Today I received the first entry to the Fan Fiction contest. Check it out -- it's called "Deal".

If you're new to PlanetVampire or have considered picking up either Redemption or Bloodlines, check out the trailers and some of the best fan-made music and gameplay vids around for both games! We are always looking for new content so please submit any videos to Signothorn and we'll get them up ASAP! To visit our channel of over 50 videos, Click Here!

After a 2.5 year hiatus, Mordred has relaunched the infamous Bloodlines fan site Vampire Heaven. Head over there, bookmark it, and enjoy all that it has to offer.

Or, to use the Emperor's formula for villainous dialogue...



"It is only a matter of time before the PV forum will join the dark side. Then, our evil 3 year long scheme will be complete."

Anyway, take a look at the new forum right here. However, we'll continue to use the old one until all of the admin tools are thoroughly tested.

Wesp5 is at it again with the latest patch, which brings the game to v4.2. Check it out right here.

I would like to announce the newest Pen and Paper based Wodal Mod for Vampire the Masquerade - Redemption is ready for public play. Check it out here: E-Mod Mods Section. There is also a topic displaying all of the newest features and fixes to 0.3a here at the Wodal Mod 0.3a Launched topic.

Have fun!

Check out this article for the official announcement. Best of luck to anybody who applies!

As promised, the Official PV Chronicle for Redemption has a brand new section on our web site. It formally outlines the chronicle's setting, approved characters, and provides instructions for new players hoping to join. Be sure to check it often (it's permanently linked in the Tales from the Crypt header) as it will change to reflect the latest events in the ongoing story.

It's a little ugly right now, but feel free to throw together some demo artwork to spiff up the section's look and feel.

It's been a couple weeks since we've had an update about the upcoming 8th birthday festivities. As mentioned before, there will be a Bloodlines fan fiction contest. Here are the guidelines:

• All entries must be emailed to me rather than posted directly. This is so I can post them all anonymously, so everybody can vote on them without any kind of bias or preconceptions about the writers.
• The stories can be about pretty much anything, just so long as they are related to Bloodlines at least a little bit. This can be done in any number of ways: cameos, flashbacks, journal entries, etc.
• Entries must be submitted no later than 20 October 2007
• Individuals may submit up to 3 different stories

Winners will be selected for the following categories (stories can win in more than one category, and new categories may be added):

• Best character development or interplay
• Best atmosphere
• Creepiest or most disturbing
• Funniest

Voting procedures will be announced in another few weeks. This will stay under wraps for now so that everybody will have a fair chance and the system will be as transparent as possible. Prizes will be announced soon. If you have any question be sure to ask me about it before putting too much work into your stories.

I'm pleased to announce the "patches" area has been updated to now list Wesp's unofficial patches from v3.6 to present, along with the Readme notes and working download links! Going forward, we will be posting all of his unofficial patches there so check back often!

Doing his part to keep the Bloodlines community going strong, Wesp has released the latest version of his unofficial patches. v4.0 brings us the following changes:

" v4.0 17.08.2007 ---- Created Appearance powerup and made Isaac give it instead of Charm. Made Strauss reward you with the Fae Charm instead of usual money. Recovered chewing gum to sell to Copper and stashed it on the pier. Restored rat crowd to warrens and ancient text to Leopold Society. Placed library keycard at Ramen and fixed some minor text problems. Moved dogs into junkyard and Skelter to Nines' side at one ending. Swapped cop Anacondas with Ithacas and made Pisha leave eventually. Restored Romero to be back after his quest and fixed zombie scene. Fixed cut off conversations and restored a hidden one to warehouse. Restored hidden models to Dane, to Blood Hunt and on junkyard map. Made armor absorb half the aggravated damage and raised Blood Heal. Removed cop cars from the Santa Monica pier after the police left. Added Fu Syndicate emergency doorcode and restored tire iron skill. Recovered three unseen newspapers and repaired a newspaper mix up. Restored two item models and renamed "Replica Katana" "Shin Gunto". Made Mercurio's email arrive later and fixed several email issues.

Repaired warrens electrical terminal computer and fixed many props. Added some missing inspection nodes and made diner cook move more. Restored warrens door difficulty and fixed switches at observatory. Fixed Tong sounds at Zhao's and Hannah, Milligan and Pisha issues. Repaired Trip and Vandal not choosable at endgame in special cases. Re-changed Eliza and Thistle effects as they didn't work randomly. Added missing doors to Venture Tower rooftop and Blood Hunt levels. Fixed several name issues and explained others using loading tips. Changed Giovanni vampire guard stats and restored Dane crane icons. Turned your Santa Monica haven into Elysium area when Jack visits. Improved Barabus' hack position and made PCs accessable afterwards. Corrected Chunk's brother's subtitles and changed Chunk dance fix. Reformatted Sin Bin inventory pages and fixed more minor PC issues. Removed humanity for killing Milligan directly and fixed card bug. Placed Russians more inconspicuous and removed the two added locks. Put Heather's name in the morgue file in case you left her to die." For more info, head over to this thread!

This past Thursday Changeling: the Lost went on sale all across North America. I've reviewed the book myself, and it looks just as good as we could have hoped for. Head over to our New World of Darkness board to talk about it. Also, the last page of the book is a puzzle that basically reveals the 6th game in the series. Click here to see the not-so-shocking answer to what that game will be. Only click it if you really really want to know which game will be coming out next year.

A few of you have already seen this, but GameSpy has been converting its ForumPlanet site over to a new forum system. So far PlanetAFP, PlanetGrandTheftAuto, and PlanetHalfLife have been converted. We (the PlanetVampire staff) are working with the IGN/GameSpy staff to work out how and when PV's forums will be converted. Feel free to head over to this thread to discuss the migration.

CCP and White Wolf Celebrate 15 Years of Gaming on the Dark Side Leading independent game developer CCP | WW to host anniversary party during Gen Con Indy ATLANTA � Aug. 13, 2007 - In the summer of 1991, only one word mattered in the hobby game industry. One word and one game took tabletop adventures to a new level of creative chaos, seizing an unsuspecting generation of gamers by their collective throats and never letting go. That word, that game: Vampire. The industry never knew what hit it, and it has never been the same since. Now in the summer of 2007, the thirst for more has never been slaked as the Vampire legacy, which has evolved to become the core franchise in the trend setting World of Darkness series, continues to grow darker and richer with each compelling new release. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of this wildly popular RPG phenomenon, CCP | White Wolf will once again invade Gen Con Indy--August 16-19, Booth 522, at the Indianapolis Convention Center--with their unique brand of monsters, mischief and mayhem. Friends, fans and fiends are invited to join them for an over-the-top night of music and debauchery, in their signature hedonistic style, on Saturday, August 18, at Club Industry from 9 pm to 2 am. Invitations will be available at the CCP | WW booth. "Over the years, our parties have become as legendary as our games themselves," said Mike Tinney, President of CCP North America | White Wolf. "It gives us a great opportunity to get together with the people who inhabit the other-worlds we�ve helped to create and kick back and share a couple of drinks together." During Gen Con Indy, CCP | WW will be launching the new installment of the World of Darkness series, Changeling: The Lost, a storytelling game of beautiful madness. For more information, visit www.white-wolf.com/gencon/.

As of late last night, Wodal v0.2a has been released to the public. Wodal -- which stands for World of Darkness Arbitrary Language -- is a pen-and-paper mod for Redemption, and it's brought to you by our very own Javokis. We hope to use Wodal for the Official PlanetVampire Redemption Chronicle, so all of the players are definitely encouraged to download the mod and try it out. At the very least, it's probably a good idea to read up on it just a little bit. Here is a quote from Javokis' announcement last night:

It's out. The Wodal Modification version 0.2a is ready for public testing and developing with tons of new features and some more included samples of content with much more complete documentation that should be everything you need to help you start your way to creating PnP disciplines... I think.

Download Wodal Mod: http://e-mods.net/downloads/mods/Wodal_v0_2a.zip

After installation, the mod should appear in your Start>All Programs menu as Wodal Mod.

Please report bugs here.

NOTE: You do not have to create a character named Test anymore. Make a character as you normally would and it shall be affected by the Global file settings, which are editable. I recommend that all test the Leaves of Three and To Curse the Darkness chronicles so to assure that Wodal is stable. You will encounter lag on first time load for only a short period of time as Wodal loads up the new Global system into all npcs and enemies on pre-scripted chronicles (Leaves of Three and To Curse the Darkness).

*******BE SURE TO READ THE DOCUMENTATION AND REFERENCES********

Enjoy!