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To all of our supporters:On October the 6th, the Kickstarter for MET Vampire: The Masquerade - War of Ages will begin! MET Vampire - War of Agesis a work of creativity and art that has been a labor of love and dedication for many individuals. You can follow the project at: MET Vampire - War of Ages Kickstarter .We are pleased to introduce you to the talented writer who is key to making MET Vampire - War of Ages Kickstarter a reality: Juhana Pettersson. Many of you may be familiar …

V2 Books are shipping! We at BNS give our everlasting thanks to all who supported this project. Thank you for supporting the hobby!

Art by: @sewingcidalLast month we announced our next project: the War of Ages Book book! This diary will include a series of essays explaining the project and the associated crowdfunding campaign. With your support, we hope to make this one of the most incredible campaigns to date!We will begin this diary by answering these commonly asked questions: Why V5? Why Nordic Larp? Why an explanation of online games?Why V5?: With so many great things coming to the modern World of Darkness -- everyt …

In this episode, Nathan from Two D Ten and Ryan Aughtry from By Night Studios talk about the release of Volume 2, the upcoming LARP book to coincide with 5th edition Vampire: the Masquerade, the System Reference Doc, and a whole bunch more. There's a ton of info about all the upcoming BNS stuff, and this is a really informative podcast.Ryan talks V2 and more with the Two D Ten Podcast …

Elevate your roleplaying experience.Saint Petersburg, FL - By Night Studios, LLC, has announced an upcoming Kickstarter campaign to publish Mind’s Eye Theatre: War of Ages. This new book is the next evolution of live-action Vampire: The Masquerade live-action roleplaying (LARP), and features the writing of Finnish novelist and game designer Juhana Pettersson of the award-nominated Vampire: The Masquerade Nordic-style LARP “End of the Line,” as well as the Vampire: The Masquerade, 5th Edit …

1. A diverse group of players and staff from across the world met to share their experiences with the hope of determining best practices for LARP. Documents are already being shared by the attendees. Our desire to get folks talking was a complete success! 2. LARP means a lot to all of us; it is where we met our dearest friends and is our main social activity. It is what helped many of us break out of our shells, find acceptance for who we are as individuals, and gave us an experience like no oth …

First things first: we are not going to meet our February 2021 goal for the SRD*. It is close to being completed, but it needs a few more days of work before we can release it. We know that this delay is disappointing but please understand that we do not want to give you a product that we know needs a little more work. Doing that would be a disservice to the community. We hope you understand and forgive us for the delay but it is necessary to make sure that you have the tool you deserv …

The Backer Program for the long awaited expansion of the ultimate edition of Mind’s Eye Theatre Vampire: The Masquerade runs from now until January 31, 2021. Learn more at VampireLarp.com and secure your support at www.bynightstudios.com/v2The mission of By Night Studios is to inspire, support, and to build ethically and sustainably a new and enduring Golden Age of Mind’s Eye Theatre Live Action Roleplaying in the World of Darkness empowered by technology. We start this Backer Program updat …

Delightful New Horrors Await with the All-NewMind’s Eye Theatre Vampire: The Masquerade, Volume 2WESLEY CHAPEL, FL (January 4, 2021) – By Night Studios has announced a Q2 release for its next book, Mind’s Eye Theatre Vampire: The Masquerade, Volume 2. This book serves as a premier expansion, offering players and Storytellers a variety of additional character options and new materials under the Mind’s Eye Theatre rules system.Where previous expansion material focused on younger vampires l …

Fellow Children of the Night, I write again about my best tips for portraying an officer in a local Camarilla BNS LARP game. This time, we feature the Keeper of Elysium! So you are the new Keeper of Elysium in your local Live Action Roleplaying Game? I hope they paid you a big boon to undertake this sisyphean task! Of all the Officers in the Camarilla your role is the most narrowly defined. Yet you need not let that hold you back from making it full of flavor and fun! Here are some tips to make …