[UA] Help me pleeeeeease!

[Timothy Groth]

> A) People who love UA but don't care for M:tA.
> B) People who love M:tA but don't care for UA.
> C) People who love both.

Well if I had to pick I'd go with C.  Personally I'm not too fond of 
WoD (though I like Exalted and the Trinity universe is alright) and the 
storyteller mechanics aren't my cup of tea either.  I personally think 
the Ascension War as it was presented was lame and I was very happy to 
see it sort of thrust out of the spotlight.

I think my biggest problem with Mage was that everything was fairly 
well pigeonholed and there was no real sense of weirdness or wide eyed 
wonder conveyed in the majority of the material.  Additionally, and 
this is a problem of WoD in general, because it is focused on magic it 
is limited.  While obviously it isn't a game to play if not everyone is 
interested in a game that has a magical focus the lack of versatility 
is one of the most hindering aspect of modern occult games (In-Nomine 
is in my opinion the most extreme case of this).  UA has a great deal 
of versatility without being flavorless.

I hope that doesn't come off as Wolf bashing, it wasn't meant to, Mage 
is definitely a good time with the right conditions and the unified 
magic system is neat (I also like Dark Age: Mage's magic system).  Also 
the Storyteller's Guide to Mage is one of the best Mage books written 
and the new Mage books are very well written (god help me I even like 
the new splat books).  Lots of nice material and inspiration in the 
Storyteller's Guide.

I don't think UA is more grown up than Mage.  I think that UA is less 
forgiving and you have to be more accepting of the fact that your 
character is going to get screwed up in at least one major way before 
the story comes to a close.


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