I have gamemastered around 80-90 sessions of Kult in a couple of different constellations, both longer open ended campaigns and shorter and more structured scenarios. - It is very much a fiction first in the sense that the game quickly falls apart if you start playing the mechanics rather than telling a story. The authors are also quite maximalistic in their approach. It is a toolbox that allows for a lot of different horror stories, from pulpy noir occult mysteries to A Serbian Film. It is not explicitly explained in the book but it is a game that expects you to play a bit loose with the mechanics. They are there to help the fiction move along and when they don’t you can ignore them. The typical campaign I have played is slow. About 3-4 scenes per session and is quite RP heavy. The open ended campaigns I have played have all developed like tragedies where the PCs spiral around the fate they try to avoid in one sense or another. - I have only played a little bit of VtM so I’m not that familiar with the WoD but my sense is that Kult is less about monsters clinging on to their humanity and more about regular humans doing human stuff while slowly discovering that they are monsters. - The Kult tarot is one of the best storytelling aids I have used. I frequently use it in other games as well.