Post originally by John McMullen at 2004-08-09 09:54:33
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By the ordering of your comments ("Sounds familiar? It did to me") there's a weak implication that Whispering Vault is copying Unbidden, which is unlikely, and I think unfair.

I know that the earliest reviews on Whispering Vault are 1997; I can't find a date on Unbidden before 2003, but I haven't looked very hard.

I think it's also unlikely that Unbidden copies Whispering Vault; it's more likely that WV is just part of the stew of games of personal horror that may have informed the creators of Unbidden.

I seem to recall that Whispering Vault came out at the same time as a release of Kult--both were part of a brief surge in modern horror roleplaying games.