Comments on: Geist: The Sin-Eaters Preview: Running Geist (Which Is Not Wraith)

By: The Sin Eaters - Whispers From the Dark

The Sin Eaters - Whispers From the Dark — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:38:30 +0000

[...] 2009, under Lee's Rambles Over on Gnome Stew they have been given permission to publish an early review of White Wolf’s forthcoming Geist: The Sin Eaters. The book is not released for a few weeks [...]

By: metalheadben

metalheadben — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:13:24 +0000

How easy would you say it is to run a game similar to The Crow with this?

By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:56:09 +0000

@Poes Law – You’re most welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

By: Poes Law

Poes Law — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:27:20 +0000

Thanks! This article is just what I was looking for in a review of Geist. I picked up a Wraith book a while back, but never really got how to play a character in it in a group. But with Geist, It feels like I can play the WoD portion with a group quite well, and at any time dip into the Wraith portion if i wanted to. Well done, cheers!

By: Quickstart for White Wolf’s Geist: Sin Eater is out « Triquetra Games

Quickstart for White Wolf’s Geist: Sin Eater is out « Triquetra Games — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:35:45 +0000

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By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:48:49 +0000

Thank you all for reading this preview! It was fun to write, and it definitely whetted my appetite for the hardcover. @widderslainte - The krewes are a biggie. Like all of the nWoD games, there's an explicit party element; Geist encourages players to work together to design their krewe. Being part of a shared ghost story -- particularly if you don't know everything else that's out there, or that there are many others like you -- is also a compelling reason to stick together. This was present in Wraith, too, but it felt shakier to me. There's also kind of an anti-reason: They don't automatically have reasons to hate each other, like they would have in Wraith -- and since everyone isn't falling back on their mini-plot Fetters, the group can go in one direction much more easily.

By: (Quase) Tudo o que você precisa de saber sobre o Geist: the Sin-Eaters - PARAGONS

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:06:52 +0000

[...] Geist: The Sin-Eaters Preview: Running Geist (Which Is Not Wraith), no Gnome Stew – Um artigo só sobre como correr uma crónica de Geist mesmo antes de este sair! [...]

By: widderslainte

widderslainte — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:59:37 +0000

"The PCs are all part of the same group — their krewe, a nod to Carnivale (and a recurring theme throughout Geist) — and have ample reasons to stick together and share the same stories." So what are the reasons for PCs to stick together?

By: Incredible Vehicle · Grab bag of RPG thoughts

Incredible Vehicle · Grab bag of RPG thoughts — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:33:52 +0000

[...] substantial interest in the game, you owe it to yourself to read Martin Ralya of Gnome Stew’s preview of Geist. He got his hands on a review copy of Geist, and takes a nice, long look at the [...]

By: Geist: The Sin-Eaters | Game Cryer

Geist: The Sin-Eaters | Game Cryer — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:40:47 +0000

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By: The_Gun_Nut

The_Gun_Nut — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:50:45 +0000

I agree the NWoD Hunter is nothing like the old one. I found the old versions sort of "charged by the divine," or whatever it was that gave the characters their abilities, vibe to be very interesting. I could mold it into a sort of "supernatural immune response" of the human race regarding the other supernatural forces. The NWoD version has information on how the real world responds to heavily armed people who claim to be killing monsters (short version), and I like that, but it is a very different vibe. Wraith had lots of potential to be a really fascinating game, but had some serious problems (touched on in the article). I'm pleased that there will be a new one that deals with ghosts and what-not. I wouldn't mind seeing something with PC ghosts who can interact more with the world, but this seems like it could work really well.

By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider

Kurt "Telas" Schneider — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:23:16 +0000

I'm not a huge fan of White Wolf, for reasons not worth going into. But you've gotten me very interested in this game. Since the range of play is so broad, yet deals with pretty sensitive material, I suspect this is one game where either you'd want to know you players pretty well, or you'd want to spend some time discussing the theme and style of the game.

By: deadlytoque

deadlytoque — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:36:01 +0000

I am plenty-stoked for this. When I read the quickstart, I sold it to my crew as "all the stuff we liked about Wrait, Orpheus, and Demon, without a lot of the things we didn't". Of course, my impression is a very surface-level one, but it sounds like your experience is similar.

By: Joe_Sixpack

Joe_Sixpack — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:05:31 +0000

"hot tranny mess" Really now? That one cuts deep. I always love to look at the nWoD books for the consistently themed art. Glad to have gotten a peek at some great pieces here!

By: Geist: The Sin-Eaters Quickstart

Geist: The Sin-Eaters Quickstart — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:02:50 +0000

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