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Vampire: The Masquerade's D&D crossover is a condescending cave-in to people who are afraid of trying something…This opinion piece discusses the recent announcement of a Vampire: The Masquerade rulebook for Dungeons & Dragons, titled Bound by Blood. While acknowledging its potential appeal to D&D players and character-building enthusiasts, the author expresses frustration with the industry's tendency to integrate existing IPs into D&D rather than promoting dedicated systems for specific genres like horror or vampire themes. The article encourages players to explore dedicated Vampire: The Masquerade systems for a more authentic experience.
A proper vampire class is coming to D&D via a Vampire: The Masquerade tie-inGhostfire Gaming, in cooperation with White Wolf, is releasing a supplement called Bound By Blood for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition that introduces a dedicated vampire class. This class will feature mechanics like blood points, bloodline powers called disciplines, and an inner beast, drawing heavily from the Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop RPG. The supplement will also include an adventure set in the Dark Ages timeline of Vampire: The Masquerade and is scheduled for release in July.
White Wolf Announces Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound by Blood Coming to D&D BeyondGhostfire Games and White Wolf are releasing Vampire: The Masquerade – Bound by Blood, a new book for Dungeons & Dragons, on D&D Beyond in July. This collaboration introduces an official Kindred class with unique mechanics and includes a prewritten adventure set in the Dark Ages. This partnership aims to introduce more players to the World of Darkness franchise.
White Wolf Announces New Vampire: The Masquerade Project Coming to Gen Con 2026White Wolf has announced a new project for Vampire: The Masquerade, with a sneak peek planned for Gen Con 2026. The project, overseen by Creative Director Jess Lanzillo, will be officially unveiled at the convention, where an actual play demonstration will also premiere. This announcement follows internal changes at White Wolf, including bringing all tabletop and IP development in-house.
Pyre Lookout is a Disco Elysium-esque tale of bureaucratic incompetence, red tape, and frogsPyre Lookout is a short, Disco Elysium-inspired flash game developed by Outstar and titos2k that satirizes bureaucratic incompetence and red tape. Players navigate a series of pointless rules and forms while a fire rages in their lookout tower, highlighting the absurdity of corporate HR language and outdated procedures. The game, created for a game jam, uses dice rolls for interactions and features witty dialogue that captures the frustrating yet humorous nature of excessive bureaucracy.
Actual-play series Dimension 20 is partnering with White Wolf for a Vampire: The Masquerade showThe actual-play series Dimension 20 is partnering with White Wolf for a new show titled 'City Council of Darkness,' which will utilize the Vampire: The Masquerade ruleset. This marks the first time Dimension 20 has officially collaborated with a publisher for a show using their specific rules and setting. The series will feature the core cast and will premiere on the subscription service Dropout.
Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish RevealedHunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish has been revealed as a new first-person action RPG developed by Teyon and published by NACON, set in a dangerous, monster-filled New York. The game will feature single-player gameplay with companion characters, player choices that impact the story and multiple endings, and is slated for a Summer 2027 release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
World of Darkness lovers take note: new "Hunter" game accidentally released as a RoboCop: Rogue City updateFiles for an unannounced game titled Hunter: The Reckoning were accidentally released as an update for RoboCop: Rogue City on SteamDB. The files, which included "Hunter.exe" and "HuntingSim," were quickly removed, but screenshots of a "Hunter: The Reckoning" title screen and early in-game environments have surfaced. It remains unclear if this is a new game from RoboCop developers Teyon or a different project, especially given publisher Nacon's recent insolvency filing.