History TabletopGame / TheWorldOfDarkness

The following is a disambiguation page for the various settings and game systems published by WhiteWolf under the name "World of Darkness." Many of the various game lines in each setting also have their own works pages, indexed inside their respective setting.
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'''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness''' (1991-2004, 2011-)
* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade''
** city supplement: ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasqueradeChicagoByNight Chicago By Night]]''
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/DarkAgesVampire Dark Ages: Vampire]]''
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/VictorianAgeVampire Victorian Age: Vampire]]''
** ''Series/KindredTheEmbraced'' (a TV adaptation)
* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse''
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/DarkAgesWerewolf Dark Ages: Werewolf]]''
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheWildWest Werewolf: The Wild West]]''
* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension''
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/DarkAgesMage Dark Ages: Mage]]'' (SpiritualSuccessor to ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'')
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/MageTheSorcerersCrusade Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade]]'' (Renaissance)
* ''TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion''
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/WraithTheGreatWar Wraith: The Great War]]'' (World War One)
* ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming''
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/DarkAgesFae Dark Ages: Fae]]''
* ''TabletopGame/KindredOfTheEast'' (Vampire-like undead of East Asia)
* ''TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning''
** historical prequel: ''[[TabletopGame/DarkAgesInquisitor Dark Ages: Inquisitor]]''
* ''TabletopGame/MummyTheResurrection''
** ''World of Darkness: Mummy''
* ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Orpheus}}'' (Ghosts and paranormal investigators)

''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' was originally advertised as being the oWoD's prequel, but was revised so that this was no longer the case. It retains some similar elements.

''Crossover Spin-offs''
* ''TabletopGame/ProjectTwilight'' (Special Agents of the FBI hunting paranormal critters)
* ''[[TabletopGame/DemonHunterX World of Darkness: Demon Hunter X]]'' (Mortals with paranormal powers dedicated to defending humanity against supernatural beings)

''Computer Games''
* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeRedemption''
* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''
* ''VideoGame/HunterTheReckoning''
** ''Hunter: The Reckoning: Wayward''
** ''Hunter: The Reckoning: Redeemer''
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'''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness''' (2004-, retitled ''Chronicles of Darkness'' in December 2015)
* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem''
* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken''
* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening''
* ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated''
* ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost''
* ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil''
* ''TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters''
* ''TabletopGame/MummyTheCurse''
* ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent''
* ''TabletopGame/BeastThePrimordial''
* ''TabletopGame/DeviantTheRenegades''
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'''''TabletopGame/MonteCooksWorldOfDarkness''''' (2007) (''World of Darkness'' adapted to the ''d20'' rules system, by Monte Cook)
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!!Tropes in use throughout the franchise include:
* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: Hand weapons can be much more effective than firearms in the hands of supernatural creatures, to say nothing of their natural claws and fangs. In addition, firearms cause "Bashing" damage to vampires rather than the "Lethal" damage caused by blades because organ damage is meaningless to undead.
* [[NounVerber Noun: The Verb]]: Almost every major game line, commented on in an ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' [[http://irregularwebcomic.net/2475.html strip.]]
* {{Xenofiction}}: Rarely are characters ordinary humans; most are [[OurGhostsAreDifferent dead]], [[TheUndead undead]], [[WitchSpecies mutants]], [[TheFairFolk fairies]], [[OurAngelsAreDifferent (fallen) angels]], [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werebeasts]], or [[HeinzHybrid all of the above]].
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** ''KindredTheEmbraced'' (a TV adaptation)

* ''Deviant'' (subtitle to be announced)

'''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness''' (2004-)

TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} was originally advertised as being the oWoD's prequel, but was revised so that this was no longer the case. It retains some similar elements.

* {{Xenofiction}} Rarely are characters ordinary humans; most are [[OurGhostsAreDifferent dead]], [[TheUndead undead]], [[WitchSpecies mutants]], [[TheFairFolk fairies]], [[OurAngelsAreDifferent (fallen) angels]], [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werebeasts]], or [[HeinzHybrid all of the above]].

** ''KindredTheEmbraced''