Matthew "BlackHatMatt" McFarland resides in Ohio with his wife, Michelle Lyons-McFarland, and is the proud father of two children. In addition to his day job as an SLP Matt was a developer and freelance author for White Wolf. Matt was co-owner of now-defunct Growling Door Games, Inc.
Following allegations of sexual misconduct on a minor in 2017, to which he publicly admitted guilt on his Medium blog, Onyx Path Publishing severed all ties with Mr. McFarland.
Matthew's official contributions for White Wolf include the following:
Additional[]
Conceptual and Design Assistance and Material[]
Writing[]
- 2004/June 7: DAF: Dark Ages: Fae Rulebook
- 2003/November 3: Orpheus: Shades of Gray
- 2003/September 23: Orpheus: Crusade of Ashes
- 2003/August 11: DAV: Players Guide to Low Clans
- 2003: DAW: Dark Ages: Werewolf Rulebook
- 2003/May 12: DAV: Road of Heaven (book)
- 2002/August 5: DAV: Dark Ages Storyteller Companion
Author[]
- 2017/January 12: BTP: Night Horrors: Conquering Heroes
- 2014/April 30: HTV: Mortal Remains
- 2012/March 22: CofD: Falling Scales Chapter 1
- 2011/November 11: VTM: Dust to Dust
- 2011/October 21: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition
- 2011/September 16: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition (Grand Masquerade)
- 2011/July 20: CofD: Glimpses of the Unknown
- 2010/July 14: CofD: World of Darkness: Mirrors
- 2009/December 16: GTS/CofD: World of Darkness: Book of the Dead
- 2009/August 13: GTS: Geist: The Sin-Eaters Rulebook
- 2009/February 4: HTV/CofD: World of Darkness: Slasher
- 2009/January 21: CofD: World of Darkness: Inferno
- 2008/August 14: CTL: Equinox Road
- 2008/August 14: HTV: Hunter: The Vigil Rulebook
- 2007/August 16: CTL: Changeling: The Lost Rulebook
- 2007/February 7: PTC: Magnum Opus (book)
- 2006/August 10: PTC: Promethean: The Created Rulebook
- 2005/May 1: VTR: Carthians
- 2005/July 18: VTR: Ordo Dracul (book)
- 2005/March 14: WTF: Werewolf: The Forsaken Rulebook
- 2004: Orpheus: The Orphan-Grinders
- 2003/September 1: DTF: Demon: Earthbound
- 2003/September 1: Orpheus: Orpheus Rulebook
- 2003/June 16: DTF: Demon Players Guide
- 2003/May 12: WTF: Book of Auspices
- 2002/December 9: DAI: Dark Ages: Inquisitor Rulebook
- 2002/November 11: MTAs: Mage Storytellers Handbook
- 2002/June 3: WOD: World of Darkness: Mafia
- 2001/August 20: VTM: Sins of the Blood
- 2000/December 11: WTA: Werewolf: The Apocalypse Revised Edition
- 1999: VTM: Giovanni Chronicles IV: Nuova Malattia
Concept and Design[]
- 2016/May 25: CofD: Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras
- 2005/March 14: WTF: Werewolf: The Forsaken Rulebook
- 2004/August 21: CofD: World of Darkness: Storytelling System Rulebook
Developer[]
- 2017/September 6: DTD: Dark Eras: After The Fall
- 2017/June 14: MTAw: Dark Eras: To the Strongest
- 2017/June 7: CTL/GTS: Dark Eras: Three Kingdoms of Darkness
- 2017/June 7: GTS/WTF: Dark Eras: The Wolf and the Raven
- 2017/January 25: MTAw/WTF: Dark Eras: The Sundered World
- 2016/May 25: CofD: Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras
- 2012/April 10: WTA/WTF: Werewolf Translation Guide
- 2012/January 10: MTAw: Imperial Mysteries
- 2007/March 21: PTC: Saturnine Night (book)
- 2007/February 7: PTC: Magnum Opus (book)
- 2006/November 28: PTC: Strange Alchemies
- 2006/November 1: PTC: Pandora's Book
- 2004/November 29: CofD: World of Darkness: Antagonists
- 2004/June 7: DAF: Dark Ages: Fae Rulebook
- 2004/March 15: WOD: World of Darkness: Time of Judgment
- 2004/February 23: DAV: Road of Humanity (book)
- 2004 Orpheus: End Game
- 2003/December 1: DAV: Players Guide to High Clans
- 2003/September 22: DAV: Road of Sin (book)
- 2003/August 11: DAV: Players Guide to Low Clans
- 2003/June 2: DAV: Spoils of War
- 2003/May 12: DAV: Road of Heaven (book)
- 2003/March 17: DAV: Right of Princes
- 2003: DAW: Dark Ages: Werewolf Rulebook
- 2002/December 9: DAI: Dark Ages: Inquisitor Rulebook
- 2002/December 9: DAV: Road of Kings (book)
- 2002/September 30: DAV: Road of the Beast (book)
- 2002/August 5: DAV: Dark Ages Storyteller Companion
- 2002/July 15: DAV: Dark Ages: Vampire Rulebook
Mention[]
- 2011/November 1: WW: White Wolf Blogcast 84: White Wolf 2.0, part 1
- 2011/October 25: WW: White Wolf Blogcast 83: Monday Meeting
Playtester[]
Special Thanks[]
- 2017/January 12: BTP: Night Horrors: Conquering Heroes Thanks to Matthew McFarland who took a chance on me so many years ago. It is fitting that my very first published writing shows up in a Night Horrors book, and my very first development project is a Night Horrors book; both projects under the control of Matt, and both opportunities facilitated by him.
- 2016/May 4: MTAS: Mage: The Awakening Second Edition Dedication: The wise masters who Awakened before me; ... Matt McFarland, ... for paving the way as Mage Developers
- 2007/August 16: CTL: Changeling: The Lost Rulebook thanks also to Matthew McFarland