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Message: <blockquote data-quote="willrali" data-source="post: 8657058" data-attributes="member: 37541">I never really got into the old world of darkness games from the 90s. I always found the writing ridiculous and the ‘we’re role players, not roll players’ stuff to be tiresome. The only thing rolling was my eyes. There was even a sidebar in Dark Ages Mage called ‘ye olde twinkery’ that told the reader that WoD players aren’t stinky nerds like those dnd players, so they shouldn’t min max and kick ass. Instead they should explore Deepness and Sadness like the cool kids they are. Gave me a laugh.It was with the nWoD (later chronicles of darkness) that I got into it all. Vampire the Requiem was simply excellent, and it’s second edition is even better. It’s probably the smoothest game experience I’ve ever had. It shrugged off all the cruft about global clan shenanigans and delivered the perfect dark urban fantasy experience, backed by a well-tooled and intuitive system.My favorite game of all time is Mage the Aeakening 2nd edition. MtAw 1st Ed shrugged off all the silliness and sophomoric pseudo philosophy that made Ascension such a bore, focusing instead on an interesting gnostic/hermetic occult setting rife with cosmic horror, and the development of a truly brilliant and usable improvised magic system. Those things were greatly refined and improved with the second edition, which is a deeply interesting game to play and a whole lot of fun.Throw in the nWoD’s expansions on weapons and tactical miniatures and you’ve got yourself an excellent time.</blockquote>

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