World of Darkness (2017)

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Genres & Description

Documentary

7.3 / 10

An in-depth look into how the World of Darkness and Vampire: The Masquerade created a phenomenon in the 1990's - a zeitgeist that helped shape film, literature, fashion, club culture, and ultimately fans, whose lives it forever altered.

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Comments on this trailer
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K B

Honestly, I love WoD. It's interesting. - @Friday, November 23, 2018 7:27 PM

Joseph Perry

Dude, vtm had its time. White wolf can't stay afloat to save it's life. Now it's too busy pandering to liberals to actually create anything worth while - @Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:34 AM

Zachary Howard

When I was stationed in Texas, we had a guy who combined all of the World of Darkness Games to create this crazy world that was definitely his! Our party included a time mage (me), a Dhamphir rockstar, some sort of werewolf that was cursed to look like a furby (long story), and a Changeling Hunter. The DM was obsessed with government conspiracies so we usually played along with his shenanigans until we got tired of just sitting around not fighting lol - @Friday, November 16, 2018 1:00 AM

Jochen Träm

V:tM has vampires, werewolves, wizards, ghosts, magic, a direct tie-in to Rein-Hagen's earlier Ars Magica . . . . . . and you're trying to tell me it's not fantasy? Pull the other one. WoD is fantasy. Always has been. Granted that it helped popularise the sub-genre of "urban fantasy", or fantasy in a modern setting, but it's still fantasy. - @Monday, November 12, 2018 1:46 PM

havocgr1976

One big difference is that it always had a lot of women playing too, cant say the same for other p&p. - @Saturday, November 10, 2018 6:55 PM

Steve Stuff

Hahahaha, I love this. A bunch of nerd convincing themselves they weren't nerds. Vampire nerds were the biggest nerds there were! HAHAHAHAHA! Fun times. :) Malkav for life! - @Tuesday, October 9, 2018 11:31 PM

WafflesTheMystical

These vampires have kitteh teeth X3 - @Sunday, August 12, 2018 3:52 PM

GANJI

How about a new bloodlines lol - @Saturday, July 28, 2018 7:24 PM

NorthForkFisherman

And the fans keep grinding onward. Case in point? VTMB - that's right, I said it; go reinstall it. A new Clan Quest mod is on the horzion. After all those years, Jeanette still makes our undead hearts skip a beat. And the new characters out there? Well....you tell me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_0if8Zng_0 - @Monday, July 23, 2018 3:09 AM

Jenő Vodli

Where can I get this? - @Monday, May 21, 2018 5:28 PM

Helionomicon

This is really edgy nerd stuff and the success it had is unheard of. The Larp is almost like a mystery play. The whole wod line seems infused by occult power. Later games like Mage are so explicit and philosophically refined that it's almost miraculous. I really wonder how they went about creating their universe. I also wonder if in the end those worlds are meant to heal you or to hurt you. - @Thursday, May 17, 2018 4:50 PM

Phantom Apprentice

I think the problem that people face with these games today is : 'Why vampire?' and the answer is either : 'No, you are just playing assholish nocturnal gangsters with superpowers in this alternate Shadowrun game' or 'Everyone in this game are sexual abusive deviants that allegorically allude to molestors and rapists with an alternate sexuality of the often inappropriate/controversial kind.' To me that is just not what Vampire is about, its not why I started getting into it. - @Friday, April 6, 2018 4:48 AM

GM Steelhaven

HOW ABOUT A WIDE RELEASE ALREADY?! It's been 2 years, fuckstains! - @Tuesday, March 6, 2018 4:18 PM

heathenbreathinfire

As far as the trailer's content plus all the comments complaining about it: I would definitely agree it's undeniable that other non-fantasy rpgs existed far before WW, including many sci fi, horror, generic or superhero rpgs. Still, the argument there would be the same as the one they're making for WoD vs D&D. If you'd even heard of tabletop gaming before the late 90's, it was almost always D&D unless you had played a while or lucked out and got invited to play by a friend who did, let alone the more obscure stuff. They could've said "In the 80's and early 90's, even though there were many different types of tabletop games, you rarely encountered anything other than fantasy." or "...was dominated by fantasy games primarily." I also do feel the criticisms related to the shitshow that was CCP, how they handled WoD(by shitting on the entire company), and some of the general pretentiousness in the presentation are valid. For instance, if you're doing effectively a teaser not even a full length trailer, why include something as core to the games as playing the vampire(antagonist) without any other excerpt on why they thought that was a good choice, or how Mark and his coworkers arrived at doing that sort of game in the first place? So yes, in general, the trailer does feel somewhat pompous and also like they're showing off a bit with all the clips of Larpers in costume but little other content from the actual games. This I can guess may be due to their new management, who were primarily Larpers and didn't touch the tabletop games overly as far as the little I know. Still, they did at least cover a tidbit on some of the salient points, so if it had been only a teaser and not the only trailer I don't think it would've turned out too bad. I do disagree heartily with the assessment that White Wolf only sponged off of pop culture and not the other way around. Yes, as anyone under the sun can tell you, there existed prior to WW, Vampires and other creatures of the night, rpgs of various genres, and some explorations of these themes in pop culture. What I felt WW did was to synthesize the elements which would work together the best. Granted, I'm no expert since I wasn't aware of the Nightlife contributor, although I did know about Ars Magicka for Mage the Ascension. That said, taking the ideas from a product you thought was excellent and making an idea of your own, or in the case of Ars, reworking that idea to where you feel it's better, are good techniques in general and not specific to WW. If you look at almost anything from the late 90's onwards in those genres, you can accurately see the impact WW has, even if it gets no credit for that. Granted, it may have been a bad idea to bring that up in the teaser, because you can't explore why or how that happened, but it holds water for sure. Finally, I did feel in many ways it had more of a cultural impact outside of D&D of other non Fantasy rpgs, in terms of the creation of formal Larping that is wholly separate from tabletop, along with the entire gothic punk type costuming, gesturing and accents that go with that, of the myriad stories of people either with crazy situations who found solace in the games or found their significant other through the games, and of the unique exploration in titles aside from just Vampire the Masquerade, which is something I whole-heartedly hope they explored in this film. For instance, in Demon the Fallen all of the Fallen were and to some extent many still are, angels at heart, albeit dark angels with a lot of hatred, and they carry the weight of Milton's Paradise Lost on their shoulders throughout your chronicles. Similar to what Marvel did with the building of the comics and then separately of the MCU, White Wolf did in the tabletop side with the World of Darkness and then the Chronicles of Darkness. This richness of lore is another one of it's standout qualities to me. You really feel like this is a living breathing World of Darkness, not just an abstraction or a template slapped onto a set of rules. - @Saturday, February 24, 2018 4:47 AM

heathenbreathinfire

Still the best tabletop rpgs out there. I miss running and playing these games. - @Saturday, February 24, 2018 4:21 AM

Morgan Webb

I've been a huge fan of Vampire the masquerade for over 10 years now and I was so excited when I found this - @Saturday, February 10, 2018 11:48 PM

Shane Freund

The WOD of Darkness didn't influence pop culture pop culture influenced the WOD. Just look in any of the books where it suggests movies, music and books you can get for ideas and mood. - @Saturday, February 3, 2018 7:01 AM

Diana Cameron McQueen

I made a video for a design project of my Jyhad/VTES card group in college and it used the Kidney Thieves' Before I'm Dead and all the transitions in this video XD This aesthetic is gold. I can't WAIT to watch this. - @Friday, February 2, 2018 3:32 PM

Joshua Morris

I'm in The mummy RPG. - @Friday, February 2, 2018 7:08 AM

madmadameminx

Maybe ten years ago, I would have been excited by this trailer. Now not so much. White Wolf keeps sucker punching the fans. - @Monday, December 11, 2017 2:23 AM

witless999

Werewolf was better - @Saturday, December 9, 2017 4:09 PM

SlavicSoul

Can I buy this documentary anywhere? - @Monday, November 27, 2017 8:56 PM

CynicalPleb

I am just here for the cool music - @Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:59 PM

The_Fezgig

I hope beyond hope they put this on Netflix or Amazon or SOMETHING! I need to see this. - @Friday, October 27, 2017 5:40 AM

Father Franklin

666! - @Thursday, October 26, 2017 5:26 AM

Eiji Bayushi

5th ed sounds awful as shit. Way too much SJW influence and the cam only talking humane vampires? Uh the fuck? Then what about Elders who are really low on humanity by being alive so damn long? Some of the elders are still on ROADS...I want to see it all crash and burn. Some Men just want to see the World of Darkness burn. I'm one of them. Down with 5th ed. NWOD sounds better than 5th ed....what if its a shitty plot to get more people to go to NWoD by now making Old WOD really fucking stupid? - @Sunday, October 8, 2017 9:46 PM

Eiji Bayushi

These aren't even the original developers? - @Sunday, October 8, 2017 9:36 PM

Eiji Bayushi

They act like they are bigger than D&D. lol please. - @Sunday, October 8, 2017 9:28 PM

moiraesfate1

That's badass. WoD changed my life in so many ways. - @Saturday, October 7, 2017 3:19 AM

Perfecto Ignori

Man I cant wait for the V5!!!!!!!!! - @Tuesday, October 3, 2017 9:33 AM

Johnny Uchiha

When is this getting released to the general public? I know it aired at World of Darkness Berlin already, but when can the rest of us see it? - @Wednesday, August 23, 2017 5:46 AM

Portrait of Madame X

I don't mean to pry... but it's Summer 2017 already... is it ready yet and if so, where can I watch it? - @Thursday, July 20, 2017 9:20 AM

William Scott

do a storyline using a podcast format. use your own storytellers and people who love the game. - @Saturday, July 1, 2017 7:55 PM

Alec Davidoff

1:25 Damn, that dude looks a bit like Lovecraft - @Monday, June 12, 2017 9:46 PM

Hexi

So it's been 3 months and nothing. Guess I was right not to get excited after the CCP clusterfuck. - @Wednesday, May 24, 2017 10:31 PM

Nezumi

Here's a short, incomplete list of games that apparently don't actually exist according to this documentary: Call of Cthulhu Gamma World Traveller Buck Rogers XXVC Ghostbusters RPG Chill Metamorphosis Alpha Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness After the Bomb Paranoia The Mechanoids Invasion (First ever game by Palladium) Hell, Sci-Fi games were nearly as common as fantasy games back in the 70s, and by the 80s, "me too" attempts at cloning the success stories in that genre were nearly as thick on the ground as D&D clones. - @Thursday, May 18, 2017 9:08 PM

Mónica Laura

Awesome trailer! - @Monday, May 15, 2017 11:23 PM

Arthur G

Thank you for the creating this type of Universe!!! Down on your knees before the Great WoD Creators! It's so addictive and fascinating to be in WoD. Dystopian and sinister presence! OMG, it is taking you away from the reality! I don't know why the Hollywood jews didn't make a badass movie or even better TV-series based on WoD universe {the real one with violence, gore, post-punk mood and despair, with an extremely interesting plot} not some shitty Kindred The Embraced series with a lot of stupid mistakes in the plot, in characters and etc. Maybe there are some concerned kindreds who don't allow the mortals to do this? Coz I don't see any other explanation. There was X-Files series included some references to WoD (the episode was called "3" or "Three"). If VR will have any kind of this universe I'd like to be there! - @Sunday, May 14, 2017 6:52 AM

Gabriele1979

Un posticino riservatelo anche a Christof Romuald please. - @Saturday, May 13, 2017 7:31 PM

Diana McCall

Sighs. Just when I find the most incredible and awesome looking game...poof...it's been taken out. I sure hope they find a way to bring it back. We need an awesome online mmorpg game with vampires where we can ACTUALLY dress the part. - @Saturday, April 29, 2017 12:47 PM

William Hostman

Opening with a boldfaced lie is NOT a good documentary practice. Traveller was released in 1977, and lacked dragons, seldom had dungeons nor even dungeon-like settings. James Bond 007 was 1983, as was FASA's Star Trek the RPG. We also have Marvel Super Heroes in 1984. And Star Frontiers and Space Opera both in '81. Space 1889 in 1988. SpaceMaster in 1984. Starships & Spacemen in 1978. So "All RPGs were fantasy" is a flat out lie. If it was in ignorance, you're too ignorant to be doing a documentary. If not, you've established that you're making propaganda, not a documentary. - @Tuesday, April 18, 2017 4:04 AM

Pavel Volkovoi

It's not polite to masturbate in public, you should know this by now WoD. - @Monday, April 17, 2017 7:47 PM

Valdagast

"Ruined World + cast of jerk = I don't care what happens to these guys" - @Saturday, April 15, 2017 9:08 PM

Mikko Kuusirati

This isn't even tooting your own horn, this is flat out jerking off in public. - @Saturday, April 15, 2017 4:44 AM

jjHoss

This trailer is the RPG equivalent to "John Romero's about to make you his bitch" - @Thursday, April 6, 2017 1:17 AM

jackson Murray

Sign me up - @Wednesday, April 5, 2017 8:02 AM

Count Orlok

It's hard to get into these games. - @Thursday, March 30, 2017 7:46 PM

Sidnei Pioto

Vem Monstro!!!! - @Wednesday, March 29, 2017 3:29 AM

Collin Toohey

WTF! I was gaming then and this is a huge ball of self serving masturbation. Take another tact, direction and focus, then try again with out the outlaw persecution complex. V:tM was a good game, but not the only game in play. - @Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:02 AM

Demonic Terror

Fucking awesome :) - @Wednesday, March 22, 2017 12:35 AM