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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 3521112" data-attributes="member: 13892">I've just finished watching the excellent Night Watch film based on author Sergey Lukyanenko's novel of the same name. If you haven't seen it, rent it. Night Watch is a refreshingly different take on modern gothic monsters, with moments of light humor amidst moral quandry and Russia's own take on Wuxia. More importantly, vampires aren't closet-dwelling freaks dressed in black who turn into dust if the sun hits them and werewolves don't corner the shapechanging market. In general, things don't cleave to the tired supernatural stereotypes so common in Western film and literature. So, those of you who have seen the movie (or read the novel) and know where I'm coming from. . . What game system would you use for this?Both versions of the World of Darkness are pretty much right out by my estimation (they come loaded with their own special view of how the supernatural works, precious little of whcih jibes with the vision of Lukyanenko). Nightlife may work, but it's long OOP. Bureau 13 has much in common with the film in a thematic sense, but its system is anything but cinematic. So, what games are out there (d20 or otherwise) that might be able to pull off distinctly Russian supernatural warfare with the fury of John Woo and the depth of Nietzsche? Is In Dark Alleys an option? ORC seems to be a bit heavy on the numbers for Russian Wuxia. What about Blood Games (from Flying Mice) or The Whispering Vault? Hook me up ENWorld! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 3521112, member: 13892"] I've just finished watching the excellent [i]Night Watch[/i] film based on author Sergey Lukyanenko's novel of the same name. If you haven't seen it, rent it. Night Watch is a refreshingly different take on modern gothic monsters, with moments of light humor amidst moral quandry and Russia's own take on Wuxia. More importantly, vampires aren't closet-dwelling freaks dressed in black who turn into dust if the sun hits them and werewolves don't corner the shapechanging market. In general, things don't cleave to the tired supernatural stereotypes so common in Western film and literature. So, those of you who [i]have[/i] seen the movie (or read the novel) and know where I'm coming from. . . What game system would you use for this? Both versions of the World of Darkness are pretty much right out by my estimation (they come loaded with their own special view of how the supernatural works, precious little of whcih jibes with the vision of Lukyanenko). Nightlife may work, but it's long OOP. Bureau 13 has much in common with the film in a thematic sense, but its system is anything but cinematic. So, what games are out there (d20 or otherwise) that might be able to pull off distinctly Russian supernatural warfare with the fury of John Woo and the depth of Nietzsche? Is [i]In Dark Alleys[/i] an option? ORC seems to be a bit heavy on the numbers for Russian Wuxia. What about Blood Games (from Flying Mice) or The Whispering Vault? Hook me up ENWorld! :) [/QUOTE]

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