Mortal Stakes | Vampire: The Masquerade - L.A. By Night | Chapter 1 

I like how Jasper is continually acting expressively in the background, moving his hands in a creepy way or using facial expressions. 🙂

Alex is a superb actor. Check out the moment when Annabelle asks how to go back. Nelli and Victor laugh it off, but he looks very thoughtful. As if it's something he's thought about as well. Dude's Nosferatu game is on point.

Getting an actual vampire to play Vampire: The Masquerade was an ace move. 👏👏👏

Where’s all the Victor love? Dude was super funny and reminded me the most of fun gaming friends.

I'm a big fan of Alex's, just look at his posture and movements, he's really embraced the Nosferatu here

"Your vampire daddy-" "YOU JUST SAID THAT WE CANT USE THAT WORD!" "IM USING WORDS SHE'LL UNDERSTAND " Aaand jasper is my favorite kindred

"I love your hoodie, who designed it?" "It's from Target." "Ough. That hurt my heart."

Annabelle: having an emotional breakdown Jasper: the only liquid left in your body Is blood

"I have eyes on Juan..." "...No I don't..."

When Jasper snuck up and said "Library" I got chills.

How tf have I not seen anyone comment about Annabelle’s, “I’m a grown ass woman, and you’re a deadbeat father.” Straight up murdered victor with that line.

Good cast of characters, Jasper definitely killed it this session. The player does a really good job playing a Nosferatu and the GM is good, even has his own spooky aura about him.

Jason’s awkward college guy chatter just made me a fan of this series. I wasn’t sure about his GM style until right then. He doesn’t make himself a part of the story unless he absolutely needs to. That was hilarious.

"as a grown up woman you need to cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it now" wow!

"Annabelle--who is we?" BIGGEST YIKES.

*phone rings* Annabelle: hang on I need to take this "Hey babe" Jasper: *ooooh crap*

Seeing Alex put his talent at work was amazing. No wonder he's a professional monster actor. His little movements and everything were perfect

I literally wrote the book on LA by Night, and there have clearly been some major changes since then. But then, as I wrote in the book, change is the only certainty in the free state.

54:00 Guy: -Maybe its the Landlord Anabelle: -Cant it wait? Victor: -THE LANDLORD! LMAO Victor is a fucking genius

Jasper’s little growl acknowledgement of the Baron- I’m in love

This GM is very subtle with his storytelling, makes me nervous like I am also wandering around with them. I think im gonna like this series.

I love this show so much. Also, Jasper is the cutest Nosferatu ever and I love him.

I love how "Jasper" is roleplaying his character. He's doing a fantastic job.

"The Gothic diva version of Morticia Addams" Sooo... Morticia Addams?

I’m going to be honest as a college student if I saw a bald pale sickly looking person like Jasper at night on campus I probably wouldn’t think much just get back to my car to go home. I have some night classes lol.

That was fun! Erica brought her acting game but FIERCE. B.Dave and Cynthia were stylish and regal, and Alexander is absolutely mesmerizing. It must have been a real privilege to have a White Wolf storyteller run your game. Jason Carl's demeanor was appropriately reserved and mysterious.

This seems tailor made for Bloodlines fans who've never played the tabletop game. If this is supposed to get me more interested in playing the tabletop version, it's working very well! I love the low key but effective narration.

Wow. The actress playing Annabelle really nailed it. Her emotion while wrestling with her new life as a vamp was palpable and honest, and it really sold me on the world. Kudos for a great job!

This is my first time seeing Alexander Ward at all and I'm immediately in love

Jasper: "What do you want from us?" Commercial: "Time honored European recipes."

Jason Carl is one of my biggest inspirations as a GM. Being able to create fleshed out characters through subtle body motion and inflection is an incredible skill I realize doesn't get shown often enough.

jasper talking to annabelle in the car is the most convoluted and hilarious explanation ive ever heard :) jasper explaining things in general is epic at convoluted explanations :)

Oh the nostalgia of that game. Find the sarcophagus they said it'll be fun they said.

This game is a real treat, and Jasper just takes the field with his superb acting, and deep immersion in his character.

‘You will be in charge of her education’ Nelli and Victor - Shock and Confusion Jasper - This is going to be fun

Annabelle is the best cliche. I called that shit the moment she asked why they listen to the Baron. I enjoyed this. Which is cool because it's cool to see someone extremely experienced run this game, and the players all seemed well really invested from the start. Very little out of character chatter, so immersion is good too. 10/10

It's amazing how much of a total face change contacts can make. Even though he is wearing a bit of make-up, its the cloudy eyes that really solidify the monsterous presence about him and it really makes him look almost ethereal and corpse like. It's really cool.

"What we are is hunger" Well said, Mr. Temple.

The way Jason maintains control of the game is master work. Bravo.

The narrator looks like a vampire in the making lol.

Nelli and Victor: *bickering about clothing* Jasper: "Would you two get your shit together please?" I already love Jasper as a character and I'm not even an hour in.

"what the hell is a Bruhaha" that's it, Annabelle is my favorite character and she must be protected at all costs.

This is a fucking amazing role-playing session. The DM is a brilliant storyteller, the players are extremely reactive. It's the best I've found on RU-vid so far.

One thing I never could stomach about LA. All the damned vampires.

Love this show. The characters actually feel like people and the GM knows when to just let the characters be themselves rather than constantly interrupt the flow. Half of the reason I couldn’t get in Shield of Tomorrow or Callisto6 is the lengthy bits of exposition or the players over playing their characters

The moment Griffith Observatory was mentioned it caused me anxiety. I remember what happened there in Bloodlines, and it put the fear of werewolves into me when playing a vampire. Cougars, right... Great storytelling and acting from players and ST alike so far. Makes me miss having a group to play with,. :)

You've got a bunch of great actors here. Kudos to Jasper who's actually frightened me and seemed to be always in character. But the four of them really were great. Good game !

LA By Night is by far one of the greatest things G&S has ever broadcasted. Amazing moody atmosphere (thanks to the incredible talent of Storyteller Jason Carl), edge-of-your-seat action, emotional and gripping roleplay, a fantastic cast, and an incredible rotation of guests through the first season. I really hope the rest of Season 1 gets uploaded to YT to share it with the world (and for my rewatches!), and I can't wait for the Epilogues and Season 2!

Great to see Alex's monster acting in process! I loved him, just because he's such a different archetype to the typical vampire.

Coming back from season 4 to rewatch the very first one and I can’t help but to appreciate how far did the guys develop the story and their acting. Here they are still warming up and kinda kidding around and it’s all not too serious yet 😄

[[ _circa_ 01:40:29 ]] Storyteller: " You wanna *_lie_* to [the Baron]? " Annabelle: " Uhh...yeah! " [[ Jasper grins with anticipatory schadenfreude ... Victor face-desks ... Nelli G oscillates between offering (halfhearted) commiserative pats upon Victor's back and subtle face-palm I: BURST INTO WILDLY SARDONIC LAUGHTER ]]

Annabelle: You're being weird. Nelli: Oh. What? Me? Weird? You wanna talk about weird? Jasper: If you point at me, I swear... I died laughing.

"The hell's a bru-ha-ha" And I died laughing.

It's just so good! The thing that it starts with experienced vampires finding a newly turned and confused one is great because you can associate with Annabelle especially if you're new to VtM yourself. All the cast is great too.

I really hope the "Oh she is dating my son!" was genuine surprise and not scripted, because that was amazing! Either way, amazing acting for a RPG round, by everyone :)

This was so fun. And jasper's kindred look is so pretty but spooky. I love it

Jasper is best character

This is definately high level roleplaying, I'm quite impressed. (Edit: the longer I watch -> no, I'm really impressed)

"She's dating my son" I laughed so hard at that I disturbed my cat. What strikes me as very interesting is the nuance of Alex's performance here. I know this isn't a traditional scripted type of show (obviously, it's a damn roleplaying game) but the amount of care that Alex puts in his body language really shows how skilled he is at roleplaying the character. Even the kindness in his eyes when he doesn't find someone staring at his blackened veins belies a sort of pained clenching of his jaw... Every time he's in focus he takes a tremendous amount of care in roleplaying his character. It's aspirational. I've also never had a player really understand how communicative body language is. So that's... very cool to see here. I came for B. Dave Walters and Erika Ishii (Erika is an icon of mine...) and I am not at all disappointed by anyone. Jason Carl I thought was a smidge bit cringe but I also thought the same think of Matt Mercer when I first started watching CR, so... it's just a testament to how much Jason Carl cares about how he reflects the atmosphere of the environments he's conjuring.

The over abundance of shade in this one chapter gave me LIFE! Everyone was on their A-Game and I appreciate that tbh. Slay the game.

Already watched all these live, but had to swing by to give it a thumbs up. This show is really amazing. To anyone watching it for the first time on here: You're in for a treat!

Anabelle: *starts crying blood* 😢😰😱 Jasper: "Oh, that'll happen--it's normal."

I thought this was going to be cheesy and dumb. I was wrong this was so much fun and brought back so many memories. Can't wait to watch the rest. Great job, people!

"who is 'we'?" OH SHIT! THAT MOMENT WAS AMAZING!

As someone who first came to know the World of Darkness through the VtM Bloodlines PC game (and have fallen head over heels with the tabletops and LARPs since then), I can't stress enough just how TRULY and deeply excited I am to see this set in LA, with all the familiar major lore characters and locations. It's nostalgic in all the best possible ways while being completely new and exciting as I sit on the edge of my seat, waiting to see what happens to this odd little coterie next. Keep up the AMAZING work, you guys!

That acting from the person playing Annabelle was amazingly good. Holy hell.

1:15:58 First rule of the vampire club: you dont talk about vampire club

Jason: "Jasper is the most horrible thing you've ever seen" Me: Oh no Alex is Actually Hot

Jason, mad props for sticking around the comments.

Anyone else rewatching this after NYBN? What great memories and characters!

Ah, playing Nosferatu with two normal-looking players. I still remember my first session where everyone went in to interrogate a guy and I just sat in the boot of the car.

As a huge fan of vampires I have been trying to coax friends into playing this. Mad kudos for putting your footage on here love the game

I'm a fan of cr, but have only dipped in and out of other rpg shows, saw this and it brought back memories of playing this in the early 90s and gave it a shot. 20 minutes in and I'm hooked. Great job of DMing, the tone is brilliantly set, the story focuses on the players and keeps them focused and engaged and the lore knowledge is fantastic. You've lead the way to be a great GM without being a voice actor. Great players too, diverse and clearly invested. Looking forward to watching more.

1:11:55 Anabelle: "Yes please Jasper! YOU HAVE THE CONCH!" Nelli: "What?" Me: "Someone clearly hasn't read "The Lord of the Flies" in school.

I loved VTM as a teenager - read a lot of fanfiction and lore online, played Bloodlines - but never found a group to play. L.A. by night has made me start working on my own VTM chronicle and as soon as lockdown is over, my group and I will start playing :) So thanks for putting this up, it has really brought VTM back into focus for me, and probably many others.

I would love to see Tailesin Jaffe play this with them!

This is one of my favorite things Geek & Sundry has ever produced. I hope you continue this for many seasons, or transition to other World of Darkness games when it ends. Nobody else producing great live play games in this system.

Suit and TIE! Its so god damn proper! RPG sessions are as rare as Birthdays and Christmas combined! I'm doing this next time!

I don’t understand any of this at all but I’m loving it

I keep picturing Jasper as a goth Nosferatu and it makes me laugh

New to VTM and really getting into it. Victor makes me crack up! What an awesome team of role players, well done.

Annabelle makes a great job at putting ourselves in her shoes. She is confused about her new life and these old kindred traditions doesn't makes a sense for her. She is basically still young both human age and kindred age. So it is exciting to watch what will happen to her next.

It’s great to return back and rewatching this masterpiece all over again.

"You have the conch!" Best moment. It really picked up when Annabelle showed up.

I couldnt keep my eyes off of Alex Ward... his mannerisms are so entrancing! Lol

Damn, all four put in quite some effort. Annabelle's breakdown was awesome, Jasper is an absolute freak and I love it. The whole "dating my son" angle was sick...Jeez, what a ride!

I related to Nelli G's "First off...NO!" on a spiritual level

'Your Vampire Daddy' *dies of lmao*

jasper you’re doing amazing sweetie

Love this. Jasper is beautiful and my fave so far. But as someone who saw quite a few pnp rpg lps this whole crew is legendary. Love their committment. Annabelle killed her dramatic scene. Looking forward to the rest of the Chapters. Also love that Isaac is in this. One of my faves of bloodlines 1 the game :))

So here I am, rewatching LA by Night from start to finish for the 3rd time. Watching the amazing story-telling abilities of Mr. Jason Carl, falling in love with the Anarch Coterie all over again until they break my heart in season 4. I miss you Vamily. Hope you guys stay safe. 🦇🦇🦇

the work that was placed in the characters is insane! jasper really feels like a nosferatu!

I’m just starting this and i’m a bit late but I. ADORE. JASPER

Guys, this is awesome. Just about 3 hours and A LOT has happened without the feel it was rushed or forced. When Annabelle started crying I was telling myself "this is TRUE roleplaying". Gonna call my friends and start playing a new chapter in our Chronicle ASAP now.

Gosh when jasper smiles it just fills my heart with joy

One of the best groups I've watched online. Don't pass on this one!

I'm 10 minutes in and I'm already in love with the cast.

Alexander is so good as portraying this character. He's so expressive with his facial expressions, even when he's in the background. I find Jasper creepy but the same time cute (?) in his own way. Absolutely love him Also the make up and the vampire tooth are just CHEF'S KISS

Jasper is a lot more qualified to talk about how hard being a Kindred is since he’s Nosferatu.

Is it weird that the second I saw Annabelle, I knew the character was gonna be a Brujah?