Pyramid Review
Rage Across Egypt (for Werewolf: The Apocalypse)
Published by White Wolf Game Studio
Written by Christopher Howard and Matt McFarlane
140 pages; $17.95
At various points in my life, I pick up a book that I'll get the impression was made for me. That, somewhere in an author's office, is a photo of me. And when the author gets asked (as I assume they do), "Who, really, is this book being written for? Who's your audience?", they'll just point their index finger up at my portrait on the wall and say, "Him."
Rage across Egypt is one of those books. Werewolf is one of my favorite RPGs ever. As for Egypt, I'm half-Egyptian, and while it would be difficult to find a more complete assimilation, I've still got a fondness for and fascination with the land of half of my grandfathers.
So, yeah, here's a book made for me. Did it get me? Oh, yeah.
Rage Across Egypt is the Werewolf contribution to the Year of the Scarab series, which takes the World of Darkness books and visits Egypt and the lands of Southwestern Asia (previous releases in the series include Mummy: The Resurrection, Vampire: The Dark Age's Veil of Night and Hunter's Holy War). I've enjoyed the books in the series overall so far.
Egypt has a great role in the world of Werewolf; one of the 12 werewolf tribes, the Silent Striders, is originally from there. The Garou claim vampires as one of their great foes, and Egypt, with its densely packed population is a perfect habitat for bloodsuckers.
The book follows a standard . . .
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Article publication date: November 23, 2001
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