Guide For New Players

Players who are familiar with Vampire LARP may wish to skip to the experienced players section of this, although we would ask that everyone read The Social Contract, so we can be sure we’re all on the same page about the type of game this is.

For Beginners

If you have no idea what the Vampire: the Masquerade setting is, then you’ll want to start off by reading about the basics of the setting and the lexicon, just to give you some idea what you’re getting into. From there, you might want to go and read the character generation, and the more detailed background to Europe.

If you’re familiar with roleplaying, and what to get some idea what your character generation options are in more detail, then you’ll also want to read the sections on Influences, Backgrounds and Downtimes, although in any case if you’d prefer to simply get assistance with generating your character before the first game, just turn up early – the refs will be there to help you from 5pm.

If you’d like to get your own copy of the rulebook ahead of time, then PDF copies are available reasonably cheaply here, but it’s not really something you need to do unless you want to – the refs will have everything you need available at the game.

Experienced Players

People who are familiar with Vampire LARP can skip a lot of the basics, but it’s particularly worth reading the Character Generation, Backgrounds and Downtimes sections, just so you’ve got an idea of what we allow, and how stuff works, and you might want to take a look at the setting detail about London and Europe, just so you have some sense of the world.

What Makes Interregnum Different?

In short: we think we’ve come up with a setting that will allow Camarilla and Sabbat characters to mix without devolving instantly into open war, which will provide roleplaying opportunities that are not available in a normal LARP. As a secondary concern alongside this – we’re attempting to do away with the usual overt power-divide structure of Vampire society, and run a relatively low power game in a manner that still provides for political tension.

And as a final consideration: unlike many other World of Darkness LARPs, Interregnum has no sister games containing other types of supernatural creature. This has two benefits: firstly, and most importantly, there is only one narrative in the world, and it is focused entirely on the PCs in this one game. Secondly, it means we’re not bound by any published information on the other types of supernatural creature, allowing us to inject a sense of the unknown back into the world.