Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

As a single-player computer game with no active combat, I am okay at Swansong.

First Kill first look

Vampires? Hunters? Kissing?! Unheard of!

Dracula Daily

I remember Tumblr. It seems to have partially grown back after being beheaded by new owners? And it's doing a fun thing at the moment, reacting to the Dracula Daily subscription sending out sections from the novel on the day they're set.

Bloodhunt

Bloodhunt has gone live! And I have gone dead. A few times.

New Bremen at 22

Home.

J:

Really wish they'd start a V5 version

R:

The liability of hosting a chat makes NB likely a relic of a bygone time

Jaz:

which blows ass

Conrad Hubbard:

I think you need two things to create a New Bremen:

1. A group of people willing to work on it. This happened last time because me and a bunch of Storytellers put crazy amounts of time into it.

2. A critical mass of players. I think this happened last time by it being on the White Wolf website. If a company didn't want to host it, they would at least have to give an unofficial chat a prominent link.

 

J:

Being on the White Wolf website gave it that air of authenticity, and that definitely drew players. There are a ton of small and medium size Discord servers running, sure a lot of them aren't great, but the desire and ST's are out there. sorta.

A happy Plan To Kill Cappadocius Day to all Giovanni friends who celebrate!

Nosferatu 100

Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror premiered on March 4th 1922.

Claudia's Lament

Watching Bohemian Rhapsody and imagining the authorized "print the legend" biopic of Claudia Welles.

J: Except she died of ennui

Me: Like that ever stopped biopics.

Lestat

Super Bowl ads (a fascinating glimpse into a parallel world) include the first few seconds of footage from the new Interview With The Vampire series. And of course the first line comes from Lestat. And suggests some kind of antihero motivation change for him. Fiiiine.

This week on What We Do In the Shadows Nandor joins a Golconda cult and that goes as well as you might expect.

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Can they trust anyone to help smuggle the killer out of the domain? Will they have to flee themselves? Will the fight for Blake's old turf turn to open war? We'll find out... after Christmas.

Vampire: The Requiem 2 is 8

Vampire: The Requiem second edition came out in 2013. I would like to play it sometime.

Anne Rice

Anne Rice has died, aged 80.

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So now of course the Prince wants him handed over. Rivals touting this as a sign of weakness. Anarchs claiming responsibility...

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Accusations quickly turn to physical threats. Having been among those who found the killer, the coterie move to protect him. Barnes says it's the right thing to do.

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And we find the killer.

A mortal.

One of Blake's lovers.

But is this enough to stop the gathering storm?

(J: is it ever. #dramabomb)

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Charlotte goes to talk with the band, as she figures they have little to gain and a lot to lose from a crackdown on the Rack. They confirm that Blake had a fair bit of social pull but wasn't well loved by his clanmates.

Barnes checks in with the Sheriff, who has ruled some suspects out.

Joe visits the anarchs, who suggest looking into a splinter group.

Bloodlines

Happy Bloodlines anniversary from all your friends at the Ocean House Hotel!

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Everybody has theories blaming everybody else, leaving the PCs to look at the suspects at a distance. Blake wasn't well liked, but as the childe of the Prince had some protection. It probably wasn't hunters because why stop at one, unless it was a personal vendetta. Do they know how Blake liked to feed? He'd dropped a few hints. Follow the money and/or blood...

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Camarilla loyalists and Anarchs in the same club. Accusations.

Charlotte and Joe try to keep things civil. Barnes and Elisa start planning to set off a fire alarm and evacuate the building if a fight starts. Samuel gets ready to drop on someone if they start something, not really caring who.

Charlotte manages to get everything behind closed doors, at least.