Paths of Storytelling: Vampire

Vampire: Paths of Storytelling was an April Fool's Day item released in 2011. It takes the form of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style game book, allowing the reader to become a neonate vampire and get drawn into the Kindred affairs of their city.

Summary
Sometimes my job at White Wolf requires me to dig around in our archives. Mostly I'm looking for a long-lost CD with a particular piece of art or the layout files for an old book, but once in a while I stumble across old contracts, ad copy, and submissions.

A few weeks ago, I ran into this manuscript, in a folder labeled "Paths of Storytelling" and a hand-written note that said "No. Absolutely not. -SW." It looks like something we worked on right around the time of Vampire: The Masquerade Revised. The cover sheet appears to be missing, so I don't know who originally submitted it, or even if it was done by one writer.

Since it's the 20th anniversary of Vampire: The Masquerade, I thought it might be cool to share this strange piece of missing history. I scanned it as best as I could, and we used some old assets from our fiction archive to make a pretty digital version. Enjoy this glimpse into what might have been.

Eddy Webb

World of Darkness developer

Background
This version of the text is a "fully featured PDF" including internal links for easier navigation, for a token cost of $0.99. A free version is also available.