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Title: Ratkin (Werewolf: The Apocalypse) by Brian Campbell ISBN: 1-56504-342-1 Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Reckoning Rats
Comment: This should have been a year of the Reckoning books. The book gives the perspectives of the Ratkin, psychotic were-rats who are trying to bring about the apocolypse. And yet they are not evil, not wyrm creatures, merely alien to us and to the Garou. The art is excellent, and I loved the opening story, particularly the Che inspired poster of the hero.
Rating: 2
Summary: A Great Source of "Gimmies," But Logic-Impaired
Comment: Like so many White Wolf expansion books, this one pulls the rug out from under the Storyteller by reversing many of the earlier sourcebooks' assumptions and by loading down player-characters with previously unavailable goodies. Nothing new so far, but this time the changed premises are really silly. Rattus norvegicus, the Norway rat (which the book keeps pointing out is THE rat we're talking about) is a parasite on Homo sapiens. It couldn't survive in anything like its present numbers without man and his works, such as apartment buildings and grain silos. So the Norway rat would necessarily be a great friend of the Weaver, no? NO! Also, remember that Rat is the Totem Spirit of the Bone Gnawer tribe. So Rat must be pretty confused, or pretty disgusted, by the Ratkins' determination to exterminate all Garou without regard to tribe. And then you have the ability of some Ratkin to enter a cartoon realm and/or use cartoon abilities just because rats often feature in Saturday morning cartoons (e.g. Pinky and the Brain). In sum, the Ratkins presented in this sourcebook are slavering cartoonified lunatics dedicated to bringing civilization crashing down around their own ears for - no reason in particular. If that sounds like fun to you, hey, knock yourself out.
Rating: 5
Summary: Agents of the Wyld
Comment: The Ratkin have a purpose; when all the other werecreatures fail to keep humanity in line, it's the Ratkin's turn. They are purely of the Wyld, and though the Weaver has its place, it often gets out of line. That's where the Ratkin step in. The Ratkin seek to hasten the Apocalypse because it will provide for a new beginning, and the hordes and hordes of Ratkin are more than ready for this day. In this book, you'll find a lot of good stuff. The Ratkin are along the lines of the Bone Gnawers, just with more enthusiasm and take themselves even less seriously. As a result, there's a lot of neat stuff in here; since television shows (particularly cartoons) are often given a lot of attachment and watched a lot, they have a reflection in the Umbra, just like everything else. Tom and Jerry is a good example, and for the Ratkin Engineers, there's Pinky and the Brain. Anyway, aside from all that, the Ratkin book is well worth reading if you have a sense of humor about it; they're spastic, destructive, and at the same time, quite shrewd about what they do. Should another War of Rage erupt, you can bet the Ratkin would be messing any Garou that got in their way...
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Title: Bastet the Players Guide to Werecats for Werewolf the Apocalypse (Werewolf: The Apocalypse) by Phil Brucato ISBN: 1565043359 Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Rokea: First-Born of Sea (Werewolf: The Apocalypse) by Matthew McFarland ISBN: 1565043642 Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Corax: A Sourcebook for Werewolf : The Apocalypse : Changing Breed Book 3 (Werewolf: The Apocalypse) by Richard E. Dansky, Andrew Bates, Brian Leblanc, Steve Prescott ISBN: 1565043375 Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Gurahl (Werewolf: The Apocalypse) by White Wolf ISBN: 1565043391 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Nagah: A Sourcebook for Werewolf : The Apocalypse : Changing Breed, Book 9 (Werewolf: The Apocalypse) by Kraig Blackwelder, Carl Bowen, Ethan Skemp ISBN: 1565043480 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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