Seasons of Strange is a multi-genre chronicle. We will primarily be playing Vampire, Werewolf, Mage and Changeling. Other genres may be adopted into our rotation as well in the future.
Till further notice, we will be playing Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
The native people of the lands of Dutchess County have returned to reclaim what was theirs. The Garou are doing so as well... Some things that were thought gone, have been hiding in plain sight. Take back that which was and that which has yet to be from the agents of the Wyrm.
Recover it.
This is a Werewolf game set in Dutchess County, NY.
Welcome to New Rochelle, a fairly new domain. Prince Martinez has now claimed this odd little Domain as his. Maybe this is the place for you to make a name for yourself? Perhaps this is where you wish to start up anew? Many things will come to pass here as with any fledgling Domain, nothing is written in stone and the only certainty is the changing of the seasons.
Enjoy your stay.
This is a Camarilla chronicle set in the city of New Rochelle, New York.
They have a plan and these Mages mean business. They will not be going away...
Be seeing you.
Game is held on the second Saturday of the month and we start at roughly 2:00 PM on Roll20.net.
Please feel free to contact us at strange_staff@googlegroups.com, with any questions or comments. We ask that you make all character submissions through Puppet Prince.
Our Narrators are Pat D. and Rob N.
Our House Rules Here
January 11th, 2015
https://sites.google.com/site/glittergloom2015/
Event items, etc. are not finalized, but it has the hotel information, dates, and some contact information. I'll do my best to keep everyone up to date on what's going on, but it looks like an early pre-reg will only be $20, and may go lower for a full weekend of gaming.
Larry Petersen has joined the chronicle!
Mephki has joined the chronicle!
Tony Parisi has joined the chronicle!
January 2nd, 2015
If everyone could really try and have the stuff they want to do in by tomorrow, so it can be gone over at the staff meeting, that would be great.
Friendly reminder for those of you with chess games.
January 2nd, 2015
Greetings Kindred of the Domain of New Rochelle,
December 11th, 2014
Greetings Kindred of the Domain of New Rochelle.
November 23rd, 2014
Another topic of discussion, what sort of plots do people enjoy?
I've copied the text from the Camarillan genre thread ffrom people who included plot information.
From Dave Yeisley:
As always, having fun with it comes down to the execution, the devil in the details. This is more a comment on enjoying the game than on the vision of the genre itself, but I tend to think it works best when players get to experience scenes that allow their PC to do things that match how they envision their PC, and help express the story they want their PC to tell within the story of the chronicle. Accomplishing goals is only part of it, though an important one, but is also heavily reliant on PCs being able to fulfill their concepts (as defined by their players) even when their personal goals are not directly involved.
I can say some of the best times I have ever had with this game were when I felt like the staff were, for lack of a better term, 'fans' of my PC and other PCs, and wanted to see those characters and their stories grow though both successes and occaisional failures.
From Anthony G:
[Dave Y.'s quote]
This is a great attitude for STs to have, so I'll just emphasize it.
As for my own opinion, I think a good game needs more than just 1 theme. Yes politics is fun. But if that's all the game has, than it becomes stale. Yes combat is fun, but if that's all there is to it than it too becomes stale. Yes, weirdness from left field is fun, but if that's all there's to it, than it becomes stale.
A good game balances many different themes. You can have Camarilla politics... than have something completely weird and unexpected... than throw in some combat... and you get a good complex game.
Not only does it satisfy everyone, but through the mix you make each theme better. Political events become more eventful when politics doesn't occur constantly, Violence becomes more exciting when there isn't a blood bath every night, and Weirdness stands out much more when it can contrast to long episodes of normalcy.
So, I say, our game should have a bit of everything.
That's my 2 cents.
November 21st, 2014
I wanted to start a discussion on the Camarillan genre as expressed in Seasons of Strange. It's a Camarillan game, and while people have different viewpoints on what is fun for them, that's a different discussion than this one.
What does a Camarillan setting/ genre mean to our players and our regular visitors? I'm asking because it does nobody any good if staff thinks it's one thing, and the players think it's another.
For me:
Camaillan genre is about the shadow politics of predators with limited resources, where any decision to kill is never an easy one. The guy you hate this week is the guy you have to work with next week; or worse, the guy you owe a favor to. Spending several months to put an opponent in a position where he owes you a favor. Picking up neonates as minions to icrease their survivability at the cost of having to clean up their messes until they learn better. Owing favors (or better, becoming allies with) the ancilla who you were a minion to, and that you did work for to pay off the messes he cleaned up for you.
While I understand that not everyone feels the same way, please contribute your perspective, so the staff can blend everyone's virepoint so that the most people can have the most fun.
And if you want OOC help with politics, influences, or things like that, feel free to ask. I'm happy to tell war stories, give advise, or just explain things.
November 9th, 2014
We are makingthe following changes to the house rules:
We are adding"Ability Aptitude" to the list of proscribed merits, making the list "4th in-clan" and "Ability Aptitude".
Characters are restricted in the addition of traits(per catagory), abilities, WP, disciplines (per discipline tree),backgrounds and virtues to one per month/ game cycle.
The addition of the requirement of listing the location of non-standard merits and flaws. Non-standard being defined as: an earlier edition, that the current one, a game other than vampire (Dark Ages counts as a different game, werewolf, mage, etc.)
Also, if you have more than one playable character (based in the this chronicle or not), you are restricted to one character per evening, or until the character you are playing becomes unplayable. Characters can then be switched with the approval of an ST.
