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.

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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.