This. Especially given the mass firings and perpetually pushed back release date of the literal successor Bloodlines 2. Marquis really captures the essence despite a text-only approach, even moreso than the Draw Distance games (imo) which had accompanying art. He has characters as compelling and original as Lacroix, Damsel, and Nines. Maybe not Beckett, Gary Golden, or Smiling Jack. There’s a bit of VtMB succession in the web series L.A. by Night too. Vtm NR is such a good primer for the v5 lore and system too with the way terms are artfully woven into the narrative at different times: Rotschrek, Humanity, Hunger, wights, Masquerade tenets . . . @AChubbyBlackCat
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