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Title: Wraith: The Oblivion (Wraith) by Mark Rein-Hagen, Sam Chupp, Jennifer Hartshorn, Mark Rein Hagen, Mark R. Hagan ISBN: 1-56504-133-X Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: February, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: White wolf needs more games like this all-accessible tragedy
Comment: This RPG is, quite simply, the greatest of its kind. White Wolf went out of its way and beyond the call of duty to put this gorgeous piece of work on the shelves. The fact that it's out of print is just appalling. This book is beautifully written and the art is amazing, in every sense of either word. The atmospheric darkness and overwhelming despair of the book itself is oddly uplifting compared to the forced grittiness or plagiarism of most other RPG books. The great bits of this book (and game) are the humanist bits. The fact that you're playing a character who, regardless of race, creed, whatever he/she did in their life, they are all so uniquely (well, like real people, as unique as everyone else) and subtly damned, in a way the vampires and Werewolves of the rest of the WW world can't even dream of. This game's only fault is that running it requires an incredible amount of concentration, a huge degree of single-mindedness and very good knowledge on how to set an atmosphere. If you can find a truly good storytller (like we were lucky enough to)who can give his (or in our case, her) own touch to an already spectacular world and you're willing to possibly soil yourself from fear or break down crying from a role-playing game, then this is for you. This book follows the White Wolf traditions of actually being a fun and involving (if chillingly accurate and intensely personal) read. The art is all along the high-contrast black on white lines that a book like this demands, and it works perfectly. The writing has the somber feel of being so meticulously done that the writers mustn't have gotten sleep for weeks. The continuing story of the wraith writer separating each chapter is heartfelt and remniscient of the work of Neil Gaiman, and the long passages describing every aspect of the fleshed out land of the dead are so harsh and real that this book gives new meaning to role-playing. So, basically, if you're into a game that reallly, truly is a character driven game, this is the one for you. If only it were still in print...
Rating: 5
Summary: Slipping into Oblivion
Comment: To this date I still have every original paperback release of every WoD games as well as their subsiquent hard back re-releases, but in all this time only one of these games was ever able to capture my heart and stir my emotions; Wraith the Oblivion.
Unlike other games in the WoD series wraith centers around feelings and emotions. Where vampires drink blood to survive Wraiths my tangle with pathos to survive. Where Werewolves truggle against the mighty Wyrm wraiths must fight their own inner demons, less they be swept into oblivion.
Unfortunately, Wraith: The Oblivion is all but gone. The WoD's has pretty much shunned Wraith for it's core games; Vampire, Werewolf, and Mage. However wraith will always be my favorite of the series and I would strong encourage everyone who has played an WoD games to please purchase this title and give it a try.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wraith, so gothic it's dead
Comment: Wraith is the ultimate in personal horror. You create a dead character, control that charcter as it fights it's darker half, and the end is never what you could possibly imagine. In a previous review someone mentioned 'saying Wraith was a gothic game would be to say Lord of the Rings is a story about elves.' That is the truest comparison one can make about Wraith. If you want a game that you pick up and play with very simple rules and stories, go play DnD, if you want a slugfest, get Werewolf, if you want a game in which you must always use your head before your fists and be nine steps ahead of your darker half just to get by with your sanity intact, purchase Wraith. You won't be dissappointed.
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Title: Wraith Players Guide (Wraith: The Oblivion) by Henry Higgenbotham, Tim Akres ISBN: 1565046013 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Vampire : The Masquerade (Revised Edition) by Justin Achilli, Andrew Bates, Phil Brucato, Richard E. Dansky, Ed Hall, Robert Hatch, Michael B. Lee ISBN: 1565042492 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Mage: The Ascension by White Wolf, Dierd're Brooks, John Chambers, Lindsay Woodcock ISBN: 1565044053 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Werewolf: The Apocalypse by Brian Campbell, Mitch Byrd, Steve Prescott ISBN: 1565043650 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Changeling: The Dreaming, Second Edition by Ian Lemke, Jackie Cassada, Brian Campbell, Richard E. Dansky, Chris Howard, Angel McCoy, Neil Mick, Nicky Rea, Brian Cambell ISBN: 1565047168 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Inc. Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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