Changeling: The Lost
Changeling: The Lost cover
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| Designer(s) | Ethan Skemp |
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| Publisher(s) | White Wolf |
| Publication date | August 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Personal Horror |
| System(s) | Storytelling System |
Changeling: The Lost is the fifth supplementary role-playing game line published by White Wolf, Inc. It uses the Storytelling System for rules and is set in the Chronicles of Darkness setting. Changeling is the second limited game published by White Wolf after Promethean: The Created, but in April 2008 it was announced that because of the success of the line it would be an extended limited series not limited to 5 books. Since then, three full hard-cover books were published: Equinox Road, Dancers in the Dusk, and Swords at Dawn. A PDF only book, Goblin Market, was also created. This was followed by a setting book: Victorian Lost.
The game is primarily inspired by tales of changelings from European folklore but includes elements of similar stories from around the world. While superficially similar to the original World of Darkness game Changeling: The Dreaming, Changeling: The Lost approaches the legends from a more traditional perspective of mortals kidnapped by Fae and eschews the past life angle that characterized its predecessor.
The game was released on August 16, 2007, "just in time for Gen Con," according to the White Wolf website. Previous to that, updates on the White Wolf Inc. website slowly revealed more about the setting and the mechanics. Much of what was known about the game, prior to the official updates, was disseminated by members who attended the 2007 GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas.
On April 25, 2007, a White Wolf staff member's publicly posted photograph documenting a prank revealed the Changeling cover for the first time.
On April 30, 2007, the cover for Changeling: The Lost was officially revealed via White Wolf's news feed; coupled with this description of the game line from the publisher:
Taken from your home, transformed by the power of Faerie, kept as the Others’ slave or pet — but you never forgot where you came from. Now you have found your way back through the Thorns, to a home that is no longer yours. You are Lost. Find yourself.
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