Café de Nuit

Esteemed members of the Fraternity,
Miladies,

If you haven't already heard the news, there was a big announcement at the recent PAX East convention regarding our beloved setting. Not one, but two new Ravenloft releases are coming soon, this time in the genre of console gaming! As reports from the Wizards of the Coast panel discussion inform us, it seems that while Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft was a critical failure, it was actually a huge commercial success, and Hasbro has asked Wizards of the Coast to repeat history. This time, the people at Wizards assure us that they've worked hard to please the fans as well, and of course, we at the Fraternity hope they have succeeded.

Both games embrace not only the Ravenloft brand, but are tied to successful video game franchises as well. The first, available exclusively on the Nintendo Wii U system: Wizards would be foolish indeed if they didn't have a release for Microsoft's popular Xbox 360 system as well, so the other game uses Xbox's Kinect system for a very different kind of Ravenloft experience: It's truly a great day to be a Ravenloft fan!

We wish we could say more about these exciting new products, but some members of the Fraternity of Shadows have been lucky enough to be asked to be playtesters for these games, and we are sworn to secrecy. (We will just give these small tidbits as a preview: 1) In the Lego game, Justin Beiber is surprisingly good as the voice of Jander Sunstar, though a bit repetitive. He should have been given more different lines. 2) Don't assume that it's easy to dance like Soth, especially when Inza runs across the screen as a distraction.)

Feel free to discuss and speculate about these games, but if any of you reading this likewise have more information than we've been allowed to release here, please keep those secrets to yourselves and don't spoil our chance to get further inside scoops like this one!

Sincerely,

Ron Laufer
For everybody at the Souragne Fraternity of Shadows

Is there any way to get a beta of the games before they come out? I am truly interested, on how they are going to commit horror into legos! Though I guess they did a good job with Lego Star Wars. Also I have a friend named Ron who could totally beat Strahd Von Zarovich at dancing.

EDITED BY GONZORON: I hid this spoiler-ish post until after the 1st.

Lol! I almost poo'ed myself in shock until I glanced down at my calendar.

The lego golem was somehow disturbing.

I was going to release my ruleset for a FATAL conversion of Ravenloft LARP but given the knee-shattering, loin-bending, bed-opening awesomeness of this latest announcement I think I'm going to hold off for a bit.

Instead I shall celebrate by wetting my pants, wiping it on the windows, and tearing off my clothes to go hooting and jibbering through the hallowed halls of Congress with my arms in the air like a goddam patriot.

Zilfer wrote:Is there any way to get a beta of the games before they come out?

I'm pretty sure the beta testing for L:CR is done, since the release is so soon. We got our copies several months ago. There might still be time for DCotD. Drop WotC a line and see what they say if you're interested.

I was a little surprised there was no PS3 game announced. Perhaps they are holding something back for the Playstation 4?

These need the PIAC logo. I'm sure they could be playable in any campaign, after all. Didn't Lord Soth visit Eberron for a while?

Gonzoron of the FoS wrote:

Zilfer wrote:Is there any way to get a beta of the games before they come out?

I'm pretty sure the beta testing for L:CR is done, since the release is so soon. We got our copies several months ago. There might still be time for DCotD. Drop WotC a line and see what they say if you're interested.

I was a little surprised there was no PS3 game announced. Perhaps they are holding something back for the Playstation 4?

But I only have a PS3! It seems like it is always the 360 and WiiU that get the exclusives.

Very, very nice pictures on those products!

alhoon wrote:Very, very nice pictures on those products!

Yup, unlike Iron & Blood, the graphics on these games are state of the art...

They really unleashed a large budget this time, indeed.

Can we expect DLC for the Dance Central?

Zilfer wrote:Can we expect DLC for the Dance Central?

Good question! I'm sure if they see enough interest, they'd consider it, but we've heard no word...

OK, OK, time to 'fess up.

As many of you guessed, this was our 2013 April Fools prank. Thanks to all who got the joke and played along. Hopefully we caught a few of you, if only for a little while.

I'm a bit sad, though, because I would totally play those games...

xD you got me at 9 o clockish on the day before april fools for me. xD I got to the second game and that's when i realized. xD