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Encyclopedia > White Wolf, Inc.
The logo of White Wolf Publishing, one of White Wolf, Inc.'s company names.
The logo of White Wolf Publishing, one of White Wolf, Inc.'s company names.

White Wolf, Inc. is an American gaming company, most famous for the Vampire: The Masquerade roleplaying game. The company was founded in 1991 by Mark Rein·Hagen and Steve and Stewart Wieck. Taking their name from the fiction of Michael Moorcock, they have become one of the world's most successful role-playing game companies. Image File history File links The logo of White Wolf Publishing, under fair use, availible at http://www. ... Gaming is an umbrella term that includes a number of special hobby game types: Board games Collectible card games Computer and video games Tabletop wargaming (i. ... It has been suggested that Incorporation (business) be merged into this article or section. ... Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised Edition) cover. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Rein·Hagen (often written Rein-Hagen) is a tabletop game designer, best known as the creator of the roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade. ... Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939) is a prolific British writer of both science fiction and science fantasy. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ...


White Wolf publishes a line of several different but overlapping games set in the "World of Darkness", which generally resembles our world with added supernatural elements, and whose tone is generally described as "gothic punk." In the World of Darkness, vampires, werewolves, mages, Fae, Changelings, Wraiths, and other creatures of the night exist and fight each other while remaining hidden from normal humans. The company has also begun publishing some d20 system material under their Sword & Sorcery imprint which publishes titles such as the Dungeons & Dragons gothic horror campaign setting Ravenloft, and Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed series. The World of Darkness is the name given to two distinct fictional universes developed by White Wolf Game Studio. ... The supernatural (Latin: super- exceeding + nature) refers to forces and phenomena which are beyond ordinary scientific understanding. ... Gothic woman, traditional style, with big hair, spikes and piercings This article is about the contemporary goth/gothic subculture. ... Punk culture as it is seen today started in the mid 1970s as a movement or rebellion against some styles of music which existed at the time such as Prog Rock and Heavy Metal whose stars were seen as out of touch with their fans. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy), often having unnatural powers, heightened bodily functions, and/or the ability to physically transform. ... A German woodcut from 1722 A werewolf in folklore and mythology is a person who changes into a wolf, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Magi. ... FAE is an abbreviation of fuel-air explosive. ... For other uses see Changeling (disambiguation) Trolls with the changeling they have raised, John Bauer, 1913 A changeling, in various European legends, is the offspring of a fairy, troll, elf or other creature, left secretly in exchange for a human child. ... A wraith is an apparition of a person who is still alive, seen as an omen that the person is about to die. ... The d20 System logo The d20 System is a system of game mechanics for role-playing games published in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast and based on the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons. ... The Sword & Sorcery imprint is used by White Wolf to publish its d20 material. ... For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ... Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... Monte Cook is a professional game designer of some renown. ... Arcana Unearthed is a popular role-playing game created by Monte Cook. ...


To complement some of the company's game lines, there is a LARP system dubbed Mind's Eye Theatre. Many grassroots gaming groups have sprung up to play games based on this system. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Minds Eye Theatre is a live action role-playing game based on the White Wolf World of Darkness universe, sharing a theme and setting originally with the table-top role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade and now with its revision, Vampire: The Requiem. ...


White Wolf has a mixed record in the collectible card game market with Arcadia, Rage, and Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (formerly 'Jyhad'). V:TES, perhaps the most successful of the bunch, was originally published by Wizards of the Coast in 1994 but was abandoned just two years later. White Wolf acquired rights to the game in 2000, despite it being out of print for nearly 7 years. Collectible card games (CCGs), also called customizable card games or trading card games, are played using specially designed sets of cards. ... Rage is a collectable card game originally published by White Wolf in 1995 based on the roleplaying game, Werewolf: The Apocalypse. ... Vampire: the Eternal Struggle, published as Jyhad in the first edition and often abbreviated as VtES, is a multiplayer collectible card game set in the World of Darkness, published by White Wolf, Inc. ... Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...


Video games such as Vampire the Masquerade: The Redemption, and Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, based on White Wolf's role-playing properties have also been developed. There are also video games based on the Hunter: The Reckoning title. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...

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The World of Darkness game lines

In 2003, the company announced the "Time of Judgment", which brought an end to their current series of World of Darkness game lines. A revamped series of World of Darkness games launched August 21, 2004, beginning with The World of Darkness (a set of core rules, akin to the D&D Player's Handbook) and Vampire: The Requiem. Later, White Wolf also released "Werewolf: The Forsaken" and "Mage: The Awakening". Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised Edition) cover. ... This articles content is specific to the fictional setting known as the World of Darkness. ... Mage: The Ascension is a role-playing game based in the World of Darkness, and is published by White Wolf Game Studio. ... Changeling: The Dreaming was part of White Wolf Game Studios original World of Darkness role playing game line. ... This articles content is specific to the fictional setting known as the World of Darkness. ... This articles content is specific to the fictional setting known as the World of Darkness. ... This articles content is specific to the fictional setting known as the World of Darkness. ... Categories: World of Darkness | Game stubs ... Kindred of the East is a role-playing supplement by White Wolf Game Studio to their Vampire: The Masquerade line. ... Categories: World of Darkness | Game stubs ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time of Judgment is a series of scenario books for the World of Darkness settings of White Wolf Game Studio. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Players Handbook for D&D version 3. ... This articles content is specific to the fictional setting known as the World of Darkness. ...


Historical variants

Vampire: The Dark Ages is a role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1996. ... Vampire: The Dark Ages is a role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1996. ... Dark Ages: Mage is an role-playing game book part of the series of Dark Ages supplements published by White Wolf, Inc. ... Dark Ages: Fae / White Wolf Game Studio / Hardcover / May 2004 / 1588462927 Dark Ages: Fae is part of a series of role-playing games, re-envisioning the popular White Wolf titles in the medieval past; it is the precursor to Changeling: The Dreaming. ... Werewolf: The Wild West is a role-playing game from the World of Darkness line by White Wolf Game Studio. ...

Mind's Eye Theatre (LARP)

  • Laws of the Night (Vampire)
  • Laws of the Wild (Werewolf)
  • Oblivion (Wraith)
  • Laws of Hunt (Mortals)
  • The Shining Host (Changeling)
  • Laws of Ascension (Mage)
  • Laws of the Reckoning (Hunter)
  • Laws of Resurrection (Mummy)
  • Faith and Fire (Dark Ages: Vampire)
  • Laws of the Wyld West (Werewolf: The Wild West)

A live action role-playing game, or LARP as it is commonly known, is a form of role-playing game where the participants perform some or all of the physical actions of the characters they play the role of. ... Vampire: The Dark Ages is a role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1996. ... Werewolf: The Wild West is a role-playing game from the World of Darkness line by White Wolf Game Studio. ...

The New World of Darkness

This articles content is specific to the fictional setting known as the World of Darkness. ... Werewolf: the Forsaken is a role-playing game set in the new World of Darkness created by White Wolf Game Studio. ...

Age of Sorrows

  • Exalted

Exalted redirects here. ...

Trinity Universe

Trinity is a science fiction roleplaying game published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1998 (and later by the ArtHouse imprint), first in the Trinity Universe series of games (the two others being Aberrant and Adventure!) sharing a common background and developing an alternate history of humanity through two centuries... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Psionics, in the context of role-playing games, is a broad category of fantastic abilities, similar to the paranormal psionic abilities that some people claim in reality. ... Aberrant is a superhero-based role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008AD in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998 out of the blue. ... Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... This article is about the Adventure! role-playing game. ... The 1920s were a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...

Other

  • Pendragon

Pendragon, or King Arthur Pendragon, is a role-playing game in which players take the role of knights performing chivalric deeds in the tradition of Arthurian legend. ...

See also

This article aims to list all articles on Wikipedia that are related to White Wolf Game Studios fictional RPG multiverse of World of Darkness. ... The Sword & Sorcery imprint is used by White Wolf to publish its d20 material. ...

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