Since the inception of tabletop roleplaying, Vampire: The Masquerade, the World of Darkness and the underlying Storyteller System is easily one of the top 5 in sales of all time. The zeitgeist of the early nineties, industrial and punk music and fashion, dark comics and anti-heroes, the game hit a nerve and sold like wildfire. Vampire: The Masquerade was first released in 1991 by White Wolf Publishing, which was the springboard to a very long run releasing quite a few titles all set in their collective World Of Darkness.