Dreams and Nightmares
Cover art by Michael Gaydos
DesignersIan Lemke
IllustratorsSteve Ellis, Michael Gaydos, Jeff Holt, Ryan Kelly, Matthew Mitchell, Paul S. Phillips, Steve Prescott
WritersRobert Scott Martin, Neil Mick, James A. Moore
PublishersWhite Wolf Publishing
PublicationNovember–December 1997
GenresTabletop role-playing game supplement
SystemsStoryteller System
Parent gamesChangeling: The Dreaming
SeriesWorld of Darkness
ISBN1-56504-718-4

Dreams and Nightmares is a tabletop role-playing game supplement released by White Wolf Publishing in November–December 1997 for their game Changeling: The Dreaming, and is part of the larger World of Darkness series. It was well received by critics.

Overview

Dreams and Nightmares is a sourcebook for the tabletop role-playing game Changeling: The Dreaming,[1] where players take the role of changelings.[2] It describes the Dreaming.[1]

Production

A 2011 photograph of Steve Ellis
A 2014 photograph of Steve Prescott
The art team included Steve Ellis and Steve Prescott.

Dreams and Nightmares was developed by Ian Lemke,[3] and was written by Robert Scott Martin, Neil Mick, and James A. Moore, and edited by Ed Hall.[4] The art director for the book was Aileen Miles;[3] the art team also included interior artists Steve Ellis, Jeff Holt, Ryan Kelly, Matthew Mitchell, Paul S. Phillips, and Steve Prescott, and the cover artist Michael Gaydos.[3][4]

The book was released by White Wolf Publishing in November–December 1997[1] as a 130-page softcover book; it has since also been released as an ebook.[4]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
SourceRating
Backstab9/10[5]

Dreams and Nightmares was well received by critics.[1][5][6] Dragon comments that "the enchanting imagination that suffuses Dreams and Nightmares gives ChangeIing a spirit of whimsy new to the Storyteller line."[6] Casus Belli described it as an "absolutely essential" supplement for Changeling: The Dreaming players, calling it cute and full of funny ideas.[1]

In a review for InQuest, Rebecca Schoenberg stated that the at times vague rules made the supplement "a bit difficult for new players to use", but that it was a "definite treasure for imaginative roleplayers".[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "White Wolf". Casus Belli (in French). No. 111. Excelsior Publications. December 1997. p. 12.
  2. ^ Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '90s (2nd ed.). Evil Hat Productions. pp. 7–52. ISBN 978-1-613170-84-7.
  3. ^ a b c Lemke, Ian (1997). Dreams and Nightmares. White Wolf Publishing. p. 2. ISBN 1-56504-718-4.
  4. ^ a b c "Dreams and Nightmares". Guide du Rôliste Galactique (in French). Association du Guide du Rôliste Galactique. 2009-05-08. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  5. ^ a b Jouane, Christophe (January–February 1998). "Dreams and Nightmares". Backstab (in French). No. 7. FC Publications. p. 37.
  6. ^ a b Varney, Allen (April 1998). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon. No. 246. TSR, Inc. pp. 110–112.
  7. ^ Schoenberg, Rebecca (February 1998). "Dreams and Nightmares". InQuest. No. 34. Wizard Entertainment. p. 26.
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