World of Darkness Preludes: Vampire and Mage is a series of two interactive fiction video games developed by White Wolf Entertainment and Fula Fisken: Vampire: The Masquerade – We Eat Blood and Mage: The Ascension – Refuge. They were released on February 15, 2017, individually for Android and iOS, and together as a set for Microsoft Windows, MacOS and Linux. The games are set in the World of Darkness, and are based on White Wolf Publishing's tabletop role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade and Mage: The Ascension. Vampire follows a fledgling vampire who communicates with one of their friends through text message conversations, and Mage follows a volunteer in a refugee camp, who learns that magic is real and that they can use it. Vampire was written and illustrated by Sarah Horrocks and Zak Sabbath, Mage was written by Karin Tidbeck, and both games were directed by Martin Ericsson. Following allegations against Sabbath of sexual abuse, which he has denied, the standalone Vampire and the World of Darkness Preludes set are no longer offered for sale. Critics enjoyed the games and the return of World of Darkness video games after more than a decade since Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, and praised their visual presentations, although Vampire writing and art were criticized as confusing at times. Critics enjoyed Mage story for its high stakes and for Tidbeck's writing, and for the authenticity they could bring to its Swedish setting as a Swedish author. Gameplay Vampire: The Masquerade – We Eat Blood and Mage: The Ascension – Refuge are interactive fiction games. In Vampire, the player must manage their character's vampiric hunger, and make choices determining whether to hang on to their human life or to move on. In Mage, the player must decide how to use their reality-altering power of True Magick, and whether to do good or evil with it. Vampire is presented entirely through the perspective of text message conversations with the player character's friends on their cell phone, while Mage uses a more typical Choose Your Own Adventure-style format. Plot Vampire: The Masquerade – We Eat Blood Vampire: The Masquerade – We Eat Blood lets the player take the role of a young artist who wakes up to learn that they have been turned into a vampire, and follows their first nights as undead. Mage: The Ascension – Refuge Mage: The Ascension – Refuge is set in Malmö,