>>4209614To be even more clear for everyone here.
Old World of Darkness (oWoD) has Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion, Changeling: The Dreaming, Hunter: The Reckoning, Demon: The Fallen, Orpheus, Mummy: The Resurrection, and Kindred of the East. Then it's got things like Vampire: The Dark Ages, or Werewolf: The Wild West, which are the same creatures in different time periods.
They're not playing oWoD, but New World of Darkness (nWoD) which was a reboot of various lines with new lore and direction. Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken, Mage: The Awakening, Promethean: The Created, Changeling: The Lost, Hunter: The Vigil (what they're playing), Geist: The Sin-Eaters, Mummy: The Curse. All these books require the World of Darkness core book, which contains all the base rules and functions as a mortal game.
Then nWoD got a rebrand with its second edition to Chronicles of Darkness (CofD). It has second editions of all of the above (although MtC and HtV aren't out yet.) A big complaint about nWoD was that it felt like "oWoD but not", Chronicles changes a lot of stuff to make them all feel distinct and really doubles down on mechanical and roleplay working in unison. 95% of the time they're far better games for it, and they don't need a separate book to work. They're all stand alone but there is a Chronicles of Darkness book that grants extra options and also works as a mortal game, while introducing large parts of the setting that aren't super relevant for the other games. CofD also introduces a few new games too, Demon: The Descent (which actually does need the Chronicles book), Deviant: The Renegades, and Beast: The Primordial but we don't talk about Beast.
If you only know about WoD through it's various video games just know that the game they are playing has no real relation to those things. Different universe, different tone, different rules.
If anyone has any questions about Hunter the Vigil I'd be happy to answer them, or just general WoD questions (The CofD stuff is really my thing though), I am happy to answer them.
