Mind's Eye Theatre

Mind's Eye Theatre is a live action role-playing game (LARP) based on the White Wolf World of Darkness universe and shares the setting with the table-top role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, among others.

Mind's Eye Theatre
The Masquerade
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

In early editions of the game, conflicts and skill challenges involving random chance were settled with a "rock, paper, scissors" system often referred to as "throwing chops" or "hand jamming". In the 2005 release and later, this was removed in favor of a random card-draw mechanic. Every player carries a deck of ten playing cards (2-10, plus an Ace), adding skill modifier to their draw, which is used to determine the outcome of an action.

The game possesses rules both for gameplay and player safety. An advantage of the live-action gameplay is the ability to use the real interactions of players to resolve the majority of encounters between player characters and non-player characters.

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 System Reference Document (SRD) containing the majority of the rules, mechanics, and fiction from their Vampire: The Masquerade line of products.

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. "Changeling: The Dreaming Finally Gets A New LARP Book After 20 Years".
  3. "Mind's Eye Theatre: The Masquerade (1st Edition)". RPGGeek. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

By Night Studios - Website of the publisher.

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