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Classic AAA Aching Beauty - by: FameUs

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 02:11:49 +0000

I think there's a lot of cards here that chain really well, and I always try to give my decks the ability to conduct an action that should have a positive rather than neutral outcome for me. In this case there's a good way to make your prey pay either by blocking through Aching Beauty + Crocodile's Tongue + Camarilla Exemplary, or successful Parity Shifts or KRC.

My worries are that there might be too many reaction cards and maybe not enough bloat to compensate for what is generally an expensive crypt + library. Further to this, I also worry that I would be heavily vulnerable to powerbleed once I have two vampires in play.

29 total pool cost
23 total blood cost

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=7 max=11 avg=9.2)
==================
2x Francois Villon 10 chi obf pot AUS CEL PRE Toreador:2
3x Anneke 10 dom AUS CEL PRE Toreador:1
3x Anson 8 aus dom CEL PRE Toreador:1
1x Tatiana Romanov 7 cel pre AUS Toreador:1
3x Alexandra 11 dom ANI AUS CEL PRE Toreador:2

Library: 90 cards

Master (19 cards)
==================
1x Elysium: The Arboretum
2x Minion Tap
1x Art Museum
8x Aching Beauty
4x Villein
2x Zillah's Valley
1x Dreams of the Sphinx

Action (7 cards)
==================
4x Fifth Tradition: Hospitality
3x Fourth Tradition: The Accounting

Action Modifier (29 cards)
==================
4x Bewitching Oration
7x Voter Captivation
4x Aire of Elation
7x Change of Target
7x Crocodile's Tongue

Political Action (15 cards)
==================
1x Ancilla Empowerment
6x Kine Resources Contested
4x Parity Shift
1x Banishment
3x Camarilla Exemplary

Combat (8 cards)
==================
8x Majesty

Reaction (12 cards)
==================
4x Eyes of Argus
4x On the Qui Vive
4x Telepathic Misdirection

Bye Bye Una League - reports - by: beslin igor

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:31:41 +0000

Bye Bye Una League - Round 1 report

Yesterday is played 1st round of Bye Bye Una League.

14 players fight in 3 tables.

2GW and 1 table finished by time limit.

1 player first time play online competion Valleri Boomer 'Legion',Belarus .

13 people from Europe and 1 guest from Brazil.

We expect more players in 1st round after self organize games be finished.

NOTE: because of big events in Paris next week we also allow for players who cannot play next monday 2nd round to play 2nd round during weekend 10 or 11th august,anounce this games be in facebook group group.

Tabela link league: www.vtes-hook.com/liga/liga_details.php?liga=00038

Results link: www.vtes-hook.com/liga/game_details.php?liga=00038

We have online ranking list where is counted results from last 12 mounth in this link : www.vtes-hook.com/liga/player_ranking.php

Seattle - Do people still play here? - by: SeattleKin

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:55:14 +0000

As it says on the tin. Is there still any activity in Seattle?

I dug out a box of my Jyhad/VteS cards and was curious if anyone plays here.

power level debate on cam and sabbat - by: Lönkka

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:11:58 +0000

Mewcat wrote: All the "high end" cam cards like 2nd trad, parity shit, alastor, justicar titles, whatever else.

Parity shift has just received an errata.

2nd Tradition is indeed a solid card. Then again, how much worse is, say, is Eternal Vigilance? What about Under Siege?

I do not see Alastor being used overtly much and neither the justicar titles.

Whatever else.
Yeah, I sure can see the miniscule amount of Camarilla specific cards such as Camarilla Exemplary being problematic...

All the while Sabbat has, like 10 times the amount of cards directed at the sect (more if you count Black Hand), a good chunk of which is available to rank and file members of the sect.

Anarchs have a lot a very powerful cards only few of which require Baron. There are some very strong cards for Laibon too.

With this I do not see the problem with the cards you mention.
Problem I see is the lack of cards available to Primogens and regular non-titled memebrs of Camarilla.

seeking advice: another crappy deck - by: Alex O

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:41:49 +0000

Played 2 games and ousted first both games..Game one: sat between Brujah Black Cat Arms dealers and Nana ANI. Game 2: Sat between weenie pot and Blood Brothers Mexico City. Deck was effectively worthless both games. On paper it looks strong but seeking advice.

Deck Name: Lily Grind> Anarch grinder with White Lily
Author: Alex Orzulak
Description: White Lily and Hackerspace anarch grinder. With Anarchs in play, Lily Sibyls for Hackerspaces to grind with cheap weapons.

Crypt (15 cards; Capacity min=1 max=8 avg=5.375)
==================
5x Anarch Convert 1 -none- Caitiff:ANY
1x Joseph O'Grady 7 aus cel DOM FOR Ventrue antitribu:3
1x Katherine Stoddard 4 dom for Ventrue antitribu:3
1x Kyoko Shinsegawa 5 aus cel dom for Tremere:3
1x Louis Fortier (ADV) 5 aus dom for obf pre Ventrue:4
1x Neighbor John 5 dom for AUS Ventrue antitribu:4
1x Owain Evans, The Wanderer 8 cel pre AUS DOM FOR Ventrue antitribu:3
4x White Lily 8 cel dom for DEM OBF Malkavian antitribu:4

Library: 88 cards

Master (15 cards)
==================
1x Anarch Free Press, The
1x Giant's Blood
4x Hackerspace
1x Perfectionist
1x Rack, The
1x Rötschreck
3x Vessel
1x Wall Street Night, Financial Newspaper
1x Wider View
1x Dreams of the Sphinx

Action (15 cards)
==================
2x Far Mastery
9x Govern the Unaligned
4x Sibyl's Tongue

Action Modifier (3 cards)
==================
3x Memory Rift

Action Modifier/Combat (2 cards)
==================
2x Swallowed by the Night

Combat (21 cards)
==================
3x Hidden Strength
5x Rolling with the Punches
5x Taste of Vitae
8x Diversion

Retainer (1 card)
==================

1x Crypt's Sons

Equipment (7 cards)
==================
1x Flamethrower
3x Assault Rifle
1x Banshee Ironwail
1x Sengir Dagger
1x Bowl of Convergence

Reaction (24 cards)
==================
3x Eyes of Argus
5x Guardian Vigil
4x On the Qui Vive
2x Protection Racket
4x Quicken Sight
6x Deflection

amaranth.vtes.co.nz/#deck/84d4a641-00da-4dad-8923-c748235418f7

struggling to find a GW after many years - by: Alex O

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:31:42 +0000

Currently having a major slump in my regular games, ousted first in the last 8 games played. Looking for advice in deckbuilding. I'm not having any fun playing and halfway towards selling the whole lot. We have a heavy combat meta, with weenie potence, Gargolyes, ANI. First losing desk: 0 game wins, 0 VP in 5 last attempts. Akunanse Rush/bleed:

Deck Name: Wings of Death
Author: Alex Orzulak
Description: Laibon bleed/rush toolbox

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=3 max=8 avg=6.)
==================
1x Amavi 8 pre pro ABO ANI FOR Akunanse:4
1x Jubal 6 for pot ABO ANI Akunanse:4
3x Kikiyaon, The 5 abo ani FOR Akunanse:4
4x Uchenna 7 ABO ANI FOR Akunanse:4
2x Aisata Swanou 7 abo ANI FOR VIC Akunanse:5
1x Dolie 3 abo ani Akunanse:4

Library: 88 cards

Master (15 cards)
==================
1x Fame
1x Ancestor Spirit
2x Abombwe
2x Mbare Market, Harare
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Luanda
1x Tension in the Ranks
3x Vessel
1x Wash
1x Blood Doll
1x Channel 10

Action (8 cards)
==================
2x No Secrets From the Magaji
6x Deep Song

Action Modifier (5 cards)
==================
4x Freak Drive
1x Strange Day

Action Modifier/Reaction (1 cards)
==================
1x Akunanse Kholo

Combat (38 cards)
==================
4x Hidden Strength
2x High Ground
5x Pack Alpha
1x Roll
5x Rolling with the Punches
6x Taste of Vitae
2x Terror Frenzy
3x Bestial Vengeance
5x Carrion Crows
2x Circle
3x Devil-Channel: Hands

Retainer (6 cards)
==================
3x Murder of Crows
3x Raven Spy

Equipment (1 cards)
==================
1x Reliquary: Akunanse Remains

Reaction (14 cards)
==================
5x On the Qui Vive
3x Predator's Communion
4x Taking the Skin: Vulture
2x Cats' Guidance
amaranth.vtes.co.nz/#deck/3ed45f39-f9d0-453a-910d-549126d6595c

"My Enemy's Enemy" with 2 players left - by: Hakuron

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 16:29:44 +0000

Is "My Enemy's Enemy" superior playable with only 2 players at the table?

Name: My Enemy's Enemy
[aus] +1 intercept.
[AUS] Only usable when a minion controlled by your predator is bleeding you, after blocks are declined. Lock this reacting vampire. The acting minion is now bleeding your predator's predator.

There is a LSJ ruling on this matter, but I cannot find it right now. Is that still valid?

Strange enough, the card text on "Lackey" explicitely reads that "My Enemy's Enemy" is NOT usable in a 2 player game. Why so?

Thanks in advance.

Vampire: Elder Kindred Network Newsletter July 2019 - by: Ashur

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:30:07 +0000

Vampire: Elder Kindred Network Newsletter July 2019

Contents:
FIRST BLOOD – NEW INTRO DECKS SOON AVAILABLE
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN PARIS COMING UP
MARTIN WEINMAYER WINS GRAND PRIX HELSINKI 2019!
MORE VIDEO CONTENT FROM SPAIN
BLACK CHANTRY SUMMARY: JULY 2019
LATEST NEWS FROM WHITE WOLF
CALENDAR

Read the newsletter here:
http://www.vekn.net/2-uncategorised/455-vampire-elder-kindred-network-newsletter-july-2019

Flesh of Marble - by: beslin igor

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 05:09:11 +0000

Flesh of Marble, Combat, Protean,
[pro] This combat, if this vampire suffers a damage (that he or she does not prevent) in a given round,
any additional damage inflicted on this vampire in the same round is automatically prevented.
Aggravated damage cannot be prevented this way.
[PRO] As above, but aggravated damage is prevented this way as well.

If vampire play Flesh of Marble inf,and oposing vampire in combat have strike HS aggr damage+some normal enviromental damage,how Flesh of Marble work?
Can i chose to take aggr damage go to torpor and prevent these enviromental damage

25th Anniversary Set: Legal for tournaments? - by: hardyrange

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 10:30:11 +0000

Hello all,

as delivery of the 25th Anniversary Set apparently has started:

I would like to have information on which date the new vampire and the changed texts of the 25th Anniversary set will become legal for use in official events:

Thanks, and best regards,

Hardy

Casey Snyder & Jacques Rouge: Legal for tournaments? - by: hardyrange

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 10:26:38 +0000

Hello all,

I would like to have information on which dates these promotional cards will become legal for use in official events:

Casey Snyder
Jacques Rouge

Thanks, and best regards,

Hardy

Might of the Camarilla - by: blackday

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:32:02 +0000

I have a question for Might of the Camarilla. If an uncontrolled vampire has say 4 counters on it and its the only vampire in the uncontrolled region of the Meth.
When Might is played and the vampire is burned. What happens to the counters?
Im assuming they are lost and not returned to the pool.

Name: Might of the Camarilla
Cardtype: Political Action
Requires a justicar or Inner Circle member.
If this referendum is successful, each Methuselah burns a vampire (of his or her choosing) in his or her uncontrolled region.

Nosferatu - Give them some love... - by: Palamedes

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:04:21 +0000

With the announcement of new demo decks, it is clear that Nosferatu is the weakest clan, maybe even in the entire game, if we don't count Anti Nos. So they really need a boost. There is no aspect of the game where Nosferatu stand out as good compared to other clans. Any "activity" they take someone else does it better.
Their biggest advantage is stealth, so a lot of actions they can perform successfully, but they are slow because their actions are not effective. They need multiacting. This is the reason why Warsaw Station is the best clan card that Nosferatu have. Maybe this is the direction in which we should continue to build Nosferatu, and give them some unique characteristics like masters of secret locations and multiacting with it.

We already have:
Baron Dieudonne for multiacting;
Warsaw Station for multiacting;
Zelios for supporting location.

My suggestion in this direction are the following cards:

Social Network Accounts
Master
Nosferatu
2 pool
Unique Location
If a Nosferatu successfully perform undirected action and there is no reaction played, you can lock this card to unlock acting Nosferatu.

Shared shelter
Master
Nosferatu
1 pool
Unique Location, Haven
Requires at least another ready Nosferatu in play, not necessary controlled by you.
During any Methuselah unlock phase two ready Nosferatu they control can burn 1 blood each to move Nosferatu in torpor to the ready region. This is not an action.

Net Caffe Basement
Master
Nosferatu
2 pool
Unique Location
Any Nosferatu can perform +1 Stealth action: Look at any Methuselah top 4 cards of the Library. You can put one card on the bottom. Put the cards back on top in any order. If the target is your Library this is undirected action.

Easy Work
Action modifier
Nosferatu
1 blood
Only usable by a vampire with capacity 7 or more. A vampire can play only one Easy Work per turn.
If this action is successfull and there is no reaction played, unlock this acting Nosferatu.

Report unvaible - by: kleberjf

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:32:58 +0000

Hello!

Maria Vitória, princess of Fortaleza/BR, tried to report two events (07/21 and 07/28) but she couldn´t find the link to upload the Archon. Can someone look at this for me?

Cheer´s

Kleber Bertazzo
Brazil NC

h[VEG] Grand Prix Finals in Paris (17th of August 2019) - by: TapeTaChatte

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:16:06 +0000

Dear Fellow Methuselahs,

after five steps in the circuit, the Grand Prix finals are upon us.

Same as last year, they will be held on Saturday of the European Championship.
Same as last year, if any players is also in the finals of day 1, we'll wait for him.
Same as last year, the five finalists will play a 2h-game following the usual finals rules.
Same as last year, prizes will be awarded by our sponsors, Ultra Pro, Black Chantry, and using the different steps budget we gathered.
Same as last year, you'll be welcome as spectators to this great final that will be crowning our champion.

Different from last year, to allow better plannification from the players and spare me some work, we'll try to have the 5 finalists before the tournament itself.

For this purpose,
I have prepared the list of potentially qualifying players from the GP.
If they have already registered to the EC, I have counted them as PRESENT -> if you are at the EC, but don't want to play the GP Final, please let me know below.
If they have not registered to the EC yet, I have not counted them -> if you are at the EC and want to play the GP final/ if you are not at the EC and want to confirm, please let me know below.

At the end of this week, the 5 first person PRESENT will be qualified for the GP final.
The seating will be 1st seed is top of the list, 5th is bottom.

List of potentially qualified players:

RANKING
1 Martin Weinmayer PRESENT
2 Radoslaw Wroblewski PRESENT
3 Daniel Gargulak
4 Mariano Carbonero Roman
5 Pau Vilar

Reserve
1 Lukasz Ho Thanh
2 Kacper Marciniek
3 Anna Welpa

Sub-reserve (all equal in points - ranking has been randomized through excel)
1 Francisco Garcia
2 Orian Gissler PRESENT
3 Radoslaw Stazskewski
4 Alessandro Donati
5 Ivan Chebunin
6 Terro Aalto PRESENT
7 Otso Saaromatiuli PRESENT
8 Bartosz wrobelwski
9 Francisco Lopes
10 Roberto Venturi
11 Magnus Soder PRESENT
12 Angelo Alvisi
13 Anti Pettila
14 Jonas Stäle
15 Michal Kabuszki

Best regards, and please pass the message to these guys if needed

TWD Grill Party Szczecin, Szczecin (Poland), 20 July 2019 - by: lukaszho

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:57:16 +0000

Grill Party Szczecin
Szczecin, Poland
July 19th, 2019
3R + F
10 players

Winner Łukasz Ho Thanh

3GW, 12 VP

Deck Name: Tariq Wall
Author: Łukasz Ho Thanh
Description: Deck based on the idea of Marcin Rumiński- our top polish player

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=1 max=7 avg=4.)
==================
4x Anarch Convert 1 -none- Caitiff:ANY
1x Maldavis 4 for pre AUS Caitiff:3
1x Maldavis (ADV) 4 for pre AUS Caitiff:3
1x Miriam Benyona 5 for obe AUS Salubri:2
4x Tariq, The Silent 7 cel AUS FOR OBF QUI Assamite:2
1x Zoe 3 cel obf AUS Malkavian:2

Library: 90 cards

Master (17 cards)
==================
1x Fame
1x Anarch Free Press, The
1x Fragment of the Book of Nod
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Powerbase: Montreal
2x Rack, The
3x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
4x Vessel
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention

Action (4 cards)
==================
2x Field Training
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
1x Atonement

Action Modifier (2 cards)
==================
2x Monkey Wrench

Combat (14 cards)
==================
5x Disguised Weapon
9x Diversion

Ally (3 cards)
==================
2x Procurer
1x Carlton Van Wyk

Retainer (1 cards)
==================
1x Mr. Winthrop

Equipment (7 cards)
==================
1x Flamethrower
4x Improvised Flamethrower
1x Ivory Bow
1x Bowl of Convergence

Reaction (42 cards)
==================
2x Eluding the Arms of Morpheus
4x Enhanced Senses
8x Eyes of Argus
9x Guardian Vigil
3x My Enemy's Enemy
2x On the Qui Vive
5x Telepathic Misdirection
4x Black Sunrise
5x Eagle's Sight

amaranth.vtes.co.nz/#deck/ac509649-c8c9-4771-b47a-8b9feeaaf7d8

Cobra Fangs VS Ponticulus - by: Killiam

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:14:40 +0000

Question:

When damage is dealt (and not prevented/dodged) to a minion that is immune to that damage, is the damage considered "successfully inflicted" for the purposes of Cobra Fangs?

Scenario:
Vampire A strikes inferior Cobra Fangs for one regular (non-agg) damage vs Ponticulus, who strikes hands for zero. No presses, combat ends, then action ends.

Does Ponticulus burn?

As strange as it may seem, I think the answer might be yes, just as we would remove counters from a Weighted Walking Stick strike against Ponticulus (correct me if I'm wrong about that!), but I feel I need to ask since I imagine someone might object.

Thanks much,
-Billy

Name: Cobra Fangs
[LotN:R]
Cardtype: Combat
Cost: 1 blood
Discipline: Serpentis
[ser] Strike: hand strike (at strength damage). If any damage from this strike is successfully inflicted on an opposing ally, burn that ally at the end of the action.
[SER] As above, and if any damage from this strike is successfully inflicted on an opposing vampire, that vampire goes to torpor during his or her next unlock phase.
Artist: Mike Chaney

Name: Ponticulus
[KoT:R/B1]
Cardtype: Ally
Clan: Tremere
Cost: 2 pool
Unique wraith with 1 life. 0 strength, 0 bleed.
Ponticulus gets +1 intercept during actions against you. He can lock to give any Tremere +1 intercept. He is immune to non-aggravated damage. He cannot act and he cannot have or use equipment.
Artist: Brian LeBlanc

Repo man and whether or not other Methuselah see the library during search - by: Kilrauko

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 15:37:19 +0000

Hello, after picking up the game after almost decade of absence following question was raised in our group yesterday by new players and despite my pondering and then search I couldn't find clear cut answer to following situations.

www.vekn.net/images/stories/downloads/cardlist.txt wrote: Name: Repo Man
[Anarchs:R]
Cardtype: Ally
Cost: 1 blood
Unique ghoul with 1 life. 0 strength, 0 bleed.
If the action to recruit Repo Man is successful, unlock the acting minion at the end of the turn. Repo Man can retrieve the first vehicle you find in your library as a +2 stealth action. You then place the vehicle on any ready minion you control who meets the requirements of the card (pay cost to equip as normal). If none of your ready minions meet the requirements of the card, the card is burned without cost. Shuffle afterward.
Artist: Peter Bergting

When Repo Man performs his action to ~~search~~ retrieve for first vehicle from his controllers deck and the action succeeds does the controlling methuselah;
1) reveal cards one by one from the top of the library so that other methuselah gain knowledge of those cards as well as the first vehicle?
or
2) look at the cards from top of her library (without revealing to other methuselah) until she comes across first vehicle, shows that to other methusaleh as it's being placed on a minion?
or
3) something else, what?

In addition is there;
4) relevance how the ~~search~~ retrieve for the "first vehicle" starts, from the top, bottom, middle, at any random point in the library?
5) possibility that Repo man ~~search~~ retrieve fails to find anything even if there are vehicles in her library? (For example in situation where Repo man's controller first baits block with Repo Man to enable use of hidden lurker. And as that fails choosing not to find expensive pool cost vehicle that would result in her ousting due to being forced to pay it's cost.)

Thanks in advance for answers and clarifications.

New game format Duels (head 2 head) - by: Sydnelson

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:16:42 +0000

Proposal new 2 player game format (1x1).

Just as Magic has several formats like Modern, Legacy and Commander, I don't see why VTES has to get stuck in Constructed (and limited which is little used) format. I am sure of the frustration of the vast majority of players when they have only 2 or 3 players or when they get out quickly from a table and have to wait about 1 hour to start another. Besides it of a usual delay of a normal match where you have from 1 to 3 hours of game. With that in mind I would like to propose a new game format called Duels.

How Duels format look like?
Duels would follow exactly the same rules as the normal Constructed tournament format (which we might call Ancient or something to differentiate), with a few changes:
- Matches limited to 2 players only;
- Time limit of 40 minutes;
- Library size between 50 and 60 cards and crypt with a minimum of 8 cards;
* Optional: Once tested we could perhaps add 1 recursion per game, recursion would shuffle your ash heap if your library or crypt runs out;
- Adding extra Duels text on cards that require more than one player using the same design used on Draft cards where a different effect is added to the card.

I created some examples of cards with Duels texts:

And how would it look normal Ancient / Constructed format? Just as it already exists. But it would be interesting to be able to use the extra text from Duels cards when there are only 2 players left at a standard table. This would make the game more agile, as it is common at the end of a game if you get your hand with toons of useless cards like Deflection, Redirection or Reckless Agitation.

Example:

New Vampire card game from Paradox! - by: Charles_Bronson

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:13:01 +0000

No directly related to VTES, so i'm posting this here. What you guys think? Will this be a card game with random boosters? A standalone game? Or fixed product with expansions, like LCG from FFG? Will it be similar to VTES in any way? Are you guys excited?

The only thing I know its 3-5 players.

Take a look at our brand new Vampire: The Masquerade - Vendetta Gen Con teaser trailer! An early prototype of the game, designed by Charlie Cleveland and Bruno Faidutti, will be showcased at the Paradox Interactive booth (349)! #HorribleGames #GenCon #WeLoveTeasers

TWD - Fall of the Camarilla - Paris, France - by: Ankha

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 06:46:52 +0000

Fall of the Camarilla
Paris, France
July 30th, 2019
3R+F
17 players
Vincent Ripoll
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9331

Deck Name : Women in Chains
Description : I brang two decks, planning to move cards from one to another. Unfortunately, the second deck was not the good one, so I had to borrow 3 Parity Shift, and replaced the 4th missing by a The Line, which is a good card anyway.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 8 max: 11 average: 9.91667

4x Stanislava 11 ANI CEL DOM FOR PRO inner circle Gangrel:2
3x Ingrid Rossler 9 ANI FOR PRO dom prince Gangrel:2
2x Xaviar Adv 10 ABO ANI FOR PRO aus cel pot justicar Gangrel:3
1x Genevieve 10 ANI FOR PRO aus dom priscus !Gangrel:2
1x Hartmut Stover 10 CEL OBF PRO dom for archbishop !Gangrel:3
1x Mark Decker 8 CEL PRO ani for obf pot prince Gangrel:3

Library [89 cards]

Action [8]
8x Govern the Unaligned

Action Modifier [14]
1x Beast Meld
1x Conditioning
5x Earth Control
1x Enkil Cog
1x Forced March
5x Instantaneous Transformation

Action Modifier/Combat [2]
2x Rapid Change

Action Modifier/Reaction [2]
2x Murmur of the False Will

Combat [13]
6x Earth Meld
7x Form of Mist

Equipment [1]
1x Seal of Veddartha

Master [22]
1x Archon Investigation
1x Backways
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Ennoia's Theater
1x Giant's Blood
2x Information Highway
1x Jake Washington
1x Line, The
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Papillon
2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
7x Villein
1x Wider View

Political Action [15]
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
2x Ancilla Empowerment
2x Banishment
1x Conservative Agitation
1x Domain Challenge
5x Parity Shift
1x Political Stranglehold
1x Reins of Power

Reaction [12]
8x Deflection
2x On the Qui Vive
2x Sense the Savage Way

Portugal National Championship 2019 - by: skimflux

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:15:34 +0000

Dear all,

The Portugal National Championship 2019 will be held on 1-2 November in Lisbon. We'll be holding a 'warm-up' event on Friday and the NC competition will be on Saturday, November 2nd. Registration price and location is still TBD, I'll update as more details are set.

If you plan on coming over let me know on this thread or through email at lisboa [DOT] domain [AT] gmail [DOT] com.

Tito
NC Portugal

NEW ONLINE LEAGUE START 05/AUGUST/2019 - by: beslin igor

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 14:31:09 +0000

New Europe league- Bye Bye Una - start 05/august/2019. in 21h CEST.
Rules be writen in next days

Shepherd's Innocence - by: Palamedes

Sat, 27 Jul 2019 08:42:17 +0000

Is superior version of Shepherd's Innocence undirected action (or is it directed at all players who control animalism cards)?
If it is successful, can I rearrange retainers that I already have on my vampires?

Shepherd's Innocence
Action
Animalism
2 Blood
+1 stealth action.
Take control of a card in play that requires Animalism. If it is an equipment or retainer card, place it on any vampire you control.
Take control of all cards in play that require Animalism. Place the equipment and retainer cards on any vampires you control.

Card Questions - by: blackday

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:11:19 +0000

I have several questions so please bear with me.
Sorry if the texts are wonky using a phone.

1. Vamp A plays dawn ops in superior while being blocked by Vamp B. Vamp A plays weather control. Vamp B plays Alpha Glint at superior before range.
What happens? Does the combat end without any vampire going to torpor or does only Vamp A?
And what about other effects that can end combat before range like Elysium or Purchase Pact.

Name: Alpha Glint [BH:C]
Cardtype: Combat Cost: 1 blood
Discipline: Animalism & Fortitude
Not usable in combat with an ally or an older vampire. [ani][for] Strike: combat ends. [ANI][FOR] Only usable before range is determined. Combat ends.

Weather Control
Cardtype: Combat Discipline: Thaumaturgy
Only usable before range is determined on the first round. [tha] Both combatants and each of their retainers take 1 unpreventable damage before range is determined each round. A vampire may play only one Weather Control each combat. [THA] As above, but the amount of damage inflicted increases by 1 in each subsequent round.

Dawn Operation
Cardtype: Action Modifier
Discipline: Fortitude
[for]If this action is blocked, all damage inflicted to vampires in the resulting combat is aggravated. Any vampire attempting to block may now choose not to block. [FOR] As above, but vampires attempting to block cannot back out.

Elysium: The Arboretum
Cardtype: Master
Master: unique location.
Only usable when a Camarilla vampire you control is in combat with another Camarilla vampire. You may lock this card before range is determined to end combat. Any Camarilla vampire can call a referendum to burn this card as a +1 stealth political action.

2. Josef von Bauren can be used multiple times if say you got more discard phase actions, or just once only? I wasnt sure if this was a during x do Y rules.

Josef von Bauren
Cardtype: Vampire
Clan: Nosferatu
Group: 4
Capacity: 11
Discipline: cel ANI DEM OBF POT
Camarilla Nosferatu Inner Circle: You can use a discard phase action to discard 1 card at random from your predator or prey's hand. +1 bleed. +1 stealth.

3. Leadership vacuum on a priscus that was sent to torpor. Does it get any counters? Or just zero because prisci dont have inherent votes. I was thinking about a similar ruling with political struggle.

Leadership Vacuum
Cardtype: Master Master: out-of-turn.
Unique. Only usable when a ready titled vampire controlled by another Methuselah is burned or sent to torpor. Usable during your turn. Put this card in play and put X counters on this card where X is the number of votes that vampire has. That Methuselah burns X pool during each of his or her unlock phases. During his or her unlock phase, if he or she controls a ready vampire with a capacity of 8 or more or with a title, burn this card.

4. Similarly what happens when Leadership Vacuum is placed on Gerald Windham if there are four other titled vampires in play. Does leadership vacuum gain 4 counters or none.

Gerald Windham
Cardtype: Vampire
Clan: Tremere
Group: 5
Capacity: 9
Discipline: AUS DOM FOR THA Camarilla: While Gerald has no title, he gets +1 vote for each ready titled vampire controlled by other Methuselahs. +1 stealth.

5. Possesion can bring a vampire in play and said vampire doesnt have to have been burned in play right?
Possession
Cardtype: Action
Cost: 2 blood
Discipline: Necromancy
[nec] Move a vampire from your ash heap to your uncontrolled region. [NEC] Move a vampire from your ash heap to your ready region and move 1 blood from the blood bank to the vampire.

6. If a vampire A which played Eternal Mask at superior gets an Anneke into play. But is removed from play by Golconda/Towers. What happens? I remember someone citing an old ruling by LSJ where the vampire brought in play by Eternal Mask stays in play permanently as the vampire A and eternal mask were already burned and would not activate.

The Eternal Mask
Cardtype: Action
Cost: 1 blood
Discipline: Serpentis
+1 stealth action. [ser] Bleed at +1 bleed. [SER] Put this card on this vampire and move a unique vampire from any ash heap to your ready region with any amount of blood from this acting vampire. The minion with this card cannot take actions, block, play reaction cards or cast votes or ballots. You may burn this card and the chosen vampire during any unlock phase.

Abstain from voting... - by: Sydnelson

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:27:22 +0000

Hello everyone, a question and discussion that is quite common and recurrent in the playgroups of my region is related to non-voting and abstention.

The rulebook says minions and can vote for or against, but does not talk about abstaining or simply not voting.

Can a player who has declared that he will abstain with his minions change his mind later and change the vote to for or against?

Can a vampire who has not stated how he will vote (neither for, against, nor abstain) be the target of cards like Kindred Coercio, Scalpel Tongue, Velvet Tongue?

True Faith vs Infernals - allowed strikes? - by: Nauro

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:09:10 +0000

Recent game has left me with questions about a minion with True Faith* master, who enters combat with an Infernal minion. I hope to get a definite answer here.

What does it mean that Infernal minions "cannot strike this minion" - couldn't find a ruling about it yet (looked the rulings list and searched these forums).

1) Does the prohibition cover all strikes?
(if YES, all further questions are answered as NO and can be left unanswered)

Assume the infernal minion is in combat with a vampire or ally with True Faith. Can the infernal minion's controller play/use these strikes:
2) Can the infernal minion strike to dodge?
3) Can the infernal minion strike to end combat?
4.0.) If 3 is yes, can the infernal minion strike to end combat AND inflict some effect at the minion with True Faith master?
4.1.) eg. Morphean Blow** at val or VAL - it puts the card on the opposing minion - can this be done?
4.2.) eg Blissful Agony*** at VAL (provided the True Faith minion is a vampire and is a valid target). Can it be played?
4.3.1) eg. Catatonic Fear**** at PRE at close range, a combat end that inflicts damage after combat. Can Catatonic Fear be played at close range?
4.3.1) eg. Catatonic Fear at PRE, but at long range (so no damage would be dealt to the True Faith minion). Can Catatonic Fear be played at long range?
5) Can strikes targeting retainers be played?
6) Can strikes stealing equipment be played?

Thanks in advance.

Card Texts:

A monthly doubts for rookie - by: Zouse

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 04:36:05 +0000

Hi guys, after a few more games a new set of doubts appears. Appreciate the help of all you.

1. A Minion cannot play same reaction card during the same action, so deflect, and deflect again if the bleed come back is not possible BUT modifiers can be played with the same card at mayor and minor. For example play a shadow play at +2 stealth and then again at +1 stealth if still need more?

2. Polítical action kindred segregation doesnt Burn allies which cost vampire Blood and no pool right? Like shambling bordes.

3. Lets said im making an action to equip, and my prey uses a QUI and blocked me. I use my shadow body to combat end+ action continúes as if unblocked. Does he still can block with the same vampire as he used a QUI? If so...shadow body using like that is just a way to try to fish a stealth with the replacement right?

4. If somebody use a bum Rush or Deep song to enter in combat with my unlocked vampire. If nobody blocks, do It have to lock my Minion un that combat?

Appreciate all your answers. Cheers

TWD »Don't Cry for Pentex« Lackey League - by: Hakuron

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:17:16 +0000

Winning deck of the »Don't Cry for Pentex« League. Enjoy!

Deck Name: Dont Cry for Pentex: The Shadow
Author: Rudolf Scholz
Description: Based on my own deck »And in the Shadows bind them« played successfully at the EC in Berlin 2017.
And, yes, the deck's name is a tribute to »The Gamers«.

»Don't Cry for Pentext« Lackey League 2019 (already using the announced rules / card text changes)
June 17th to July 22nd, 2019
43 players in total
5 rounds (best of 3 mode) plus finals
www.vekn.net/forum/lackeyccg/77721-dont-cry-for-pentex-league-2019

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=4 max=11 avg=9)
=============================================
2x Ambrosio Luis Monçada, Plenipotentiary 10 aus for DOM OBT POT PRE Lasombra:2
1x Aurora Van Brande, Paladin 6 dom for pot OBT Lasombra:2
1x Francisco Domingo de Polonia 9 pro DOM OBT POT PRE Lasombra:2
1x Gratiano 8 obf pot DOM OBT Lasombra:2
1x Ignacio, The Black Priest 4 dom obt pot Lasombra:2
1x Kassiym Malikhair 6 dom for MYT OBT Kiasyd:2
5x Montano 11 ANI DOM FOR OBT POT Lasombra:3

Library (81 cards)
==================
Master (17)
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
2x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
2x Information Highway
1x Sudden Reversal
9x Zillah's Valley

Action (18)
5x Baltimore Purge
5x Govern the Unaligned
4x Graverobbing
4x Mind Rape

Political Action (2)
1x Ancient Influence
1x Banishment

Equipment (4)
3x Learjet
1x Signet of King Saul, The

Ally (4)
4x Nocturn

Action Modifier (32)
1x Blanket of Night
1x Daring the Dawn
2x Enkil Cog
14x Freak Drive
3x Seduction
5x Shadow Play
3x Shroud of Absence
3x Tenebrous Form

Reaction (2)
2x Deflection

Combat (2)
2x Shadow Body

Created with Secret Library v0.9.4e. (Jul 23, 2019 10:08:16)

www.secretlibrary.info/index.php?deck=view&id=31122

Garou Rim: Night Moves - by: Khormag

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:50:39 +0000

Garou Rim: Night Moves
Joensuu, Finland
July 20, 2019
3R + F
20 Players
Tero Aalto

Huge tournament this time around! Thanks to everyone for taking the time to come to Joensuu!

Games were super hard this time. A lot of wall and combat decks. And the few aggressive decks were super nasty and super punishing type.

We were not using the alternative time limit in the finals this time around, as most of us wanted to play things normally. Finals game timed out. Finalists can say something about the game if they want to. I don't want to get too deeply into it, as I was not playing. The game seemed like a really tough one in any case.

Finals Seating:

Lasse Pöyry (Tupdog Fiendish Tongue Bleed) --> Reetta Rautiainen (Giovanni Shambling Hordes) --> Antti Penttilä (Nana Animalism + Aksinya) --> Tero Aalto (Unnamed) --> Esa-Matti Smolander (Huitzilopochtli + Baali bleed)

Final Rank Target Rank # Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs
1 1 4 Tero Aalto 3 9 1,5 180
2 2 3 Lasse Poyry 1 6 1,5 132
2 3 7 Antti Penttilä 2 9 0,5 162
2 4 15 Reetta Rautiainen 1 4,5 138
2 5 18 Esa-Matti Smolander 1 6 150
6 6 17 Aapo Järvelin 1 3,5 120
7 7 5 Mari Tiippana 0 3 120
8 8 19 Petrus Makkonen 0 2,5 114
9 9 1 Timo Tahvanainen 0 2 120
10 10 14 Jani Malmi 0 2 114
11 11 8 Samuel Mäenpää 0 2 108
12 12 2 Katja Jauhiainen 0 2 102
13 13 11 Emma Takkunen 0 1 90
14 14 13 Petro Hirvonen 0 1 84
15 15 6 Simo Tiippana 0 0,5 78
15 16 16 Jaakko Nurro 0 0,5 78
17 17 20 Jyri Puhakka 0 0,5 72
18 18 9 Julius Jämsen 0 0 72
19 19 10 Antti Martikainen 0 0 66
20 20 12 Lauri Salmi 0 0 60

Winners Deck List:

Deck Name: Äitini on mäyrä (My mother is a badger)
Author: Tero Aalto

Description:

I totally wasn't expecting to win two tournaments in a row, especially with the same deck. I was going to play something completely different but it turned out I wasn't happy enough with anything else I was brewing.

Even though a lot of people who play regularly in the capital region attended, the eastern meta game is still always quite different. Somehow, the deck felt more consistent than ever, producing a GW and 3 VPs each preliminary round, and 1,5 VPs in the final.

Very slight changes compared to the previous version. The most interesting one I would say is getting rid of Veneficti who, in the current ally-steal heavy meta is more of a liability (and can even end up stealing my own Servitors).

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=1 max=10 avg=6.92)
================================================
1x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:ANY
2x Arishat 6 DAI OBF PRE Baali:6
2x Horde, The 3 dai obf pre Baali:6
2x Xeper, Sultan of Lepers 7 ani dai pro OBF PRE Baali:6
5x unnamed, The 10 CEL DAI OBF PRE PRO Baali:6

Library (66 cards)
==================
Master (11)
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
2x Perfectionist
3x Tend the Flock
1x Vessel
1x Villein
1x Wash
1x Wider View

Event (1)
1x Narrow Minds

Action (13)
1x Contagion
4x Entrancement
5x Flurry of Action
3x Unleash Hell's Fury

Ally (4)
4x Infernal Servitor

Retainer (2)
2x Homunculus

Action Modifier (22)
4x Elder Impersonation
3x Enkil Cog
2x Faceless Night
4x I am Legion
6x Instantaneous Transformation
3x Lost in Crowds

Reaction (1)
1x Delaying Tactics

Combat (4)
4x Form of Mist

Combo (
5x Sense the Sin
3x Swallowed by the Night

TWD from Sagnuine Entrapment: Newark 2017 - by: rayromanosucks

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 21:18:45 +0000

Alex Romano
Sanguine Entrapment: Newark
March 12, 2017
2R+F
14 Players

Deck Name: Stick Men BUT with 0 surprises
Author: Alex Romano
Description:
This deck is the definition of unoriginal but a really good deck if you\'re trying to learn a lot about the game with just one build. Ultra resilient and only a couple of real weaknesses. The ability to consistently get 3-4 DOM vampires with no real threat to your own pool can\'t be understated. Launching 3-4 bleeds of 6 a turn tends to be unstoppable as they can only archon one. None of this is news and I don\'t think I need to give much analysis on the ability of this deck as everyone has been ousted by it at some point or another by now.

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=3 max=8 avg=6.08)
===============================================
1x Emily Carson 5 for pre DOM Ventrue:5
2x Graham Gottesman 7 obf pre tha DOM FOR Ventrue:5
1x Jephta Hester 5 aus DOM FOR !Ventrue:4
1x João Bilé 5 pre DOM FOR Ventrue:4
3x Lodin (Olaf Holte) 8 aus pro DOM FOR PRE Ventrue:5
1x Mustafa, The Heir 6 cel dom FOR PRE Ventrue:4
1x Ulrike Rothbart 3 dom for !Ventrue:4
1x Victor Donaldson 6 for pre DOM Ventrue:5
1x Victor Pelletier 5 cel dom for PRE Ventrue:4

Library (80 cards)
==================
Master (13)
1x Anarch Troublemaker
2x Blood Doll
1x Dark Influences
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
1x Haven Uncovered
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Sudden Reversal
1x Uptown Hunting Ground
1x Ventrue Headquarters
2x Vessel

Event (2)
1x Scourge of the Enochians
1x Uncoiling, The

Action (12)
12x Govern the Unaligned

Political Action (1)
1x Anarchist Uprising

Equipment (3)
1x .44 Magnum
1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Ivory Bow

Ally (1)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)

Action Modifier (11)
2x Bonding
4x Conditioning
3x Daring the Dawn
2x Foreshadowing Destruction

Reaction (20)
10x Deflection
2x On the Qui Vive
8x Second Tradition: Domain

Combat (17)
4x Hidden Strength
5x Indomitability
2x Rolling with the Punches
1x Unflinching Persistence
5x Weighted Walking Stick

Results (TWD to follow) - Belgian NC, 21/07/2019 - by: emime

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 20:25:23 +0000

Thanks everyone for joining a nice day of V:TES, and congratulations to Gilles Molina, Belgian Champion 2019!

The full results are attached, and I invite Gilles to reply to the topic with his winning decklist (or to send it to me so that I can post it here).

File Attachment:

File Name: EventSummary3.pdf
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GenCon 2019? - by: bloodpuppy11

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:47:49 +0000

Hi y'all!

So we're gearing up for GenCon 2019 and I keep telling my friend that this is the year that we will actually play Jyhad (sorry, V:TES.)

We bought into the game when it came out in 1994, played some games based on how we understood the rules, and then packed up the cards for 20+ years. Fast forward to now, and we've gotten the urge to play again. We have decks, but we don't have anyone else to play with, and we're still figuring out the rules.

So anyways, is anyone going to GenCon 2019 who might be interested in spending a few hours teaching a couple casuals how to play, and playing a few (lower powered) games?

Thanks for reading! Hope to hear from y'all!

Cheers,
->Mr. P

Diferents languages - by: Aranduin

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 07:38:03 +0000

Hi.
I have a doubt. If in a tournament, at a table there are players from different countries, is English mandatory? I think so but I did not find anything in the tournament rules.

Thanks in advance.

Tournament September 8 Ohio - by: Loughman

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 04:33:06 +0000

I will be hosting my 60th VTES tournament Sunday September 8. If you are in the Ohio area I hope you can make it.

www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9317

[OFFICIAL] Archon 1.5h - by: Ankha

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:48:31 +0000

A new version of the archon is available on the download page : 1.5h

It includes better seatings for 3R+F and 2R+F, as well as many additional seatings for 51+ players (2R+F) or 201+ players (3R+F).

The archons must be used either with Excel or LibreOffice (not OpenOffice).

A synthesis of the optimal seatings per archon can be found here: 2R+F and 3R+F

First Tradition and Unlock Phase - by: Kushiel

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:39:05 +0000

After it got mentioned on FB recently, I realized that I don't actually know how First Tradition works since it got errata'd to force players to choose to burn pool or skip their turn during their unlock phase, rather than before the start of their turn.

Leaving aside the fact that the current wording seems to result in players killing their own grandparents before they were born any time they'd choose to skip their turn (how can they skip their entire turn if the choice is being made during that turn?), the most common question that would arise is:
Since the choice is an unlock phase effect, and all unlock phase effects occur after mandatory unlocking of all cards, does this mean that "skipping his or her entire turn" will still result in their cards being unlocked?

First Tradition: The Masquerade
Requires a prince or justicar.
If this referendum is successful, put this card in play. Each Methuselah must burn 2 pool during his or her unlock phase. A Methuselah can choose to skip his or her entire turn. Burn this card when the controller has either skipped 3 turns or burned a total of 6 pool by this effect.

EDIT: As an aside, I suggest that the word "instead" be inserted after "his or her entire turn." As it currently reads, it looks like you have to burn two pool even if you do choose to skip your turn, since again, skipping their entire turn can only happen if they get to the unlock phase in the first place, and if they're in the unlock phase, they must burn two pool.

Tournament on August 4, 2019 in Berkeley, California USA - by: mjvtes521

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:35:36 +0000

Standard Constructed tournament. 2 rounds + final. 2 hour time limit per round. Proxies allowed. Prize Support for the winner. Promos from the new promo kit for all players. Starts at 10am on 8/4/19 at Victory Point Cafe in Berkeley. Casual play afterward for those interested. www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9316

abbot - by: Kirill

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:16:54 +0000

+1 stealth action. Requires a Sabbat vampire.
Put this card on this Sabbat vampire and unlock them. This Sabbat vampire gets +1 intercept during actions against their controller. A vampire can have only one Abbot.

Do I get +1 intercept during actions against my cards or only against me?

Announcing strikes and intention. - by: Khormag

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:51:44 +0000

Happened in a lackey game on Monday. My prey rushes me with a Escaped Mental Patient and when choosing strikes he says "Hand Strike" after me saying hand strike and taking the damage from his strike, he says that the damage is 2 aggravated.

At this point I get a little confused, as the way I understand things, Escaped Mental Patients ability to strike 2 aggravated as a hand strike is optional, and you should specify that you are using it, or any ability etc on that matter. We started a little bit of an argument, where my opponent argued that it is clear that his intention is to strike 2 aggravated. But this seems unreasonable in my eyes, as it should not be left to me or anyone other than the acting player to know the intention. We can not really know what he is really trying to do, specially when being so unclear about his actions.

As the game didn't really matter to me, I let the thing pass, went to torpor and continued playing, but for the future, I would like to know how such cases should be and would be ruled and played out in a tournament environment?

VTES Translations news - by: Sambomb

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:18:48 +0000

www.vekn.net/2-uncategorised/434-vampire-elder-kindred-network-newsletter-may-2019

In the may/2019 newsletter 2 topics make me fear the Translations.

Will card names be translated? And keywords?
- We're working on this with our partners now, but that is our intent.

Do you see any drawbacks with translation?
- Two main things come to mind: One is the additional cost and expense of translating. The other is confusion for players looking at a card in multiple languages. We're looking at how best to resolve this e.g. rules and card rulings are in English, do we have an identifier on cards to enable mapping back etc.

Any news about how to avoid problems with card name Translations? ~~( Please say "we will keep the original names")~~

What is the proposed identifier on the cards, the original name?

Can we expect a compilation and translation of ALL rullings from decades ago like LSJ rullings that still dictates how some cards interacts ?

Ropecon 2019 VTES Cube Draft Helsinki/Ropecon 28th July 2019 - by: Lönkka

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 14:41:36 +0000

www.facebook.com/events/699375273817930/
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9312

28 July 2019, 09:00 – 17:00
(Convention programme lists this as starting at 10 but this should be changing to 9)

Sabbat themed VTES Cube Draft with huge card pool. Easy going and relaxed VTES gaming. Format 2R+F. In addition to you VTES know-how you only need you own Pool-counters. Limited number of participants (25).

It'll use a Draft Set/Cube and is Sabbat themed. No grouping rules and there is a humongous amount of Vampires (400 hundred different with 2 each in the set). Library cards are focusing nearly exclusively on commons and uncommons (four each 20 different cards for each of 13 disciplines plus multi-discipline cards and 2 each of the rest of the card types) with worst wallpaper weeded out as much as possible.

Since no actual boosters are involved this event is free with Ropecon attendance. 25 persons will be able to participate; if more people turn up we'll oil everyone up and do some wrestling to see who will be able to participate...

Cards will be sleeved so you only need to bring your own pool counters and VTES knowledge. Event is kinda aimed at non-beginners.

Format is 2R+F preceded by drafting and deck building.

26.10.2019: Beware Of Light (Midnight Tournament Spiel 2019), Bochum, Germany - by: hardyrange

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 10:23:09 +0000

Walk down these streets
I guess I'm getting lost in a lie
It seems like a vision
You let me see the world through your eyes

---

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle - Tournament
Beware Of Light
VTES Midnight Tournament for the Spiel 2019 games fair

Time:
Saturday, 26 October 2019
Doors open 18:30 h
Start first round 19:00 h

Location:
Spielkunst e.V. VereinsHeim
Hammer Str. 67
44866 Bochum
Germany
spielkunst-ev.de/wp/das-lokal/

Round system:
2 rounds, plus final (time limit: 2 h each)

Format: VEKN Constructed
Proxies are allowed.
In case we have less than 12 players,
the Multi-Deck System will be used.

Entrance fee: 10 €
This includes a fee for the location, but also a "flat rate" for various drinks and sweets on site!
Dinner can be ordered by various services (brochures are available on site) or bought, just around the corner, at a pide/döner/pizza place - or you can bring your own food.

Pre-registration is possible via email to me.

Contact:
Gerhard "Hardy" Range
prinz [DOT] bochum [AT] gmx [DOT] de
+49 172 2154844
www.vekn.de

"Quick" Rules for VTES - by: Bloodw4ke

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 19:28:58 +0000

My wife used to play a ton of VTES and I've been looking for an excuse to start. As it recently came "back into print" with BC's quality precons, we're trying to get our active, avid gamer group into it.

The challenge is that VTES is not a simple game pick up, so I put together a quick guide for them (which also helped me cement my understanding of the rules). My goal was to create something a new player could read in 10-15 minutes, and then be able to start with a reasonable idea of what's going on.

In case this guide sounds useful to you, dear Kindred, you may find it here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fOjpVbZoJyKes791ecvbv2kIbY9KJR51NRAfVFvdAGY/edit?usp=sharing

Please feel free to share any feedback - or more importantly - let me know if I got anything wrong.

I'll add that we had a successful 5 player game Monday w/ 3 VP to Lasombra...

!Tremere took out the !Toreador, but crashed against the Tzimisce auspex wall. Lasombra took out the !Malkavian stealth bleeders and voted itself a kill against the !Tremere, before bleeding out the Tzimisce.

*based on suggestions from more experienced players, I added a !Malkavian Kindred Spirits deck as a 5th "precon.

Dont Cry for Pentex league 2019 - by: beslin igor

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:12:19 +0000

Dont Cry for Pentex League 2019-news

Yesterday start famous league Dont Cry for Pentex League 2019
15 players fight in 3 tables. 14 from Europe and 1 guest from Brazil.
We see 2GW,2 tables finished by time limit.
3 players first time play online competion.
I beleive we get more tables in self organize games.
Results:

table 1

Filip Pur 'Froxlin',Czech Republic
Hellgie Tod 'Helgie',France 0,5 VP
Fonseca Trenado 'Txiqui',Spain 3,5 VP GW
Erik Mossberg 'beppolito', Sweden
Eduard Winter 'Ed1234', Austria

table 2

Jonathan Johansson 'Mordin' Sweden 0,5 VP
Igor Beslin 'Beslin Igor', Serbia 0,5 VP
Michal Kacper Bo 'Kazpex', Poland 0,5 VP
Gilles Hingue 'DarkLegion47', France 0,5 VP
Slaven Nikolic 'Slaven',Croatia 0,5 VP

Table 3

Arnau Diez Sans 'Kiderak',Spain
Bruno Patricio Pontes 'Brunim Ceara',Brazil 1 VP
Marcin Krom 'maajin', Poland
Rudolf Scholz 'The Bard',Germany 4 VP GW
Marius Iscru 'Pooldor', France

there is link with deck played : www.vtes-hook.com/liga/game_details.php?liga=00033
and league link: www.vtes-hook.com/liga/show-liga-only.php?liga=00033

TWD - Week of Nightmares 2019 Event 5 - by: kschaefer

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:51:37 +0000

Week of Nightmares 2019 Event 3
Columbus, Ohio
June 11, 2019
2R + F
18 Players
Karl Schaefer
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9138

-- 1 GW 4 VP + 3 VP in final

Deck Name: (Death) Stars of the Stage
Author: Karl Schaefer
Description: Daughters Death Star variant.

Update of the classic Matt Morgan Death Star with newer Anarch cards and a switch to
Daughters of Cacophony. I played an earlier version of this deck last Week of
Nightmares and squeaked into a final with it, but the deck was not nearly resilient
enough. Darby Keeney suggested adding more Conductors and the sect change for
Embraces allowed me to ditch Seattle Committee and Twilight Camp for better
Masters.

In Round 1, I was sandwiched in between Alex and Mark. I had a brief window where Alex was a 10 pool and I drew my first Revolutionary Council. With Alex's prey at 1 pool, I
had to go for the vote. Mark was showing sporadic intercept and managed to catch me.
My game went downhill quickly as they teamed-up to bounce Alonso Petrodon to me.

Round 2 was much better, but a slow game with 3 vote decks, so there was lots of talking.
My prey had a Legendary, Cardinal-Benedicted Isouda get decapitated, so I was mostly
in a good position, but with very little card movement, I was mostly a horde-bleed deck.
First Tradition hit the table and locked quite a few Methuselahs. I was able to work
successfully because I had an un-Converted Yseult, calling my prey's Black Forest Base
vote. The game somewhat devolved from there and I ended with 4 VPs.

Alex Romano (Group 4/5 Nos Royalty) ->
Mark Loughman (Emerald Legionnaire) ->
Kelly Schultz (The unnamed w/Maleficia) ->
Me ->
Ben Peal (Black Hand toolbox)

I chose to sit as Kelly's prey not remembering what he was playing. The good thing about
The unnamed was that it took him several turns to get it in play. I had a good opening
crypt draw and got Yseult and Angela Preston early. The Embraces came up quickly.

Mark got Erlik and Erebus, a few Legionnaires and some guns, but spent way too much. Alex
scored an early VP. I never blocked The unnamed and fortunately it never got the Enkil
Cog. I tried to keep my pool total high enough via Con Boon and for the most part was in
good shape. I called my first Revolutionary Council vote for 14, all pool damage to my
prey. Then, using Firebrand unlocked and call two Con Boons. Unfortunately each ended
via Evil Eye, resulting in no pool gain.

On my next turn, I started with 4 pool. Losing 1 to Contagion and paying 1 more pool to
recycle Revolutionary Council via Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, leaving me at 2 pool. Ben was
at 7 and the vote should have been easy to pass with Conductor, 2 Barons, 3 Firebrands,
and Bastielle Opera House (22 votes), but I stupidly put The Coven in play on my previous
turn, which meant that Kelly's Horde with Malificia gained blood without having to lock.

I stymied my own oust, as the Horde Evil-Eyed the vote. I spent the next few actions
trying to cycle into some kind of oust, including running Angela through several different
Baron titles, bleeding, calling other votes, but my math always came up 1 pool short. So,
I looked backwards and Kelly was within range of the the Dominate. A quick deal with Alex
was hatched and I called a Lily Prelude at inferior putting all 4 points on my predator.

Ben gets up to 10 pool and then Alex lunges. He hits Unleash Hell's Fury first, but
manages to finish him off with the other two vampires. I'm sure if another action were
available to him, I would have been off the table as well. Instead, I start my turn with
2 pool, paying 1 to recur Revolutionary Council again and call it to oust Ben. I send an
Embrace over to burn the vampire in torpor, but instead burn Warsaw Station. I send a
bleed of 1 over to grab the Edge.

Alex plays another Station (his pool is around 20 at this point). He sends in a bleed
with Alonso Petrodon, boosting it to 5 and gets Archoned. He takes a couple of tool up
actions, including Heroic Might. After rushing one of my Barons into torpor, he passes
the turn back to me. Edge pays to grab the Revolutionary Council again and I easily pass
it, leaving Alex at 6 or 7 pool.

Alex plays Pentex on my remaining Baron (Angela) and rushes my only other "real" Daughter.
She survives via Majesty and he attempts to leave defenders. Alex told me after that he
was cycling, looking for a Sudden as he expected me to play Pentex. I start my turn with
4 pool and all of my remaining cards in my hand. I play Pentex and there's no Sudden, so
we're contesting. I call my other Revolutionary Council vote, hitting 3 stealth as I
bypass his standing vampire. I had the Daring the Dawn in hand at this point, but in case
something went wrong I wanted her out-of-torpor. The last vote succeeds and I take the table
3-2.

Crypt (13 cards; Capacity min=1 max=6 avg=4.)
==================
1x Gael Pilet 6 chi pre FOR MEL Daughter of Cacophony:2
2x Yseult 6 FOR MEL PRE Daughter of Cacophony:3
2x Angela Preston 5 for MEL PRE Daughter of Cacophony:2
1x Delilah Monroe 4 for pre MEL Daughter of Cacophony:2
1x Celeste, The Voice of a Secret3 mel pre Daughter of Cacophony:2
1x Muse 3 ani for mel Daughter of Cacophony:2
5x Anarch Convert 1 -none- Caitiff:ANY

Library: 77 cards

Master (15 cards)
==================
1x Anarch Railroad -- permanent stealth variety so useful to get one early
1x Archon Investigation -- critical to finals win
1x Barrens, The -- critical to finals win; use ~11-13 times
1x Bastille Opera House
1x Carfax Abbey -- golden when running Barons
1x Command Performance -- never put into play today; useful in past
4x Conductor -- required to make this deck run
1x Coven, The
1x Creepshow Casino
1x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum -- Revolutionary Council recursion makes this deck go
1x Paris Opera House
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion

Action (12 cards)
==================
7x Embrace, The
1x Fee Stake: Boston
1x Fee Stake: Corte
1x Fee Stake: Los Angeles
1x Fee Stake: New York
1x Fee Stake: Perth

Action Modifier (22 cards)
==================
2x Bewitching Oration -- should probably be something else: Echo of Harmonies?
2x Change of Target
2x Cryptic Rider -- bypasses Delaying Tactics
1x Daring the Dawn
4x Freak Drive
6x Missing Voice, The
1x Virtuosa
4x Voter Captivation

Action Modifier/Reaction (7 cards)
==================
7x Madrigal -- great for putting blood back on "real" Daughters; power Firebrands

Political Action (17 cards)
==================
1x Anarchist Uprising -- added last minute; never used
4x Consanguineous Boon -- preferable over Benefit Concert since you can vote other clans
1x Domain Challenge -- added last minute; better per minion vote since you breed
2x Eat the Rich -- really great card
3x Firebrand
4x Lily Prelude
2x Revolutionary Council -- like having every Palla Grande bleed hit; so powerful

Combat (4 cards)
==================
4x Majesty

Fears and concerns about V5 - by: Luriel

Sat, 04 May 2019 04:26:20 +0000

I write this due to some concerns that plague me about the possible implications of implementing 5th edition into VtES and because I feel I'm not the only one having them. I'll try to sort them by relevance (or how much I'm worried by each one of them individually). Keep in mind this is pure speculation and could have nothing to do at all with said implementation.

Forced new clan iconography:

Maybe those of you who don't play the tabletop RPG version of our game are not aware of the fact that V5 has more or less subtly changed all the clan symbols. Probably as a way to mark the beginning of the Paradox Era of the IP. While not that annoying (we've already lived multiple changes in card layout, back and even prior clan symbol changes, I'm looking at you Lasombra and Tzimisce), I must confess I personally find them uglier than the ones we're used to. Some will argue the addition of a gladius to the Ventrue symbol is cool, but I wouldn't trade that for the new Gangrel, Malkavian, Nosferatu and Tremere ones.

Some clans are also given new names: Assamites become Banu Haquim, Followers of Set are now the Ministry and Giovanni will form part of the Hecata (more problems on this later).

Visit https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade_symbols if you need to see all those new symbols

Discipline consolidation and subsequent "discontinuation" of some Disciplines:

It seems one of the objectives of this edition is that not a single clan has an unique discipline anymore. They've achieved this by combining those said disciplines between themselves or a with a more common one. So far these integrations are:

Protean and Serpentis become Protean (using the Protean symbol).
Quietus and Thaumaturgy become Blood Sorcery (with the Thaumaturgy symbol).
Dementation and Dominate become Dominate (under the Dominate symbol).
Necromancy and Obtenebration become Oblivion (at this very moment it is unknow whether this discipline's symbol will be one ofthe ones before or a new one).

It has also been hinted that Vicissitude and Chimestry will follow the same fate (the first becoming also Protean and the later probably Dominate or Obfuscate).

Some of the lost disciplines' powers have survived as powers from other disciplines (Silence of Death is now an Obfuscate power) or as Amalgam disciplines (basically, a combination discipline. So far only 2 of them: Eyes of the Serpent (Presence+Protean) and Dementation (Dominate+Obfuscate)).

How will be this be translated to VtES? 2 options come to mind. All previous discipline cards become playable with the new oneor only the new one's cards count. Both options have problems.

In the first scenario you get bloated disciplines (Protean would have 119 cards, its original 42 plus 47 from Serpentis and 30 from Vicissitude) which also open some options meant to a single clan to up to 3, blurring the cultural diferences of some clans. This scenario would also have some vampires becoming less desirable disciplinewise due to having multiple consolidated disciplines at the same time.

Second one not only isolates older crypts for some clans from the rest, it undoes the work done to bring up some clans (remember early 2000s Assamite situation in the game?) and prevents further development of the discontinued disciplines (it's not a surprise Tzimisce feel a bit stagnated seeing Vicissitude has only 30 cards and no new non three-way cards since Sword of Caine).

Some will argue that this whole discipline shake up will bring new ideas for cards. To give you some perspective, Auspex has 45 different powers before V5 and only 7 in that edition (which are also very similar, if not the same, to the previous ones. In VtES there are 73 Auspex cards.

Visit https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Auspex_(VTM) if you need to see for yourselves (you can also check other disciplines).

Discontinuation of some factions/clans:

Before I've stated that Vicissitude and Chimestry will probaby follow the other unique disciplines' fate. I've written "probably" because there's no oficial word neither on that regard nor on the Tzimisce and Ravnos clans. And there won't be on the near future
. Both Mophidius and Onyx Path have released their release schelude up to 2020 and there's no mention of them, the Sabbat, Laibon or any of the bloodlines. So no new cards for them until further notice (2021 the earliest). What is even more worrisome is how what we know will affect them. What place will have the bloodlines in the game if they can't have unique disciplines? There will be Ravnos (or whichever new name they'll have) in V5 after the week of Nightmares?

What about the Hecata? The Hecata seem to be a consolidation of the Giovanni, Samedi, Harbingers of Skulls and surviving Capadocians into a single group. Will they be able to play all those factions cards? None of them?, instead playing new Hecata cards (I guess
Legionnaries and Kazhar's Diary haters will rejoice). And their in-clan disciplines, which will they be? Will we face another City/Country Gangrel antitribu situation where part of a clan has a set of disciplines while the other has another, making it hard tohave a cohesive crypt?

"And then all is for nothing":

There's one thing that I fear more than any or even all the ones before together and that's the possibility of a 6th edition reverting all these changes after they have been implemented into VtES. And it won't be the first time to happen.

Ask any Dungeons and Dragons player about its 4th and 5th editions or any Warhammer RPG player about its 3rd and 4th. Then go to the white wolf subreddit or the Onyx Path forums and see the mood over there. There are already people asking for a 6th edition that
ignores V5 (if I'm to be honest, as a roleplayer I'm with them. V5 has been a personal disappointment).

What then? Would we be forced to follow? How many cards/expansions would become a new balance problem?

If you got here, I owe you an apoogy for the wall of text and would love to know what you think regarding all this.

[VEG] Finnish Grand Prix Helsinki / Ropecon - 27th July 2019 - by: Lönkka

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:43:54 +0000

www.facebook.com/events/400174097206204/
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9221

We'll try to organize another VTES event for Friday and/or Sunday. Could be cube draft or could be another tournament.

VTES European Grand Prix - FINLAND
27 July 2019, 11:00 – 20:00

Messukeskus Convention Center in Pasila, Helsinki (exact address for you navigator: Messuaukio 1, 00520 Helsinki)

The same venue hosted the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in 2017 and our friends there did amazing amount of solid information regarding the immediate vicinity, Helsinki and Finland in general so we'll be linking heavily to their excellent resources here.

Entry fee: Free with Ropecon entry (40€ for the weekend. No day tickets seem to be available anymore)
More info at Ropecon site: 2019.ropecon.fi/eng/tickets/

Pre-registration info + list is TBA but will come to this page: vtes.orava.org/wiki/

The traditional big Ropecon tournament is again a Grand Prix event this year. And we are keeping the same Saturday slot like last year including a lunch break. This year there should be additional VTES events too (another tournament or a cube draft)

Ropecon is the largest non-commercial role-playing convention in Europe with some 4000+ attendees. The three day convention offers a diverse program schedule suitable for all ages from tabletop and live-action role-playing games to card games, miniature war games and board games. In addition to tournaments and other gaming related programs Ropecon also features lectures, panel discussions and workshops on a wide variety of topics. The convention opens at 15:00 on Friday and closes on Sunday late afternoon / early evening, in between it never sleeps. Read more about Ropecon at their site: 2019.ropecon.fi/eng/about/

For the VTES Grand Prix you can either pre-register or register on site. On-site registration closes at 10:30 on Saturday!

More information, including pre-registration options, will appear later on Stay tuned.

(ON SITE) ACCOMODATION
Sleeping bag accommodation available free of charge for all visitors throughout the convention weekend at the convention site. Please note that Ropecon does not offer any accommodation supplies, so remember to bring a warm mattress, a pillow and a blanket or a sleeping bag to ensure a more comfortable rest. The floor of the hall is made of concrete and as such can get pretty chilly. Please remember that the accommodation area is meant only for sleeping, not for storage: you can store your mattress, sleeping bag and other items at the luggage storage during the day. More on accommodation at the Ropecon site: 2019.ropecon.fi/eng/for-visitors/accommodation/

Messukeskus is just one stop from Helsinki Central Railway Station so even if you don't want to use the closest hotel Pasila (Original Sokos Hotel Pasila as the Holiday Inn right next to the venue is being renovated at the time of the convention) most hotels in downtown Helsinki are just a few minutes train ride away. One of the closest ones is Hotel Arthur and it is reasonably priced (when considering rather high Finnish hotel prices). Another one that has traditionally been on the cheaper side is Hotel Anna located some 10 -15 minute walk from the Central Railway Station. Omena Hotels and Forenom Aparthotels And Hostels offer very cheap apartments and nothing else. More info on hotels can be found at Worldcon 75 site (scroll all the way down to the "Detailed Hotel Information" and the map is rather good for checking the location of the hotels compared to the Messukeskus venue): www.worldcon.fi/about-worldcon-75/location/hotels/

GETTING THERE
Book a flight to Helsinki and take the half an hour's trip with I or P train from the airport to Pasila station (5.50€ or so) and the venue is right next to Pasila station (which is 2nd to last stop before Helsinki Central railway Station). Also from airport bus 615 or Finnair's own shuttle bus (aka. Finnair City Bus) will take you to Helsinki right next to Central Railway Station. Taxi should be around 40€ or so (as always in Finland , you sure can tip if you want but no one is going to frown on you if you don't as tip is not expected).

Worldcon 75 Progress Report 2 had a nice article about getting to Helsinki. According to it, in addition to checking the flights to Helsinki, you might want to check the flight options to Stockholm in Sweden (as you can experience the exotic atmosphere of the Stockholm-Helsinki Ferry. Also remember that there are ferries also going to Turku, Åbo in swedish, which are cheaper since the route isn't as long and Turku is only some 2 hour train / bus ride from Helsinki...), Tallinn in Estonia (ferries shuttle all the time between Tallinn and Helsinki almost non-stop and the trip takes just few hours. So driving to Estonia and taking the Tallinn ferry would probably be the most cost effective method to reach Helsinki for all Eastern Europeans!) or even St. Petersburg, Russia (once again, ferries to Helsinki). One option might be to fly to Tampere with Ryanair from Bremen or Budapest and take the couple hour long train or bus ride to Helsinki from there. More info on the page 7 of the Worldcon 75's Progress Report 2: www.worldcon.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/progress_report_2_a4.pdf

Ropecon's article on getting to Ropecon (including info if arriving with your own car -a humongous car park is just by the venue):
2019.ropecon.fi/eng/for-visitors/getting-here/

Worldcon 75's article on getting to the venue:
www.worldcon.fi/about-worldcon-75/location/getting-to-messukeskus/

The train and bus timetables (trains depart roughly every 10-15 minutes most of the day):
www.hsl.fi/en/timetables-and-routes/terminals/transport-links-helsinki-airport

Worldcon 75's very comprehensive article on Helsinki’s Public Transportation System, concentrating naturally on getting to Pasila and to the venue, on page 19-23 of progress Report 5
www.worldcon.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/progress_report_5_a4.pdf

EATING & DRINKING
Drinking alcohol at the venue is prohibited and will get you promptly booted from the premises, the only exception is the costly on site bars, which are even more expensive than the costly Finnish alcohol and food in general. Non-alcoholic drinks and food/ snacks are OK.

Ropecon's 2018 article on eating:
2018.ropecon.fi/eng/for-visitors/eat-drink/

Worldcon 75's staggeringly exhausting guide to eating in Helsinki (68 fricking pages!) has general info as well as restaurant specific reviews:
www.worldcon.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/restaurant_guide_web.pdf

Worldcon 75's article on Finnish specialites, Finnish Foods and Where to Find Them, on page 25 of progress report 3. Sauteéd reindeer, Karelian pie, Baltic vendace, Salmiakki, Gin Long Drink, bread-cheese, etc -it is all included):
www.worldcon.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/progress_report_3_a4.pdf

SOME GENERAL ARTICLES ON HELSINKI AND FINLAND
Since the nice people of Worldcon 75 also did some other informative articles on relevant subjects were mentioning those too in case someone wants to dig a little deeper, see the sights etc.

Progress Report 1
Finland: an Assortment of Notes and Information (pages12-14)
www.worldcon.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/progress_report_1.pdf

Progress Report 2
Non-fandom things to do in Helsinki, if you have the time (pages 8-9)
Älä hätäile! Don’t panic! -a short guide for pronouncing finnish (pages 12-13)
The Word on the Street -guide to streetsigns/maps etc (pages 14-15)
www.worldcon.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/progress_report_2_a4.pdf

Progress Report 4
Sauna in Finland (pages 17-21)
Helsinki, Daughter of the Baltic Sea -some general sights etc (pages 22-25)
Penrose tiling and other nerdy sights (pages 26-27)
www.worldcon.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/progress_report_4_a4.pdf

Progress Report 5
Have Some Time off -more sights/places to see (pages 30-31)
Good to Know and Nice to Know -general and uselul info (pages 33-35)
www.worldcon.fi/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/progress_report_5_a4.pdf

An unique sight that is more or less omitted from everything above is the Temppeliaukio Chruch (aka Church of the Rock aka Rock Church) which is pretty unique in it's setup as it is hewn in the bedrock and has a huge copper dome above it. Some locals call it Anti-Devil Bunker.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temppeliaukio_Church
www.facebook.com/temppeliaukio/

ROPECON
2019.ropecon.fi/eng/
www.facebook.com/ropecon/

Belgian National Championship, Brussels, 21 July 2019 - by: emime

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:28:16 +0000

Dear all,

This is the official announcement of the

*** Belgian National Championship 2019 ***

Date: Sunday, July 21, 2019
Registration: 11:30
First round starting time: 12:00
Expected finishing time: 21:00

Type of Event: National Championship (see the tournament rules )

Cards up to the new Sabbat starter expansion set will be legal to play. See the instructions for the use of cards from printable V:EKN expansion sets.

Being a National Championship, the use of proxy cards will not be allowed.

Number of rounds: 3 + final
Time limit per round: 2 hours

Address of Event:
The Outpost
Rue de la Tribune 8
1000 Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel. +32 (0)2 2180400

(note that it is not allowed to bring your own food and drinks into the shop)

Entry fee: 5 euros (tbc)

*** Pre-registration ***
Pre-registration is very useful to ensure appropriate prize support and a timely start of the tournament. If you intend to participate, please sign up as soon as possible by replying to this thread.

*** How to reach ***
By train: The Outpost is situated less than 10 minutes walking from Brussels Central Station (Gare Centrale).
If you arrive from Paris/London, you will end up at Brussels South Station (Gare du Midi). From there, take the metro line 2 or line 6, direction "Simonis (Elisabeth)", get off after about 8 minutes at the stop "Madou", then walk 5 minutes to the Outpost.
By car: there should be free parking spots available around Rue de la Tribune. Note that, 21 July being Belgium's National Day, road closures and heavy traffic are to be expected: appropriate advice will be shared closer to the event.

We hope to see many of you in Brussels on July 21!

Cheers,
Emiliano & Tom

V:tes Czech National Championship - Pulled fang #8 30.8. - 1.9.2019 - by: Silmegil

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:28:34 +0000

Announcing Pulled fang #8 which is 3 day event with National Championship on saturday. More information will follow here and on facebook:

Calendar event: www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9211
FB event: www.facebook.com/events/283498709239630/?notif_t=plan_user_joined¬if_id=1554758668359686

[ANN] Amaranth 3.0 Released - by: Ke.

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 06:50:26 +0000

Amaranth 3.0 has been released and is now available.

New features include:

- Added new Sabbat vampires
- Card text history (from 1995 onwards)
- Card text rendering, icons & set information
- Deck versioning
- Deck seating meta game
- Improved deck syncing across devices
- Improved deck searching (now also searching cards)

Online here: amaranth.vtes.co.nz

And available from the app stores:

Apple iOS

Google Android

Here's a preview of some of the new features.

Deck Versioning:

Card text history:

Iconified text:

Test Seating / Meta Game:

Time limit variant for finals - by: Ankha

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:38:59 +0000

This is a call to every tournament organizer.

I am trying to assess the impact of a variable time limit on finals.

Since this is already possible per the tournament rules*, I propose the following experimentation to set the framework:

The time limit of the final round is set to 2 hours. Each time a player is ousted in the final round, 10 minutes of additional time are added to the time limit.

This experimentation is purely on a voluntary basis considering that is may add up to 30 minutes to the final.

Reports must be sent at vtesratings [AT] gmail [DOT] com with the following informations:

link to the tournament results in the VEKN calendar
time of each oust using the following format: "xx minutes after the start of the game".
how the additional time (if any) had an impact on later developments of the game
the opinion of each finalist about the rule and how it had an impact or not on their game
your postal mail address

Only one report per tournament will be accepted. The first 10 reporters will receive a Humble Bundle by postal mail.

This experimentation will end on June, 1st 2019.

* Reference

3.1.1. Round Time Limits
Each round in the tournament has a time limit. The minimum time limit used in V:TES rounds is two hours. The time limit must be announced before play begins. The final round may last longer than the preliminary rounds, at the judge's option.

European Championship 2019 (EC 2019) in Paris - by: Ankha

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:01:37 +0000

Since the question was asked elsewhere, the dates are now public:

Week of the Nightmare from August 12th to 18th 2019.

CE Tournaments August 16/17/18 2019.

There is also a 2 months left for the drawing contest:

What we want is you to create what best illustrates the European Championship of VTES in Paris. You are absolutely free for your inspiration, whether you go large with Vampires in Paris, or more narrow on the theme of our favorite card game.
The winning design will be printed on the t-shirts created for the EC in Paris and the designer will be offered his registration to the EC with all the goodies, including a t-shirt with his own drawing.
If the winner does not come to the EC, he'll be offered all the goodies he would have had if he had come.
You can upload your drawings on the Facebook page www.facebook.com/ParisVtes , the Twitter account twitter.com/ParisVtes or by email ec2019vtes [AT] free [DOT] fr before Sunday, January 13, 2019 23h59.

Good Luck

VTES playtesting submissions - by: Damnans

Tue, 22 May 2018 08:48:17 +0000

We are always in need of playtesters, so if your playgroup has the will and commitment to playtest VTES cards, please post your submission here and provide us with the following information:

Playgroup city:
Playtest coordinator's name:
Playtest coordinator's VEKN number:
Playtest coordinator's email:
Previous playtest experience (if any):

blood brother dual form / embrace - by: gotcha

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 04:27:36 +0000

I guess not but just to make sure I cannot make the fun deck:
An embrace made by or a dual form played by a blood brother is a blood brother but not part of their circle, right?

Re: V:TES Hall of Fame adds new members - by: Ankha

Fri, 02 May 2014 07:30:47 +0000

Fernanda Nunes and Fernando Marinho join the V:TES Hall of Fame with five tournament wins each.

V:TES Hall of Fame

To enter the V:TES Hall of Fame, a player has to win a minimum of five tournaments, and those tournaments must have had their results posted on the official V:EKN Player's Forum: www.vekn.net/index.php/forum/9-event-reports-and-twd for inclusion in the Tournament Winning Deck Archive. Many amazing players will be missed because of the absence of those public results. This list celebrates those who have done well with the game, and have worked to publicize the strengths of the game by publishing their tournament winning deck lists. Players are listed by the number of tournaments that they have won, and if there is a tie for the number of tournament wins, then they are in alphabetical order by their first name. Players receive a star after their name for each national or continental champion title gained.

www.veknfrance.com/hall_of_fame.htm

www.vekn.net/index.php/forum/9-event-reports-and-twd

www.veknfrance.com/decks/twd.htm

Need help for Facebook Timeline Header Picture - by: johannes

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:43:02 +0000

As you might now we are maintaining a Facebook Presence for V:TES
www.facebook.com/pages/Vampire-The-Eternal-Struggle/20712459149

Unfortunately the timeline header picture is awful. Any volunteer to help with that? There are no restrictions, it should be related to V:TES and look nice. That´s all.

And please, don´t start a discussion about timeline. What´s done is done

Announce your Presence - by: atomweaver

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:03:26 +0000

The "I am here. Who are you?" thread, that all such forums ought to have.

Hello!

I am Dave Zopf aka atomweaver aka founder of the V:TES Boston, Mazzachozetts and VTES Charlotte, North Carolina gaming groups, Vile Tudor to a Thousand VTES Disciples, Bridesmaid to Accomplished Tournament Players Far and Wide, and Manipulator of the Stuff of the Universe MWAHAHAHAHAHHHH *ack* *cough*. Pleased to meet you. Who are you?