User:Neolithicmoon

Hi there. My user name is neolithicmoon and my real name is Alysen. :) I've been playing in one White Wolf LARP or another since 1997 and was introduced to LARPing by a group of friends who happened to be theatre majors. The first LARP we ran out of the original Vampire: The Masquerade book (like just about everyone else I know) and simply invented our own rule set for conflict resolution. Since then, my friends and I have played/run almost every style of WW game and quickly learned that some lend themselves to LARP much more than others. Ultimately, though, I really feel that any will work with the right storyteller and the right players.

Current Projects
I am currently running a Vampire LARP set in the original Mark Rein(dot)Hagen's World of Darkness, but having played Masquerade for the past 11 years and needing something slightly different to hold our attention, our troupe is writing a different type of vampire character to exist in his world.

We are returning from a four-year long chronicle of third edition Requiem to this older form because, in the end, we really like the gothic-punk setting that Rein*Hagen created. There is something about his original writing that appeals to the theatre-geeks in us. He blatantly says these characters are not heroes. All of the characters are likely to lose their struggle against their darker selves and the only real point is to eke out as much drama as possible from their fall. Fabulous. :)

Activity on the Wikia
When I have time, I plan to help flesh out the info about the older books here. Because of the above-mentioned game, I have recently refreshed my collection of old Masquerade materials and will be happy to share details where they are needed. I am looking forward to many more games as the years pass and my hope is that this Wikia is as useful to a new generation of pathos-seeking gamers as it has been to me since its inception.

Alright -- Enough lurking...it's time to get to work! :)