This tournament was played in Canning Vale, Perth, Western Australia on April 12 with 14 Methuselahs. Information provided by Steve Harris, VEKN National Coordinator of Australia:

Pre-finals standings:
1. Ben Szymkow 2 GW 8 VP
2. Nicolas Small 2 GW 6 vp
3. Steven Wong 2 GW 5 vp
4. Mark James 1 GW 5 vp
5. Elliot Barker 1 GW 5 vp

 

Final Results: Mark won with 1.5 vp. Nicolas was ousted, and everyone else got 0.5 vp.

The tourament winning deck: !Ventrue Grinder

Crypt (12 cards)
4x Owain Evans, The Wanderer 8 AUS DOM FOR cel pre Ventrue antitribu:3
4x Blackhorse Tanner 7 AUS DOM FOR Ventrue antitribu:3
2x Jefferson Foster 6 AUS DOM for tha bishop Ventrue antitribu:4
2x Neighbor John 5 AUS dom for Ventrue antitribu:4

Library (90 cards)
Master (15; 4 trifle)
2x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Corporate Hunting Ground
2x Direct Intervention
1x Information Highway
1x KRCG News Radio
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Barranquilla
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
2x Villein
2x Wider View

Action (10)
10x Govern the Unaligned

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

Retainer (1)
1x Mr. Winthrop

Action Modifier (7)
4x Conditioning
1x Daring the Dawn
2x Seduction

Combat (22)
2x Psychic Assault
5x Rolling with the Punches
5x Soak
4x Target Vitals
6x Weighted Walking Stick

Reaction (33)
6x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
4x Eagle's Sight
6x Enhanced Senses
8x Eyes of Argus
2x On the Qui Vive
5x Telepathic Misdirection

The event was sponsored by Black Chantry Productions (GP promos and playmats), Australia’s distribution company (MotS Imports) and myself.

Thanks Steve, and thanks to all organisers, sponsors and participants!

 

Greetings fellow Methuselahs,

Two new Vampire: The Eternal Struggle packs will be in stores on May 31, 2025: New Blood Hecata and New Blood Lasombra. Note that this will be both the official release date and the official tournament legality date for the new cards in these packs! The preview season has hereby begun, with Mark Kelly´s illustration for Psychophagia, a card found in the New Blood Hecata pack. The actual card:

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REGISTRATION FOR EC 2025 IS OPEN!

Are you planning to play the VTES European Championship in Aarhus, Denmark, on October 17-19? Registration is now open, so please sign up as soon as possible, to help the organisers know how many will attend.

Visit the website: /www.vtes-ec2025.org

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FREDERIC PIN WINS GRAND PRIX MODENA 2025

70 Methuselahs played this tournament in Modena, Italy, on March 1.

Read the full report: Grand Prix Modena 2025

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RODINEI CAMARGO IS THE 2025 CHAMPION OF PORTUGAL

This tournament gathered 57 players in Lisbon on March 15.

Read the full report: Portugal National Championship 2025

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VADIM GRIGOREV IS THE 2025 CHAMPION OF LITHUANIA

This event had 44 participants in Vilnius on March 1.

Read the full report: Lithuania National Championship 2025

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HUGH ALDOUS WINS GRAND PRIX MELBOURNE 2025

25 players battled it out in Melbourne, Australia, on March 1.

Read the full report: Grand Prix Melbourne 2025

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DESTYN BOWERS WINS GULF COAST ROAST DALLAS 2025

16 players turned up for this event in Dallas, Texas on March 22. Note that a second GP event, in the North American Cup circuit, was played in Dallas on March 23.

Read the full report: Gulf Coast Roast Dallas 2025

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MATT HODSDON WINS NORTH AMERICAN CUP DALLAS 2025

This event was played in Dallas, Texas on March 23 with 15 Methuselahs.

Read the full report: GP Dallas North American Cup 2025

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REMEMBER: PROMO CARDS ARE AVAILABLE ON PRINT-ON-DEMAND

If you are a VEKN volunteer, for example organising a tournament or demo games, remember that you can have your National Coordinator order promotional cards on print-on-demand from Drivethrucards (USA) or Gamepod (Spain). The selections on the two sites are a bit different, for example on Gamepod you can get some German language promos. Ask your National Coordinator to get hold of the special links needed to have a look! Some examples are depicted above.

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BLACK CHANTRY SUMMARY: MARCH 2025

•  The True Brujah and Temporis cards are finally up for Legacy print-on-demand on both Drivethrucards (USA) and Gamepod (Spain).

• “Preview season” of New Blood Hecata and Lasombra is starting! Expect to see new cards here and there in your feeds the following weeks. Follow Black Chantry in social media to not miss anything!

• The third round of playtesting of the 2025 Sabbat cards ended on March 30. Almost all art has been delivered, looking fantastic, a true feast for the eye!

• You are hopefully aware of the general plan forward presented in the roadmap article in December, but product director Ben Peal recently delivered a quick update to the editor: The Sabbat decks will launch BEFORE the New Blood packs for Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce, sometime June/July this year. Then those New Blood packs, and then, late 2025, two packs themed around Brazil and New York. Going into 2026, things are more sketchy - New Blood packs for the four Sabbat paths, and most likely another city-based set. Cool, right?!

 

• Currently these Black Chantry products are available through Gamepod, Drivethrucards.com and other stores:
Lost Kindred bundle (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Keepers of Tradition Reprint Bundle 1 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Keepers of Tradition Reprint Bundle 2 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Heirs of the Blood Reprint Bundle 1 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Heirs of the Blood Reprint Bundle 2 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Den of Fiends Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Libertine Ball Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Pact with Nephandi Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Parliament of Shadows Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Anthology I bundle
VTES Card Creator (Drivethrucards only)
25th Anniversary
First Blood: Malkavian (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
First Blood: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
First Blood: Toreador (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
First Blood: Tremere (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
First Blood: Ventrue (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
VTES Legacy Card Singles (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Promo Pack 1 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Promo Pack 2 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Promo Pack 3 (For promotion only)
Promo Pack 4 (For promotion only)
VTES "Parity Shift" playmat
VTES card sleeves
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition (Stores only)
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition Latin (Drivethrucards only)
Fifth Edition: Malkavian (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Toreador (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Tremere (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Ventrue (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Promo Pack 3 (Event promos only)
Fifth Edition: Banu Haqim (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Brujah (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Gangrel (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: The Ministry (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Malkavian (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Toreador (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Tremere (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Ventrue (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
The Fall of London (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Echoes of Gehenna
Shadows of Berlin (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Banu Haqim (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Brujah (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Gangrel (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: The Ministry (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Ravnos (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Salubri (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Tzimisce (Also Spanish, French)
30th Anniversary (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Lasombra (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Hecata (Also Spanish, French)

Do you have opinions or questions for Black Chantry? Start a topic on the VEKN forum, or contact the company by e-mail, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

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RECENT NEWS IN THE WORLD OF DARKNESS

After the latest Dev Diary entry (number 28 about Hunters), we now got a release month for Vampire: The Maquerade - Bloodlines 2. As stated in the video link above, the game will launch in October 2025! Only some fine-tuning is left. If you are very curious, we recommend the rather in-depth article in PC Gamer "Playing a few hours of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has put a lot of my worries to rest". Seems promising!

Subscribe to the World of Darkness channel for more news!

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CALENDAR

Upcoming tournaments for the coming month (registered so far) are in:
Australia x2
Brazil x7
Canada x2
Chile
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland x5
France x5
Hungary
Italy x2
Mexico
Online x2
Poland x4
Portugal
South Africa
Spain x9
Sweden x2
USA x5

For details about these events, see the VEKN Event Calendar.

Remember: Online tournaments are possible - just check the box "Online tournament" when you add the event to the calendar!

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CONTACT VEKN

You can contact the VEKN Inner Circle members using contact forms at VEKN.net. Also follow the official VTES Facebook page Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, the official VEKN X (Twitter) account @VEKN_VTES and the official VTES Discord server.

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