#vampire live

The Domaine of Heidelberg sends their regards~ First impressions from my chronicle’s Vampire Larp ball, organized by me and inplay hosted by our NPC Prince, Emilia Luise von Schwaben, Toreador Elder. Photographer: Isifotoart

Argued loudly with the player that wants to be the future harpy. 

Reason: It was my first evening in this domain and he (another Toreador) wanted to tell me he didn’t respect our Primogen, that he had better insight, better status than her. I asked him why. He said he was a rising star in the Camarilla, and was surprised I didn’t know. He was a newborn just like my character. (And in my opinion, if you have to tell people you’re the rising star, you aren’t) He tried to give me orders and I asked him, what status entitled him to do that and that my guidance would be our Primogen. I asked him if he treated all new guests of the domain that way. 

A lot of players have been asking "who the hell are you people, anyway?" To answer that, we made this video to introduce ourselves and talk about our vision for our first product. It was all done in one take - those 'ums' and 'ahs' weren't intentional!

Our core goal is to produce a book that reflects twenty years of learning from the community. We want to make a product that reflects how Mind's Eye Theatre is played today - and also something that will be playable far into the future. This will be a product with scalable rules, that can be played by the smallest troupe of friends or the largest global game. It will be book that has beautiful art, one that incorporates different facets from the full Vampire: the Masquerade franchise in a way that is designed for the LARP community. And yes, it will have a full index!

We know everyone is very interested in the rules - how they will be changed, what the core mechanics are, etc. We will be releasing updates to the community as frequently as we can, starting this month. This isn't to torment or tease you. We are still alpha-testing our rules and want to ensure what we present to the community has been fully vetted. We will make sure you can see some of these pieces well before our Kickstarter so you can judge for yourself what you will be supporting. There will also be opportunities to playtest these rules. Your feedback in this process is vital to us. In fact, the several hundred comments we have already received via our various social sites have already gone to our staff of writers and game developers. So thank you!

We hope you enjoy our video introduction. And, what's more, we hope you enjoy being a part of this process. It's going to be an exciting year for Mind's Eye Theatre!