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Signs of the Moon Worth the Wait

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:23:59 +0000

Fans of White Wolf’s Werewolf: the Forsaken have been waning gibbous lately, anxiously awaiting a new release for their favorite lycanthropic RPG. With Signs of the Moon, their Urathas’ lives are going to get a lot more complicated. And yes, I know “waning gibbous” makes zero sense in that sentence. In Werewolf: the Forsaken, the [...] Related posts:

An Inside Look at Compacts & Conspiracies

Ed Grabianowski — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:42:53 +0000

White Wolf’s Hunter: the Vigil has always offered a twist on the usual World of Darkness dynamic — you’re a human fighting against the supernatural instead of being a supernatural being yourself. Compacts & Conspiracies twists the formula yet again, creating new levels of intrigue and mystery for hunters to unravel (or ravel further). You [...] Related posts:

Paterfamilias — A Vampire Conspiracy in Ancient Rome

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:48:20 +0000

Your coterie of vampires has been trapped in a burning apartment in ancient Rome, a grizzled hunter determined to take the lot of you out on a suicidal vengeance trip. Seems like a simple “Vamps versus Hunter” setup, right? Sure, until everyone figures out they aren’t really the cause of each other’s problems after all. [...] Related posts:

RPG Crossover — Mixing White Wolf’s Changeling with 4E D&D

Ed Grabianowski — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:04:10 +0000

For the last year, whenever I’ve reviewed one of White Wolf’s World of Darkness books, I’ve raved about how the books were full of amazing background stories, fantastic characters and fascinating plot hooks, and how you could easily transmute them into another RPG. I’m finally putting my money where my mouth is (or my fluff, [...] Related posts:

The Unbidden Shows the Consequences of Magic Beyond Control

Ed Grabianowski — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:59:22 +0000

In White Wolf’s Mage: The Awakening, the characters control magic. But do they really? In The Unbidden, we find proof that magic is a force of nature, and tapping into it can lead to disaster and tragedy. The Unbidden follows White Wolf’s formula for a “book of antagonists.” And of course, I don’t mean to [...] Related posts:

White Wolf’s Proverbial Monsters Are Actually Quite Literal

Ed Grabianowski — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:27:54 +0000

Proverbial Monsters is a World of Darkness sourcebook from White Wolf that takes nine oft-repeated aphorisms, wives’ tales, sayings — proverbs, by any other name — and constructs nine fiendish creatures out of them, with nine scenarios for storytellers to drop their hapless players into. Just remember to take anything I say in this review [...] Related posts:

Grim Fears Haunt Every Changeling

Ed Grabianowski — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:37:21 +0000

When the bizarre magical world of Changeling bleeds over into the mortal realm, fairy tales and urban legends take shape as living, breathing beings. Most of them aren’t especially friendly. Night Horrors: Grim Fears is a sourcebook for White Wolf’s Changeling RPG, part of their World of Darkness. It is, quite simply, a book of [...] Related posts:

Sin-Eaters Walk the Line Between Life and Death in Geist

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:19:18 +0000

A close brush with death, a step across the line into the Beyond, a knowing nod to What Lies on the Other Side, an unwanted familiarity with the Underworld, a strange worldwide community of dual souls with one foot in the grave: this is White Wolf’s newest World of Darkness RPG, Geist: The Sin-Eaters. Geist [...] Related posts:

White Wolf Alumni Get Speculative with Jet Pack

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:45:46 +0000

You may know the names Chuck Wendig, Wood Ingham and Will Hindmarch from their extensive work with White Wolf’s World of Darkness RPGs. If you’re interested in some speculative fiction unencumbered by game rules altogether, then you might want to check out their new site, Jet Pack. Part self-publishing platform, part online writer’s workshop, Jet [...] Related posts:

An Inside Look at Compacts & Conspiracies

The Testament of Longinus: an Eerie Vampire Bible

Ed Grabianowski — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:25:10 +0000

Things that are forbidden and mysterious hold such terrible allure. Whether you are a vampire or not, you may find it difficult to resist reading this expanded account of the vampire Anti-Christ, Longinus. Can an RPG supplement with no rules or art find a place on your bookshelf? Depends how weird you are. Let me [...] Related posts:

Wood Ingham On the Art and Tragedy of Game Design

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:14:59 +0000

If you look carefully through the comment threads that accompany some of the reviews of White Wolf RPG supplements here at Robot Viking, you might notice that one of the authors frequently stops in to join the discussion. That author is none other than Wood Ingham, freelance game designer, contributor to many White Wolf games, [...] Related posts:

Ancient Bloodlines Lifts the Veil on Vampire History

Ed Grabianowski — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:27:52 +0000

Vampire: the Requiem exists in a more mysterious World of Darkness than the previous incarnation of the game. Without a sourcebook for every city and clan, there is much still to be discovered about this strange version of reality. Ancient Bloodlines begins to shed some light on the ways vampires have been shaped by the [...] Related posts:

Armory Reloaded Cranks Up the Violence in the World of Darkness

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:59:49 +0000

World of Darkness RPGs are primarily focused on the collective storytelling aspect of role-playing. The players and the storyteller work together to create a deep, pervasive atmosphere of horror while exploring the twists and turns of the plot. But what if you want to splatter some zombies with an AK-47, or explore brutal hand-to-hand combat [...] Related posts:

Hunter: the Vigil Campaigns Go Modular with Collection of Horrors

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:49:45 +0000

White Wolf has been releasing a steady stream (nearly a deluge, really) of small PDF files designed to be dropped into your Hunter: the Vigil campaign. Each one presents an NPC, group, or location that can act as a major plot thread or just extra flavor, and comes with a cool prop to help bring [...] Related posts: