(That said, I'm very much looking forward to the physical special edition, as like the aforementioned Hunters Hunted II the special edition cover should have a cracked, stained, and branded style that looks cool as hell) I'd say it's a good example of setting the tone, laying out the generic expectation of core game principles from the outset.

Here, it's a group of teens/young adults looking at a set of blueprints, in front of a darkened building (with spectral forms gathering above). With Hunters Hunted, the non-Special Edition cover is a group of humans staking a vampire.

And for a start, I think the cover illustration is solid. But now I get to enjoy it with the full illustrations. I will say that back when this was Kickstarted a year ago I did actually read through the manuscript previews, so this isn't precisely a cold read. While it's tagged as a Wraith: the Oblivion 20th Anniversary book, it seems to more broadly cover the role of mortal paranormal investigators for the 20th anniversary line of books (similar to Hunters Hunted II). That's probably an angle I'll be considering while going through the book, though with the understanding that's not the default assumption that the game was built around.Īlright, jumping in. I don't know if it will go anywhere (my current gaming group is a bit less Storyteller-focused than it has been in the past), but at the very least I'm hoping it will provide a nice nostalgia hit for me.Īs an aside: one of the reasons I've been kicking around the idea of a ghost hunter game is partly wondering if it could provide a setup where combat mechanics are minimized and investigation and social resolutions would instead be the main mechanical heft of the game. Plus for a while now I've been wanting to prep a game with this setup, as well as diving back into the setting of Wraith: the Oblivion. The pdf just dropped for WoD: Ghost Hunters, and given the October time-frame I'm feeling like doing a read-through.

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