[RPG]: The Infinite Tapestry , reviewed by Chris Gunning (3/3)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9867.phtml

Chris Gunning's Summary:

The new book of the Umbra for Mage. Not for the feint of heart.

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Post originally by Shoggoth at 2003-11-21 09:55:39
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Thanks for the good review--there aren't that many mage products reviewed here, and Infinite Tapestry is a particularly tricky one.

I must admit, though, that I had a different reaction to the book than you did. I consider myself a fairly hardcore Mage fan, and as such I wasn't really daunted by the metaphysical and philosophical aspects of it; unfortunately, it doesn't serve as an update to the Book of Worlds as much as a complete obliteration of it. All of the fantastical, fluid worlds and realms that used to exist as a balance to the dystopian reality of the World of Darkness are gone, to be replaced with faint reflections and a pretense of new barely formed worlds to explore. I understand why, and I'm not totally sure how the developers could have done differently, but Infinite Tapestry is the one book in the revised line that has really upset me.

Your review does point out alot of the good points of it, though, and I look forward to giving it another read, in the hopes of getting something useful out of it.

Shoggoth

Post originally by BlackHat_Matt at 2003-11-21 11:48:42
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The credits page has me writing chapters 4 and 5. I actually wrote 5 and 6. Thank you, drive through.

Thanks for the review, Chris.

-BlackHat Matt
Dark Ages Developer
WWGS
www.blackhatmatt.com

Post originally by juju at 2003-11-24 07:13:29
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> Talking with a 4-year old. The kid
> just drew a really colorful and
> interesting picture of dragons,
> planets, flowers, mommy, hot dogs, and
> a computer. You are impressed with the
> picture for the kid obviously has some
> talent in him, but quite honestly the
> picture makes very little sense to you.
> Colors seem to be randomly scribbled
> about, icons barely look like what they
> should... and similar icons have very
> different shapes. The kid is excited
> and tries to explain everything that is
> going on but you have a hard time
> keeping up with their broken English
> and all the run-on sentences. You
> desperately wish the kid would take a
> breath and relax and methodically go
> through and explain everything... but
> you know he won't. Still, the picture
> is neat to look at.

Best description of all White Wolf game lines I've ever read.