World of Darkness

New World of Darkness Game Line All Hardcover
White Wolf Limits WoD Releases to Two Books a Month
Posted: 2004-07-27

Atlanta, GA, July 27, 2004 – White Wolf Publishing today unveiled additional details of its publishing plan for the new World of Darkness line. This plan includes an attractive hardcover format for all game books and a smaller overall number of releases.

The World of Darkness, launching anew on August 21st with the World of Darkness Rulebook and Vampire: The Requiem, is White Wolf's flagship game line of contemporary horror roleplaying games. In it's first incarnation – published from 1991 to early 2004 – the line consisted of many different games, each with hardcover rulebooks and many softcover supplements.

"We took a long, hard look at our publishing model and reworked how we deliver books to our customers," said Mike Tinney, White Wolf's President. "This started with the creation of a central rulebook for the entire World of Darkness line" – meaning August's World of Darkness Rulebook – "and continued with the decision to publish fewer, meatier supplements."

Indeed, all roleplaying game supplements for the line will be hardcover books of at least 128 pages (and usually 160 or more). White Wolf plans to publish two of these books for the World of Darkness every month, for a total of 24 roleplaying book releases a year. This total will hold true even once other game lines join Vampire: The Requiem in the World of Darkness, such as the upcoming Werewolf: The Forsaken and Mage: The Awakening.

Fiction titles, play aids (dice sets, Storyteller screens) and merchandise items (T-shirts, mousepads) will come in addition to these releases. The Exalted and Sword & Sorcery game lines will continue their established publishing patterns with a blend of hard- and softcover releases.