History (Time Out) 
Sometime back in June of 1999 I decided to set up Vampire LARP, whether this was due to temporary sanity, or not I don’t know. But that was the month I started to convert Vampire the Masquerade,2nd edition to a LARP system. Having played the Official Masquerade system before I opted to avoid it like the plague. Instead I went of a system I used to play a few years ago called Daughters of Twilight. However even that system had is flaws, so I set about the task of re-writing the rules.
On August 1st 1999 after Finishing the main rules and getting hold of enough clanbooks, I decided to start the timed in History. I came up with a history of what happened in the past, and started doing a daily diary of events in the World of Darkness, including some events of what is happening in the real world. This enabled me to construct a platform to run Vampire on and has now enabled me to start long running plots some of which will last for years.
In early September I started Timed in gaming sessions with just a hand full of players. These made up the Council of Primogen, after successfully getting the politics sorted out over the space of September and October. We then ventured into the realm of outside plots at the end of October. This I thought would be a complete disaster, but however the response I gained from the players was good. In fact one person ventured to say it, was the best night Vampire LARPing he had ever done.
So far my computer room looks like I'm trying to take over the world. There are two large maps on the wall with pin in various locations, and things scribbled on them.
In November I discovered that DoT is still running in Livingston near Edinburgh, I am discussing with them the linking of the two games, and the merging of the website's hopefully they are up for it as it will then spread the game to cover more of the UK. Also they have told me that their might be another game starting up just outside London, so I will take an active part to get them up and running. Keep coming back here as more will be happening in the near future.
In December Due to the completely hectic shedule at work and suffering from the flu twice nothing much has been happening in Vampire but now Im fighting fit, and able to get things done expect results soon. And also finding someone in my own town who has all the books I need this means that their will be a bundle of new book converted.
After Much Pain and angusih I have decided that It might be a good Idea to start chargeing a yearly subscription, I have said I would never do this. After much thought, This came to me as I am fed up of half hearted players comeing and going and spoiling the plot. This fee will be £10 ukp and for this you get your membership cards, what ever discounts I can get at shops (I already have one role-play shop on hand and am working on a custom clothing shop and maybe a SFX group). Also you will get copy of the full 250 page rules and a clan book of choice, or £8 of books (These are the Vampire LARP versions of the books and can only be used with this system). However this is not an instant payment on starting I will let the player play 3 session to see if the system suits them first. Also with the second years membership you will get second eddition rules or £8 of books again.
Also by April I will have access to a large basement which leads out on to a victorian court yard, this is located near Birmingham and may well end up as a main location for vampire. As it is part of a shop we will be able to hold induction days there and explain what it is all about. We are planing on haveing a sound system in this basement and maybe over time allowing people to bring drinks (Alcohol). This all depends on the players, as when this happens it will be members only in the basement and we will allow new players to come in as guests for the first 3 nights they play. After that if they don't have a membership card we cannot let them in as we need to keep it private and restricted to stay within the law.
Also we are working on the difinitive timeline for WoD as we have never seen one. One of your members is compileing information on all beings in the WoD from Caine to Modern day. this will be very comprehensive and we may if we do it well enough sell the book to White Wolf.
I have Recently Re-vamped the website, to make it a stand alone site nd not part of my homepage. The entire site has had a makeover a new logo we designed and a new URL assigned. I ahve also spent some time adding to the site the Additonal Clans and I have added a Disciplines section to the Clans so for each clans diciplines you can now get a description of it, and how it works.
Also up to May 2000 I have converted 26 Books to the Vampire LARP system, 3 World of Darkness books, 3 for Changling LARP and 2 for Werewolf LARP, all rules in these books have been changed to be compatable with the system and then I have re-printed them for my personal use. The Books I have converted so far are.
Vampire LARP
The Main Vampire LARP Rules (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Gangrel (A5 2nd) Children of the Inquisition (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Toreador (A5 2nd) Anarchs Cookbook (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Ventrue (A5 2nd) Secrets of the Black hand (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Giovanni (A5 2nd) Elysium (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Ravnos (A5 2nd) The Guide to the Sabbat (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Setite (A5 2nd) Hunters Hunted (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Lasombra (A5 2nd) Storytellers Companion (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Nosferatu (A5 2nd) Egyptian Book of the Dead (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Tzimisce (A5 2nd) Principia Discordia (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Assamite (A5 2nd) Blood Magic: Thaumaturgy (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Brujah (A5 2nd) Ghouls: Fatal Addiction (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Malkavian (A5 2nd) The Guide to the Camarilla (A5 2nd) Clanbook: Tremere (A5 2nd)World of Darkness LARP
Leviatan: For the Pleasure of Pain Outcasts (A5 2nd) Antagonists Book #1 (A5 2nd)Werewolf LARP
Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex (A5) Garou Saga (A5)Changling LARP
Kithbook: Trolls (A5) Kithbook: Satyrs (A5) Nobles: The Shining Host (A5)
After Much consideration and realising I was charging to little for the books now you only get the 300 page main rules, and your membership card plus updates, and Discounts. Now we have a Membership section you can go an look at what you get.
I have Created a Set of Message Boards for the players to use to spead information to each other and other clans, this can be found here Message Boards If you are a player you are encouraged to use this resource.
I have added a section to help new players develop there character before they generate it, and play this is a useful section if you are thinking of joining this system. The Character History section is a series of questions to help you develop your characters background and motivations.
Ok It's been a while, sine I did an update here, but I have been very busy, developing the News Generator DB, and the Character Generator DB, I still have a lot of work to do on them but I have the Majority of the hard work done.
Also We have a Fully Functioning system For Changling, We ahve managed to replicate all aspects of the table top system in to Live action, The System in under Test by the players in Wrye Forest Fief.
And so this story concludes for now to be continued later
