The World of Darkness Moderated chat got its start just prior to the official release of the CofD: World of Darkness: Storytelling System Rulebook Image:Bullet-nip.png and VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook Image:Bullet-nip.png, as the aptly-named "Vampire: The Requiem Demo Chat." Players were able to select one of Vampire's five clans to play. Volunteer Storytellers ran small scenarios intended to demonstrate the way the new system worked in a practical sense, via combat rolls and other interactions. It was not intended to last longer than a few months, and closed around the same time the two core rulebooks were released.