Vampire: The Masquerade

Vampire: The Masquerade was the first of White Wolf's "World of Darkness" role playing games, centered around the vampires of a modern Gothic-Punk world. The Third Edition was released in 1998 and states, "The setting of Vampire is a composite of its populace and their despair." (VtM3 - 28). The title of the series comes from "The Masquerade", referring to the Camarilla's attempts to hide vampirisim from humans and their governments/media.

Characters within the Vampire setting are generally members of one, or another, of the various clans/bloodlines:

• Camarilla
  • Brujah
  • Malkavian
  • Nosferatu
  • Toreador
  • Tremere
  • Ventrue

• Sabbat
  • Lasombra
  • Tzimisce

• Independents
  • Assamite
  • Followers of Set
  • Gangrel
  • Giovanni
  • Ravnos

• Bloodlines
  • Blood Brothers
  • Cappadocians
  • Children of Osiris
  • Daughters of Cacophany
  • Gangrel Aquarii
  • Harbingers of Death
  • Kiasyd
  • Lasombra Antitribu
  • Sabbat Antitribu (Various)
  • Salubri
  • Samedi

Kindred the Embraced, a television series based on Vampire, was produced by Aaron Spelling. A video game based upon the Vampire milieu is Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption, released in 2000.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion, Changeling: The Dreaming, Hunter: The Reckoning, Mummy: The Resurrection, Kindred of the East and Demon: The Fallen are other RPG titles set in the so-called World of Darkness.

References

• VtM3 -- Vampire: The Masquerade (3rd Edition) by White Wolf (1998)