World of Darkness (cWoD Renaissance)

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The Classic World of Darkness is the setting for White Wolf Entertainment AB's series of Storyteller games of gothic horror. Whereas the core games were all placed in a modern day setting, a number of RPGs and associated books were given historical settings in the same world.

The World of Darkness setting of 1466 is a dark mirror of the real world Renaissance. In this time of rapid cultural expansion, the World of Darkness books focus on the Mages, those humans with the power to shape reality to their will. As new ideas are spread rapidly across European civilisation, the very nature of reality is in the hands of these gifted individuals as they battle to enforce their world-view: traditional magick versus scholarly reason.

There are five settings for the Classic World of Darkness. Any book within this family should be a member of one of the following four settings based on its historical period:

• World of Darkness (cWoD Modern) for the core modern day setting running from the 1990s to 2004, as well as the 1914 setting of Wraith: The Great War.
• World of Darkness (cWoD 19th Century) for the 1830 Savage West setting of Werewolf: The Wild West and the 1880 Gothic Victorian setting of Victorian Age: Vampire.
• World of Darkness (cWoD Renaissance) for the 1466 setting of Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade.
• World of Darkness (cWoD Dark Ages) for any of the original 1197, revised 1230, or 20th anniversary 1242 Dark Ages settings.

Additionally, any books set in the Far East are also a member of the geographical setting World of Darkness (cWoD Far East), on top of the appropriate historical setting.

Video game adaptations: World of Darkness