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VtM - Review: World of Darkness: Gypsies
Review by Jana Wright (20 Dec 94)
Ick. Aside from the inherent cheesiness of making character sheets with "GYPSIES" printed across the
top (now Gypsies are just fictional creatures in the World of Darkness), it doesn't add much to the world.
Yeah, ok, the book can be used with Vampire, Werewolf, and Mage but anyone who would be putting
Gypsies in a game had probably done their own research. Anyone who hasn't isn't going to be much
inspired, I think. Ooh, ooh! A discipline kinda thing where you can hypnotize people with dancing!
Scarves that you can do damage with! Where's the dancing bears? (Oh, wait, that's Animalism.)
Fortunetelling! Theft! Long skirts & lots of jewelry!
Weird attempt at a disclaimer that this book doesn't reflect on real-life Gypsies (properly known as
Romani or The Rom). Interesting vocab list, bibliography not useful, and generally not helpful book.
I admit that this book annoys me more than it might other people just because it's a subject I'd been
working on for a while, and I respect Teuwynn as a writer, but this whole project just seems wrong
somehow. Are they gonna do a World of Darkness: Orientals and have it all Fu Manchu and opium dens?
Inscrutable Japs trying to take over the Western World? Oh, hey guys! Let's do World of Darkness:
Negro with sports affinities and rap music as a form of Thaumaturgy. Don't forget that weakness for
friend chicken and watermelon! I don't care about PC that much, but they seem to have forgotten that the
Rom are a real people. Still around in modern day. Not particularly like the stereotypes portrayed in bad
movies or books. It's sad in a way, but I suppose it could have been worse...
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