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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TrippyHippy" data-source="post: 9552492" data-attributes="member: 27252">Well, your game can vary in terms of what you do with it. Some groups could play their ‘Coterie’ of vampires as a tight knit group of ‘Neonates’ standing against all the threats the World of Darkness presents. Or they could play it like a gothic version of Paranoia, I guess and end up backstabbing each other. For me, games tend to lie somewhere in between, but I like the byzantine intrigue you get from all the different Clans and political groups in the game.It is definitely an alternative experience to D&D, but the hobby is big enough to include both. For me, Vampire: The Masquerade stands aside Call of Cthulhu as one of the two pillars of horror RPG experiences - in some ways they are polar opposite experiences too. In CoC, it is all about the investigation and losing your sanity as secrets are revealed; in Vampire, it is all about the intrigue and losing your humanity as compromises are made.</blockquote>