Greetings fellow Methuselahs!
While we hope all you lovers of V:TES are enjoying the holiday season, the V:EKN is not resting in our tombs. Nope, we are more active than ever doing our best to promote the game, and it looks as hard work will REALLY bear fruit next year:
V:TES IS BACK IN PRINT
Our beloved game is returning to print in May 2017. In cooperation with White Wolf Publishing and Participation Design Agency a card set called Anthology will be printed for attendees at the European Championships held at the World of Darkness Berlin convention. Read the full announcement.
EC 2017 IN BERLIN
As mentioned above, the European Championships will be held in Berlin, Germany 12-14 May. Unlike previous years, this will be a open tournament – you don´t have to qualify to attend. More information on this will follow.
DESIGN TEAM NEWS
Round 1 of playtest of the next official V:EKN expansion set is underway! The set includes 40 cards (20 crypt, 20 library) covering Blood Brothers, Gargoyles, Harbingers of Skulls, Salubri antitribu and Samedi. Most vampires are in Groups 5 and 6 but a couple are in Group 3. Round 1 will conclude at the end of January. If your playgroup is interested in participating in the playtest, please contact our playtest coordinator Hugh Angseesing.
The Design Team is also working on a number of totally new cards for the upcoming Anthology Set for the World of Darkness Berlin convention. These cards will portray characters and locations from the End of the Line and Enlightenment In Blood live action role-playing events.
As always we are looking for artists for the new cards - contact Ginés Quiñonero about that.
RULES TEAM NEWS
Rules Directors Pascal Bertrand and Vincent Ripoll are pondering a number of interesting changes, both to the actual game rules and the tournament rules. For example some Anthology reprint cards might need rewording. Stayed tune to VEKN.net for announcements!
THE V:EKN 2016 RECAP
January: V:EKN has kept constant contact with White Wolf Publishing over the whole year. Business developer Dhaunae De Vir and the whole White Wolf staff has been very friendly and responsive to us, for example attending and sponsoring the Swedish National Championships. As of this autumn Dhaunae De Vir is a member of the V:EKN Inner Circle and the V:EKN now provides the V:EKN pdf-sets for White Wolf review.
January 17: Anarchs Unbound was released. The release also included a rules update banning three cards from tournament play: Anthelios, The Red Star, Temptation of Greater Power and Seeds of Corruption.
February 29: A new online V:TES player survey was conducted about the future of V:TES, and there was over 1,300 answers! View the results.
April 10: The Design Team announced that the next official V:EKN expansion set will focus on bloodlines.
June 7: Rules Team ruling allowing proxy cards in some tournaments.
June 17-19: North American Championship in Columbus, USA. Congratulations to the new champion Darby Keeney, who played a Baali The Unnamed stealth-bleeder.
September 21: The qualification rules for continental championships was updated for clarity.
October 30: Asian Championship in Osaka, Japan. Congratulations to the new champion Bann Lum, who also played a Baali deck with The Unnamed as star.
November 10-13: European Championship in Genoa, Italy. Congratulations to the new champion Pau Vilar, who played a bigcap AUS-VIC-THA toolbox. During the EC, a new 3-year V:EKN Inner Circle was elected, with Ginés Quiñonero as chairman. Read notes from the V:EKN National Coordinators meeting.
November 12-14: South American Championship in São Paulo, Brazil. Congratulations to the new champion Elzo Benzaquen, who played a Mallavian S&B with 16 Sudden Reversal.
December 23: The Anthology set and the EC 2017 was announced.
CALENDAR
Upcoming events:
Jan 7 - San Jose, USA: Standard constructed
Jan 7 - San Jose, USA: Standard constructed
Jan 21 - Stockholm, Sweden: Standard constructed
Jan 28 - Utrecht, Netherlands: Standard constructed (Continental qualifier)
For more information on upcoming events see the V:EKN Event Calendar.
CONTACT V:EKN
You can contact the V:EKN Inner Circle members using contact forms at V:EKN.net. Also follow the official V:TES Facebook page Vampire: The Eternal Struggle and the official V:EKN Twitter account @VEKN_VTES
HAPPY NEW YEAR!