Rich "Deadguy" Dansky is a Wraith: The Oblivion, Vampire: The Dark Ages, and Kindred of the East developer, and has written sourcebooks and stories for several other White Wolf gamelines.
Following his tenure at White Wolf, Rich went on to work at Red Storm Entertainment, where he serves as the Central Clancy Writer. Every Tom Clancy game passes his desk, with Rich serving either as the writer or as an approvals pass.
"Bruce" Dansky and Richard "Baugh"
Rich and Bruce Baugh appear with names switched in an Easter egg in Alan Wake, a reference placed by Alan Wake writer Mikko Rautalahti.
Richard's official contributions for White Wolf include the following:
Credits[]
Acknowledgements[]
Author’s Acknowledgements[]
- 1999/April 29: VTM: Giovanni Chronicles IV: Nuova Malattia
Thanks also to Rich Dansky, who got me into this mess (and so many others).
Additional[]
Design[]
Development[]
- 2000/December 11: VTDA: House of Tremere
- 2000/September 18: VTDA: Wind From the East
- 2000/July 24: VTDA: The Ashen Thief
Contributions[]
- 2001/August 6: MTAs: Guide to the Traditions
- 2000/February 21: MTAs: Mage: The Ascension Revised Edition (limited)
- 2000/January 3: MTAs: Mage: The Ascension Revised Edition
- 1997/August 1: CTD: Changeling: The Dreaming Second Edition
Material[]
- 1999/October: VTDA: Fountains of Bright Crimson
- 1999: VTDA: Jerusalem by Night
- 1998/September: MTSC/WOD: The Bygone Bestiary
- 1998/July: WTO: Doomslayers: Into the Labyrinth
- 1998/March: WTO: Guildbook: Spooks and Oracles
- 1997/April 15: WTO: Charnel Houses of Europe: The Shoah
- 1997: WTO: Mediums: Speakers with the Dead
- 1996/October: MTAs: Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds
- 1996/July: VTDA: Book of Storyteller Secrets
- 1996/July: WOD: World of Darkness: Midnight Circus
- 1996: WTO: The Risen
- 1995/August: MTAs: Mage: The Ascension Second Edition
- 1995: WTO: Dark Kingdom of Jade Adventures
Author[]
Wraith: The Oblivion and Orpheus[]
- 2018/August 8: WTO: Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition
- 2018/July 11: WTO: Handbook for the Recently Deceased
- 2003/September 1: Orpheus: Orpheus Rulebook
- 1999/October: WTO: Ends of Empire
- 1999/May: WTGW: Wraith: The Great War Rulebook
- 1998/January: WTO: The Book of Legions
- 1998: WTO/WTWW: Ghost Towns
- 1997: WTO: Shadow Players Guide
- 1996/July: WTO: Buried Secrets
- 1996: WTO: The Risen
- 1996: WTO: Wraith: The Oblivion Second Edition
- 1995/December: WTO: Guildbook: Artificers
- 1995/May: WTO: Wraith Players Guide
- 1994/November: WTO: Haunts
Changeling: The Dreaming[]
- 2000/October 2: CTD: Kithbook: Redcaps
- 1997/August 1: CTD: Changeling: The Dreaming Second Edition
- 1997: CTD: Kithbook: Sluagh
- 1996: CTD: Changeling Players Guide
- 1995/November: CTD: Changeling Players Kit
- 1995/September: CTD: Freeholds & Hidden Glens
- 1995/August: CTD: Immortal Eyes: The Toybox
- 1995/July: CTD: Changeling: The Dreaming Rulebook
Mage: The Ascension[]
- 2002/September 30: DAM: Dark Ages: Mage Rulebook
- 2001/September 17: MTAs: The Book of Madness Revised
- 1998/July: MTSC: Crusade Lore: The Storytellers Screen and Book (wraiths)
- 1998/June: MTSC: Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade Rulebook
- 1997/May: MTAs: The Book of Mirrors: The Mage Storytellers Guide (as Richard “Nephandi” Dansky)
Classic Mind's Eye Theatre[]
- 2001/March 5: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 8 (Deadguy Speaks column)
- 2000/August: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 7 (Deadguy Speaks)
- 2000/June: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 6 (Deadguy Speaks)
- 2000/March: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 5 (Deadguy Speaks)
- 1999/November: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 4 (Deadguy Speaks)
- 1999/September: cMET: Laws of the Night Revised Edition
- 1999/June: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 3 (Deadguy Speaks)
- 1999/April: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 2 (Deadguy Speaks)
- 1999/January: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 1 (Deadguy Speaks)
- 1998/October: cMET: Laws of the Hunt
- 1998/September: cMET: Laws of Elysium
- 1997: cMET: Laws of the Night
- 1997: cMET: The Long Night
- 1996: cMET: Oblivion
Vampire: The Dark Ages and Masquerade[]
- 2019: VTDA20: France by Night (Original text and concept)
- 2016/November 30: VTDA20: The Cainite Conspiracies Anthology ("Orfeo's Plague")
- 2016/October 26: VTM: The Endless Ages Anthology ("Lies, Damned Lies")
- 2014/January 22: VTM: Of Predators And Prey: The Hunters Hunted II Anthology ("HOA/DOA")
- 2004/May 10: VTM: Clan Novel Saga Vol. 4: End Games
- 2004/January 26: VTM: Clan Novel Saga Vol. 3: Bloody September
- 2003/November 17: VTM: Clan Novel Saga Vol. 2: The Eye of Gehenna
- 2002/November 25: VTM: State of Grace
- 2001/November 12: VTDA: Iberia by Night (Prelude, Chapters 2, 4, 6)
- 2001/February 1: VTDA: Libellus Sanguinis 4: Thieves in the Night
- 2000/May: VTDA: The Ashen Knight (Introduction)
- 2000/March 10: VTDA: Libellus Sanguinis 3: Wolves at the Door
- 1999/August 6: VTM: Clan Novel 6: Lasombra
- 1999/March 31: VTM: The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade
- 1999/January 14: VTM: Guide to the Camarilla
- 1999/April 1: VTM: Children of the Night
- 1998/August 12: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition
- 1998/August 12: VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition (limited)
- 1997/August 1: VTDA: Libellus Sanguinis 1: Masters of the State
- 1997/May: VTDA: Dark Ages Companion
- 1997: VTDA: Dark Tyrants ("Bearer of Ill News")
- 1996/June: VTM/WOD: A World of Darkness Second Edition (Chapter 1, Additional Material)
- 1996/March: VTDA: Vampire: The Dark Ages Rulebook
- 1996/April 1: VTM: Giovanni Chronicles II: Blood & Fire
- 1996/March 1: VTM: Clanbook: Lasombra
Werewolf: The Apocalypse[]
- 2014: WTWW: Werewolf 20th Anniversary Wyld West Expansion Pack
- 2013/December 31: WTA: Rites of Renown: When Will You Rage II ("Rhymes with Food Truck")
- 2003/September 1: WTA: Players Guide to the Changing Breeds
- 2001/May 28: WTA: Book of the Wyld
- 2000/February: WTA: Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex (Endron and King)
- 1998: WTA: Corax
- 1998: WTA: Werewolf Players Guide Second Edition
- 1997/February: WTA: Bastet (Khan, Simba)
- 1997: WTWW: Frontier Secrets
- 1997: WTWW: Werewolf: The Wild West Rulebook
Other World of Darkness Writing[]
- 2002: MTR: Mummy Players Guide (Fragments of a Soul Arisen)
- 2000/May: HTR: The Walking Dead
- 1999: KOTE: The Thousand Hells
- 1998/January: KOTE: Kindred of the East Rulebook
Exalted[]
- 2016/January 13: Exalted: Tales from the Age of Sorrows ("A Resting Place at the Heart of the Mountain")
- 2003/March 31: Exalted: Exalted: The Abyssals
- 2002/September 16: Exalted: Trilogy of the Second Age 3: Children of the Dragon
- 2002/April 1: Exalted: Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded
- 2002/April 1: Exalted: Trilogy of the Second Age 2: Beloved of the Dead
- 2001/November 12: Exalted: Trilogy of the Second Age 1: Chosen of the Sun
Trinity[]
- 2004/October 18: Trinity: Trinity d20
- 1999/March: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook (softcover)
- 1998/December: Trinity: Darkness Revealed 3: Ascent into Light (Climbing to Tartarus)
- 1998/August: Trinity: Darkness Revealed 2: Passage Through Shadow (Friends in High Places)
- 1998/March: Trinity: Darkness Revealed 1: Descent into Darkness
- 1997/November 10: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook
- 1997/October: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook (limited)
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)
Concept & Design[]
Original Concept & Design[]
Original Design Contributer[]
- 1999/March: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook (softcover)
- 1997/November 10: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook
- 1997/October: Trinity: Trinity Rulebook (limited)
Developer[]
Wraith: The Oblivion and Orpheus[]
- 2018/August 8: WTO: Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition
- 2018/July 11: WTO: Handbook for the Recently Deceased
- 1999/October: WTO: Ends of Empire
- 1999/October: WTO: Renegades
- 1998/July: WTO: Doomslayers: Into the Labyrinth
- 1998/March: WTO: Guildbook: Spooks and Oracles
- 1998/January: WTO: The Book of Legions
- 1998: WTO/WTWW: Ghost Towns
- 1997/September: WTO: Guildbook: Pardoners and Puppeteers
- 1997/April 15: WTO: Charnel Houses of Europe: The Shoah
- 1997/March: WTO: Guildbook: Haunters
- 1997: WTO: Mediums: Speakers with the Dead
- 1997: WTO: Shadow Players Guide
- 1996/July: WTO: Buried Secrets
- 1996: WTO: The Risen
- 1996: WTO: Wraith: The Oblivion Second Edition
- 1995/December: WTO: Guildbook: Artificers
- 1995/December: WTO: Guildbook: Sandmen
- 1995/October: WTO: Dark Reflections: Spectres
- 1995/August: WTO: Dark Kingdom of Jade
- 1995: WTO: Dark Kingdom of Jade Adventures
- 1995: WTO: Guildbook: Masquers
Classic Mind's Eye Theatre[]
- 1998/October: cMET: Laws of the Hunt
- 1998/September: cMET: Laws of Elysium
- 1998/March: cMET: The Shining Host
- 1997: cMET: Laws of the Night
- 1997: cMET: Laws of the Wild
- 1997: cMET: Liber des Goules: The Book of Ghouls
- 1997: cMET: The Long Night
- 1996: cMET: Oblivion
- 1995: cMET: The Elder's Revenge
Vampire: The Dark Ages and Masquerade[]
- 2000/May: VTDA: The Ashen Knight
- 1999/December 6: VTDA: The Erciyes Fragments
- 1999/October: VTDA: Fountains of Bright Crimson
- 1999/June: VTDA: Clanbook: Salubri
- 1999/March VTDA: Cainite Heresy
- 1999/January 14: VTM: Guide to the Camarilla
- 1999: VTDA: Jerusalem by Night
- 1999: VTDA: Wolves of the Sea
- 1998/November: VTDA: Libellus Sanguinis 2: Keepers of the Word
- 1998/June 1: VTDA: Clanbook: Baali
- 1996/January 1: cMET/VTM: Prince's Primer
Kindred of the East[]
- 2000/June 26: KOTE: Half-Damned: Dhampyr
- 2000/May: WOD: World of Darkness: Blood & Silk
- 2000/April: KOTE: Dharma Book: Bone Flowers
- 1999: KOTE: Dharma Book: Devil-Tigers
- 1999: KOTE: Shadow War
- 1999: KOTE: The Thousand Hells
Werewolf: The Apocalypse[]
Exalted[]
Other Development[]
Mention[]
Resource Assistance[]
Special Thanks[]
- 2002/January 14: Exalted: Time of Tumult Deadguy, for treating my baby right.
- 2001/June 25: MTAs: Guide to the Technocracy : Rich “Seder” Dansky, for feeding us well.
- 2000/April: KOTE: Dharma Book: Bone Flowers To Richard “Big Shoes” Dansky, for leaving us all with a legacy of truly superior material and setting a standard that keeps me up at night...
- 1999/October 7: MTAs: Masters of the Art : Rich “Stuffed Hippopotamus” Dansky, for more than a year of wisdom, erudition and convention antics.
- 1999/September: WTA: Mokolé : Farewell to: Richard E. “Eye-Drinkin’, Black-Wearing, Wisecrackin’ Raven” Dansky, for just about everything, including movie reviews, Seder hospitality and the killer cat.
- 1999/May 24: MTSC: The Sorcerers Crusade Companion Rich “Let Me Tell You About My Character” Dansky, now that he's joined the worst of the lot.
- 1999/March: cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre Journal 1 : Rich “Fed-Ex” Dansky, for exploiting an intern who can’t pack a box.
- 1999/February: WTWW/cMET: Laws of the Wyld West : Rich “Oh, Hell” Dansky, for diving into the Hell of Additional Development.
- 1998/October 29: MTAs: Digital Web 2.0 Rich “Pool Fu Spice” Dansky, for gettin' that sinking feeling.
- 1998/August: WTWW: The Wild West Companion : Rich “You Are God” Dansky, for making me understand what power is good for.
- 1998/May: WTA: Uktena Tribebook : Rich “Bubba Fett” Dansky, for giving the gift of gooby mock ordnance.
- 1998/April: WTWW: Ghost Towns : Rich “Damn Straight” Dansky, for backing Phil up on that point.
- 1998/March 12: VTM: Giovanni Chronicles III: The Sun Has Set Rich “Arena Toss” Dansky, for mastering the play he knows best.
- 1998/January: MTAs: Technomancer's Toybox Rich “Jackie Chan” Dansky, for kicking Evil Dude butt.
- 1997/December: WTA: Stargazers Tribebook : Rich “Anakaris” Dansky, for sucking the congoers into the sarophagus.
- 1997/November: WTA: Kinfolk: Unsung Heroes : Richard “Ryder” Dansky, for wearing the yellow bucket.
- 1997/September: WOD: World of Darkness: Sorcerer : Rich “Five-Ton Truck” Dansky, for getting lessons in state trooper etiquette.
- 1997/September: MTAs: Technocracy: Syndicate Rich “Cuba Gooding” Dansky, for racking up the most impressive set of invoices in White Wolf history.
- 1997/March: MTAs: Euthanatos Tradition Book Rich “Ghost Fingers” Dansky, for being this move's blood sacrifice.
- 1997/February: MTAs: Dreamspeakers Tradition Book Rich “Coffin Break” Dansky, for making the chicken soup without saving enough for himself.
- 1997: CTD: The Enchanted Richard “Casting Couch” Dansky, for deciding who makes the cut.
- 1996/October: MTAs: Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds Rich “Bells and Whistles” Dansky, for bringing the GAMAs home.
- 1996/September: WTA: Silent Striders Tribebook : Rich “Zorak” Dansky, for his dedicate work for Mantis Civil Rights.
- 1996/August: MTAs: Book of Crafts : Rich “Harrowing” Danksy, for resolving a few Fetters.
- 1996/May: MTAs: Horizon: Stronghold of Hope Rich “Extra Dice... For a Price” Dansky, for letting his Shadow develop Wraith Second.
- 1996/March 1: VTM: Clanbook: Lasombra Richard “Lasombra Rule!” Dansky, for his oh-so-humble opinion of the book you now hold.
- 1996: CTD: Kithbook: Trolls : Richard “Where no man has gone before” Dansky, for fighting against Jabba the Hutt.
- 1996: WTA: Axis Mundi: The Book of Spirits : Rich “Safe as Houses” Dansky, for being sufficiently removed to avoid the Great Flood.
- 1995: CTD: Immortal Eyes: The Toybox Richard “Wraith” Dansky, for being the invisible developer.
- 1995: WTA: Red Talons Tribebook : Richard “Mother’s physick” Dansky for helping us get over our retreat colds with the chicken soup on the backseat.
- 1995/October: MTAs: Destiny's Price : Richard “Undead Undead Undead” Dansky, for taking over the line that is both alive and dead.