Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition

Vampire: the Masquerade

by Justin Achilli, Russell Bailey, Matthew McFarland

Vampire: The Masquerade exploded into hobby games in 1991 and inspired a generation of fans the likes of which the game industry had never seen before or since. The cultural significance Vampire left on not just the gaming world but on modern vampire-related pop culture can be seen and felt at virtually every turn and in every medium today.

Vampire: The Masquerade - 20th Anniversary Edition brings the entire World of Darkness experience full circle and will serve as the perfect anniversary milestone to celebrate two decades of gaming after dark. This is the original Masquerade in all its glory, and our way of saying thank you and welcome home.

- All thirteen original Clans, Clan variants and bloodlines, with their signature Disciplines
- Classic rules updated from Vampire's Revised Edition
- Character creation and advancement from Neonate to Methuselah
- All the Disciplines from level one through nine
- Updated setting to the modern nights
- New full color original art by Tim Bradstreet and other classic Masquerade artists

Genres: Role Playing Games, Horror, Vampires, World Of Darkness, Gaming, Fiction, Games

518 pages, ebook

First published September 29, 2011

Reviews

[Ramón Nogueras Pérez]

Es imprescindible si te gustan los juegos de rol, más imprescindible aún si te gusta Vampiro.

Esta reseña es, además, de la magnífica edición de bolsillo que lanza Nosolorol. Si bien la edición estándar es estupenda y con una calidad de producción altísima, con 528 páginas es un tanto difícil de manejar y consultar. Eso sí, puedes parar balas con ella o matar a alguien a palos. Pero no es práctico.

Esta edición por el contrario, es ligera, manejable, flexible, y mantiene todas las páginas del manual original. En el aspecto práctico es una maravilla.

En cuanto al contenido, pues... lo tiene TODO. Realmente nunca necesitarás otro libro para jugar a Vampiro: La Mascarada. Es exhaustivo, está bien organizado y celebra maravillosamente este enorme juego.

[Charles Gory]

Everything I ever Wanted in a vampire book

[Dimitra]

This is, by far, the best edition of the game!
So well constructed, really informative and well-built, with beautiful art.
Also the mechanics of the game are much better.
It's not surprising that everyone loves this edition, including me.
It will always be the ultimate guide to VtM!!!

[Chris De Lasombra]

Definitely the most comprehensive modern Vampire the Masquerade ever put out. There was obviously a lot of work put into this book even though it is "just a rehash" of old material, the fact that it is finally all in one place is significantly worth purchasing a copy. There are some significant changes though too, such as fixes to disciplines and some rules as well as needed clarification on quite a few things. I had noticed with some giddiness that an unusual number of the changes made were things that I had house ruled previously, like how they finally made Valeren. It ended up being exactly like I had restructured it years before and if you know anything about how many iterations of Valeren there had been from when it was first made till V20 you will understand how profound that is. And that is just one example. The point is, what they did change was pretty much universally in the right direction.

[Michael Reyes]

Vampire: The Masquerade is a Pen & Paper RPG from White-Wolf Publishing. This is the 4th iteration/edition of the game.

The 20th Anniversary edition brings much to the table compared to the previous editions. It has whatever the previous editions offered... and then some. The discipline section now includes elder level disciplines (I wish it included combo disciplines). It also has information on the bloodlines (and their accompanying disciplines) and gives you the option of creating and playing as ghouls (mortals infused with vampiric blood). It of course, updated some of the disciplines and stat sheet. Some disciplines were probably over powered, so they probably did some re-balancing.

Aside from the many number of typos, I have enjoyed this book. I hope I get to play this again soon.

[monkomon]

Fantastic introduction for new players, a nicely organised and inspiring read for veterans. While some ideas presented look particularly ridiculous and could as well be excluded (deep sea Gangrels, anyone?), this book combines many other sources, such as the Sabat guide, hence its volume. Will surely refer to it in order to enhance my own chronicles.

[Arthur B]

There's no compelling reason to favour Masquerade over Requiem unless you are very keen on Masquerade's setting, so a core book which includes masses of setting material is a good call. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordp...

[Nikolas Totiev]

Damn that was an intense read. I am not a vampire guy but this really hooked me. I decided to read the whole thing as a preparation for a campaign I may run. It's great. The combat looks awful but it has VERY detailed mechanics even though it is a heavy RP game. Would recommend especially for the world building and the lore it contains!

[Mike]

Perhaps the nerdiest thing I own. Except my Scott and Ramona painting. And my Heels Wear Pink shirt. And probably all the buttons I've bought or stolen.

Anyway. It was a lovely little reboot and I make questionable life decisions.

[Amarie Fernández]

El mes de octubre me dediqué casi en exclusiva a leer y "estudiar" este y otros manuales de Vampiro, la mascarada.

Sin duda son mis personajes favoritos dentro de "Mundo de Tinieblas" y nos está proporcionando muy buenas partidas de rol, grandes historias y aventuras con mis amigos.

[Gianfranco Mancini]

Degno e doveroso omaggio al più bel gioco di ruolo mai realizzato. Stupendo.

[Stanimir]

The Masquerade is back with revamped rules and endless possibilities!

[Colin]

The 20th Anniversary Edition is truly all the best of the V:TM game, updated for the 21st century! I love it!

[Thomas Brailey]

The RPG that got me hooked, and still my favorite.

[Tommaso DeBenetti]

The definitive version of Vampire. I honestly don't think the 5th edition should try to improve on this, I'd much rather prefer a post-Gehenna setting as rumored, possibly with a brand new system.

[Phoenix Scientist]

I can see why this is such a core set in the White Wolf RPG world. DEEP AND DARK AMND MYSTERIOUYS AND EASY TO PLAY.

[Marco Antonio di Forelli]

A pesar de haber hecho mis pinitos en el rol de mesa, nunca había tenido las ganas ni el tiempo de leerme un manual entero. Ahora, con un grupo de personas esperando a que les lleve de la mano por una versión canaria de Mundo de Tinieblas, me he visto en la gustosa obligación de cambiar esa realidad.

Me he quedado fascinado con lo vasto que es el universo de Vampiro, así como sus conexiones con Wraith, Hombre Lobo, Changeling y otros productos de White Wolf. Si bien no todo está explicado de la mejor manera posible y el sistema de combate es algo aparatoso, la libertad que te ofrece el sistema y el énfasis del aspecto narrativo lo hace bastante atractivo para todo aquel que quiera jugar a rol pero no quiera estar haciendo de calculadora humana con miles de estadísticas y dados.

Creo que esto va a ser el principio de algo muy grande...

[Robin]

Great game, good book. Has a superb collection of content from years and years of play, but it is not perfect in structuring that content. Once in a while, it's hard to find the bits you're looking for. Also has quite a bit of typos and while some art is great, other is only decent.

[Mario Aburto]

Even if you do not get to play the game, it is very interesting to know all the details explained in this book.

Especially recommended for people who like vampires.

[Daniel Hernandez Forero]

System is good, game did not age well.

[Daniela Kazarian]

4 stars because they replaced the dark illustrations with cartoons and cringey photoshop.

[Victoria]

I have lost track of how often I've sat down to reference this lol

[Geiko]

Me ha parecido muy completo. Gran edición del juego.

[Borja G. Barrera]

Listo para comenzar a narrar mi primera crónica.

[Alexander Lenz]

Great background, terrible mechanics.
High School Cliques as vampire clans is a great idea if done correctly.

[Justin Lucero]

Wow, the lore. Just stunning in how much thought and detail was put into all of this. I can now see why it became such a popular RPG. Recommend anyone who is into vampires to give this a read. The art was fantastic as well. Plan on reading more of these. Building your own world and rules to it is no easy task. This has certainly given me some inspiration.

[Winnie]

Amazingly creative, fantastic artwork, and the source of some of my most cherished memories of playing this game with good people around.

I'm still not 100% convinced that vampires aren't real, by the way.

[Anna]

Capolavoro! La migliore edizione del gioco in assoluto.

[Carmen Fernández]

A releer...

[Cori]

Cody only wanted me to read parts of this book to get ready for our first game. I am really excited to play, but this book makes it seem intimidating.