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Trinity

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This game is one of the best RPG's ever written hands down. It is almost sad that this game is made by White Wolf, because the other World of Darkness games, tend to over shadow their other titles. Set in the year 2120, Trinity takes a look at a dark future. Where the United States of America, have been taken over by our own military. Where the Earth has nearly been destroyed by a horrible war, against what can only be called "superheros." But within this frame work, come the heros. Members of Elite Psionic Orders, who try and change the world for the better. Alright I know the concept sounds really bad, and maybe I am not explaining it right. But I like the game because they dive into the culture of 2120. Talking about fashion, what the ordinery guy does for a living, and how technology has changed the world. The aliens in the game are ALIEN. The 3 major alien races are a species of psionic 1ft long slugs, who make advanced biotechnology. A race of strangely advanced lizards who can manipulate light. And lastly a race of hive like creatures, who graft genetic material from races they find, to their own gene code. For the price of the book, you really cannot go wrong just to give it a try. So if you are in the mood for a unique science fiction setting, give Trinity a try. Or try it's prequel games "Aberrant" (Dealing with the golden age of the "superheros") and "Adventure" (Coming later in 2001, dealing with pulp heros in 1925).

Trinity is the best science-fiction role-playing game I've ever played. Built on White Wolf's familiar Storyteller system, Trinity takes the best that system has to offer and incorporates a number of elements that distinguish it not just from other White Wolf games, but from more "generic" sci-fi rpgs such as Alternity, Star Trek, Spacemaster, or Traveller. With topics ranging from psionic powers, hard tech, biotechnology, and weapons of the 22nd century, the game comes with the building blocks necessary for good sci-fi.

What really sets the game above the rest however, is the incredibly rich universe that White Wolf has created. It's possible to play just about any type of sci-fi game you want from Blade Runner film-noir, Aliens-style horror, Star Trek-quests into the unknown, to Star Wars-style space opera. The supplemental books and adventures are also top notch. If you're looking for adaptable sci-fi, Trinity is it.

I've always been interested in futuristic sci-fi rpgs like Cyberpunk 2020 and Jovian Chronicles. When Mage the Ascension introduced the Technocratic Union to me I saw it as a great opportunity to run sci-fi and space dramas with the Storyteller system. Yeah I could have made up a lot of the material but it was good to have some source material to work with. Then I learned about Trinity. Trinity opened up an entirely new realm for me to explore as a storyteller. The players are not mages, but humans with psychic powers that range from mind control to controlling machines and generating lasers from fingers. This is one of the best White Wolf source books out there.

The book is divided into two sections. One is in color and focused on the setting of Trinity. The section started off with a nice piece of fiction about a latent psion and his encounters in a rough and unforgiving world. It then goes on to discuss the events that lead up to the current Trinity setting. There was a good amount of material on the Aberrants and some stuff on the Aeon Society. Both group have their own source books and game universes. Psi Orders and the state of the world in 2120 were presented without giving away too many secrets to players. The world is completely different in the future. Africa and China are now super-powers with space programs while America is in a state of ruin and has nothing but the military to keep it alive. The color section, I believe is primarily for players to flip through.

The rest of the book was in black and white and covered material for basic rules, character creation, psionic powers, gadgets, vehicles and other details that are necessary to run a game. It is all standard stuff from a core White Wolf book. Sections like this have appeared in Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, and all the other main books. There are a few subtle but significant changes in the rules but nothing White Wolf (or other) gamers can't understand quickly. The rule mechanics are very easy to grasp, thus freeing the players and storytellers from flipping through the book every few minutes for specialized rules.

The book did cover a broad range of topics. There was little room for details such as culture in the futuristic nations. The psions are only a small percentage of the populace so it would have been nice to have more information on the daily life of normal people.

Trinity is a very complete book, which covers everything you need to know to get a futuristic game rolling. Whether you're into cyberpunk, space combat and drama, encounter with aliens, wars and battles on Earth and other planets, espionage, anarchic frenzy or controlled social progress, Trinity has something for everyone.

Perhaps the most undeservedly overlooked game in RPG history, Trinity is a rare gem of a game. Set in the early 22nd century, the game paints a sweeping picture of Earth struggling to recover from war, adjusting to the appearance of Psions (humans with psionic abilities), and the first contacts with alien races.

The storyteller has a broad canvas on which to paint his tales. Corporate and political intrigue, gritty ALIENS style space opera, and Mad Max style adventure in the war ravaged remnants of nations can all be accomodated in the superbly written setting.

The game mechanics use an improved version of the familiar Storyteller rules common to all White Wolf games, making Trinity an easy to learn system for new gamers, but offering elegant simplicity for experienced gamers. The system is easily adapted to other genres such as modern day espionage or detective games. I highly recommend Trinity.

This is my first roleplaying game that i have personaly bought. I've played all the classics, and even some unpopular ones, but in my opinion, this is the best yet. It is a little shortcomming in some areas, like i would like to know more about the teleporters and the Dark psions, but lots of those questions are answered in sourcebooks. You must try Trinity at least once, it's worth it.

I particularly liked Trinity: it's well thought out, both in concept and execution. It allows for more and better combat than previous White Wolf titles, and leaves out most of that pretentious spirituality nonsense which made Werewolf and Vampire so annoying. My only complaint is that there isn't enough detail to play more than a standard adventure without serious Storyteller effort. But it's still fun.

This game is very much business as usual for White Wolf. Thestory and background are very well done and very slickly presented.The first half of the book is devoted to this and is surprisingly entertaining reading for an rpg. The system is simple and straightforward. Players of other White Wolf games will find much that is familiar in it. Combat is the only big change with more detail added from the world of darkness game series. Character generation is much the same. That said, this game also contains the usual White Wolf flaws and ploys. Information is very sketchy on some points that are important to the game. Information on the game's main enemy is very sparse for instance. This sort of thing recurs throughout the book and is a painfully obvious ploy to force storytellers to buy more books in order to use the game fully. Be prepared to either do lots of work filling in the holes or to buy several more books. Despite it's strong points, I can not give it any more than three stars as a game due to it's incompleteness.

When I first heard of this game I was not very interested, since I was busy with Vampire and the like. But a friend of mine sat me down and made me read it and now two years later, I don't know how I could have been so silly. This is a dark, suspenseful game that sucks you in. Set in the 2120's, it is a new world. Aberrants have destroyed life as we knew it and now, we set forth as Psions, humanity's last hope. This game will really take you on a wild ride. In the time I have played it I have been angry, experienced frustration unlike any before, felt despair and been moved to the point of tears.

The game system is the same as most White Wolf Games and is easy to use and understand. There is plenty of background material and if it is not enough, there are several supplements available. It is extremely well written and the illustrations are exceptional not only for the artistic merit, but for the relevence to the background material. This a game every gamer must try, if not own!

I had a copy of this when it was originally released and lost it over the course of my travels. But I remembered enjoying it and finding many of the ideas in it to be interesting.

The copy I purchased was in exactly the condition advertised and I received it ahead of schedule.

Great service!

I love this book! How many times can we actually say that about a book? Not often, believe me, I have read my share of stinkers!!

Trinity RPG is the definitive rpg for those looking for more pizazz in their cyberpunk role-playing experience. It has all the moody cyberpunk themes, but it adds a twist: you are Earth's last hope for fighting alien invasions and former 'superhero' mutants called Abberants. Blessed with alien genetics spliced in you, you are a gifted Psion or psychic superhero who must use his superhero ablities to save the world.

The book comes with the best rules out there, Storyteller System 1.0, a rpg system from White Wolf Games. Those guys who brought us Vampire the Masquerade, remember? A narrative-driven story rpg, it's more about you the player than dice. It still hasn't been topped as a rpg engine to date!

Psions come in eight flavors: shapeshifting Norca, psychic healers called Aesculpians, computer-hacker electomagnetic psychics from the Orgotek Corporation, the Ministy from China, who can read minds. The telekinetic psions from Australia, the ESP prophets from the Moon, and lastly the teleporters from the new deep-space, extrasolar colonies.
Side note: one order, the Chibs, were wiped out due to the fact that they used quantum energy like the Abberants.
SO what's not to love? Its cyberpunk meets frickin' psychic superheroes for crying out loud! Worth all them five stars!