The first thing one may notice when obtaining a physical copy is how heavy it is. Some of the imagery found in the blog may be considered disturbing. By mature, I mean that can, and often explores drugs, murder etc. In this blog, I will explore the snippets of the lore, mechanics, rules etc., as well as the overall presentation of the book, doing my best to keep things as simple as possible for those who have next to no knowledge of the game. There are many variations of VtM, such as ‘Victorian Age: Vampire’ and ‘Vampire: The Dark Ages’, but this blog will focus on ‘Vampire: The Masquerade-5th Edition’ (V5), which is the most recent release at the time of typing.
Each of these games has large books for players to learn the rules, mechanic, setting and character creation. Other WoD stories include ‘Mage: The Ascension’ and ‘Werewolf: The Apocalypse’. It was created by Mark Rein-Hagen and released in 1991 by White Wolf Publishing as the first of several games for its World of Darkness (WoD) setting. VtMB is based on the tabletop live-action role -playing (LARP) game ‘Vampire: The Masquerade’ (VtM).
