25 Years of Vampire: The Masquerade

After a small detour out of the Dark Medieval, we return with a review of Road of Kings for Dark Ages: Vampire. In the second Road sourcebook, everything you need to play one of the Scions is detailed. This book provides intricacies for both players and storytellers from the historical foundations to the secret rites of honor and power of Via Regalis. Road of Kings was written by Steve Kenson and...

We’re back with another Vampire: the Masquerade 5th edition review! This week, we dig into The Chicago Folios, a sourcebook that explores the plots, stories, characters, antagonists and more of the Chicago kindred world. Originally a reward tier of the original Chicago by Night, the Chicago Folios was published April 1st, 2020 and written by Dale Andrade, John Burke, Matthew Dawkins, Joshua Alan D...

This episode is the epilogue to our first New Moon Rising story. We wrap up much of the loose ends, but some questions still remain. We will return to this chronicle in the future to explore more of our anarch gang. However, as of this recording, there is no clear timeline for a recording schedule. Once life returns to a “normal tempo,” we will start a new chapter of the chronicle. Support the sho...

Fall of London is a chronicle recently released by Modiphius Entertainment for Vampire: the Masquerade fifth edition. It explores the recent history of the World of Darkness to tell the story of the fall of the Camarilla/vampiric domain of London. Central to this tale is the Methuselah, Mithras, as he seeks restore his former power, exact revenge upon his betrayers, and rebuild a new London from t...

This week, we dive into the Dark Ages supplement detailing the Shadow Inquisition and their holy duty to save Christendom from the supernatural creatures of the night. Dark Ages: Inquisitor gives players the information they need to create inquisitors from the monastic and lay orders, as well as the blessings, curses, and rites they use to fight the forces of evil. Note: While this supplement is c...

his week, we take a deep dive and review of the first Road Book: Road of the Beast. Also known as Via Bestiae, Road of the Beast is one of the major roads of enlightenment that vampires follow during the Dark Ages. Known for its primal concepts of individuality, survival, and strength, it is the ancestor to the modern Path of the Beast, Path of the Feral Heart, and Path of Harmony. Road of the Bea...

This week, we take a dive into the Dark Medieval Europe, circa 1230. Dark Ages: Europe is a setting book for all the major nations and kingdoms, along with the vampiric fiends that influence (or outright control) these regions. Included in this book are details on The British Isles, France, Iberia, Scandinavia, Outremer and more. Dark Ages Europe was written by Bjørn T. Bøe, Chris Hartford, Oliver...

Welcome back everyone. We hope that all of you listening, from all over the world, are currently safe, doing well, and haven’t been terribly impacted by the current pandemic situation. While you’re stuck inside, we’ll continue to produce podcasts for all of you! This episode, we review the Dark Ages Storytellers Companion. This book fills in the gaps from the main corebook with info on rare bloodl...

Part two? Yes, part two! We wrap up our summary and review of Dark Ages: Vampire this week! We flash forward in time to review the “Revised,” or second edition of Vampire’s Dark Ages line. With a change in naming convention, we find ourselves in 1230 AD, embroiled in the War of Princes. The Dark Ages: Vampire corebook presents players and storytellers with everything they need to play a character...

Thanks for coming back! due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to split this review into two episodes. We hope the audio quality is not too terrible. Welcome back to another Dark Ages deep dive and review. This week, we travel forward in time to review the “Revised,” or second edition of Vampire’s Dark Ages line. With a change in naming convention, we find ourselves in 1230 AD, embroiled in the W...

While we’re down doing some research for Dark Ages Vampire we didn’t want you go without another podcast. So, this week, we cobbled together two of our Patreon-exclusive episodes for general release. Anyways, this episode is all about Live Action Roleplaying, as it pertains to Vampire: the Masquerade and our experiences with it. This isn’t meant to be a definitive treatise on the subject of LARP....

We reach the end of the original Vampire: the Dark Ages line with our review of Under the Black Cross. This chronicle is set at the beginning of the Fifth Crusade and details the struggle for supremacy between the Ventrue Lord Jürgen von Verden and the Tzimisce voivode Vladimir Rustovich. Your player characters find themselves intertwined as these elders maneuver for control of Hungary and all of...

This week, we review Iberia by Night, a sourcebook for Vampire: the Dark Ages. A land of constant turmoil and bloodshed, Medieval Spain and all the people are covered in great detail. Additionally, the Reconquista, princes and sultans, and the shadowy Amici Noctis, and more can be found within. Iberia By Night was written by Michael Butler, Richard E. Dansky, James Maliszewski, and Guy-Francis Vel...

This week, we review the 2001 release, Bitter Crusade. This Chronicle brings the Dark Ages game forward to 1197 to 1204 and focuses on three stories that parallel the 4th Crusade. As Christians venture forward towards the Holy Land, Bitter Crusade takes your coterie of vampires into the heart of the holy war. This book offers updates on both Venice and Constantinople as well, as the Long Night com...

This week, we are joined by Thomas from Flyos Games to talk about the Kickstarter - which is NOW live - for the upcoming game, Vampire: the Masquerade Chapters! Thomas talks about all the cool, unique, and now revealed treats included in the campaign. Check out the link below to back the Kickstarter and help our show! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flyosgames/vampire-the-masquerade-chapters?...

Welcome everyone to another episode! This week, we take some time to talk to Matthew Dawkins about the upcoming book for Vampire: the Masquerade, Cults of the Blood Gods. We also chat about Chicago by Night, get mercilessly quizzed on the Malkavian clan (Spoiler: we know embarrassingly little about the clan), and chat about what’s next for V5. Cults of the Blood Gods raised over $150,000 during it...

Veil of Night is a sourcebook for Vampire: the Dark Ages that provides a detailed history of the Middle East during the Dark Ages. We dig deep into the material this week to talk about how the Muslim world intersects with the World of Darkness, as well as the origins of the Ashirra, the Banu Haquim, and more modern lore of Vampire: the Masquerade. Veil of Night was written by Chris Hartford, Ellen...

Welcome back, Cainites! We’re Sliding back into the Dark Ages review cycle this week and looking at Libellus Sanguinis 4: Thieves in the Night. First, we address some of the feedback we received from our Chicago by Night review and give some nods to folks we forgot last week. This edition of Libelus Sanguinis gives a complete look at three more of the clans from Vampire: the Dark Ages. First, we e...

Welp, we’re back from holiday full of colds and cough drops to bring you a new review! We figured, in honor of 2020, the New Year, yada yada, and etc., we’d dive into a review of the upcoming Chicago by Night 5th edition coming soon from Onyx Path Publishing. The Chicago by Night project was launched on Kickstarter back on October 30th of 2018 and funded in 30 days. We are now poised to finally ha...

Welcome once again to our holiday special edition bonanza extravaganza! In this episode, we talk about creating and playing believable and unique NPC characters. Characterization for an entire game can be difficult and overwhelming, but also one of the most rewarding aspects of storytelling. There are TONS of resources out there for creating characters - both for gaming and for general fiction. Be...

In this episode of Teach Me How!, Nate and Bob talk about strategies and processes for running a meaningful feeding scene in Vampire: the Masquerade. While any of the ideas and concepts we speak about in this podcast can (and do) apply to V5, we don’t explicitly talk about the feeding styles found in the updated game. Sorry. At the time of this recording, we just didn’t have the depth of knowledge...

Welcome the episode three of the “Teach Me How!” podcast. In this episode, Bob and Nate talk about HOW to play an elder. From inception to application, we give you strategies and books that you'll be able to utilize for portraying an elder. An elder, for the uninitiated, is any vampire who has seen three or more centuries of unlife in the Vampire: the Masquerade World of Darkness. These creat...

Welcome to episode two of the “Teach Me How!” podcast. In this episode, we try make sense of the madness that is the Camarilla and make a serious effort to distill it into a somewhat easy-to-follow podcast. Thank you for your continued support! Feel free to leave comments with ideas for other Teach Me How episodes we could explore in the future. Below is a list of additional resources on the augus...

Hello all! Thanks for sticking with us over the long holiday. This week, we bring you a very special episode of our Teach Me How! podcast. These podcasts were created especially for our Patreon backers and it’s our attempt at giving back some our knowledge and experience to the community! Now, here they are for you, for the holidays! Word of warning, these first episodes are a little rough around...

Happy Thanksgiving (or black Friday :p) to our American listeners, and happy just another day to everyone else in the world! In this episode, we bring you our final review of the year. We open the dusty tomes and climb high into the eldritch mountains to explore a twisted and treacherous cabal of vampires who stole their immortality from the ancient masters of the land: The Tremere. Now, from thei...