Editing Vampire: The Masquerade (section)

== Publication history ==
{{See also|List of Vampire: The Masquerade books}}
The original 1991 version was superseded by a second edition in 1992 and the ''Revised Edition'' in 1998.<ref name="appelcineWW1" /> The ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' game line was discontinued in 2004, at which point it was superseded by ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 27, 2021|title=Why Both Vampire: The Masquerade & Vampire: The Requiem Exist|url=https://screenrant.com/vampire-masquerade-requiem-tabletop-games-why-both-exist/|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="pyramid staff changes">{{cite web|date=November 22, 2004|title=White Wolf Announces Staff Changes|url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=5091|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050322021233/http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=5091|archive-date=March 22, 2005|access-date=October 7, 2020|website=[[Pyramid (magazine)|Pyramid]]|publisher=[[Steve Jackson Games]]}}</ref><ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011|isbn=978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|228–229}} In mid-2010, White Wolf switched exclusively to a [[Print on demand|print-on-demand]] model via online role playing game store [[DriveThruRPG]], starting with a number of formerly out of print ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' books and gradually making more titles available as they were ready for print.<ref name="designers" />{{Rp|pages=7–52}}

===''20th Anniversary Edition''===
On March 17, 2011, White Wolf announced ''Vampire: The Masquerade, 20th Anniversary Edition'', which was published during the Grand Masquerade event in New Orleans on September 15–17, 2011, and released to the attendees. Customers not attending The Grand Masquerade were offered a limited time preorder option. The 20th Anniversary Edition (or ''V20'') contains revisions of rules and is a compendium of information previously provided in supplemental material in the game's earlier life. V20 officially revived ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' as part of White Wolf Publishing's shift to a print-on-demand business model, and multiple new ''Masquerade'' products were subsequently announced.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 22, 2011|title=Tabletop Review: Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition|url=http://diehardgamefan.com/2011/12/22/tabletop-review-vampire-the-masquerade-20th-anniversary-edition/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111121904/http://diehardgamefan.com/2011/12/22/tabletop-review-vampire-the-masquerade-20th-anniversary-edition/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2012|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=Diehard GameFAN|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=At GenCon we announced our partnership with DriveThruRPG in their Now in Print program, offering out-of-print and PDF-exclusive products as physical books through print-on-demand technology|url=http://www.white-wolf.com/community/news/the-latest-books-now-in-print|access-date=August 31, 2011|publisher=White Wolf Publishing}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=White Wolf Release Schedule 2011-2012|url=http://www.white-wolf.com/community/news/white-wolf-release-schedule-2011-2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910054210/http://www.white-wolf.com/community/news/white-wolf-release-schedule-2011-2012|archive-date=September 10, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2011|publisher=White Wolf Publishing}}</ref> After White Wolf ceased publishing books directly, the licences to its tabletop roleplaying games, including ''Vampire'', were transferred to [[Onyx Path Publishing]], founded by former White Wolf Art Director Rich Thomas.<ref name="designers" />{{Rp|pages=7–52}}<ref name=":10" /> White Wolf's live-action [[Mind's Eye Theatre]] products were published by By Night Studios.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=2015-11-02 |title=A Pair of Ducks Bought White Wolf? [Monday Meeting Notes] – Onyx Path Publishing |url=https://theonyxpath.com/a-pair-of-ducks-bought-white-wolf-monday-meeting-notes/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Vampire The Masquerade|url=http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/classicworldofdarkness/vampirethemasquerade/|access-date=September 1, 2015|publisher=Onyx Path Publishing}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=By Night Studios. Vampire: The Masquerade LARP|url=https://bynightstudios.com/blog/vampire-the-masquerade/|website=By Night Studios}}</ref>

===Fifth edition===
In August 2015, [[Onyx Path Publishing]] announced its intention to create a fourth edition of ''Vampire''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-08-04 |title=Vampire: The Masquerade 4th Edition Announced at Gen Con! – Onyx Path Publishing |url=https://theonyxpath.com/vampire-the-masquerade-4th-edition-announced-at-gen-con/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2015-12-14 |title=CofD, C20 and You and Me [Monday Meeting Blog] – Onyx Path Publishing |url=https://theonyxpath.com/cofd-c20-and-you-and-me-monday-meeting-blog/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> Two months later, [[Paradox Interactive]] purchased White Wolf and all of its intellectual properties from [[CCP Games]]. It was announced that White Wolf, which would move ahead with a new edition of the game instead of Onyx Path, and White Wolf would remain a subsidiary of Paradox Interactive.<ref name=":7" /><ref name="Paradox">{{cite web |title=Paradox Interactive Acquires White Wolf Publishing from CCP Games |url=https://www.paradoxplaza.com/news/Paradox-White-Wolf-Publishing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120230819/https://www.paradoxplaza.com/news/Paradox-White-Wolf-Publishing/ |archive-date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref> With game designer [[Kenneth Hite]] as lead developer, ''Vampire: The Masquerade, Fifth Edition'' (also known as ''V5'') was subsequently released in early 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=White Wolf - News|url=http://www.white-wolf.com/news/|website=Vampire the Masquerade - Sverige - White Wolf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=July 25, 2018|title=Vampire: The Masquerade's latest edition is trying to deal with sex and power in 2018|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/25/17607080/vampire-the-masquerade-v5-white-wolf|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sheehan|first=Gavin|date=October 31, 2018|title=A Taste For Blood — We Review Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition|url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/a-taste-for-blood-we-review-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-edition/|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors|language=en}}</ref> It was distributed by [[Modiphius Entertainment]],<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=Matt |date=2020-11-12 |title=Kids on Bikes studio becomes new publisher for World of Darkness RPGs as Paradox brings development in-house |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/universes/world-of-darkness/news/world-of-darkness-publishing-development-renegade-paradox |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 15, 2017|title=Development Team for 'Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition' Announced|url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/37522/development-team-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-edition-announced|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=[[ICv2]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WHITE WOLF ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP WITH MODIPHIUS ENTERTAINMENT FOR VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE 5TH EDITION|url=https://www.modiphius.com/modiphius-press-releases/white-wolf-announces-distribution-partnership-with-modiphius-entertainment-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-edition|website=Modiphius|access-date=April 23, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719095740/http://www.modiphius.com/modiphius-press-releases/white-wolf-announces-distribution-partnership-with-modiphius-entertainment-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-edition|url-status=dead}}</ref> with production of supplements licensed to multiple publishers, including Modiphius and Onyx Path.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2018-12-22 |title=White Wolf hands over Vampire tabletop RPG to new leadership |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/22/18152146/white-wolf-vampire-the-masquerade-modiphius-entertainment |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-21 |title=Modiphius indossa la maschera e scopre i canini con Vampire The Masquerade 5° edizione |url=https://www.tomshw.it/culturapop/modiphius-indossa-la-maschera-e-scopre-i-canini-con-vampire-the-masquerade-5-edizione |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Tom's Hardware |language=it}}</ref> After the release of the ''Anarch'' sourcebook in November 2018, Paradox Interactive announced it would no longer allow White Wolf to develop the series in-house due to references in the sourcebook to the [[anti-gay purges in Chechnya]] and other controversies surrounding White Wolf.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=November 13, 2018|title=Publishers of Vampire tabletop game ponder 'a change in leadership' after more missteps|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/11/13/18089574/vampire-the-masquerade-white-wolf-lgbtq-chechnya-apology|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2018, Paradox announced that Modiphius Entertainment would continue the development of the series with final approval by Paradox Interactive.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=December 22, 2018|title=White Wolf hands over Vampire tabletop RPG to new leadership|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/22/18152146/white-wolf-vampire-the-masquerade-modiphius-entertainment|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 23, 2018|title=Modiphius Entertainment Takes Over Development of Vampire: The Masquerade|url=https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/modiphius-entertainment-takes-over-development-of-vampire-masquerade|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=TechRaptor|language=en}}</ref>

In November 2020, Paradox Interactive announced that [[Renegade Game Studios]] would become the publishing partner for the entire [[World of Darkness]] brand and they would release all future ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' products.<ref name="Dicebreaker 2020"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=November 12, 2020|title=Renegade Game Studios Becomes a TTRPG Publishing Partner for 'World of Darkness'|url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46956/renegade-game-studios-becomes-ttrpg-publishing-partner-world-darkness|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=[[ICv2]]|language=en}}</ref> The company also announced it would bring IP development back in-house under the World of Darkness team,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|author=Jarvis, Matt|date=November 12, 2020|title=Kids on Bikes studio becomes new publisher for World of Darkness RPGs as Paradox brings development in-house|url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/universes/world-of-darkness/news/world-of-darkness-publishing-development-renegade-paradox|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184212/https://www.dicebreaker.com/universes/world-of-darkness/news/world-of-darkness-publishing-development-renegade-paradox|archive-date=November 12, 2020|access-date=November 12, 2020|website=[[Dicebreaker]]|publisher=[[Gamer Network]]}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> hiring former lead developer [[Justin Achilli]] as the World of Darkness Creative Lead.<ref name=":1" /> In 2021, the core rulebook and several other products were revised and updated to "meet new ethical standards enforced by the team at Paradox".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=June 10, 2021|title=Vampire: the Masquerade's 5th edition to launch on virtual tabletop Roll20|url=https://www.polygon.com/22528562/vampire-the-masquerade-roll20-launch-date-price|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}</ref> V5 was released on [[Roll20]] in June 2021.<ref name=":2" /> In July 2021, Renegade Game Studios released the updated versions of ''Vampire: The Masquerade, Fifth Edition'' books for retail distribution.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 16, 2021|title=Renegade Game Studios' Printings of 'Vampire: The Masquerade 5E' Books are Headed to Retail|url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47866/renegade-game-studios-printings-vampire-the-masquerade-5e-books-headed-retail|access-date=November 12, 2021|website=[[ICv2]]|language=en}}</ref> The online toolset World of Darkness [[Demiplane (company)#Nexus|Nexus]], which supports ''Vampire: The Masquerade'' and other games in the series, was launched in June 2022. Nexus includes bundles of both physical and digital game products, and contains a rules and lore compendium, character creation and management tools, [[Matchmaking (video games)|matchmaking]], and [[video chat]] functionality.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/world-of-darkness-nexus-vampire-the-masquerade-demiplane/ |title=World of Darkness Nexus Announced, Adds Digital Toolset to Vampire: The Masquerade and Other Games |author=Hoffer, Christian |date=November 16, 2021 |website=Comicbook.com |publisher=[[ViacomCBS]] |access-date=November 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116233325/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/world-of-darkness-nexus-vampire-the-masquerade-demiplane/ |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":82">{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Vampire: The Masquerade Nexus Announced With Book and Digital Combos Available |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/vampire-the-masquerade-nexus-demiplane-digital-tools/ |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Vampire: The Masquerade's answer to D&D Beyond launches into early access |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/vampire-the-masquerade-v5/news/vampire-the-masquerade-nexus-early-access-launch |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}</ref>