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Greetings fellow Methuselah
Hot, hot, hot! That is the state of many or our crypts these days, and so is also the state of the Eternal Struggle. I am currently frying eggs for my hungry ghouls on my iron coffin lid, and at the same time I am taking inventory of all the new Methuselahs active in my vincity, both younglings and re-awoken old frenemies. I notice a strange influx of Harbingers of Skulls, those otherwise so scarce and reclusive necromancers are suddenly plenty, accompanied by various wraiths. I guess that´s the only company they can get, ugly and foul-smelling as they are …


RTR 19-07-2018REMINDER: OFFICIAL RULES CHANGES
Rules Director Vincent Ripoll recently announced a batch of rules changes, this time associated with the Heirs to the Blood cards. As usual you can check out the summary in the PDF or read the full RTR at https://www.blackchantry.com/2018/07/18/rules-team-rulings-rtr-19-07-2018/.

These changes will be in effect as of August 18, 2018.

Ask questions about the changes by posting a topic about the specific rule or card on the VEKN.net forum, under “Rules Questions”.


Warsaw by night
REMINDER: EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 IN WARSAW AUGUST 24-26
We really want you to attend the EC this year - the game is back in print and lots of old, new and returning players will gather to discern who is the mightiest Methuselah. The venue is the fantastic Warsaw Plaza Hotel and the schedule is:

Friday: LCQ Tournament (5 finalists will advance to day 2 of EC)

Saturday: EC Open Day One (Open event)

Sunday: EC Day 2 and Polish International Nationals (Open event)

Get all the details at www.ec2018.pl


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BLACK CHANTRY SUMMARY: JULY 2018
• Two new products are now available on DriveThruCards.com: Heirs of the Blood reprint bundle 1 and 2, each with 120 cards previously published in the original Heirs to the Blood set in 2010. Focus are twelve bloodlines, but included are also some generic cards, for example Cavalier, Dabbler and Wider View. Check out each product page to see a complete list of the content of each bundle. This release means currently five products are available on DriveThruCards.com:
- Lost Kindred bundle
- Keepers of Tradition Reprint Bundle 1
- Keepers of Tradition Reprint Bundle 2
- Heirs of the Blood Reprint Bundle 1
- Heirs of the Blood Reprint Bundle 2

About the Heirs to the Blood bundles, so far six preview/postview feature articles have been published:
- Heirs to the Blood: Baali
- Heirs to the Blood: Daughters of Cacophony
- Heirs to the Blood: Kiasyd
- Heirs to the Blood: Ahrimanes
- Heirs to the Blood: Salubri
- Heirs to the Blood: True Brujah

One Rules Team Rulings were published this month – see above in this newsletter!

 Ropecon 2018 interviewFinnish NC Janne with Vincent, Henrik and Ginés.

Ginés, Henrik and Vincent from Black Chantry visited Finland and played VEG Helsinki 2018 on July 28. The trio was interviewed on video – check it out at Ropecons Youtube-page. Not only was this a perfectly organised tournament, it was also a weekend of great socializing and many fun casual games. Thanks to all attendees, and special thanks to Janne, Petri, Otso and Noora!

Early this month, a work description/Lost Kindred favorites article were published.

Black Chantry are working on non-US printing and distribution - most likely the first of these European printed products will be available for purchase late August. More details about that will follow.

• Many future releases are planned, but stating any dates is not worth doing, as weird trouble tend to appear when you least expect it. However, some things have been said: Anthology will (kind of) be printed again, various beginner-friendly products will soon be available, a bunch of preconstructed decks, one or two Anarch-themed bundles, and a big set with the flavor of Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition. Fun times ahead!

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


Ropecon 2018 round 1

MIKA NURMIKOLU WINS VEG HELSINKI 2018!
Ropecon is Europe's largest non-commersial convention for tabletop RPG:s, boardgames, cardgames and all kinds of such stuff, with over 4,000 visitors each year. It has had VTES tournaments for about 20 years, and this year the main tournament was “upgraded” to VTES European Grand Prix status.

49 Methuselahs turned up for this battle, including players from France, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Austria and Italy. Congratulations Mika Nurmikolu, who took home the Grand Prix trophy in a convincing way with his Goratrix wall deck.

Ropecon 2018 finalists
Mika in the middle.

A detailed tournament report will appear later, but the final table was:
1. Mika playing Goratrix wall
2. Henrik playing Ventrue princes with sticks
3. Orian playing Harbingers of Skulls with Emerald Legionnaires
4. Esa playing Baali Huitzilopoctli MMPA stealth-bleed
5. Jyri playing Tremere/Tremere antistribu with Nephandus

Just like last year, the whole final was streamed and can been seen on Youtube, together with interviews. Commentary by Janne Lönnqvist (Finland NC) and Ginés Quiñonero (VEKN Chairman and Black Chantry art director).

Thanks to event organizer and head judge Petri Wessman, and also a big thanks to Orian Gissler, VEKN Organized Play Coordinator and in charge of the whole VEG 2018 tour (who was sponsored by Ultra Pro).

Ultra Pro



Dreams and Convert
WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR CARDS IN TOURNAMENT WINNING DECKS?
Tito Teixeira has compiled statistics from the Tournament Winning Deck Archive (TWDA), so we now have fresh data about what cards are most popular in good decks. With this, we created some top lists:

Most popular library cards

Most popular crypt cards

Of course, someone who has time and skills can create lots of interesting lists and comparisons out of the data. Feel free to do so, Tito´s Excel file can be downloaded via this link.

Join the discussion about this subject at the thread "TWDA Analysis" on the VEKN forum.
 



V5
V5 IS NEAR!
Our friends at White Wolf are launching the Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition the coming weekend at GenCon in Indianapolis, USA. You can already order the physical V5 corebook from the distributor Modiphius. Digital copies will be available for download on worldofdarkness.com from August 2. Your local game store will have V5 in stock some time in the following weeks, and the game will also appear in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and several other languages later this year, as will the Camarilla and Anarch sourcebooks.
 
Gentleman Gamer
If you are interested in World of Darkness lore, we also recommend White Wolf writer and VTES player Matthew Dawkins video series “The Gentleman's Guide to Vampires”, now with new V5 episodes: Prologue and Second Inquisition, and many more on their way.


CALENDAR
Upcoming events:
August 4: 2018 QLD Championships - Townsville, Australia
August 4: Vtes Castle - Pontremoli, Italy
August 5: War Party - São Paulo, Brazil
August 5: Transfer of Power - Coon Rapids, USA
August 11: Powerbase: Berkeley - Antediluvian Awakening - Berkeley, USA
August 11: Vial of Garou Blood - Fortaleza, Brazil
August 11: Two princes are not too - Mataró, Spain
August 11: Powerbase: Berkeley - Eat the Rich - Berkeley, USA
August 12: Padawans Unbound - Palma de Mallorca, Spain
August 12: Nephandus (Mage): Newark - Heath, United States
August 24: LCQ with 5 to go! - Warsaw, Poland
August 25: EC 2018 DAY I - Warsaw, Poland
August 26: EC 2018 Day II - Warsaw, Poland August 26: Polish International Championship - Warsaw, Poland

For more information on upcoming events see the V:EKN Event Calendar.


CONTACT V:EKN
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