Preview art by Carmen Cornet from Fall of London, the
next expansion for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle.
Greetings fellow Methuselahs,
DON´T FORGET TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP!
Please pre-register if you plan to attend the EC, it helps a lot. Just fill in your name at the registration page at the official site vtes.orava.org, thanks!
The schedule:
25 July: Week of Nightmares Helsinki 2022 Monday
26 July: Week of Nightmares Helsinki 2022 Tuesday
27 July: Week of Nightmares Helsinki 2022 Wednesday
28 July: Helsinki tour and welcome event
29 July: Last Chance Qualifier (Top 5 to EC 2022 Day Two)
30 July: EC 2022 Day One (Top 40 to EC 2022 Day Two)
31 July: Best of the Rest
31 July: EC 2022 Day Two
Follow the EC in social media:
• Facebook: Vampire: the Eternal Struggle European Championship 2022
• Twitter: 2022Ec
• Instagram: vtesec2022
BILL TROXEL IS THE 2022 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION!
Didn´t we have an image of an happy Bill Troxel in the last newsletter too? Yes we did! But there´s nothing stopping this man.
After many tournaments (eleven to be exact) during the Week of Nightmares, the actual NAC gathered 25 Methuselahs at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio on June 11.
Congratulations Bill Troxel, new North American champion, who took 4 victory points in the final, while Kelly Schultz got 1.
As for all sanctioned and reported events, the full list of participants and their results can be found in the VEKN Event Calendar. A discussion thread with some comments from Bill ("Killiam") is at the VEKN forum.
Bill´s tournament winning deck: “ABC-EL Daughters: A Chorus of Legionnaires” aka “Pentex Is Still Good”
Crypt (12 cards)
3x Scout Youngwood 8 for qui MEL OBF PRE 2 votes Daughter of Cacophony:6
2x Hillanvale 5 obf FOR MEL Daughter of Cacophony:6
4x La Viuda Blanca 6 for obf AUS NEC Harbinger of Skulls:6
1x Colette 5 dom AUS OBF Malkavian:6
1x Pearl 4 obf AUS Malkavian antitribu:5
1x New Blood 2 san Blood Brother:ANY
Library (90 cards)
Master (15)
2x Agent of Power
1x Fame
1x Frontal Assault
1x Giant's Blood
1x Jake Washington
5x Liquidation
2x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Wider View
Event (3)
2x FBI Special Affairs Division
1x Unmasking, The
Action (22)
2x Concert Tour
20x Shattering Crescendo
Ally (12)
12x Emerald Legionnaire
Action Modifier (18)
3x Cloak the Gathering
3x Faceless Night
7x Forgotten Labyrinth
4x Swallowed by the Night
1x Veil the Legions
Reaction (20)
2x Delaying Tactics
1x Enhanced Senses
4x Eyes of Argus
2x My Enemy's Enemy
4x On the Qui Vive
7x Telepathic Misdirection
Thanks to the organisers, sponsors and players!
NOORA HIRVONEN IS THE EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX HYVINKÄÄ CHAMPION!
25 brave Methuselahs turned up for this installment in the very, very long 2019-2022 European Grand Prix circuit. The location was sunny Hyvinkää, Finland, 50 kilometers north of the capital Helsinki. The event was hosted by the Hypecon convention.
Congratulations Noora Hirvonen, who stood victorious even though the final table depicted above had some hard to beat decks and great players. As many already know Noora is also one of the talents that provide art for VTES these days - for example Matasuntha,
Noora´s tournament winning deck: "Girls will find... Inner Circles"
"Mostly after Jorge Delgado's EC2019 Day 1 winning deck - added Archon Investigation, some differentiating stealth, swapped Lucian to Mistress Fanchon, and totally forgot to put in Information Highway (which would have been very nice)."
Crypt (12 cards)
4x Cybele 10 ANI DAI OBF PRE SER THA Baali:4
4x Aksinya Daclau 9 cel tha ANI FOR PRE PRO Gangrel antitribu:4
1x Adana de Sforza 11 aus CEL OBF POT PRE PRO inner circle Brujah:4
1x Lutz von Hohenzollern 11 pot AUS DEM OBF PRE inner circle Malkavian:4
1x Mistress Fanchon 11 AUS CEL DOM OBF THA VIC inner circle Tremere:4
1x Rafael de Corazon 11 AUS CEL DOM OBF PRE inner circle Toreador:4
Library (78 cards)
Master (50)
1x Archon Investigation
15x Ashur Tablets
1x Coven, The
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
2x Golconda: Inner Peace
1x Jake Washington
7x Liquidation
1x Metro Underground
1x Monastery of Shadows
2x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
6x Villein
2x Wider View
7x Zillah's Valley
Event (1)
1x Scourge of the Enochians
Action (4)
2x Entrancement
2x Unleash Hell's Fury
Action Modifier (16)
3x Aire of Elation
2x Elder Impersonation
1x Enkil Cog
2x Faceless Night
3x Into Thin Air
1x Lost in Crowds
2x Spying Mission
1x Swallowed by the Night
1x Veil the Legions
Combat (3)
3x Majesty
Reaction (4)
1x Guard Dogs
2x Lost in Translation
1x Rat's Warning
Thanks to the organisers, sponsors and players!
Alain in the middle.
ALAIN GREINER IS THE EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX AIX EN PROVENCE CHAMPION!
23 Methuselahs came to the fifth Grand Prix tournament in Aix en Provence, just north of Marseille, southern France.
Congratulations Alain Greiner, winning the final with 1.5 vp (Jonathan, Bertrand and Orian got 0,5 each).
Alains tournament winning deck: "Dark Girls" (Original design by Jorge Delgado)
Crypt (12 cards)
1x Lutz von Hohenzollern 11 pot AUS DEM OBF PRE Malkavian:4
1x Mistress Fanchon 11 AUS CEL DOM OBF THA VIC Tremere:4
1x Rafael de Corazon 11 AUS CEL DOM OBF PRE Toreador:4
1x Adana de Sforza 11 aus CEL OBF POT PRE PRO Brujah:4
2x Tupdog 1 POT VIS Gargoyle:3
3x Aksinya Daclau 9 cel tha ANI FOR PRE PRO Gangrel antitribu:4
3x Cybele 10 ANI DAI OBF PRE SER THA Baali:4
Library: 80 cards
Master (51 cards)
1x Giant's Blood
2x Golconda: Inner Peace
1x Jake Washington
7x Liquidation
1x Archon Investigation
1x Metro Underground
1x Monastery of Shadows
2x Parthenon, The
15x Ashur Tablets
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
6x Villein
7x Zillah's Valley
1x Blind Spot
1x Coven, The
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
Event (1 card)
1x Scourge of the Enochians
Action (4 cards)
2x Entrancement
2x Unleash Hell's Fury
Action Modifier (20 cards)
2x Elder Impersonation
1x Enkil Cog
3x Faceless Night
5x Into Thin Air
3x Spying Mission
3x Aire of Elation
3x Swallowed by the Night
Combat (3 cards)
3x Majesty
Reaction (4 cards)
1x Guard Dogs
2x Lost in Translation
1x Rat's Warning
Thanks to the organisers, sponsors and players!
Ricardo in the middle.
RICARDO FELIPE MARTA IS THE 2022 NATIONAL CHAMPION OF SPAIN! (139 PLAYERS!!)
Yes, that is correct, no less than 139 Methuselahas turned up to play the Spanish national championship in Zaragoza on June 4. One gets the feeling there was some built up longing for physical gaming after the pandemic, but also the translation to Spanish has of course contributed to increased populatity of the game and this huge event attendance.
Congratulations to the champion Ricardo Filipe Marta, who gathered 4 victory points in the final, Manuel Teódulo got 1. A special site with some more statistics about the tournament can be found at bcncrisis.com.
Ricardo´s tournament winning deck: "Girls Will Find Boys"
Crypt (12 cards)
1x Lutz von Hohenzollern 11 pot AUS DEM OBF PRE Malkavian:4
2x Nana Buruku 8 ANI POT PRE Guruhi:4
1x Nergal 10 AUS DAI FOR OBF PRE THA Baali:5
1x Rafael de Corazon 11 AUS CEL DOM OBF PRE Toreador:4
1x Adana de Sforza 11 aus CEL OBF POT PRE PRO Brujah:4
3x Aksinya Daclau 9 cel tha ANI FOR PRE PRO Gangrel antitribu:4
3x Cybele 10 ANI DAI OBF PRE SER THA Baali:4
Library: 90 cards
Master (56 cards)
1x Giant's Blood
1x Golconda: Inner Peace
2x Information Highway
1x Jake Washington
9x Liquidation
1x Archon Investigation
1x Metro Underground
1x Misdirection
1x Monastery of Shadows
3x Parthenon, The
15x Ashur Tablets
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
7x Villein
1x Wider View
6x Zillah's Valley
1x Blind Spot
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
Event (1 cards)
1x Narrow Minds
Action (5 cards)
2x Entrancement
1x Intimidation
2x Unleash Hell's Fury
Political Action (2 cards)
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Autarkis Persecution
Action Modifier (17 cards)
2x Elder Impersonation
1x Enkil Cog
2x Faceless Night
1x Hide the Mind
1x Into Thin Air
2x Lost in Crowds
1x Mirror Walk
1x Perfect Clarity
1x Perfect Paragon
1x Veil the Legions
2x Aire of Elation
2x Cloak the Gathering
Combat (4 cards)
4x Majesty
Reaction (5 cards)
1x Guard Dogs
1x Lost in Translation
1x Mental Maze
1x Confusion of the Eye
1x Delaying Tactics
Thanks to the organisers, sponsors and players!
All the finalists, "Nuggetz" with the trophy.
THOMAS "NUGGETZ" CORNAZ IS THE 2022 NATIONAL CHAMPION OF FRANCE!
This year´s French national championship was held in Metz in the northeastern part of France, just south of Luxemburg and also close to both Belgium and Germany. 43 eager Methuselahs turned up for the battle, and 1 game win with 6 victory points was needed to play the final.
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Congratulations Thomas "Nuggetz" Cornaz! He had 2 game wins and 7,5 victory points in the preliminary rounds, and won the final with 3 victory points. Axel and Marius got 1 victory point each.
Thomas tournament winning deck: "Take cover Mr Emerald"
Crypt (12 cards)
5x Erlik 10 AUS CEL FOR NEC THN Harbinger of Skulls:3
2x Babalawo Alafin 7 AUS FOR NEC ani Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Erebus 7 AUS FOR NEC dem Harbinger of Skulls:3
1x Mina Grotius 6 FOR NEC cel Harbinger of Skulls:3
1x Nicomedes 5 aus for nec vic Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Solomon Batanea 5 AUS FOR nec Harbinger of Skulls:4
1x Anarch Convert 1
Library (90 cards)
Master (17)
1x Barrens, The
3x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant’s Blood
6x Liquidation
1x Pentex™ Subversion
1x Powerbase : Montreal
2x Vessel
Event (3)
1x FBI Special Affairs Division
2x Unmasking, The
Ally (12)
12x Emerald Legionnaire
Equipment (1)
1x Bowl of Convergence
Retainer (2)
2x Vengeful Spirit
Action Modifier (18)
4x Breath of Thanatos
5x Call of the Hungry Dead
6x Spectral Divination
3x Trochomancy
Combat (17)
3x Aura Reading
7x Rolling with the Punches
2x Spiritual Intervention
5x Target Vitals
Reaction (20)
4x Delaying Tactics
5x Eyes of Argus
1x My Enemy's Enemy
4x On the Qui Vive
6x Telepathic Misdirection
Thanks to the organisers, sponsors and players!
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DEMO GAMES ALL OVER THE WORLD!
• The above images are from a VTES demo day held in Singapore. If you want to know more about this and other VTES activities in that part of the world, join the Facebook groups V:tES Singapore and VTES Asia.
• VTES demos was held at the XI convention of tabletop games "Queremos jugar” (We want to play):
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Some words from Moisés Gámez, prince of Seville, Spain:
"On May 28 and 29, the XI convention “Queremos jugar” on board and role-playing games and other related hobbies were held in Dos Hermanas (Seville), with an attendance that exceeded 1,500 visitors. Members of the player community in Seville were there on the first day promoting the game. We were able to teach dozens of interested fans during the day, who were given a First Blood deck (courtesy of BlackChantry) to get started.
Nowadays games have become very popular, and this was noted in the type of visitors the convention had, totally family-oriented and very diverse in age, from little ones to very old. Fortunately, those times when the hobby was just a thing for guys are far away.
We were able to explain the game to several groups of parents with their children, to couples, to groups of friends and even to old players who rediscovered the game and did not know that it was still being published. The explanation had to be adapted to each type of group, but being able to teach them with the First Blood decks in Spanish and with such simple mechanics made things much easier.
At the end of the day we were exhausted, but with several new contacts of interested people who can join our community. Definitely, a day to remember."
Are you also interested in demoing VTES but need some help? Have a talk with your local game store or gaming event, and with your local Prince or National Coordinator, or with Black Chantry directly!
GREAT VTES CONTENT
• After a long wait, Amaranth Deck Builder has now been updated with cards up to the New Blood release. Much appreciated!
• Reading Between the Lyons is a new series of short videos by Kelly Lyons about VTES - in English!
• Bleed de Tres is a new podcast in Spanish about VTES, with already seven episodes out. Check it out!
• Nathaneal Zheng continues to produce nice VTES videos in English, for example a good chat with "Disco Stu" about the upcoming Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce precon decks.
BLACK CHANTRY SUMMARY: JUNE 2022
• First: If you didn´t read Ben Peal´s production update in the last newsletter, go ahead and do that, it outlines plans for the coming year or so.
• Printing of Fall of London is somewhat delayed, but not much. Should be done in July, in English, French and Spanish. A first draft of the next batch of preconstructed decks (Ravnos, Salubri, Tzimisce) has been handed over from the design team to the rules director for a review of wordings. After that, they wil be sent to the playtest groups for a first round of testing. These decks look incredibly cool! If testing leaves them somewhat recognizable – and even makes them better – you will not be disappointed.
• We were a bit sloppy with the words in the last newsletter, sorry for that. What is next for upload to VTES Legacy Card Singles is the bloodlines cards that did not appear in Heirs of the Blood. Hopefully all of them have art that need not to be replaced or any other problems that prevents them from being published again.
• The Black Chantry crew are doing some event appearances this summer, for example Ben organised the NAC, Henrik and Hugh were at Grand Prix Malmö and Ginés, Henrik, Hugh and Vincent will be at the EC in Helsinki. They look forward to seeing you there, getting ousted and answering all kinds of impossible questions! :)
- Currently these Black Chantry products are available through Drivethrucards.com and other stores:
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
Den of Fiends Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French)
Libertine Ball Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French)
Pact with Nephandi Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French)
Parliament of Shadows Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French)
Anthology I bundle
VTES Card Creator (Drivethrucards only)
25th Anniversary
First Blood: Malkavian (Also Spanish, French)
First Blood: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French)
First Blood: Toreador (Also Spanish, French)
First Blood: Tremere (Also Spanish, French)
First Blood: Ventrue (Also Spanish, French)
VTES Legacy Card Singles (Drivethrucards only)
Promo Pack 1 (Drivethrucards only)
Promo Pack 2 (Event promos 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)
Fifth Edition: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Toreador (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Tremere (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Ventrue (Also Spanish, French)
Promo Pack 3 (Event promos only)
Fifth Edition: Banu Haqim (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Brujah (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Gangrel (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: The Ministry (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Malkavian (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Toreador (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Tremere (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Ventrue (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.
RECENT NEWS IN THE WORLD OF DARKNESS
Our picks this month:
• World of Darkness Nexus is the brand new official digital toolset for playing Vampire: The Masquerade. It is hosted on the Demiplane platform and features all kinds of nice features, such as a digital reader, rules search, playgroup matchmaking and video, voice and text chat for your digital game sessions. Early access is now open, have it a try!
• Hunter: The Reckoning is the second White Wolf tabletop roleplaying game to be given a new edition under the Paradox Interactive "Fifth Edition" lore. The Core Rulebook is produced by Renegade Game Studios and available here. For a nice preview of the creeds (the types of hunters), have a look at Martyna´s presentation in World of Darkness News of June 3.
Subscribe to the World of Darkness News show for more news!
CALENDAR
Upcoming tournaments for the coming month (registered so far) are in:
Belgium x2
Brazil x3
Chile
Finland x8
France
Poland
Portugal
Spain x5
Sweden
Great Britain
United States
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!
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
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