- Not to be confused with Julio Achilli.
Justin R. Achilli is an author and tabletop game developer with a long history of involvement with the World of Darkness and Chronicles of Darkness.
Justin worked for the original White Wolf, Inc. from 1995 to 2011, both during its time as an independent company and as a subsidiary of CCP hf, until leaving to write freelance for Onyx Path Publishing. From June 2020 to January 2023, he worked for Paradox Interactive as Brand Creative Lead for the World of Darkness brand. He is founder and Chief Creative Officer of Studio Hermitage.
In addition to his work at White Wolf, Justin is responsible for the creation of many cardboard games, Grontar: The Frutang being the most well-known of these. Justin occasionally contributes under the pseudonym Nancy Amboy. He also bears the dubious honour of being parodied within White Wolf books three times: once as Revenant: The Ravishing developer Jason O'Kelly, once as the Succubus Club's DJ dotcom, and once in the Aberrant setting as an unnamed RPG developer renowned for his attitude who moonlighted as a deejay until beaten to death by a nova that he dissed on an online forum.
Justin's official contributions for White Wolf include the following:
Additional[]
Assistance[]
- 1999/February: VTM: Guide to the Camarilla
Design[]
- 2004/June: Aberrant: Aberrant d20
- 1999/July: Aberrant: Aberrant Rulebook
- 1999/July: Aberrant: Aberrant Rulebook (limited)
- 1998/September: VTDA: Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon
Material[]
- 2004/August 20: VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook
- 2002/July 15: DAV: Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook
- 2001/April 16: VTM: Clanbook: Giovanni Revised
- 2000/April: VTM: Blood Magic: Secrets of Thaumaturgy
- 2000: VTM: Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised
- 1999/April: VTM: Children of the Night
Author[]
- 2022/June 3: HTR: Hunter: The Reckoning 5th Edition
- 2021/October 27: VTM: Sabbat: The Black Hand
- 2020/December 16: VTM: Companion
- 2011/October 21: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition
- 2011/September 16: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition (Grand Masquerade)
- 2007/August 16: CTL: Changeling: The Lost Rulebook
- 2006/November 1: PTC: Pandora's Book
- 2006/August 10: PTC: Promethean: The Created Rulebook
- 2004/June: Aberrant: Aberrant d20
- 2003/April 28: VTM: Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom
- 2002/September 30: VAV: Victorian Age: Vampire Rulebook
- 2002/February: VTM: Guide to the Anarchs
- 2002/January 14: VTDA: Ashen Cults
- 2001/November 12: VTM: New York by Night
- 2000/December: VTM: Clan Novel Anthology
- 2000/June: Aberrant: Aberrant: Fear and Loathing
- 2000/February: WTA: Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex (Black Dog Game Factory)
- 1999/July: Aberrant: Aberrant Rulebook
- 1999/July: Aberrant: Aberrant Rulebook (limited)
- 1999/March: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook (softcover)
- 1998/November 19: MTAs: The Orphans Survival Guide
- 1998/August 12: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition
- 1998/July: MTSC: Crusade Lore: The Storytellers Screen and Book (vampyres)
- 1998/February: KOTE: Kindred of the East Rulebook
- 1998: WTWW: Ghost Towns
- 1997/November 10: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook
- 1997/October: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook (limited)
- 1997/March: VTDA: Clanbook: Cappadocian
- 1997: VTM: Clanbook: Giovanni
- 1997: WTWW: Werewolf: The Wild West Rulebook
- 1997: WTO: Mediums: Speakers with the Dead
Based on the Work of[]
- 2011/October 21: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition
- 2011/September 16: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition (Grand Masquerade)
Blame[]
- 2007/June 30: VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen (Once and Future Justin)
Concept and Design[]
- 2009/April 1: HTV: Spirit Slayers
- 2009/February 4: HTV/CofD: World of Darkness: Slasher
- 2008/September 10: HTV: Witch Finders
- 2008/August 14: HTV: Hunter: The Vigil Rulebook
- 2006/August 10: PTC: Promethean: The Created Rulebook
- 2005/March 14: WTF: Werewolf: The Forsaken Rulebook
- 2004/August 21: CofD: World of Darkness: Storytelling System Rulebook
- 2001/August 6: Exalted: Exalted Rulebook
- 2001/March 19: MTR: Mummy: The Resurrection Rulebook
- 1999/March: VTM: Guide to the Camarilla
- 1997: WTWW: Werewolf: The Wild West Rulebook
Conceptual Design and Development[]
- 1999/May: VTM: Time of Thin Blood (book)
Developer[]
- 2011/October 21: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition
- 2011/September 16: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition (Grand Masquerade)
- 2006/May 1: VTR: Carthians
- 2005/July 18: VTR: Ordo Dracul (book)
- 2005/May 30: VTR: City of the Damned: New Orleans
- 2005/February 28: VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden
- 2004/January 14: VTM: Gehenna (book)
- 2003/October 20: VTM: The Red Sign
- 2003/August 11: VTM: Lair of the Hidden
- 2003/April 28: VTM: Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom
- 2002/November: VAV: London by Night
- 2002/September 30: VAV: Victorian Age: Vampire Rulebook
- 2002/June 3: WOD: World of Darkness: Mafia
- 2002/February: VTM: Guide to the Anarchs
- 2001/December: VTM: Cairo by Night
- 2001/November 12: VTM: New York by Night
- 2001/August 20: VTM: Sins of the Blood
- 2001/July 23: VTM: Gilded Cage (book)
- 2001/April 30: VTM: Clanbook: Ravnos Revised
- 2001/April 16: VTM: Clanbook: Giovanni Revised
- 2001/March 5: VTM: Clanbook: Tzimisce Revised
- 2001: VTM: Clanbook: Lasombra Revised
- 2000/December 11: VTM: Clanbook: Assamite Revised
- 2000/October: VTM: Clanbook: Ventrue Revised
- 2000/August 7: VTM: Clanbook: Toreador Revised
- 2000/June 12: VTM: Clanbook: Malkavian Revised
- 2000/April: VTM: Blood Magic: Secrets of Thaumaturgy
- 2000: VTM: Vampire Storytellers Handbook Revised
- 1999: VTM: Children of the Night
- 1999: VTM: Giovanni Chronicles IV: Nuova Malattia
- 1998/December: VTM: Vampire Storytellers Companion
- 1998/September: VTDA: Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon
- 1998/July: VTDA: Clanbook: Baali
- 1998/June 25: WTWW: The Wild West Companion
- 1998: WTWW: Ghost Towns
- 1997/March: VTDA: Clanbook: Cappadocian
- 1997: VTDA: Clash of Wills
- 1997: VTDA: Dark Ages Companion
- 1997: VTDA: Liege, Lord and Lackey
- 1997: VTDA: Three Pillars
- 1997: VTDA: Transylvania by Night
Editing[]
Host[]
- 2011/November 1: WW: White Wolf Blogcast 84: White Wolf 2.0, part 1
- 2011/October 11: WW: White Wolf Blogcast 81: Twenty Years of Vampire, part 2
- 2011/October 4: WW: White Wolf Blogcast 80: Twenty Years of Vampire, part 1
- 2011/September 30: WW: White Wolf Blogcast 79: Grand Masquerade Roundtable
Mention[]
Special Thanks[]
- 2014/June 27: WTWW: Werewolf 20th Anniversary Wyld West Expansion Pack : Justin Achilli for laying the brickwork for the Enlightened Society of the Weeping Moon, a group clearly ahead of their time.
- 2004/June 21: Exalted: Savant & Sorcerer Justin “Puerca Non Grata” Achilli, for getting the best turn of phrase out of [the dead animal].
- 2001/October 1: WTA: Rage Across Egypt : Justin “Screw Up and I’ll Kill You” Achilli, for reminding us that the fates of others rest on our shoulders.
- 2001/September 4: Exalted: Scavenger Sons Justin “Cats” Achilli, for hours of amusement.
- 2001/June 11: VTM: Midnight Siege : Justin “El Genius” Achilli, for discovering Nature’s Gorilla.
- 2000/August 7: WTA: A World of Rage : Justin “Powers-that-Be” Achilli, for demanding to go forward with the booking. It’s his fault!
- 2000/March: WTA: Ananasi : Justin “Credible” Achilli, for missing the card due to a debilitating injury.
- 1999/September: WTA: Ratkin : Justin “Cryptologist” Achilli, for breaking the E&D code.
- 1999/May 24: MTSC: The Sorcerers Crusade Companion Justin "Super Deformed" Achilli. They actually went in the book?!?
- 1998/October: MTAs: Digital Web 2.0 Justin "Hateful Spice" Achilli, for gettin' bitch-smacked up.
- 1998/September: WTA: Wendigo Tribebook : Justin “El Caliente” Achilli, for drinking the fire instead of… well, yo know, using his superpower.
- 1998/April: WTWW: Ghost Towns : Justin “Thank God for Shotguns” Achilli, for his opinion of Hemingway.
- 1998/March: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 1 : Justin R. “I’m sexy” Achilli, for making the Sabbat Guide… interesting.
- 1998/February: WTWW/cMET: Laws of the Wyld West : Justin “Court Spice” Achilli, for the lessons that one learns – and none heed.
- 1998/February: WTA: Corax : Justin “Fascist Siskel” Achilli, for automatically disliking movies about big, exploding, sinking boats.
- 1998/January: MTAs: Technomancer's Toybox Justin "PsychoDude" Achilli, just because.
- 1997/December: WTA: Stargazers Tribebook : Justin “Q-Bee” Achilli, for asking for it.
- 1997/November: WTA: Kinfolk: Unsung Heroes : Justin “Dog-Head Yoda Goat” Achilli, for… well, enough said.
- 1997/September: WTO: Guildbook: Pardoners and Puppeteers : Justin “The Internet is Bald and Full of Hate” Achilli, for sticking to his six-guns, no matter what. You’re better man than I.
- 1997/July 14: VTM: Clanbook: Giovanni : Justin “Konan” Achilli, shaved, scarred survivor of the calles. ¡Viva la raza!
- 1997/March: MTAs: Euthanatos Tradition Book Justin "Sushi Chaw" Achilli, for using lunch.
- 1997/March: WTA: Nuwisha : Justin "I Am The Internet" Achilli, for vociferously being one of the Bad Guys of the Games Industry.
- 1997/February 20: VTM: Clanbook: Ravnos : Justin “Innsmouth” Achilli, for his ever-present, never-pleasant naming service.
- 1996/July: WOD: World of Darkness: Midnight Circus : Justin “Gummy Bonesnap” Achilli, for unmitigated money-laundering cheatery.
- 1996/May: WTA/Rage CCG: Rage: Warriors of the Apocalypse : Pocahontas “Justin Achilli” Firestein van Elfinburg della Escondido, Esq., for being strong enough to pull the ears off a Gundar.
- 1995/May 1: VTM: D.C. By Night : Justin Achilli: Special thanks for quotes.
- 1995/April: cMET: Antagonists (MET) : Justin “No. 1” Achilli, for being Mike’s Number One in a department of two.
- 1995: WTO: Guildbook: Masquers : Justin “Six Dollars?” Achilli, for trying out the wrong sort of Stairmaster.