Travis Williams

Travis Williams was a writer and developed at White Wolf from 1991 to 1993 and contributed to the development of Ars Magica, Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and Mage: The Ascension. He went on to work as a developer and producer of video games, handling projects for Sony, Capcom and Warner Brothers.

In an interview with We Are Game Devs, Williams discussed feeling like an outsider in the industry: "I remember writing fiction for World of Darkness and being the one person in the room screaming: WHERE ARE THE BLACK PEOPLE?!" He pushed to ensure that people of color were represented in the World of Darkness, with characters such as Dante and the Assamite vampires.

Bibliography

Ars Magica

• 1993: ArM: The Hidden Paths: Shamans - special thanks: Travis “Juicy Fruit” Williams, for chewing gum all the way to L.A..
• 1993/January: ArM: The Tribunals of Hermes: Iberia - special thanks: Travis “Evil Eye” Williams, for so calmly accepting nasty shots.
• 1992: ArM: Mistridge - special thanks: Travis “Hello Man” Williams, for showing the Kid how it’s done.
• 1992: ArM: Deadly Legacy - special thanks: Travis “Understand Me” Williams, for getting his point across.
• 1992: ArM: A Midsummer Night's Dream - special thanks: Travis “I’ll only do it for a minute” Williams, for abandoning his true nature and throwing his booty around to a new beat.
• 1992: ArM: Pax Dei - special thanks: Travis “You Know” Williams, for making sure everyone knows
• 1992: ArM: Mythic Europe - special thanks: Travis “You Can’t Take the Boy Out of the Jungle” Williams, for being one of the Æfrikkan 10%.
• 1991/October: ArM: Medieval Bestiary - Proofreading and special thanks: Travis “Go Bear!” Williams, for showing us how funky beats can be.

Vampire: The Masquerade

• VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook (1991)
• VTM: The Player's Guide (1991) - special thanks: Travis “Bumbaras Clot” Williams, for being a wanted Gremlin.
• VTM: Blood Bond (1991) - special thanks: Travis “Old” Williams for going on and on and on and on and on about the computer (and its games, functions, peripherals, etc.)
• VTM: Alien Hunger (1991) - special thanks: Travis “No Wheels” Williams for learning what happens when you lend things for relatives.
• VTM: Ashes to Ashes (1991) - special thanks: Travis “Big Daddy Slang” Williams, for not leavin’ us hangin’. Word.
• VTM: Chicago by Night (1991)
• VTM: The Succubus Club (1991) - special thanks: Travis “I won, I won!!!” Williams, for displaying more patience than anyone thought possible.
• VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition (1992)
• VTM: Players Guide to the Sabbat (1992) - special thanks
• VTM: Vampire Storytellers Handbook (1992) - special thanks: Travis “Has This City Gone Crazy” Williams, for learning firsthand the idiocy of Atlanta’s finest.
• VTM: The Hunters Hunted (1992) - special thanks: Travis “I Don’t Wanna” Williams, for not flipping cop cars.
• VTM: Milwaukee By Night (1992) - special thanks: Travis “Headless” Williams, for not letting them put the bite on him.
• VTM: Awakening: Diablerie Mexico (1992) - special thanks: Travis “Hunt and Peck” Williams, for getting his Ars Magica work done so close to the deadline.
• VTM: A World of Darkness (1992) - special thanks: Travis “Headbasher” Williams, for making us all mighty insecure.
• VTM: Clanbook: Brujah : (1992) - special thanks: Travis “Back Man” Williams, for his tingling, warehouse-rubbing fingers.
• VTM: Storytellers Handbook to the Sabbat (1993) - special thanks: Travis “Tanline” Williams, for whining about getting darker.
• VTM: Vampire Players Guide Second Edition (1993)
• VTM: Chicago by Night Second Edition (1993) - special thanks
• VTM: Clanbook: Gangrel (1993) - special thanks: Travis “Vacation Man” Williams, for missing his flight and then getting rained on five out of seven days in “sunny California.”
• VTM: Clanbook: Malkavian : (1993) - special thanks: Travis “Regular” Williams, for being on a first-name basis with the Oasis waitress.
• VTM: The Anarch Cookbook : (1993) - special thanks: Travis “Ecstasy” Williams, for his reaction to the CES show in Vegas.
• VTM: Clanbook: Nosferatu : (1993) Travis “Deep Pockets” Williams, for letting the ladies dig.
• VTM: Berlin By Night : (1993) - special thanks: Travis “Guru” Williams, for spreading the true way on the net.
• VTM: The Masquerade Players Kit (1994) - special thanks: Travis “The Slinger” Williams, for his memorable adventures at Hooters..
• VTM: Chicago Chronicles Volume 1 (1996)
• VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) - Based on the work of

Werewolf: The Apocalypse

• WTA: Werewolf: The Apocalypse - The Heart of Gaia (unreleased)
• 1994: WTA: Werewolf: The Apocalypse Second Edition - Design Contributor
• 1994/April 22: WTA: Bone Gnawers Tribebook - special thanks: Travis “Unleashed” Williams for finally fixing his computer to play Dracula Unleashed!
• 1993: WTA: Book of the Wyrm First Edition - special thanks: Travis “Stern” Williams for the Thurgood Marshall imitation.
• 1993/December: WTA: Caerns: Places of Power - special thanks: Travis “Miniature Brain” Williams for making sure everything is compatible with those little metal guys.
• 1993/August: WTA: Rage Across the Amazon - special thanks: Travis “Mac Daddy Drac” Williams for his tally sheet on Coppola’s “Dracula.”
• 1993/May: WTA: Werewolf Players Guide - Author and special thanks: Travis “Travisburg” Williams for doing nothing in the face of worldwide expansion.
• 1993/March: VTM/WTA: Under a Blood Red Moon - special thanks: Travis “The Whining Game” Williams for not being cultured about the Oscars – and for ruining the secret!
• 1993/February: WTA: Valkenburg Foundation - special thanks: Travis “This is my job, dammit” Williams for his in-depth “research” on computer games.
• 1993/January: WTA: Ways of the Wolf - special thanks: Travis “Fear and Loathing” Williams for his weekend in Vegas.
• 1992: WTA: Rage Across New York - special thanks: Travis “Online” Williams for reaching out and touching the panther lady.
• 1992/August: WTA: Rite of Passage - special thanks: Travis “Snarls-at-Snarls” Williams, for being so pouty and resisting the Ultimate Argument of Logic.
• 1992: WTA: Werewolf: The Apocalypse Rulebook - Author and Design Contributor

Mage: The Ascension

• MTAs: Virtual Adepts Tradition Book (1994)
• MTAs: Mage: The Ascension Rulebook (1993)
• MTAs: Loom of Fate (1993) - special thanks

Other

• 2005: WTF: Werewolf: The Forsaken Rulebook - acknowledgements
• 1994/March: WWM: White Wolf Magazine 42 - Staff Writer
• 1994/February: WWM: White Wolf Magazine 41 - Staff Writer, Industry Wired and Howling at the Moon: Responses to Travis Williams
• 1994/January: WWM: White Wolf Magazine 40 - Staff Writer, Industry Wired and Howling at the Moon: Responses to Travis Williams
• 1993/November: WWM: White Wolf Magazine 39 - Staff Writer, Industry Wired and Howling at the Moon: Word on blacks in roleplaying.
• 1993/August: WWM: White Wolf Magazine 37 - Feature Review: Earthdawn
• 1993/June: WWM: White Wolf Magazine 36 - Feature Review: Shatterzone RPG
• 1992: WOD: Mummy - special thanks: Travis “I Can’t Believe They Did This To Me” Williams, for getting the full measure of Atlanta’s “justice” system (start carrying white shoe polish).
• 1992/July-August: WWM: White Wolf Magazine 32 - Feature Review: Dangerous Journeys