Ventrue: Lords Over the Damned (Vampire the Requiem) by Will Hindmarch, Chuck Wendig, Russell Bailey
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Book Summary Author: Chuck Wendig, Russell Bailey, Will Hindmarch Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2008-04-02 ISBN: 1588462730 Number of pages: 128 Publisher: White Wolf Publishing |
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Book Reviews of the Ventrue: Lords Over the Damned (Vampire the Requiem)
Customer Review: Great read for non-gamers too
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm part of a strange sub-culture that reads these things but doesn't actually participate in the games (simply have no time). I also read a lot of the old V:tM books and the core material for V:tR, so despite being a non-gamer I'm not a noobcake. This book is eminently readable and highly enjoyable for non-gamers. The reason is it's not about the mechanics. As an engineer I appreciate the mechanics, so I read those too, but here are the real enjoyable aspects:
- The stories. These are of course the meat of the book, and they're dark, with the barest of light peaking out often enough to avoid predictability. You see Ventrue cast not just as the stereotypical CEO, but in roles like king of a trailer park. Very creative
- The art. Every page or two has a really interesting piece of vampire artwork. It's tough to find "monster art" that isn't cheesy or somehow silly. These guys have done a great job, and the artwork really complements the writing, particularly when you look back and forth between the portrait and the story and correlate the two; it really brings the story to the next level
- The production. High quality. Between that and the artwork, that's where your money is going (as opposed to 8 clams for a simple paperback)
I'd like to point out for any other horror fiction fans that due to this book's size (8.5 x 11 inches, think a full piece of printer paper in the US), the page count is a little deceiving. It's tough to justify paying a lot for a novel of 120 pages, but these are bigger pages, so it's probably closer to 200+ (not all of it is writing of course). Also, if you're not planning on playing the RPG, you don't really need to read anything before this, though obviously the core Requiem book would help. You can truly enjoy this book as a standalone.
At any rate I hope this helps people looking for quality vampire fiction. Due to the fact that Ventrue is part of a larger world, if you like this you can count on more stuff right down your dark alley. Sorry, couldn't help myself.