Personally, I've found V5 to be a big enough jump from the Revised/V20 standard that it's worth a look. The core rules, anyway. I think Ken Hite and Karim Muammar (who did the rules) have sat down and really thought about what V:tM is and what it's about and how to provide incentives for players to align with that. Aesthetically, it's real "graphic design is my passion" stuff, and it has this odd in-media-res approach to showing-not-telling the actual setting. The two supplements, even before they were redacted for a much needed second edit, haven't really done a clear job of explaining much of anything. There's a blinder of a game in there - but it's buried under a lot of tripe.
Re. LARP: I don't actually have much to say to that other than nodding sagely and going "good start." Love/hate relationships and life-defining fascinations are par for the course around here, I think (it's certainly how I feel about the tabletop game), so - take your thinking time.
Actually, one more thing. I've looked into organised play around the UK and found it strangely quiet. There are networks and there are games but there doesn't seem to be a lot of buzz or chitchat or anything around them, and that makes me wonder - who's running these things, and why are they more isolated than the average tabletop group? And then there's the prestige stuff, which - no. I don't have that kind of money to spend, and I'm scared of in-crowds who've been attending high profile events forever. That's the kind of thing I suck up for work but absolutely do not want to do in my off-time.
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Date: 2018-12-16 03:25 pm (UTC)From:Re. LARP: I don't actually have much to say to that other than nodding sagely and going "good start." Love/hate relationships and life-defining fascinations are par for the course around here, I think (it's certainly how I feel about the tabletop game), so - take your thinking time.
Actually, one more thing. I've looked into organised play around the UK and found it strangely quiet. There are networks and there are games but there doesn't seem to be a lot of buzz or chitchat or anything around them, and that makes me wonder - who's running these things, and why are they more isolated than the average tabletop group? And then there's the prestige stuff, which - no. I don't have that kind of money to spend, and I'm scared of in-crowds who've been attending high profile events forever. That's the kind of thing I suck up for work but absolutely do not want to do in my off-time.