Before I start, know that I love, love, LOVE this book! It is a lovely revisiting of The Hunters Hunted, a book that was full of potential in its own right. This version for the Vampire Twentieth Anniversary edition line is something worth getting. Like other titles in the line, this new book builds on the old book while bringing in new ideas and updates for the twenty-first century, offers new art alongside some classics from the original, and we get some revised mechanics. However, it's not QUITE the book that Onyx Path had planned to release...

A Deluxe Edition of this book was offered as a Kickstarter for the V20 lineup for Vampire: the Masquerade. Before that, the full, unformatted text was made available well before the Kickstarter began as part of the Onyx Path Open Development process. This meant that all of the book's text was written, edited and THEN crowd-source edited before the Kickstarter even began.

And then the Kickstarter began.

Among the Stretch Goals that Richard Thomas offered over on Kickstarter was a chance to add text to the book itself, and then he offered some more chances. We met ALL of those additional text goals, which is why The Hunters Hunted II now has a sixth chapter AND 50% more page count than was originally planned.

So, what did those additions bring? We get a more in-depth view of the Society of Leopold (a/k/a the Inquisition), the U.S. Government (a/k/a "Project Twilight"), the Arcanum, criminal and organized crime groups, minor hunter factions (including the Young Bloods from the original The Hunters Hunted) AND an updated list of hunters' gear! Of course, all of the above really builds on what's already in the V20 book, but the additions are truly wonderful. Oh, and the Kickstarter community had a chance to read, edit and critique the book's PDF before you got a chance to buy it.

...Another reviewer mentioned that there are Numina, Merits and other traits littered through Chapter Six, and the above is offered as an explanation for that (as well as a selling point). The various traits in that last chapter are most appropriate for hunters of those particular factions rather than off-the-street hunters which are the concern of the rest of the book, but that doesn't mean those traits are exclusive.

The Hunters Hunted II could have been a good book, but thanks to Richard's offers and the Kickstarter community's support, you have a chance to get a GREAT book.