Vampire Rome (Vampire: The Requiem)
by Russell Bailey, David Chart, Ray Fawkes, Will Hindmarch, Howard Ingham, Chuck Wendig
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Author: Chuck Wendig, David Chart, Howard Ingham, Ray Fawkes, Russell Bailey, Will HindmarchForeword: Kenneth Hite
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-21
ISBN: 1588462706
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
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Book Review: A strong supplement
Summary: 4 Stars
If you liked the old World of Darkness(WoD) setting, you probably liked the intrigue and various mystery elements WW threw into the books. Lots of us loved the story, but the backstory was always somewhat restrictive. It gave some great ideas, and a good storyteller could grab the parts they wanted and discard the rest, but that often meant a lot of work.
Enter the new WoD. No restrictive backstory, just some historical elements in broad strokes. Requiem for Rome is a setting book for the late-Roman (and, thus, late-Camarilla period) from the Vampire: The Requiem books.
Unlike the oWoD "Vampire: Dark Ages," Requiem for Rome is not a standalone. To make full use of the book, one would need the base "World of Darkness" and "Vampire: the Masquerade."
The book sets up a series of historical elements and gives a good description of the setting from a Roman vampire's standpoint in that era. The various views of self that the vampire's hold, and the culture are all rather well described. The book tries to give a postage stamp view of Rome through the ages, but wisely only focuses on one era, that being the end of Roman dominance.
The historical content is fair, though very few things are detailed very far. It focuses on vampires in the era, and mentions humanity only slightly. The book could really have used a few extra pages devoted to some of the topics, especially mortal institutions and legal doctrine.
What is present was done well, if brief in places. It's understandable, of course, but it was a bit of a letdown.
This book is one of the best examples of a historical setting supplements that I've seen. It describes the sweeping trends but doesn't try to tell a specific story, leaving that for the storyteller and his troupe. I think that this is a dramatic improvement over the older WoD approach, as it provides many of the missed story aspects, without caging plot.
It's a good book, and one worth reading if you are interested in running or playing in a historical setting for Vampire.
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"A gameplay expansion and setting book, Do battle with barbarian vampires, uncover the secrets of mystery cults, rule a family of the Roman aristocracy and change the course of Kindred history in the Necropolis beneath Rome"General Books
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