"May I Enter" Is A Different Sort of Vampire Game (Now On Kickstarter)

The night is dark, and full of terrors... some are nameless things that haunt the shadows, and whisper on the winds. Some, though, are things we know. Things who are bound by rules and laws that can be used to remain safe from them... and in some cases which can be used to kill them. There is a night walker who feeds on the hot blood of the living, who cannot walk beneat the sun, and who cannot cross living waters. They cannot see their reflections, the sights and sounds of faith are anathema to them, and most importantly, they cannot enter without permission.

There have been a lot of RPGs about vampires... but May I Enter really does appear to be something different.

And the answer is, yes you may...

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So What Is "May I Enter"?

While I would highly recommend folks check out the Kickstarter for May I Enter to get a more complete answer to this, the short version is that it's a game based on Powered By The Apocalyse that takes inspiration from OSR-style RPGs where you all play vampires. However, while there is very much the same dark tone we're all used to in games where players take on the role of these infamous bloodsuckers, in May I Enter the game focuses on vampires who have been Bound. Helen of Troy (yes, that Helen of Troy) laid down a Binding that tied most vampires to a code they could not deviate from. And at the heart of this Binding are vampires who must serve, rather than command. Creatures who must ask, rather than take. And while you have great power at your disposal, and you wish to change the world for the better, you can only do that if others bid you to do it.

So, more "Forever Knight" than some vampire games...

Humans aren't the only things these Bound vampires have to content with, though. There are the Unbound members of their kind who are true monsters, dark fae with their strange word games and unfathomable logic, and a bevy of other things that haunt the dark edges of the world... except werewolves. They aren't real.

And at the core of it all there are primordial vaults that contain ancient, forgotten secrets that your vampires will need to recover... both to use them as tools, and to keep them out of the wrong hands. And these vaults often act as parallels to what is happening in the world above, invoking the ancient alchemist's balance of As Above, So Below... or perhaps it's the other way around?

So if you're someone who likes the idea of a vampire game, but you want something with more streamlined mechanics, a unique world setup, and where you get to play monsters who are trying to be the good guys without people looking down their noses at you, I would highly recommend checking out May I Enter. The Kickstarter has a few more weeks at time of writing, but don't let it pass you by!

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