Vampires, Masquerades & Bleed

The 1990s deepen the form: White Wolf’s Vampire: The Masquerade and Mind’s Eye Theatre, then the Nordic larp scene and its theory of "bleed", when the character’s feelings leak into the player.

Part of LARP

14 moments in this segment.

1. 2008-04-15 - White Wolf's Mind's Eye Theatre - LARP documentary. White Wolf’s Mind’s Eye Theatre brought Vampire: The Masquerade to live play in the 1990s.
2. 2013-04-18 - "Bleed: how emotions affect role-playing" (Nordic Larp Talks). Sarah Lynne Bowman on "bleed", when a character’s feelings spill into the player.
3. 2013-11-07 - Forbidden - Nordic Larp (Discovery). Discovery Channel on the intense, theatrical Nordic larp scene.
4. 2016-07-21 - "Just a Little Lovin" - a landmark Nordic larp. Tor Kjetil Edland presents the celebrated, emotionally intense Nordic larp.
5. 2017-12-11 - Character Bleed 101. A deep dive into the most-discussed idea in modern larp.
6. 2020-08-14 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Corfu by Night (trailer). A destination Vampire larp set on a Greek island.
7. 2021-02-09 - Vampire: The Masquerade LARP live (UVA Rotunda). A modern Mind’s Eye Theatre session in the wild.
8. 2021-03-15 - Mind's Eye Theatre: an intro to World of Darkness LARP. How a Vampire: The Masquerade larp actually works.
9. 2023-03-03 - Vampire: The Masquerade (White Wolf, 1992). The 1992 tabletop game that birthed the World of Darkness LARP scene.
10. 2023-07-12 - Vampire: The Dark Ages (White Wolf, 1996). Expanding the World of Darkness in 1996.
11. 2024-04-07 - What even is Nordic Larp? (Halfdan). An explainer of the theatrical Scandinavian tradition.
12. 2024-11-30 - A Vampire: The Masquerade LARPer’s world. Inside the modern VtM live scene.
13. 2025-05-23 - "White Wolf is back?!". The revival of the Vampire: The Masquerade franchise.
14. 2026-03-25 - Wrestling with bleed-in of the self (Nordic Larp Talks). The theory of bleed, deepened, larp as genuine emotional experience.