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Vampire: The Masquerade
by
Mark Rein-Hagen,
Graeme Davis (Goodreads Author)
An updated, revised version of the popular classic compiles everything that a Vampire player and Storyteller needs to know about the Kindred and the World of Darkness for the new millennium.
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
December 1st 1994
by White Wolf Games Studio
(first published January 1st 1992)
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I can quote it by heart. :)
I can't say much about VtM: It's my favorite RPG book, for starters, and I have used it and read it whole and in pieces for almost eight years now. Vampire has developed a personality of it's own in my eyes and it has helped me shape many of my aesthetical preferences, for example. I wouldn't recommend it lightly, though. Vampire is a game for adults and requires maturity and time to digest and work until you learn to see it in the Punk-Gothic setting it was meant to b...more
I can't say much about VtM: It's my favorite RPG book, for starters, and I have used it and read it whole and in pieces for almost eight years now. Vampire has developed a personality of it's own in my eyes and it has helped me shape many of my aesthetical preferences, for example. I wouldn't recommend it lightly, though. Vampire is a game for adults and requires maturity and time to digest and work until you learn to see it in the Punk-Gothic setting it was meant to b...more
This was one really, really, good setting. However it is a shame that it brought a lot of goths out of the woodwork which ended up polluting the roleplaying community. Sometimes I wonder if Mark Rein-Hagen was a goth himself, because this setting is a very dark and gloomy setting which is very political in structure. Hagen has pretty much set the roleplaying world in a new direction with this creation, and in turn, has opened the roleplaying community up to a lot of newcomers.
I used to play LA...more
I used to play LA...more
Don't worry, you can deeply feel this book without any attempt to play this game. One reason "Vampire: The Masquerade" is so great, intriguing and interesting it's for the literature their books have.
Other reasons are the Vampire Politics and "The Masquerade", which is a set of laws created by themselves to protect their kind and survive in the "World Of Darkness", a world not so different than ours. Once you're in there, the next step is learning about the Vampire Clans (another big reason, the...more
Other reasons are the Vampire Politics and "The Masquerade", which is a set of laws created by themselves to protect their kind and survive in the "World Of Darkness", a world not so different than ours. Once you're in there, the next step is learning about the Vampire Clans (another big reason, the...more
Nov 02, 2008
Jake
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommended to Jake by:
Todd Marabella
This book was lent to me by a friend, after some conversations over the differences between the Old World of Darkness and the New World of Darkness. He professed to like this version of Vampire better than the new one, and while I haven't read the new one, he lent this to me should I want a point of a comparison.
Saying that I "read" this is not entirely true. I read a few chapters, mostly the setting related ones, and skipped the rules, as it's a game I have no real intention of playing or runni...more
Saying that I "read" this is not entirely true. I read a few chapters, mostly the setting related ones, and skipped the rules, as it's a game I have no real intention of playing or runni...more
Aug 29, 2007
Mark Stone
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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Even though I dont play it any more, and have little or no interest in it's younger couisin, Vampire: the Requiem, Vampire: the Masquerade will always have a special place in my heart. It was the first of it's kind in my life, a game that encouraged me to think about a character's story, his ascent or descent.
I've had a lot of fun with this game, for all its flaws. If you are into games of existential horror and telling the story of a slow descent into madness and inhumanity, this is the game fo...more
I've had a lot of fun with this game, for all its flaws. If you are into games of existential horror and telling the story of a slow descent into madness and inhumanity, this is the game fo...more
In terms of story and setting, this is probably the best RPG book ever written as the emphasis is on the role-playing aspect rather than the gaming aspect. This game is definitely for those more interested in fantasy role-playing rather than rule-mongering.
Such a beautiful tome that even if you are not into the RP aspect (which I am not and ironically, who it was wrote for), the drawings are so amazing, the presentation so slick and the explanations of modern vamps so gritty and realistic that it DEMANDS purchase! And I am only half way through, just no more 'roll the dice!' Just kidding!
I never got around to playing this game more than once. I’m more of a D&D kind of gal, but I enjoyed reading it.
Good book for beginners to the Masquerade the first book on this rpg game
in this order best to worst
mage,werewolf,vampire
mage,werewolf,vampire
Simply one of the greatest RPG’s ever written. Stylistically fabulous with an unbeatable storyline; the Clans and their intra-Kindred maneuverings perfection. Only the mechanics (the nuts and bolts of the game) could have used some work (most of which were vastly improved in Vampire: The Requiem; unfortunate at the cost of much of the style and feel).
It only gets a four instead of a five because I needed to leave room for Mage: the Assertion to score higher as I thought it was the absolute best...more
It only gets a four instead of a five because I needed to leave room for Mage: the Assertion to score higher as I thought it was the absolute best...more
I'm a true ventrue.
Super
Used to have an awesome time with this RPG while i lived in Scotland. The LARP once a month was an excellent way to unwind and play-act and is something that wouldn't have been have as fun if it wasn't for the well devised universe within which the Masquerade is set.
I liked the dot system and creating characters and deciding what kind of vampire to pretend to be. Was actually very helpful for my writing in developing characters with more depth.
I liked the dot system and creating characters and deciding what kind of vampire to pretend to be. Was actually very helpful for my writing in developing characters with more depth.
In highschoo, I wasn't enough of a goth to really get into this game, and as a player I was more into fantasy quests than long, drawn out, angsty narratives. I thought the game was well-written, and the system nicely balanced, but never got into playing it. By the time I was in college and mature enough to appreciate the game-play, I couldn't take the melodrama seriously and was drifting out of gaming in general. Still, its a classic.
Creo que este libro marco mi adolescencia, aunque es un juego de rol, esta reinteresante.
Basicamente te enseña a jugar, y trae una pequeña historia de cada clan o raza vampirica.
Basicamente te enseña a jugar, y trae una pequeña historia de cada clan o raza vampirica.
This is a fairly interesting game,I haven't personally played nor will I ever, but the book itself makes things sound very interesting. There are story lines that are worth reading, and the illustrations are pretty cool.
I had a lot of fun LARPing using this, but let's be honest, it is a very, very silly book. The pictures are bad and the writing is worse. Nevertheless, it is an excellent gateway drug into the world of gaming.
Difficile de noter quelque chose que l'on a adoré à une époque, mais qui est impossible à reparcourir quelques années plus tard !
i read this in high school, hoping i'd find someone to play this game with me, but never did. someone play with me!
i did vtm for a couple years, both in person and online. mostly online. on IRC. good times.
Do you wanna learn a cool stuff about vampires and role playing game? Here. Read it.
this book taught me how to draw
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