Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition

Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition is a book celebrating the 20th anniversary of Vampire: The Masquerade (and, by extension, the World of Darkness and White Wolf Game Studio itself). Based on the Revised Storyteller System of, with included errata and a few extra tweaks, the book is intended to revive the "feel" of First and Second Edition books, while simultaneously updating the content to be less dated.

Press release
White Wolf is making a 20th Anniversary Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade and we want your help!

Why are we? Vampire: The Masquerade changed everything! Exploding into hobby games in 1991, it evoked and inspired a generation of fans of which the game industry had never seen before or since. The gothic and punk subcultures from which it drew, previously unseen in the gaming world, created an unparalleled worldwide phenomenon that spanned novels, TCG’s, LARPs, video games, and television. But it all started with one RPG. 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. This combined with the unwavering sheer dedication of an unparalleled fan base is the reason this book is being published. 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.

Who’s it for? This book is for all of the White Wolf fans who have lived, loved, and taken the long road with us for the past two decades. For the diehards who never gave up, never stopped believing and kept the World of Darkness alive. This is for all the saints, sinners, miscreants, punks, poets and outcasts who have been with us all this time. This is their original Masquerade in all its glory, and our way of saying thank you and welcome home.

What’s in it?
 * All thirteen original clans, clan variants and bloodlines, with their signature Disciplines
 * Rules for 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 & other classic “Masquerade” artists
 * An “open community play test” development process

Where do I get it? The Vampire: The Masquerade – 20th Anniversary Edition  is a 400+ page ultra prestige edition that includes virtually every clan, bloodline and variant ever produced for the Vampire: The Masquerade game setting and will be available to attendees at The Grand Masquerade 20th Anniversary Convention, September 15-18 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

When can I get reservations? Currently we are only reserving hotel room reservations for the convention but event registration and the ability to order a book will be available very soon. For more information on the Grand Masquerade please visit TheGrandMasquerade.com

Participation
Development blogs are available at VampireTheMasquerade.com. Fan corrections, suggestions, and other contributions are encouraged as comments there, as posts in the Vampire 20th section of the White Wolf Online forums, in the relevant threads on RPG.net, and on Twitter (via the #v20 hashtag).

Contributors
Development: Justin R. Achilli, Eddy Webb

Art Direction: Richard Thomas

Artists: Tim Bradstreet (contracted), Guy Davis, Michael Gaydos, Vince Locke, Ken Meyer, Jr., Jesper Myrfors, Christopher Shy, Josh Timbrook (clan spreads)

Other Involvement: Matthew McFarland

Questions

 * Will it be available outside of The Grand Masquerade? Yes . As of this posting, the relevant sales people are at EVE FanFest, and once they return they'll have a meeting to discuss distribution. The V20 crew wanted to get the information out and start development before full sales information was available.


 * Will there be any MET info? No . The book is already large enough without including MET rules, and the available development time is too short to add it regardless. Eddy (jokingly?) implied that they may do something when MET hits its own 20th anniversary. While MET rules won't be included, like VTM Revised, there will be a small section on LARP as an alternate playstyle.