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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tsyr" data-source="post: 597764" data-attributes="member: 354">Actualy, the only WW game I would say you would have a hard time playing with just the core book is Werewolf... And even that's possible, it's just that the more books you get, the more you see that a lot of what you thought was "the right way" from the core book... well... isn't, exactly. The mechanics are all there, but some of the "attitude" and "motivation" behind Werewolves just doesn't come across in  the main book. Sure, you can get Axis Mundi for more spirits you can spit at... but you can make those up too, if you have a good grasp of the basic system and a fair knowledge of mythology. And you can get all the Changing Breed books for Bastet and Mekole and Corax and that wierd bear-one I can't spell, and Rokea, and so forth... but those are decidedly "optional" and actualy somewhat discouraged, at least for basic play.Most of the rules information that comes in later supplements is optional... Granted, some of it is really nice to have, but it's not really needed per say. To put it another way, and I don't mean this as a slam on DnD, but I think there are oodles of what I would consider "basic fantasy concepts", at least anymore, that aren't really dealt with in the core rules (which is three books, not one), either at all (Ley-lines, mana, etc) or the treatment they get is really really minimal (Summoning, vampires, etc). It's the same way with the WW games... It's not all there, maybe, but there is enough to play with.As for "Why White Wolf?"... Uh... just because? There has to be reasons now?Anyhow, of the three being talked about the most, I would suggest Exalted... very, very different look at Fantasy... or Mage, for a nice modern fantasy-type game. Adventure! is a good product, yes. Great, in fact... But for myself, I'm not a major fan of the pulp style, so I personaly can't say it's one of my favorites. But I will say, it is very self-contained. As in, one book, period.</blockquote>

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