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World of Darkness

Vampire had the artworkand the clownsiest stem of this idea that you're the monster but...

Vampire had the artwork
and the clownsiest stem of this idea that you're the monster but what really made it revolutionary is that it shifted focus
away from rolls and dice towards storytelling

Full Transcript

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- Vampire had the artwork and the clownsiest stem
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of this idea that you're the monster
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but what really made it revolutionary is
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that it shifted focus away from rolls and dice
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towards storytelling.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:21
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

An in-depth look into how the World of Darkness and Vampire: The Masquerade created a phenomenon in the 1990's - a zeitgeist that helped shape film, literature, fashion, club culture, and ultimately fans, whose lives it forever al...
- Vampire was written differently than other role-playing - World of Darkness 00:06
- Vampire was written differently than other role-playing
It was not just a collection of numbers and statistics - World of Darkness 00:10
It was not just a collection of numbers and statistics
- When it came out, it was a revolution. - World of Darkness 00:05
- When it came out, it was a revolution.
This was during a time when games like roll master - World of Darkness 00:12
This was during a time when games like roll master
We started realizing that what we felt was most powerful - World of Darkness 00:09
We started realizing that what we felt was most powerful
It wasn't really, can I jump between the buildings, - World of Darkness 00:08
It wasn't really, can I jump between the buildings,
- Horror fiction is really popular because it allows - World of Darkness 00:14
- Horror fiction is really popular because it allows
Role-playing is a very good medium for exploring - World of Darkness 00:07
Role-playing is a very good medium for exploring
- It's not an external force you're fighting - World of Darkness 00:08
- It's not an external force you're fighting
It's the conflict within you - World of Darkness 00:09
It's the conflict within you
If you walk into a room and people are playing - World of Darkness 00:07
If you walk into a room and people are playing
It's happening in this sort of shared imaginative space - World of Darkness 00:09
It's happening in this sort of shared imaginative space
(screaming) - World of Darkness 00:07
(screaming)
- At Gen Con, game just explodes. - World of Darkness 00:05
- At Gen Con, game just explodes.
- I went over to the White Wolf booth and I was like, - World of Darkness 00:08
- I went over to the White Wolf booth and I was like,
I mean, they literally went from being a garage company - World of Darkness 00:07
I mean, they literally went from being a garage company
- Going from living in a house together - World of Darkness 00:10
- Going from living in a house together
- Vampire was taking the industry by storm - World of Darkness 00:09
- Vampire was taking the industry by storm
- The late night, gothic punk scene in Atlanta - World of Darkness 00:08
- The late night, gothic punk scene in Atlanta
So, it's informing the game and you could not separate - World of Darkness 00:08
So, it's informing the game and you could not separate