Chicago By Night - for Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition
Created by Onyx Path Publishing
Help create a beautiful Chicago By Night tabletop RPG hardcover source book for Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition !
Latest Updates from Our Project:
October 2020 Final Update
over 3 years ago
– Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 03:24:50 PM
Hello Kickstarter Coterie,
As noted in my last update, I'm here at (almost) the end of the month for our regular month end status update.
But, this is also the project end update - because, as I'll happily note below - we've completed all phases of this project.
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
Old Traditions PDF Bundle (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Beckett’s Jyhad Diary PDF (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Vampire 5th Edition PDF (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Digital Wallpaper: Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Digital Wallpaper: Prince’s Gambit (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Redbubble T-shirt Link (Update # 42, May 16, 2019)
Chicago By Night Backer PDF (Update # 46, July 25, 2019)
Chicago By Night Hardcover (Update #53, Jan 14, 2020)
Prince’s Gambit Card Game (Update #53, Jan 14, 2020)
Chicago By Night PoD Coupon (Update #55, Jan 30, 2020)
Chicago Folios Backer PDF (Update #56, Feb 13, 2020)
The Chicago Folio PoD Coupon (Update #59, Apr 1, 2020)
Digital Wallpaper: Chicago By Night (Update #61, May 28, 2020)
Let the Streets Run Red PDF (Update #66, Oct 8, 2020)
REWARD TRACKING - PENDING
NONE
And, with that, ALL REWARDS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED!
If you have any issues, if you think you're missing anything, the first place to check is your BackerKit page. Review your Digital Rewards page to see if you've missed a download link. Check your rewards list to see if you had missed something during the Add On phase.
The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account: https://chicago-by-night-v5.backerkit.com/backer/digital_rewards and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.
If you've missed something and checking with BackerKit doesn't answer your questions, then please contact me as soon as possible. Otherwise, as of November 15th, 2020, I'm going to assume that everything is good, everyone has what they need, and call this campaign complete and close the book.
TO CONTACT ME
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click OnyxPath under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
NEXT...
This will likely be the final update for this project. I will touch base again if there is a new V5 project from Onyx Path or some other item of relevant interest, but otherwise we've come to The End.
You can keep track of what the Onyx Path team is working on via their Monday Meeting Notes blog posts (linked here) which will give you a weekly status report on ALL of the projects Onyx Path has on the go.
LET THE STREETS RUN RED!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 01:31:09 PM
HELLO KICKSTARTER COTERIE!!
It's here! I can't tell you how excited I am for this one!
It's time to LET THE STREETS RUN RED!
Very excited for this final reward!
OK, let me catch my digital breath! Our final reward for the Chicago By Night kickstarter campaign - a supplement that we introduced and then built via Stretch Goal achievements, is ready to begin distribution to backers. You remember this one...
IT'S HERE!
Let the Streets Run Red include:
Four full stories for play over multiple game sessions, each handling a different core theme from Vampire: The Masquerade. These chronicles can be played independently of each other or in sequence.
Deep coverage of the vampire domains of Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Gary and some of those cities' undead inhabitants.
A cast of Kindred with biographies, ambitions, intrigues, links to other characters, and ways to include them in any chronicle, whether as antagonists, a supporting cast, or inspiration for playable characters.
New Loresheets for inclusion in your game, allowing player characters to start with a foot, claw, or fang already planted in the roots of the chronicles within the book, and beyond.
Nine ready-made characters so you can start playing any of the chronicles in this book immediately.
It's on the way!
REWARD DISTRIBUTION
Your links to claim your Let the Streets Run Red Backer PDF will be sent out by our BackerKit pledge manager over the next day. Since we are using our partners at DriveThruRPG as the host for this, you will need to set up a DriveThru account if you don't have one already. If you encounter any problems with downloading your rewards, please contact DTRPG's customer service to resolve the matter, they've always been top-rated for customer service. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/contact_us.php
Again, you will receive an e-mail from BackerKit with links for the Let the Streets Run Red PDF today if it is on your expected list of rewards.
The easiest way to see if you've got digital downloads available is to login to your backerkit account: https://chicago-by-night-v5.backerkit.com/backer/digital_rewards and it'll show anything available. Your backerkit account should also confirm all rewards that you should expect from your reward tier selected.
BACKER PDF VERSION
This is the first version of Let the Streets Run Red to be released. We've sent you this initial Backer PDF for three reasons:
1) To thank you for your support! You enabled this supplement to be created via Stretch Goal achievements - it wouldn't exist without you!
2) So you can start jump into these stories right away! Who doesn't love taking the new stuff out for a spin?!
3) To make the final version the best it can be! The design and development teams have done their best to proofread and correct any errors and typos - but some always sneak through. If you catch any typos, incorrect math, visual glitches, and the like, we want to hear about them and correct them before we send the book off to print.
With that in mind, it's time for the errata and correction process!
Onyx Path has launched a special Let the Streets Run RedErrata Form, which you can access here:
Generally, we try to keep errata collection open for the next 2 weeks, so please report what you can as soon as possible to make sure we're getting everything covered.
We won't be collecting errata from other spots, just this specific form. Please note this form will be for errata only - typos, incorrect math, page elements that overlap incorrectly, etc. It won't be for book discussion - you can do that in a different thread, or on the Kickstarter comments page.
Also, they already know about the Page XX notations - those are usually corrected after any changes are made and the books are being finalized.
After any needed corrections are made (based on your feedback!), we will prepare an updated final PDF version of the book and you will receive a notice from DriveThruRPG.com notifying you about an updated version, which you can re-download at your convenience.
You've already made the game a reality with your Kickstarter support. Now you can make it even better by helping us crowdsource any minor errors and corrections.
I'll be back at the end of the month with our regular month end tracking update, and I'm pretty excited about it, because every reward from this campaign has now been fulfilled!
TO CONTACT ME
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click OnyxPath under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
The abandoned lover, waiting for her paramour to return, only to die, alone. Now she waits in her house forever.
The murdered family, killed in a spree so violent their spirits couldn’t pass on to the hereafter, now wreaking an untampered revenge on anyone they find.
The serial killer, who never made his tally complete in life, now determined to possess the bodies of the living to continue his gruesome campaign.
These ghosts, and more, haunt our world. They watch us, they torment us, they play with us, they find themselves locked in Sisyphean cycles, where the only respite comes through the haunting of the living.
It is our role to hunt these spirits down. Some believe we’re laying them to a deserved rest. Others hunt for the renown and to put down the homicidal dead. Others believe they’re doing God’s work, or with every hunt, their knowledge of the paranormal world increases.
We are ghost hunters, and regardless of our motives, it is our task to ensure the dead may no longer torture the living.
Ghost Hunters includes:
A broad, deep history of ghost hunter cells, and catalogue of weapons and artifacts ghost hunters might use in the World of Darkness.
Playable options among the hunters that fight with bullets and blades, and those who fight with belief and supernatural power. Alongside them, those hunters who would track, cage, and study the dead.
A wide array of story hooks and rich storytelling advice for those who wish to run a game of Ghost Hunters set alongside any of the World of Darkness 20A games.
An appendix containing a selection of antagonists your ghost hunters may come to face.
September 2020 Update
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 01:03:14 PM
Hello Kickstarter Coterie,
Final days of September, and that means it's time for our month end update!
We all know what we want me to say in this update, but alas, it's not yet meant to be. We're still waiting on our final reward.
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
Old Traditions PDF Bundle (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Beckett’s Jyhad Diary PDF (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Vampire 5th Edition PDF (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Digital Wallpaper: Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Digital Wallpaper: Prince’s Gambit (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Redbubble T-shirt Link (Update # 42, May 16, 2019)
Chicago By Night Backer PDF (Update # 46, July 25, 2019)
Chicago By Night Hardcover (Update #53, Jan 14, 2020)
Prince’s Gambit Card Game (Update #53, Jan 14, 2020)
Chicago By Night PoD Coupon (Update #55, Jan 30, 2020)
Chicago Folios Backer PDF (Update #56, Feb 13, 2020)
The Chicago Folio PoD Coupon (Update #59, Apr 1, 2020)
Digital Wallpaper: Chicago By Night (Update #61, May 28, 2020)
REWARD TRACKING - PENDING
Let the Streets Run Red PDF
Yes, Let the Streets Run Red is still in proofing, making the rounds with all parties requesting any final changes and signing off on it before it's ready to go out to you. Lots of bumps in the road, but we're so so close! I'm hoping that October will smile all on things Vampire and we'll get this last drop of blood... I mean, last reward before too much longer!
I will continue to post our list of delivered and pending rewards with each monthly update, so that we can track everything that's needed and keep on the same page. Also, feel free to check out Onyx Path's Monday Meeting Notes posts (linked here) which will give you a weekly status report on ALL of the projects Onyx Path has on the go.
TO CONTACT ME
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click OnyxPath under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
August 2020 Update
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 04:10:22 AM
Hello Kickstarter Coterie,
As we finish up the first two-thirds of 2020, it's time for our regular month end project check in.
Casual James wondering how we'll survive that final third of the year!
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
Old Traditions PDF Bundle (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Beckett’s Jyhad Diary PDF (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Vampire 5th Edition PDF (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Digital Wallpaper: Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Digital Wallpaper: Prince’s Gambit (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Redbubble T-shirt Link (Update # 42, May 16, 2019)
Chicago By Night Backer PDF (Update # 46, July 25, 2019)
Chicago By Night Hardcover (Update #53, Jan 14, 2020)
Prince’s Gambit Card Game (Update #53, Jan 14, 2020)
Chicago By Night PoD Coupon (Update #55, Jan 30, 2020)
Chicago Folios Backer PDF (Update #56, Feb 13, 2020)
The Chicago Folio PoD Coupon (Update #59, Apr 1, 2020)
Digital Wallpaper: Chicago By Night (Update #61, May 28, 2020)
REWARD TRACKING - PENDING
Let the Streets Run Red PDF
Checking out the latest blog from Onyx Path, I see that Let the Streets Run Red, our final reward, is currently in the Proofing stage of product progress! Which means that we're getting so so close to finishing this up! I'm even more excited than you are!
I will continue to post our list of delivered and pending rewards with each monthly update, so that we can track everything that's needed and keep on the same page. Also, feel free to check out Onyx Path's Monday Meeting Notes posts (linked here) which will give you a weekly status report on ALL of the projects Onyx Path has on the go.
TO CONTACT ME
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click OnyxPath under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
COMING SOON TO KICKSTARTER
As a Hero, a Scion becomes a figure of myth and story, an exemplar of some virtue of their chosen society or the culture they’re born into. Even before their Visitation, the children of the Gods are a breed apart. But some want more than this lesser form of immortality, forever in the shadow of their parents. The golden ichor within the Scion’s heart sears and cooks them, ever burning away any human frailties of the Scion and driving them toward more audacious Deeds. They seek to become truly transformational figures, leaving The World forever different in their wake. At the fifth dot of Legend, it all reaches a tipping point, where the Scion is formed more of divine ichor than mortal flesh —more immortal than mortal, a true Demigod. They have declared to The World that they will not be pawns of Fate, but players in their own right. They will succeed in becoming a God, or they will die with their failure.
Everything up to this point was your prologue. Now it’s time to live your myth.
Scion: Demigod continues the path set down by Scion: Origin and Scion: Hero, expanding Scion Second Edition’s power level and charting the next level of power tiers for the Scions of the Gods. Players will take their characters through a tightly designed yet flexible story arc that ends in apotheosis or death – either way, the character will no longer be mortal after this book. Your characters don’t have to follow every Milestone with their Deeds — but they cannot run from their destiny once they’ve chosen to embrace it.
Coming Soon!
July 2020 Update
over 3 years ago
– Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 11:24:41 AM
Hello Kickstarter Coterie,
We're in the final week of July, so it's time for a status check. No major updates, but just a quick overview to see that everything's still on track and moving forward.
Just sitting here at my July desk.
Also, one more preview art piece from by Ken Meyer Jr. for Let the Streets Run Red, which is working it's way through the layout process. Like you, I can't wait for this one!
REWARD TRACKING - Completed Rewards (Sent to Backers)
Old Traditions PDF Bundle (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Beckett’s Jyhad Diary PDF (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Vampire 5th Edition PDF (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Digital Wallpaper: Beckett’s Jyhad Diary (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Digital Wallpaper: Prince’s Gambit (Update # 37, Dec 28, 2018)
Redbubble T-shirt Link (Update # 42, May 16, 2019)
Chicago By Night Backer PDF (Update # 46, July 25, 2019)
Chicago By Night Hardcover (Update #53, Jan 14, 2020)
Prince’s Gambit Card Game (Update #53, Jan 14, 2020)
Chicago By Night PoD Coupon (Update #55, Jan 30, 2020)
Chicago Folios Backer PDF (Update #56, Feb 13, 2020)
The Chicago Folio PoD Coupon (Update #59, Apr 1, 2020)
Digital Wallpaper: Chicago By Night (Update #61, May 28, 2020)
REWARD TRACKING - PENDING
Let the Streets Run Red PDF
I will continue to post our list of delivered and pending rewards with each monthly update, so that we can track everything that's needed and keep on the same page. Also, feel free to check out Onyx Path's Monday Meeting Notes posts (linked here) which will give you a weekly status report on ALL of the projects Onyx Path has on the go.
TO CONTACT ME
Via E-Mail: Onyx.Kickstarter [at] gmail.com
Via Kickstarter: Click OnyxPath under the "Created By" heading on the main page, and then press the "Contact Me" button - the message will come to me!
Via BackerKit: Click "Need Help?" from your page, and then fill in the Contact Us form. BackerKit will pass your message along to me.
Now on Kickstarter, a slightly different take on horror from developer Matthew Dawkins
Onyx Path's latest game of cinema-inspired fun is They Came from Beyond the Grave! If you're a fan of Christopher Lee as Dracula, Roger Corman's creature features, Hammer horror films, or the Amicus movies, this game is for you.
Set in two time periods - the 1970s, when these movies were made, and the 19th century, when many were set - you may just find yourself running or participating in a tale of suspense set across two different eras, both of which contain a mix of hammy acting, technicolor blood, wobbling sets, and all the screams an audience could want.
Indulge in the cigarette smoke, despairing mood, and wide collars of the 1970s. Enjoy the rock and drugs entering the mainstream. What was counterculture is now simply culture. Maybe you favor the disco, or perhaps the punk scene is more your thing. Grow a mustache. Grow a whole beard! It’s no longer rebellious to wear hair or sideburns so long or skirts so short: it’s expected. Hitchhiking isn’t a death sentence yet. Or not quite. Everyone owns a car, and international travel has never felt so easy.
Prepare to trudge through the London fog, creep around unlit alleys, and get lost on misty moors as your deerstalker and long coat gets saturated from the rain apparently incessant throughout the 19th century depicted in the cinema. Prepare to catch a ride in a carriage and ask the driver why he’s going so fast through this part of the woods. Expect to knock on the door to an imposing castle, only to see the butler, far too pale of face, ask whether you’re here to see “the mistress.” The 19th century beckons you to play within its Victorian gothic mood. Start the game here or start it in the 1970s — whichever you prefer, They Came from Beyond the Grave! has monsters, stories, and encounters for whatever tale you wish to tell.
