Vampire: The Masquerade
Vampire: The Masquerade was the first of
White Wolf's "
World of Darkness"
role playing games, centered around the
vampires of a
modern Gothic-
Punk world. The
Third Edition was released in
1998 and states, "The
setting of
Vampire is a
composite of its
populace and their despair." (
VtM3 - 28). The title of the series comes from "
The Masquerade", referring to the
Camarilla's attempts to hide vampirisim from
humans and their governments/
media.
Characters within the Vampire setting are generally members of one, or another, of the various clans/bloodlines:
- Camarilla
- Sabbat
- Independents
- Bloodlines
- Blood Brothers
- Cappadocians
- Children of Osiris
- Daughters of Cacophany
- Gangrel Aquarii
- Harbingers of Death
- Kiasyd
- Lasombra Antitribu
- Sabbat Antitribu (Various)
- Salubri
- Samedi
Kindred the Embraced, a
television series based on
Vampire, was produced by
Aaron Spelling. A
video game based upon the Vampire milieu is
Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption, released in 2000.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion, Changeling: The Dreaming, Hunter: The Reckoning, Mummy: The Resurrection, Kindred of the East and Demon: The Fallen are other RPG titles set in the so-called World of Darkness.
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