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An Investigator in Ravenloft

Awards Eligibility 2022

By:  TempestWriting

I’m quite late in doing one of these posts because I’ve been recovering from Egypt and also focusing on book stuff. (OMG I have book stuff, so excite!)

I did do a thing last year that I think deserves award consideration: Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

I’m one of several contributors to this, and so we’d all be included in a group nomination for the book. It’s eligible for the Nebula in the Game Writing category and for the Hugo in the Best Related Work category.

I hope you’ll consider adding the book to your ballot because the team did an AMAZING job on every aspect of the book, including being inclusive. I mean, just look at that character above. That’s me except it’s not me but she looks just like me and she’s an example of a type of character and I feel seen. :)

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Ravenloft and Har’Akir and Ankhtepot, Oh My!

By:  TempestWriting

Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft is out in the world and already there are hundreds of gamers preparing their horror campaigns around it. I am still so excited to have been part of making this book along with a spectacular team, moreso now that it’s out and I’m seeing people’s reactions to it.

I worked on one of the domains, Har’Akir, which is a fantasy realm based on ancient Egypt. If you’re new around here you might not know that I’ve been researching ancient Egypt for years and years for fiction projects and that’s the main reason I was tapped for this. I loved getting the opportunity to reimagine the problematic aspects of the domain that were introduced decades ago based off of media depictions of ancient Egyptian culture and custom that were not very accurate or respectful.

If you’re interested in learning about Har’Akir before deciding to pick up the book, I have some resources for you!

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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft and Me

By:  TempestWriting

I knew this news was dropping today. What I didn’t know was that Polygon was gonna namecheck me as one of the contributors! EeeEEEeeEEeeeEEE

I’m super proud to be part of the team that created the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons 5E Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft book. I’m in such amazing company; Ajit George, The Strix, Molly Ostertag, Cassandra Khaw, Jessica Price, and many others contributed. Working with F. Wesley Schneider, the design lead, was a great experience. Everyone involved gave me support and wonderful feedback and I loved every minute.

I cannot wait for folks to start playing the adventures in this book (I wanna hear about it!). It comes out in May and is up for pre-order now. You can find more preview information over at Inverse as well as on the DnD site.