World of Darkness: Chicago

New World of Darkness

by Kraig Blackwater, Greg Stolze, Jackie Cassada

Chicago isn't corrupt.
It's passionate.
Genuine.
Willing to do whatever it takes
to be the city it wants to be.

And corrupt.

- Maxwell, Vampire Prince of Chicago

The Windy City Beckons

Chicago lies at the center of the web that is the American heartland. Tendrils of power, wealth, and reward stretch outward, ensnaring the selfish, greedy, and unwary. Yet, Chicago attracts its predators, too. Creatures that would have the city for their own, spinning their own webs of malice and intrigue. But among the city's towering skyscrapers and wind-swept streets, who is the spider and who is the fly?

A city setting book for all World of Darkness Games

This book

• Guides to the history, geography and politics of the Windy City, twisted to suit the mysterious World of Darkness

• A huge collection of new game material, including dozens of complex and surprising characters, new threats to face and three complete stories to play

• Numerous ways for characters from any World of Darkness game to interact and collide. This book is a fully compatible supplement for The Requiem, The Forsaken and The Awakening

* Companion fiction title (World of Chicago - Three Shades of Night) releases in 2006

Genres: Role Playing Games, Horror, Vampires, Urban Fantasy, World Of Darkness, Fiction

421 pages, Hardcover

First published December 12, 2005

Reviews

[Moshe Zioni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chicago encompasses everything needed for you in order to run a chronicle around this dark-themed city. The city is ruled by a vampire prince but there is a place for werewolves and mages to fit in the context.

Many vampire NPCs are detailed in the book - they are standing for most of the much-powered or trandsetters among the vampire society, from the prince himself to his uderdogs that lead by him and of-course the not-so-happy ones about the situation.

I havn't found a special reference to changelings (no surprise, this book was out even before everyone knew that Cangeling is going to be out there in nWoD) but will appreciate someone directing me to a reference (on the web, maybe?)

I even got to know the real Chicago in the process as it covers history and ties it in the campaign itself. The paintings are beautiful as ever with White-Wolf, I really consider this book one hell of a buy and a delicious reading.

[Colin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chicago was such a central setting for the old World of Darkness (especially Vampire: the Masquerade), I was curious to see the "new" version for the NEW World of Darkness. A setting fleshed out for Vampire: the Requiem, Werewolf: the Forsaken, and Mage: the Awakening. The treatment varies from the excellent to the merely good, but it never sucks. Some ideas that seem a little lame at first turn out to be pretty cool inspirational ideas the more you explore them (e.g. the concept of the "Celestial Flange" for Mage)

[Broodingferret · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd been meaning to pick this up for a while and just got my hands on it. While I'm not familiar with the Werewolf stuff for the new WoD, the Vampire and Mage stuff in this book are both done quite well. The varied political and social convolutions between and within the different groups are enjoyably complex and engaging, and the city as a whole is well-developed as a setting. All in all a good piece of roleplaying writing.