Mind's Eye Theatre

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Mind's Eye Theatre
The Masquerade
File:Mind's Eye Theatre-The Masquerade 1993 cover.jpg
1st edition box cover, 1993
DesignersMark Rein·Hagen
PublishersWhite Wolf, By Night Studios
Publication
  • 1993 1st edition (box)
  • 1994 2nd edition (softcover)
GenresHorror live action role-playing game
SystemsRock, paper, scissors
ISBN1565040678

Mind's Eye Theatre is a live action role-playing game (LARP) based on the White Wolf World of Darkness universe, sharing a theme and setting with the table-top role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade and with two revisions, Vampire: The Requiem and Mind's Eye Theater: Vampire The Masquerade. (The rules for Mind's Eye Theatre have likewise been revised.) Other games or "venues" include: Werewolf: The Forsaken, Mage: The Awakening, Changeling: The Lost, and more.

Conflicts and skill challenges are settled in other editions with a "rock, paper, scissors" system often referred to as "throwing chops" or "hand jamming". The 2005 Mind's Eye Theatre system, however, used a random card-draw mechanic. Every player carries a deck of ten playing cards (2-10, plus an Ace), and adds a skill modifier to their draw.

The game possesses many rules both for gameplay and player safety. One main advantage of using the Mind's Eye Theater system is the ability to use real player interaction to resolve the majority of social interactions between player characters (PCs) and non-player characters (NPCs).

In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Mind's Eye Theatre (first edition) as one of the Millennium's Best Games. Editor Scott Haring said "Mind's Eye Theater was the first to take an established pen-and-paper RPG and do the translation to live-action. And it is easily the most successful live-action game, too."[1]

By Night Studios relaunched Changeling: The Dreaming in 2020. Reviews indicated that it contained "fresh ideas" and that it ''is a supernatural enthusiast's dream game".[2]

As of March 2021, By Night Studios launched a free online Systems Reference Document (SRD) containing the majority of the rules, mechanics, and fiction from their Vampire: The Masquerade line of products.[citation needed]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Haring, Scott D. (1999-12-24). "Second Sight: The Millennium's Best "Other" Game and The Millennium's Most Influential Person". Pyramid (Online). Retrieved 2008-02-16.(subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Changeling: The Dreaming Finally Gets A New LARP Book After 20 Years".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Mind's Eye Theatre: The Masquerade (1st Edition)". RPGGeek. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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