There is a reason this book has so many reviews with high praise: it's warranted.
As a long time fan of the Sabbat genre in V:tM I've had to deal with so many players who's only working knowledge were poorly run 'monsters of the week' encounters in table top and in LARP (direct quote from one: "those are the devil worshippers right?"). This adventure is easy enough to grasp for new players and old and it isn't so loaded with specific Sabbat details that the aforementioned player types would get lost. It's a solid adventure with some added support in case players veer in one direction or the other. It tackles some of the highlights of being Sabbat (monomancy, esbat, sect politics, etc) and also doesn't play into the meta gaming tropes long term players fall into such as "I'm (insert non Sabbat vampire type) so I should just murder/death/kill these guys". It gives us a look at an uneasy peace between the Anarchs and Sabbat and touches on some interaction briefly.
And being a fan of the Giovanni I'm a big fan of the fact that the writer did his homework and didn't forget/nix the Giovanni position in Las Vegas.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |