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HUGE Wraith fan. I bought the book in High School or just after- circa 1999-2002; I don't recall for certain. However, it sounds like my fortune has been like yours; I never got to play, and only just got to actually run a game this year- 2024. Wraith is fantastic for role playing. I ran an 8 hour one-shot session featuring next to no combat. The players were able to carry the story along with they and their shadows providing the forward momentum. Yes, an extroverted player and/or a particularly aggressive Shadow can steal the spotlight, but it's up to the Storyteller to keep a hand on the leash. That said, the game is for the players, so in a way... Let them cook. Also like you, I'm not a Vampire guy. I can't get into the mindset of a Vampire (it sounds awful,) and I similarly have zero interest in Werewolf. Mage is fun, and I might want to take another stab at running it, but a story idea has never taken hold. Changling looks amazing, but I don't have the head or personality to run it. Hunter--not one of the more popular tertiary books--was also a fave back in the day. But Wraith... Oh, Wraith. That I got. I never went in for the 2nd edition focus on Stygia, though also never had 1st ed for contast. To me, Wraith is a small game; it's close to the ground. It's personal. I can conceive of a larger group- my session had four players, but a signle or two person game might be the sweet spot. Intimate stories about emotions so strong that you cannot move on after death. It's a safe place to explore your fears, your regrets, maybe even your hopes, lost loves, "if only's". Whether aspirational, cathartic, or cautionary, Wraith to me is what pen and paper roleplaying is about. As Nick Cave sang: Just remember, death is not the end.

yep I highly agree with you I have the complete set of LBS was a fan when I first bought it back in 98 to 2000. and yes it differs starkly from L5R, simliar play and I felt LBR was a harder play. Still enjoyed it though and a good CCG game.

Great information as always, thank you.

Because of this MechWarrior was DYING and has been since MWO when MW5 came out it was great and helped but now that MW5 Clans is out it has SAVED the franchise imo because the dumbass dark age crap and that garbage all totally just was a nothing burger idea with no comprehension of what would happen afterwards, dark age should be taken out entirely

When there is inconsistency, there are lies. What if the story you were told about dark age was merely propaganda and something darker was going on? That would be a cool snag for the franchise.

looks cook. hope they reprint it.

Cool looking game. Too bad it's out of print.

Great Video will there be more uploads?

Pece of Blake be with you.

Ok. These guys did this... .the labyrinth.... and TAILS OF EQUESTRIA?! these guys are masters of ip role-playing! In fact, i make a bet, you can back me up or boo me, but i bet they could make an rpg based on ANY IP..... and it would be amazing.

The Magus is dead. Long live the Magus. I backed the definitive edition on Backerkit yesterday. 🎉

Great review. Are you coming out with a unification review, would be very interested in seeing that.

The maps were awesome for this.

What game did the others go and play?

This needs more views

Sweet collection 🔥

“Skirmishers” pronunciation😮

Maritime*

Oh yeah, forgot to say. I know secrets man wasn’t meant to know. That card back is ‘Kult’ my friend. Fell victim to the 2 year curse as did many. But great game great memories. Takes me back lol.

I like the idea of the l5r format being used to make this play better.

As for the “matrix prophecy” being used in this game to describe the internet/cyberspace. That was first coined/used in the deadly assassin 1976 or maybe even doctor who origins. So Heresy weren’t the first to use in this way.

Awesome collection 🔥

Call of Cthulhu mentioned. Love that game.

Is this fighter bomber? Or is this another game with the same name

There is a copy of cyberpunk 1st edition 1988 on eBay but it’s like $230+ Would be cool to own a copy. The 2020 copy is awesome though

I love Steve Jackson games

Baseball card game by Topps in 1951 was first ccg as we know it today. So ccgs did exist before 83’

Tom Clancy ‘clan-see’ not clon-see. Like the word fancy.

King pooma

Mercs predicted the future of the world

Played this towards the end of high school. Few of us carried on playing in college but it just fizzled out

Iron cross was a good one

I’m still playing FOW with friends.

I wouldn’t say this is a “dead game” very much still played and loved.

Wow this takes me back. I remember playing the og shogun game growing up. I was born in 86 so I always looked at it as a kid until one day I learned how to play it. I still have the game I just need to get a copy of samurai swords to have both. Love the game though. Great to see a video about it. 😊

Been a hot minute since I saw this stuff. I loved/love artwork by John Blanche. I remember when i was getting into drawing/tattooing many moons ago being very inspired by his artwork. Great vid dude.

I have mine still and lots of the expansion sets. The minis are so cool.

Very nice slice of history you found!

Cool find, might make nice companion book to HG Well's little wars.

Really neat video! I was fascinated by painting minis when I was a kid, and those color photos would've absolutely captured my imagination.

Which ruleset are this??

Going to make my kids play with me at this point haha. Cant find anyone to play with. Been on my list to play fpr years

Technically, the birds from Far Country predate The Dark One; but my favorite theory regarding Far Country is that it's in-universe fiction, written by an eccentric author as thanks for a mercenary company letting them take a look at some rare LAM units they had.

I prefer it just be a AI mech with a DNI. We've had enough with icky sapient birds and ape men. Keep sapient aliens out of Battletech and focused on human-centric stories.

Surely you mean Hex & Counter. "Hex & chit" sounds so strange to me, counters are pushed, chits are pulled. 😉

I have this and the second edition. I never actually played the second edition, but I really enjoyed the first edition. It’s an insanely creative idea for a game. Not to mention it gave me lots of movies to watch.

Okay, I’m sorry I play Jinn of the New Moon.

Great video! It would be cool to know more about the factions of this game. They seem a lot more varied in nature than the clans of Rokugan, and it's rather hard to find a good lore breakdown. What I can find seems to favor the Lot5R lore and mostly focuses on the Destroyer War and the fall of the Ivory Kingdom.

Catalyst is ruining the setting

The amount of dead games thst get brought back to life these days is very high.