Victorian Age: Vampire

For the article on the book, see Victorian Age: Vampire Rulebook.

Victorian Age: Vampire is a setting for Vampire: The Masquerade that many felt was an obvious choice: the Gothic Victorian period. The Victorian era gave birth to many of the modern tropes that the World of Darkness draws from (gentlemen vampires, man-made monsters, ghosts, faeries), so it was a natural choice.

It was a first for White Wolf and the World of Darkness, in that it was the first time a game line had been given two distinct historical eras (the first being the Dark Medieval).

While the Victorian Era is generally considered to last the duration of the reign of Queen Victorian, the Gothic Victorian is specified as spanning the time from 1880 (the founding of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn) to 1897 (arrival of Dracula in London).

It was hoped by many that Victorian Age: Vampire would be successful enough to spawn its own series, much like the Dark Ages line had with Dark Ages: Werewolf, Dark Ages: Mage and so forth. Unfortunately, only a few VA:V books were produced (and a trilogy of novels) before the World of Darkness ended.