(Part 2) Best world of darkness books according to redditors

Two years ago White Wolf got out of the traditional print industry, because it's not doing so well. Most of the above books are long out of print, although some places continue to have stock.

We've transitioned to a PDF/print-on-demand model. Now older products never go out of print, because when you order one, a new copy is printed for you. We make it easy for people to get books which were previously hard to find, and even better, we can continue to make money off older stock (traditionally, we'd have made pretty much all our money within the first six months).

It's also a lot easier for us to track sales. If Geist: The Sin-Eaters is selling really well, we can see that and have some solid evidence to support creating additional books for the line.

All the books are the pretty much same as the original print run, but now you don't need to pay astronomical prices for them.

As an example: Kithbook: Pooka had a small print run initially, which drove up prices. It's available on Amazon for $100 new or $61 used.

Now you can get your own print copy from our store for $15.99, which was about the original price of the book. Everyone wins.

List of Influential RPG Titles

Dungeons and Dragons - By TSR and WotC

Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition - TSR

• Core Rulebooks
  
• Adventures (Keep on the Boarderlands, The Tomb of Horrors, The Temple of Elemental Evil)
  
  Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition - TSR
  
  
• Core Books (PHB, DMG, MM)
  
• Unearthed Arcana
  
• Campaign Settings (Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun)
  
• Arms and Equipment Guide
  
  Dungeons and Dragons 3.0 - WotC
  
  
• Savage Species
  
• Deities and Demigods
  
• Stronghold Builder's Guidebook
  
  Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 - WotC
  
  
• Core Rulebooks (PHB, DMG, & MM)
  
• Expanded Core (PHB2, DMG2, MM2, 3, 4, 5)
  
• Psionics Handbook
  
• Unearthed Arcana
  
• Complete Series (Arcane, Adventurer, Warrior, Divine, Champion, Scoundrel, Mage, Psionics)
  
• Campaign Settings (Ebberon, Forgotten Realms)
  
• Adventures (Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil)
  
  Dungeons and Dragons 4e - WotC
  
  
• Core Rulebooks (PHB, PHB2, PHB3, DMG, DMG2, MM, MM2, MM3)
  
• Essentials (Heroes of Forgotten Kingdoms and Heroes of Fallen Lands, Rules Compendium)
  
• Settings (Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun)
  
• Adventures (Tomb of Horrors)
  
  Pathfinder - Paizo Publishing
  
  
• Core Rulebook
  
• Advanced Player's Guide
  
• Advanced Race Guide
  
• Ultimate Magic
  
• Ultimate Combat
  
• Ultimate Equipment
  
• Game Mastery Guide
  
• Ultimate Campaign
  
• Mythic Adventures
  
• NPC Codex
  
• Bestiaries 1-4
  
  Not Dungeons and Dragons
  
  World of Darkness - by White Wolf
  
  
• Vampire the Masquerade - Vampires are so mainstream now...
  
• Werewolf the Apocylypse - Where there are vampires there are werewolves.
  
• Mage the Ascention - and witches and wizards.
  
• Hunter the Reckoning - and someone to hunt them.
  
• Changeling the Dreaming
  
  "New" World of Darkness
  
  
• Core Book
  
• Expanded Core (Vampire, Mage, Werewolf)
  
  AEG
  
  
• Legend of the Five Rings 4th Edition Core Rulebook
  
• Legend of the Five Rings 1st Edition Core Rulebook
  
• 7th Sea
  
• Deadlands
  
  Other
  
  
• Shadowrun
  
• Savage Worlds
  
• Dungeon World
  
• FATE Core
  
• Call of Cthulhu
  
• RIFTS
  
• GURPS
  
• Paranoia - Super expensive on Amazon, not sure why.
  
• Elf Quest - Also a very popular graphic novel.
  
  Authors to Look for
  
  
• Gary Gygax - Role Playing Mastery and Master of the Game
  
• Monte Cook
  
• John Wick
  
• Dave Arneston
  
  RPG Related Non-Fiction
  
  
• Confessions of a Part Time Sorceress - Shelley Mazzinoble
  
• Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It
  
  RPG Fiction, also essential
  
  
• Dragonlance - Chronicles Triligy by Weise and Hickman - Set in a D&D campaign Setting
  
• Drizzit's Series - By R. A. Salvatore. Icewind Dale Trilogy and The Dark Elf Trilogy
  
• The Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist - It's allegedly the story of the author's long running D&D game.
  
  Other Lists
  
  
• Good Reads Popular RPG titles.
  
• Wikipedia timeline of RPGs
  
  Honorable Mentions
  
  
• Star Wars - d6 Edition, d20 Edition, SAGA Edition, Star Wars RPG (Fantsy Flight)
  
• Star Trek - Various Incarnations
  
• Serenity the RPG
  
• D&D Comic Books
  
• Buffy the RPG
  
• Whatever the heck "Demon" is...
  
  *Please add suggestions below, I'll add to the list as I revisit this thread throughout the day. Adding Amazon links now.

Actually, I built him as an immobile mage carry, like Ryze. Assassins all have abilities which let them jump on people and move around: see also Ahri, LeBlanc, Zed, Master Yi, etc. ASGORE is a close range mage like Annie, Ryze, and Brand, and I designed him that way because at least 80% of his fight with you is him using fire magic attacks. Sure he looks juggernautish in model, but I decided to go more based on translating the gameplay, so that playing against ASGORE in lane and team fights would feel like fighting him in Undertale.

Thanks for the compliment on my design! I'm actually a professional game designer in real life, having worked on three Vampire: the Requiem books freelance (these three: 1, 2, 3), and released two games of my own (Bad Decisions, Kitsune: of Foxes and Fools), and currently working on some other projects, both freelance and of my own. So I think seriously about these exercises!

Monte Cook actually wrote a good book called "Requiem for a God" which was about the death of a God. there was a TON of awesome stuff in it and you can usually find the pdf for cheap on some of the game sites.

http://www.amazon.com/Requiem-God-Monte-Cook/dp/1588461041/ref=pd_sim_b_1

this should give you a lot of stuff to work with. :)

None that I'm aware about, but this exists if you ever feel like playing a DnD-esque game with friends:

http://www.amazon.com/Everquest-Masters-Guide-EverQuest-Playing/dp/1588461270

Here you go.

I'm currently running (at home): A low fantasy low magic gritty GURPS campaign that aims to achieve verisimilitude like ASOIAF.

Tabletop RPGs I'm currently playing (at home) include: A low fantasy gritty steampunk western

I'm currently running (online): See above - some players skype. And Dresden Files Fate game.

Tabletop RPGs I'm currently playing (online) include: none

I would especially like to play/run: A Requiem or Lost Game. Everyone is John. L5R

...but would also try: I'm for anything, but leary of DnD.

I live in: The US.

2 or 3 well-known RPG products other people made that I like: Riddle of Steel, GURPS, nWoD. And L5R.

2 or 3 novels I like: Game of Thrones Series, Southern Gods, Perdido Street Station series.

2 or 3 movies I like: Brotherhood of the Wolf, RED, High Fidelity

Best place to find me on-line: Reddit

I will read almost anything on tabletop RPGs if it's: GURPS related

I really do not want to hear about: Modifications to the standard D and D. Just. Play. Gurps.

I think dead orc babies are ( circle one: funny / problematic / ....well, ok, it's complicated because....) RACIST!

Games I'm in are like (link to something) uh...hrmm...

Free RPG Content I made for Gurps is available here


You can buy RPG stuff I made about Sword and Sorcery here

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Seriously 5 bucks for actual copies...

Plus one more coming out in January-February. Kickstarter coming in March...




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