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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 3547252" data-attributes="member: 18182">The World of Darkness (any of the three versions), Call of Cthulu (modern day), Urban Arcana, Dark Matter, X-Files, and, heck, Buffy the Vampire Slayer are all modern day dark fantastic settings.But to say they are all simply the same thing is like saying that Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Eberron and the Forgotten Realms are all the same thing.They are all definitely within the same genre and pull from the same tropes, but each has a unique flavor and themes that set them apart.The main difference that sets the World of Darkness (at least the current two versions) apart from, say, Urban Arcana, is that you play the monsters.  And it isn't simply playing powered up furries, but real monsters that prey upon humanity, each other, and themselves.  The World of Darkness books so far have been very dark.Some people dig it, some don't.  I'm very interested in Monte's reimagining of the WoD, but it seems it will be very different than previous versions.I'm not familiar with the current Storyteller WoD, but the original was set just before the apocalypse.  Apocalypse with a capital "A" all biblical style.  Monte's version seems quite post-apocalyptic.  Can't wait.</blockquote>