Giovanni Chronicles 1: the Last Supper

Vampire: the Masquerade

by Daniel Greenberg, Teeuwynn Woodruff

The first installment in the long-awaited Giovanni Chronicle, The Last Supper takes the characters to the subterranean lair/mansion of Claudius Giovanni, where the food they eat will be the last to ever touch their lips.

The characters become caught in the war between the clans of the Camarilla and those trying to form the Giovanni. Their actions during the Renaissance will shape the modern World of Darkness - and determine if they will ever see another night.

Genres: Role Playing Games, Vampires, Gaming

88 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1995

About the author

Daniel Greenberg is a video game and role-playing game designer and author. He has worked with publishing companies such as Palladium Books, Mayfair Games, Pulsar Games, and Last Unicorn Games, but probably most extensively with White Wolf on supplements to the Vampire: The Masquerade and other storyteller games. He has also written scripts for numerous video games, including: X-Men: The Mutant Wars, Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, Tenchu 2: Birth Of The Stealth Assassins, Star Control 3, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, and many others, including educational titles for The Walt Disney Company.

Reviews

[Jose Lomo Marín]

El comienzo de una crónica para Vampiro La Mascarada que, junto a las Crónicas de Transilvania, representa unas de las mejores aventuras para este juego narrativo. El inicio es prometedor, imbricando de pleno a los personajes en la metatrama del Mundo de Tinieblas. Los tres actos de este primer libro (La crónica se divide en cuatro tomos) son realmente exigentes, tanto para el Narrador como para los jugadores, pero a la vez ofrecen una de las experiencias narrativas más potentes que ofreció la editorial White Wolf en su día. La historia comienza en 1444 y los tres primeros actos cubren apenas unas semanas de actividad durante la época, eso sí, realmente intensas. He podido leer la versión en español publicada por La Factoría de Ideas en 1997. Contiene algunas erratas graves de maquetación, pero lo compensa con algunas correcciones del traductor David Alabort, que corrigen algunas incongruencias históricas de los autores originales.

[Colin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently re-read this as part of preparation to run it again. I am amazed at how well it holds up! I'm going to be running it with the 20th Anniversary Edition rules, which are great, and very compatible. Awesome start to the Giovanni Chronicle!