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War of Ages (Vampire: The Masquerade)

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War of Ages, a reprint of the Anarchs Cookbook and Elysium, provides source material and background information on the two extremes in the world of kindred. While they both retain the look and feel of the older, first edition books, the information within is still just as valid for the setting as when they were first published several years back. Elysium, the elders half of the book, provides rules for creating elders (including new elder-specific backgrounds, merits and flaws), ideas on plotlines for elders games, secret "Gehenna Cults", and tips on how to run a chronicle that lasts for centuries. The anarch cookbook contains all sorts of background and storyline information for ST's and players that want to indulge in the wilder side of being a cainite, All in all, a great book, and a great way to get two old out-of-print sourcebooks.

This book is quite simply two books pasted together. If you don't have either book, its a great value. But, if you have one of them and think that there are some updates in this version, you're mistaken. Even though WW makes references to this effect in other books (calling it a "replacement" for Elysium), it's not technically true: they're the same book.