Hi Tim, I just discovered this game and have fallen in-love with its writing and design. It's such a beautiful piece of art.
I wanted to share this Notion template I made for playing the game; hopefully it will serve people other than myself.
I also edited the Single Pages PDF and added bookmarks for easier navigation. I'd love to email it to you in case you want to release it. Thanks again for your wonderful work.
I got a community copy, reviewed the whole thing, and fell in love with it enough to purchase it immediately. Thank you for the clearly enormous love and effort you've put into this.
I'm excited to play it for myself, possibly make videos of it, and introduce some friends to this game as well. A friend of mine has a typewriter she loves, and I think she'd love playing this game on that typewriter.
I got a community copy (thank you so much for those btw) but then loved it so much that I had to get the physical 🥲.
Quick question, is the vampire supposed to be like a traditional vampire with speed and strength etc or are they relatively more human with the thirst for blood? It’s not mentioned (unless I’m just not reading properly which is likely), I’m guessing that it’s just up to us players?
There's a section in there that says "Hey, the vampire needs to hurt people to survive, be functionally immortal, and should be limited in how it can interact with its environment" or something like that. Basically laying out the minimal needed in order to not clash too badly when you answer Prompts.
Now you have me curious... Look on page xiv, there are torn paper inserts titled "What is a vampire?"
In the sequel I've really been enjoying playtesting with vampires who are never clearly identified as -anything-. They're just awful, highly motivated people and you can write their deeds in such a way that you never witness them do anything supernatural. It's a really fun way to play the sequel but wouldn't work for TYOV.
Pre-orders will go up once I have the book at the printer. I'll email everyone who got a copy off itch.io, so that'll be you, and mention it in the newsletter. Newsletter sign up is at the bottom of thousandyearoldvampire.com
I’m a disabled pensioner with PTSD, chronic anxiety and depression and these new community games available by generous creators like you make a huge difference to my daily life.
Having new games to play every day helps me have a bit better quality of life and makes such a huge difference to me. I know some people think anyone requesting community copies regularly are just abusing this system and don’t need them.
I can’t afford much but do buy bundles when I can afford them. I have bought games I lay regularly as I can afford them to
There are so many good reasons to offer them, but Community copies also do some counterintuitive things:
1. By giving away free copies I can, perversely, charge more for the pay copies. If you can afford $5 but not $15, you take a community copy. If you can afford $15 and I'd priced for $5 people then I'd be getting less money and the people who couldn't afford $5 are still cut out of the loop.
2. About half the angry/threatening contacts I get include some version of "And I'm going to take your PDF and put it on a download site where people can get it for FREE." I can be like, dude, the game is already free for anyone who wants it.
I’m sorry you get such horrible comments from people wanting your games for free
I get occasional abusive or nasty comments requesting community copies. Half the time it’s not even from the creator but some random person who downvotes my request and has a go at me.
I do request a lot of community copies because only about 1 in 10 creators reply with a yes so even though I request a lot I don’t expect to get most of the games anyway
Once again, thank you so much for your hard work creating games and also giving copies away to those who love gaming but can’t afford much
I just wanna say thank you alot for the way you handle discomfort in this game. A big reason I don't watch movies is that I am easily made uncomfortable. I like stepping outside my comfort zone, but not completely giving whoever is presenting the media control about it. This is why I liked your wording about letting myself be uncomfortable while also using the flower. The mix of happy moments, which more often than not will inevitably lead to some kind of heartbreak are also such a great balance I am not skilled enough to put into words for my excitement for. Thank you for this amazing experience.
Ah, I see now. Still, that is brutal, and great. Also the length of the book fooled me into a false sense of security. My lesbian vampire adventure was just getting started when it came to a sudden, unexpected end. I love it.
One question tough, how much of a vampire do you start off as? Because some prompts clearly refer to being weak to the sun, but are there other weaknesses you have, like being unable to eat heavily spiced food or garic, or being weak to holy grounds?
The rules give a handful of vampire requirements that don't need to be satisfied with traditional vampirey things. You need to be susceptible to something that doesn't affect normal humans, you need to fuck people over to survive, etc. You can go way off book but need to take that into account in your approach to the Prompts.
Hi! I’m an RPG player from China. The game is absolutely brilliant! Many Chinese players have heard of this game but are frustrated by there being no Chinese translation. I recently started to translate it into Mandarin for my friends, would you mind if I share my translation as an unofficial translation in a Chinese ttrpg community for free?
I’m working on an app for playing this for my own games, and I’d also like to share this with the community. The problem is that such an app would have to include the prompts themselves, which would make the pdf unnecessary.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on this! I don’t want to create anything that would damage your sales.
I cannot say thank you enough for providing a text only copy. As a screen reader user who so often has to find out only after purchase if a PDF is accessible or not, it is refreshing to run into plain text versions in the wild that take the guesswork out. I haven't played yet, erading htrough now but going to start soon. This should prove interesting to say the least. I've heard nothing but good things. I'm just sad I managed to just miss the sequel game you are making as far as backing it. Bah. Ah well, hope to see it soon enough and can't wait. Please keep up the good work!
Just finished my first session. M vampire's story became a tale of two brothers and a rivalry and hatred that spanned centuries. Over time, my vampire forgot what exactly they were fighting about. In their last clash, his brother took his sword which was tied to my vampire's very important memory; the night he turned his brother into a vampire. They met again in the 21st century, my vampire not knowing how he had wronged his brother only that it kept them at odds. They spent a day in uneasy truce. Their shared animosity grounding and familiar. That same night his brother kills him with the same sword he said was to symbolize their reconciliation, all past mistakes forgotten.
I really respect and appreciate you providing the PDF version for free. Money's a little tight for me at the moment, but I know a few people who'd love a hard copy when Christmas comes around <3
I want folks to play my games and I want folks with money to pay me for games–I'm glad that itch makes it easy to get games to folks who would struggle do the second part. High fives!
Absolutely love this game! My conservative friends and I have been enjoying playing and swapping stories of how our vampire's lives are progressing whenever we aren't too busy spreading hate. Really a great way to relax and unwind. I don't think I'd be able to maintain my conservative views and strong hate for all people unless I had a game like this to play in the evening to help me recharge for another day of hate. Thank you!!!
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Hi Tim, I just discovered this game and have fallen in-love with its writing and design. It's such a beautiful piece of art.
I wanted to share this Notion template I made for playing the game; hopefully it will serve people other than myself.
I also edited the Single Pages PDF and added bookmarks for easier navigation. I'd love to email it to you in case you want to release it. Thanks again for your wonderful work.
Cool!
Ah yeah, I really really really should have included bookmarks in the PDFs.
Beautifully crafted game. I'm in my second play-through already. I highly recommend this game!
I got a community copy, reviewed the whole thing, and fell in love with it enough to purchase it immediately. Thank you for the clearly enormous love and effort you've put into this.
I'm excited to play it for myself, possibly make videos of it, and introduce some friends to this game as well. A friend of mine has a typewriter she loves, and I think she'd love playing this game on that typewriter.
Thank you for the kind words!
I got a community copy (thank you so much for those btw) but then loved it so much that I had to get the physical 🥲.
Quick question, is the vampire supposed to be like a traditional vampire with speed and strength etc or are they relatively more human with the thirst for blood? It’s not mentioned (unless I’m just not reading properly which is likely), I’m guessing that it’s just up to us players?
There's a section in there that says "Hey, the vampire needs to hurt people to survive, be functionally immortal, and should be limited in how it can interact with its environment" or something like that. Basically laying out the minimal needed in order to not clash too badly when you answer Prompts.
Now you have me curious... Look on page xiv, there are torn paper inserts titled "What is a vampire?"
In the sequel I've really been enjoying playtesting with vampires who are never clearly identified as -anything-. They're just awful, highly motivated people and you can write their deeds in such a way that you never witness them do anything supernatural. It's a really fun way to play the sequel but wouldn't work for TYOV.
Page xiv was exactly what I was looking for. I had a feeling I saw it in here but when searching again I didnt check the collage.
Congrats on the sequel btw! I know the project has ended but are late pledges open anywhere?
Pre-orders will go up once I have the book at the printer. I'll email everyone who got a copy off itch.io, so that'll be you, and mention it in the newsletter. Newsletter sign up is at the bottom of thousandyearoldvampire.com
Thank you for the community copy circa 2022, I finally got the printed game (soooo beautiful) at yesterday's Independent Bookstore Day!
The system works! And thank you for supporting an independent bookstore!
thank you so much for the community copies
Really appreciate it
I'm happy I can give 'em!
thank you so much
I’m a disabled pensioner with PTSD, chronic anxiety and depression and these new community games available by generous creators like you make a huge difference to my daily life.
Having new games to play every day helps me have a bit better quality of life and makes such a huge difference to me. I know some people think anyone requesting community copies regularly are just abusing this system and don’t need them.
I can’t afford much but do buy bundles when I can afford them. I have bought games I lay regularly as I can afford them to
I am glad my ugly games are there to help!
There are so many good reasons to offer them, but Community copies also do some counterintuitive things:
1. By giving away free copies I can, perversely, charge more for the pay copies. If you can afford $5 but not $15, you take a community copy. If you can afford $15 and I'd priced for $5 people then I'd be getting less money and the people who couldn't afford $5 are still cut out of the loop.
2. About half the angry/threatening contacts I get include some version of "And I'm going to take your PDF and put it on a download site where people can get it for FREE." I can be like, dude, the game is already free for anyone who wants it.
I’m sorry you get such horrible comments from people wanting your games for free
I get occasional abusive or nasty comments requesting community copies. Half the time it’s not even from the creator but some random person who downvotes my request and has a go at me.
I do request a lot of community copies because only about 1 in 10 creators reply with a yes so even though I request a lot I don’t expect to get most of the games anyway
Once again, thank you so much for your hard work creating games and also giving copies away to those who love gaming but can’t afford much
Are there other languages versions of this game? I look for an Italian transaltion. Or is there a way to help translating it? Thank you!
There's an Italian translation by Narrativa... Here you go: https://narrattiva.it/it/shop/libro/1000-anni-da-vampiro/
I just wanna say thank you alot for the way you handle discomfort in this game. A big reason I don't watch movies is that I am easily made uncomfortable. I like stepping outside my comfort zone, but not completely giving whoever is presenting the media control about it. This is why I liked your wording about letting myself be uncomfortable while also using the flower. The mix of happy moments, which more often than not will inevitably lead to some kind of heartbreak are also such a great balance I am not skilled enough to put into words for my excitement for. Thank you for this amazing experience.
I'm glad it works for you!
The first prompt you are forced to play out was such a gutpunch, I love it
You start counting from Prompt 1, you don't automatically do it. But, honestly, it is good either way–I almost made it the required first prompt.
Ah, I see now. Still, that is brutal, and great. Also the length of the book fooled me into a false sense of security. My lesbian vampire adventure was just getting started when it came to a sudden, unexpected end. I love it.
One question tough, how much of a vampire do you start off as? Because some prompts clearly refer to being weak to the sun, but are there other weaknesses you have, like being unable to eat heavily spiced food or garic, or being weak to holy grounds?
The rules give a handful of vampire requirements that don't need to be satisfied with traditional vampirey things. You need to be susceptible to something that doesn't affect normal humans, you need to fuck people over to survive, etc. You can go way off book but need to take that into account in your approach to the Prompts.
Hi! I’m an RPG player from China. The game is absolutely brilliant! Many Chinese players have heard of this game but are frustrated by there being no Chinese translation. I recently started to translate it into Mandarin for my friends, would you mind if I share my translation as an unofficial translation in a Chinese ttrpg community for free?
I would LOVE THAT! YES! Email me at dearleadergame@gmail.com and I will help if I can!
I am so, so sorry it too me this long to respond.
I’m working on an app for playing this for my own games, and I’d also like to share this with the community. The problem is that such an app would have to include the prompts themselves, which would make the pdf unnecessary.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on this! I don’t want to create anything that would damage your sales.
I think that's fine! Look around at the existing projects people have done and see if you can get a headstart based on what they did.
I cannot say thank you enough for providing a text only copy. As a screen reader user who so often has to find out only after purchase if a PDF is accessible or not, it is refreshing to run into plain text versions in the wild that take the guesswork out. I haven't played yet, erading htrough now but going to start soon. This should prove interesting to say the least. I've heard nothing but good things. I'm just sad I managed to just miss the sequel game you are making as far as backing it. Bah. Ah well, hope to see it soon enough and can't wait. Please keep up the good work!
Sequel will be available to everyone in several months!
Let me know if the plain text version can be done better. I'm hoping I can get an audio version of the new game.
Just finished my first session. M vampire's story became a tale of two brothers and a rivalry and hatred that spanned centuries. Over time, my vampire forgot what exactly they were fighting about. In their last clash, his brother took his sword which was tied to my vampire's very important memory; the night he turned his brother into a vampire. They met again in the 21st century, my vampire not knowing how he had wronged his brother only that it kept them at odds. They spent a day in uneasy truce. Their shared animosity grounding and familiar. That same night his brother kills him with the same sword he said was to symbolize their reconciliation, all past mistakes forgotten.
I think I can guess the Prompts that were driving this at the end. Thanks for sharing!
I really respect and appreciate you providing the PDF version for free. Money's a little tight for me at the moment, but I know a few people who'd love a hard copy when Christmas comes around <3
I want folks to play my games and I want folks with money to pay me for games–I'm glad that itch makes it easy to get games to folks who would struggle do the second part. High fives!
Absolutely love this game! My conservative friends and I have been enjoying playing and swapping stories of how our vampire's lives are progressing whenever we aren't too busy spreading hate. Really a great way to relax and unwind. I don't think I'd be able to maintain my conservative views and strong hate for all people unless I had a game like this to play in the evening to help me recharge for another day of hate. Thank you!!!
That's a dumb, desperate thing to write.
indeed. why did they write it though? so weird