Post by Avacyn on Apr 19, 2015 18:56:49 GMT
Vampire: The Masquerade exploded into hobby games in 1991 and inspired a generation of fans 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
Everyone who had preordered either version of VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition Bullet-pdf Bullet-nip received a free PDF copy of the book (marble cover above), starting September 23, 2011. Several typos within the book and on the character sheet were fixed for the PDF. The PDF became available for general release on September 29, 2011.
This is the first Classic World of Darkness book and Vampire: The Masquerade book to be released since the cancellation of those lines in 2004 (not including 2011's April Fools joke). It assumes Gehenna hasn't happened (yet), and places the metaplot in the hands of the players. The presentation is setting-agnostic, allowing individual Storytellers to choose which metaplot events (Assamite schism, Gangrel leaving the Camarilla, etc.) have occurred and which haven't.
The spine of the book bears the Roman numerals XX for 20, which is also a subtle reference to the notorious Page XX of previous editions.
Tony DiTerlizzi was left out of the credits initially for a piece of his in the Antagonist section. This piece is from the same section of VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition , for which he was likewise uncredited; Tony's piece was misattributed to Vince Locke. This may make the longest time (13 years) between a piece's first appearance and its eventual proper credit, which appears in the V20 PDF.
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
Everyone who had preordered either version of VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition Bullet-pdf Bullet-nip received a free PDF copy of the book (marble cover above), starting September 23, 2011. Several typos within the book and on the character sheet were fixed for the PDF. The PDF became available for general release on September 29, 2011.
This is the first Classic World of Darkness book and Vampire: The Masquerade book to be released since the cancellation of those lines in 2004 (not including 2011's April Fools joke). It assumes Gehenna hasn't happened (yet), and places the metaplot in the hands of the players. The presentation is setting-agnostic, allowing individual Storytellers to choose which metaplot events (Assamite schism, Gangrel leaving the Camarilla, etc.) have occurred and which haven't.
The spine of the book bears the Roman numerals XX for 20, which is also a subtle reference to the notorious Page XX of previous editions.
Tony DiTerlizzi was left out of the credits initially for a piece of his in the Antagonist section. This piece is from the same section of VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition , for which he was likewise uncredited; Tony's piece was misattributed to Vince Locke. This may make the longest time (13 years) between a piece's first appearance and its eventual proper credit, which appears in the V20 PDF.
I thought I would start this thread, because this is a game line that is going through a resurgence. V20 is an amazing book, and any detractions with it are far outweighed by the sheer positive attributes this book has. The art might be rushed in some places, but... there is a huge amount put into it. Something I hope to touch upon, and expand upon in later posts.
Any comments, Sigarda?
