VTM: Winter's Teeth

A new Vampire: The Masquerade comic series.

My gaming wishlist

Inspired by Christopher Turco, games I've been wanting to play or run for ages:

Playing as opposed to running Requiem 2 and Masquerade 5, a 1920s VtM game, running a Star Wars game with the big emotional impact of the movies as well as the action...

Red Sands: Twenty

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Twenty

Jamie rides with the vampire to a club with flashing lights, a DJ people are expected to have heard of, and a VIP room they have no trouble getting into.

"So, is this the part where you remind me of all the luxuries I'm missing?" she asks as she scouts for possible donors.
"Yes, that's the idea. How about those two, we could share..."
"Possibly. But you know I don't need reminding, how it's very slightly more difficult to grab a bite than it would be in the Tower. So what else is this about?"
"The situation here's unstable. That's bad for us, bad for the gangs, bad for you in particular."
"It would be. Are you asking for our help?"
"Yes."
"Look at that. A straight answer."
"I know. These are strange times."
"So what do you want us to do, and why do think we would?"
"Let's discuss it over drinks."

...

Simon, Louise and Jacob go to see the collective. They note that other gangs are muscling in... because their bagged blood sources are failing.

After 23 years, I still feel welcome on the Hellmouth.

Merry International Women's Day! May Captain Marvel bless you.

Locke & Key

Making the Locke & Key TV series basically family-friendly was an interesting choice.

GM's Appreciation Day

Happy GM's Appreciation Day!

Naturally we skipped tonight's session.

Happy Purge, or whatever February 29th is.

Red Sands: Nineteen

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Nineteen

Simon intercepts the anarchs. They say they're here for business, but they seem rather heavily armed for that. And they're from a different gang than the ones who suggested the place and have tags nearby.

Louise comes out, and the standoff becomes a chase. Simon breaks it off as he realizes it's heading into this gang's domain.

At the hotel, Jamie tells the others about the gang planning on moving into the beach. It's not the same gang, but they are neighbors.

"Sounds like a concerted move." Simon scowls.
"We picked a fun time to arrive..." Louise sighs.

...

On her way out the next night, her Camarilla 'shadow' is waiting, car parked out on the kerb, not in their little declared space.

"I heard you're making friends."
"I'm very personable. So, you playing us against each other?"
"Do we need to?"

She pointedly goes in a different direction.

...

He's still waiting when Jamie comes out.

"Need a ride to the club?"
"Which club would that be?"
"Whichever one you like."
"So not the club you're a member of and want us to join?"
"I wouldn't presume."

They both smile falsely as she goes to join him.

The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari premiered 100 years ago tonight. Celebrate accordingly!

Happy Mardi Gras!

And a blessed Pancake Day, our salvation.

Red Sands: Eighteen

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Eighteen

Jacob is out the next day, meeting a blood seller, a hospital orderly who can get blood past its use date.

"Whole blood costs extra. That's what your guys want, right?"
"You're already throwing it away."
"But you don't know when or where..."

That night, Louise goes to check out the chop shop. Jamie suggests to Simon that he should go with her. "Just in case."

Jamie and Jacob go to see the gang planning on occupying the beach once the nomads leave. "So the Tower don't get any ideas..."

Jacob checks in with their ghouls, who look pretty shaky. Withdrawal. "This is good hunting. That trickles down..." one of them explains. But he still thinks this gang's keeping them hungrier than they have to. On the drive back, he mentions this to Jamie. She nods, figuring she'll tell the others. Because if she doesn't, Jacob will and she'll look secretive.

Louise makes contact with the car thieves. Simon waits outside. And sees a couple of anarchs from a different gang heading their way...

Wait...

Snow is falling all around me
Children playing, having fun
'tis the season for love and understanding
Merry... Valentine's Day... everyone!

Red Sands: Seventeen

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Seventeen

The coterie head out the next night for an evening out with a purpose.

Louise and Jacob find a street race.

Simon and Jamie go to a club to see how much hold the anarchs have on the Rack.

Jamie spots a couple from one of the scrapyard gangs, giving them a nod and getting one in return. As they head into a club, Jamie suggests that Simon should have asked Louise.

Louise makes a possibly useful connection among the racers, a chop shop.

On the way back, Simon gets a call from the nomads. "We're moving out."

And that means a space in the map. And that means a fight...

The Oscars

Other clans joke about the Toreador holding a special meeting to snark at the Oscars red carpet. It's not true in every city.

One of our own won Adapted Screenplay!

And some would give massive props to Natalie Portman for her cape embroidered with the names of women who didn't get nominated. Queen Amidala don't mess.