Pyramid Review
The Moonstruck (for Hunter: the Reckoning)
Published by White Wolf Game Studio
Written by Matt McFarland, Ethan Skemp, & Adam Tinworth
109 pages; $17.95
Q: What do you get when you cross an Imbued Hunter named Charles with a Werewolf?
A: Ground Chuck.The Moonstruck is the third Enemy book released for Hunter. The first two -- The Walking Dead and Nocturnal -- dealt with two of Hunter's most obvious enemies, the walking dead (duh) and vampires. Moonstruck deals with werewolves. It mentions other shape shifters in passing, but the majority of the book is spent detailing hunters and their investigations into/encounters with werewolves.
The book, like most recent Hunter books, eschews the online BBS format that in-character content in the sourcebooks used to be composed of. Instead, that info in this book is composed of three stories, each in two parts detailing a hunter's encounters with werewolves, and an introductory tale. The stories are, thankfully, readable. The introductory one details a ghost town trip that goes horribly wrong. The second one details a plane crash that, once again, goes horribly wrong. The third one details a meeting between a group of hunters and some Werewolves that goes horribly wrong.
The last one is the story of a hunter and her therapist and their interaction with a group of humans affiliated with werewolves. It ends happily, with the two groups agreeing to work together to make the world a better place.
Ah, who are we kidding? It goes . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: October 11, 2002
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