We have a new tournament attendance record for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle! 269 Methuselahs showed up to play Day 1 EC tournament on Saturday October 14 in Barcelona, Spain.

The primary goal for the players this day is to qualify for the Day 2 event, which was only the top 30 percent (82 players).

Largest deck category: "Bleed" 38 % (103 decks)
Largest clan: Gangrel 9 % (23 decks)
Largest nation: Spain 45 % (121 players)
More statistics is at BCNcrisis.com

Standings after round 3:
1. Pedro Obrador Cruz 3 gw 11 vp
2. Ivan Marin-Rivas 3 gw 10 vp
3. Otso Saariluoma 3 gw 9 vp
4. Lech Ivanov 2 gw 10 vp
5. Gianluca Bianco 2 gw 9 vp

Congratulations Otso Saariluoma (who won the EC last year, and two times before that), collecting 3 victory points in the final. Pedro and Gianluca got 1 each.

The final can be streamed on the Infernal Forge Youtube channel.

Otso Saariluomas tournament winning deck: "Usurper High Council"

Crypt (12)
3x Mistress Fanchon 11 AUS CEL DOM OBF THA VIC inner circle Tremere:4
2x Gabrielle di Righetti 10 ANI AUS DOM THA obf pot justicar Tremere:5
2x Orlando Oriundus 9 AUS DOM THA obf bishop Tremere antitribu:4
1x Dr. John Dee 9 ANI AUS DOM THA chi prince Tremere:4
1x Gerald Windham 9 AUS DOM FOR THA Tremere:5
1x Troius 8 AUS DOM THA cel prince Tremere:4
1x Graham Gottesman 7 DOM FOR obf pre tha prince Ventrue:5
1x Johannes Worringen 6 AUS THA dom archbishop Tremere antitribu:5

Library (76)
Master (32; 9 trifle)
1x Archon Investigation
6x Ashur Tablets
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
2x Information Highway
1x Metro Underground
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Papillon
3x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
7x Villein
1x Wider View
3x Zillah's Valley

Event (1)
1x Scourge of the Enochians

Action (6)
4x Govern the Unaligned
2x Magic of the Smith

Equipment (2)
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Political Action (12)
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
3x Banishment
3x Parity Shift
1x Political Stranglehold
1x Reins of Power
1x Rumors of Gehenna

Action Modifier (9)
1x Enkil Cog
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
6x Mirror Walk

Reaction (14)
4x Deflection
3x Eyes of Argus
1x My Enemy's Enemy
4x Obedience
1x Second Tradition: Domain
1x Telepathic Misdirection

Thanks to all players, organisers and sponsors!

The top 30 % of the 269 player Day 1 tournament qualified for the second day of the European Championship, played on Sunday October 15 in Barcelona, Spain. Also qualified was the five finalists of the Friday “Last Chance” tournament and the five European Grand Prix finalists. Totally that was 85 players. Simultaneously the 140 player EC 2023 Redemption tournament was played in the same venue. Yes, it was loud!

The nationalities with most representatives was Spain (29), France (11), Sweden (10), Italy (8) and Finland (6).
Largest deck category: Bleed (17 decks)
Largest clan: Gangrel (8 decks)
More statistics is at BCNcrisis.com

Standings after round 3:
1. Otso Saariluoma 2 GW, 8.5 VP
2. Jonas Ståhle 2 GW, 8 VP
3. Tomasz Izydorczyk 2 GW, 7 VP
4. Kari Hyll 2 GW, 7 VP
5. Antonio Javier Naranjo Ortiz 2 GW, 6.5 VP

Congratulations Jonas Ståhle of Sweden, who scored 3 victory points in the final, while Antonio Javier Naranjo Ortiz got 2.

You can watch this exciting final at the BCN Crisis Youtube channel.

An interview with the new champion will appear in the next issue of the VEKN newsletter!

Jonas Ståhle´s tournament winning deck: “Fee Snake: Hyvinkää”

Crypt (12)
2x Nonu Dis 8 OBF PRE PRO for Ministry:6
1x Sergio Bueno 8 OBF PRE PRO aus pot baron Ministry:6
3x Vivian VI 7 PRE PRO obf tha baron Ministry:6
1x Crystal Lynn 6 OBF PRE PRO Ministry:6
1x Elisha Tucker 6 PRE cel obf pro baron Ministry:6
2x Jenny Silver 5 PRE PRO obf Ministry:6
1x Aluc Romas de Leon 5 PRE aus obf pro Ministry:6
1x Marcel 4 obf pre pro Ministry:6

Library (84)
Master (14; 4 trifle)
1x Anarch Railroad
1x Coven, The
3x Dabbler
1x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
5x Minion Tap
1x Opium Den
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Los Angeles

Action (20)
1x Dream World
3x Entrancement
1x Fee Stake: Corte
1x Fee Stake: Perth
1x Intimidation
3x Mind Numb
10x Platinum Protocol, The

Ally (1)
1x Saatet-ta

Action Modifier (27)
2x Aire of Elation
5x CrimethInc.
4x Enchanting Gaze
1x Faceless Night
1x Lost in Crowds
5x Memory Rift
7x Revelation of the Serpent
1x Spying Mission
1x True Love's Face

Action Modifier/Combat (1)
1x Swallowed by the Night

Action Modifier/Reaction (4)
4x Form of the Bat

Combat (6)
2x Earth Meld
4x Form of Mist

Reaction (11)
4x Bait and Switch
3x On the Qui Vive
2x Organized Resistance
2x Party Out Of Bounds

Thanks to all players, organisers and sponsors!

Diego, Moisés, Manuel, Martin and Nikica.

140 Methuselahs played this “best of the rest” event in Barcelona, Spain, on October 15, along side the European Championship Day 2 tournament.

Largest deck category: "Bleed" 23 % (32 decks)
Largest clan: Gangrel 9 % (12 decks)
Largest nation: Spain 47 % (66 players), after all, we are in Spain!
More statistics are at BCNcrisis.com

Standings after round 3:
1. Martin Weinmayer 2 GW, 9 VP
2. Nikica Novaković 2 GW, 7 VP
3. Diego Di Nicolantonio 2 GW, 7 VP
5. Manuel García 2 GW, 6.5 VP
4. Moisés Gámez Sánchez 1 GW, 9 VP

Congratulations Martin Weinmeyer, who got 2 victory points in the final, the same as Nikica but with better result in the preliminaries. Moisés got 1 point.

Martin Weinmayers tournament winning deck: "Stanislava"

Crypt (12)
5x Stanislava 11 ANI CEL DOM FOR PRO inner circle Gangrel:2
1x Genevieve 10 ANI FOR PRO aus dom priscus Gangrel antitribu:2
1x Hartmut Stover 10 CEL OBF PRO dom for archbishop Gangrel antitribu:3
1x Xaviar (ADV) 10 ABO ANI FOR PRO aus cel pot justicar Gangrel:3
3x Ingrid Rossler 9 ANI FOR PRO dom prince Gangrel:2
1x Mark Decker 8 CEL PRO ani for obf pot prince Gangrel:3

Library (82)
Master (20; 7 trifle)
2x Backways
2x Direct Intervention
3x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
1x Information Highway
2x Monastery of Shadows
2x Papillon
7x Villein

Action (9)
9x Govern the Unaligned

Political Action (14)
2x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
2x Ancilla Empowerment
4x Banishment
3x Parity Shift
1x Political Stranglehold
1x Reins of Power

Action Modifier (18)
2x Conditioning
6x Earth Control
2x Enkil Cog
4x Forced March
4x Instantaneous Transformation

Action Modifier/Combat (3)
3x Rapid Change

Action Modifier/Reaction (2)
2x Murmur of the False Will

Combat (7)
7x Form of Mist

Reaction (9)
7x Deflection
2x Sense the Savage Way

Thanks to all players, organisers and sponsors!

The final of the 2022-2023 European Grand Prix circuit took place in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday October 14.

The invited player was, in seed order:
1. Javier Naranjo Ortiz – Grand Prix Spain winner
2. Bram Van Stappen – Grand Prix Belgium winner
3. Danilo Torrisi – Grand Prix Italy winner
4. Jeroen van Oort – Grand Prix Germany winner
5. Bartosz Kalinczuk – Grand Prix Poland winner

Congratulations Bartosz Kalinczuk of Poland! He took 3 victory points, leaving 2 to Jeroen van Oort.

[Here it would have been supercool to show the tournament winning deck list!]

Thanks to all players, organisers and the sponsor Ultra Pro. The struggle is eternal, so the 2023-2024 European Grand Prix circuit starts in Milan, Italy on December 9!