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VtM - Review: Clanbook: Gangrel
WW 2052 $12.00
Written by Brad
Freeman
Cover Art: Timothy
Bradstreet
● Review by Deird'Re Brooks in the FAQ
● Mini-Review by Mark Phaedrus (30 Mar 93)
Clanbook: Gangrel
Review by Deird'Re Brooks in the FAQ
I read a review of this before I bought it, which said that it would provide info that would make the
Gangrel the most powerful Clan extant. I've read it several times and haven't found the information that
would imply this. The writing (from the point of view of a Victorian England type and a Gonzo journalist
a la Hunter S. Thompson) is entertaining, however. Background material is definitely worth it, and it
does provide enough information to make the Gangrel quite unique.
Mini-Review by Mark Phaedrus (30 Mar 93)
Clanbook: Gangrel and Book of the Wyrm just hit the stores locally. I picked up Clanbook: Gangrel, and
given all the speculation on it on the list, and considering I haven't seen much discussion of it since it
actually came out, I thought I'd let you know what I thought about it.
First of all, since this seems to be the point a lot of people were worried about: the length. Not counting
the ads in the back, it's 70 pages. The (extremely good) characte templates take about 25 pages; combine
that with the sample NPCs, the four-page Gangrel extended character sheet, and the credits and preface,
and you're left with just over thirty pages of the actual description of the Gangrel clan. Perhaps a third of
each page is art, which is of the usual exceptional White Wolf quality. So, if you're purely measuring by
text, you may indeed have cause to wonder whether it's worth the $10. (I certainly did when I picked it
up at the store. :) )
But what you're getting is of extremely high quality. First of all, the writing style is extremely effective;
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