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The signs are impossible to ignore. The cities teem with people staring at cellphone screens. The skies are choked with data and fossil fuel fumes. Civilization is slowly eroding the wild places of the world. Humanity has all but conquered the world. The Rapture is upon us…

… and only a handful of heroes stand ready to bring about the apocalyptic end of everything that humanity has built.

Enter the world of the Lycanthrope, the werewolves of myth and legend that stand ready to destroy everything that is good and wholesome in the name of their demon god. From the disease-ridden jungles to the desolate

arctic wastes, the signs are everywhere: destroy all that is civilized!

Black Dog Game Factory brings you this anniver­ sary edition of Lycanthrope: The Rapture, celebrating seventeen years of blood, gore, dismemberment, and demon worship. It contains revised and updated rules for playing Lycanthropes in the World of Shadow, spearheaded by long-time line developer Evan Stump. All of the Lycanthrope’s Karma powers are compiled into one place; with full-color art showing every drop of blood spray and every inch of rent flesh. Updated rules using all new English words have been vigorously playtested over the course of several minutes. The book used Black Dog’s highly popular “closed development” system, where the writers and artists hint vaguely at what they’re working on without revealing anything to the community.

Further, Black Dog will partner with the well-estab­ lished CashGrab community-funding site to produce a Limited Edition version of Lycanthrope: The Rapture. This steel-bound volume has been tested thoroughly by Evan Stump, and is guaranteed to be able to murder an unpaid intern within two or three swings. People who

pledge over $1,000 will get a chance to see the pages that Will Ridges scribbled in his original Lycanthrope design notes before going mad.

Contrary to the tales told around the fire in Garou septs, Endron does not bind spirits or banes into its gaso­ line. That would be counterproductive. They don’t need to make their gas do anything particularly evil, not when it’s one of Pentex’s best spiritual smokescreens available. A car burning Endron’s regular unleaded leaves a linger­ ing trail of fumes that contain tiny particles infused with Wyrm-taint. When several cars drive through an area, the whole place stinks of the Wyrm, giving the Corrup­ tor’s minions plenty of cover.

It takes hundreds of cars burning Endron’s gas for an area to show up as tainted: most urban areas, motor shows, and any gas station that supplies Endron fuel all stink of Wyrm taint. A Rite of Cleansing can clear the taint, and is difficulty 4 to work over any area up to a square mile. The true difficulty comes soon after — unless the Garou can bar cars and trucks from the area entirely.