books are done in development and editing and have headed to layout! July in-store, by my estimates at this stage, so we're still on track.

Exalted moves forward as well. Cult of the Illuminated is in layout. Bastions of the North is in development. Aspect Book: Wood is in editing and causing many titters of prurient glee when we discuss it (as in, "John, how's everything coming with your Wood? Huhuhuhuhuhuhuh"). Geoff and John are also hard at work on a super-sekrit project that... well, I'll tell you about that later.

Tomorrow at the office is Breakfast Sammich Day, in which all celebrants willingly devour Burger King's new Enormous Omelet Sandwiches. It should be a fright. Pictures to follow.

Our annual St. Patrick's Day celebration went off without a hitch, though a lot of our people were at GAMA. To make up for it, I told Rebecca that I'd pay for the table's bar tab if she could knock me out in one punch. She couldn't. In retrospect, that probably wasn't a bright decision on my part because all I got out the deal was socked. Twice.



Ben, Brad, Becky and I discuss the absurdity of an Irish holiday that honors a Welsh dude. I have had several drinks too many. Irish drinks, hence the impairment of thought.


Rebecca and Brian menace the audience.


Good advice. Plus, boobs.

Current Music: New Order, "Dracula's Castle"