The 19th V:tES European Championship will be held at World of Darkness Berlin and attendees will receive a limited edition, 100-card Anthology Set exclusive to the event.  The Anthology Set celebrates the legacy of Vampire: the Eternal Struggle with highly sought-after cards from its history and cards developed by its player community, the Vampire: Elder Kindred Network.  It also includes cards representing characters from the immersive live-action roleplaying events End of the Line and Enlightment In Blood at World of Darkness Berlin.

In addition, ticket holders can order extra sets in the webshop of the WoD Berlin convention for 20€ each to be collected at the convention. (If you can’t make it to the tournament this year, you can ask a friend to purchase extra sets). Please note that preorder of extra card sets will close on March 3rd.

Below are a full list of the included cards.

 

LIBRARY CARDS
*Enkil Cog
*3 x Ashur Tablets
*The Unmasking
*Monastery of Shadows
*Carlton Van Wyk
*Liquidation
*Heart of Nizchetus
*Unleash Hell's Fury
*New Carthage
*4 x Eyes of Argus
*4 x Deep Song
*3 x Target Vitals
*3 x Shroud of Absence
*3 x Summon History
4 x Zephyr
4 x Instantaneous Transformation
4 x Spiritual Guidance
4 x Legacy
4 x Field Training
2 x Under Siege
SUBTOTAL 50

 

LARP CARDS
The Line
Vivienne Géroux
Hamid Mansour
Laura Goldman
Weirich Waldburg
André
Apolonia Czarnecki
Aisha az-Zahra
Anne-Marie Bourgeois
Joseph Fischer, Sabbat Guru
Styles Margs
SUBTOTAL 11

 

CRYPT CARDS
*2 x Anarch Convert
Gold Pan Dan
Dark Selina
Alex Camille
Synner-G
Mimir
Badr, Shadow of Granada
Pearl
Skulk
Gerald FitzGerald
Ludmijla Rakoczy
Karif al Numair
2 x New Blood
Masika ADV
Omer
Flavia, Avenging Angel
Cao Nguyen
Shahara al-Rashwa
Sarrasine ADV
Dhita Choudhair
Dr. Lawrence Mayhew
Domenic Giovanni
Salvatore Giovanni
Inyanga
Matasuntha
Brunhilde ADV
4 x Valkyrie
Appolonius ADV
Salvador Garcia
The Medic
Desiree Narayan, Anarch Historian
Monica Chang
Louis Fortier ADV
Alabástrom
SUBTOTAL 39

 

GRAND TOTAL: 100

(*) Reprints

 

 

 

 

Greetings fellow Methuselahs
We hope you are all enjoying the beginning of the new year with many pleasant V:TES games. Remember that your group can still become a playtesters for new cards – see ”Design team news” below!

 

NEW CARDS SOON AT THE PRINTSHOP
The latest news about the Anthology set is that all files for the - card list, card text, artwork, art contracts, etc. - have been submitted to White Wolf and PDA for review and approval. Once the V:EKN have the approval to announce the card list, we will do so immediately. So be sure to follow www.vekn.net, ”Vampire: The Eternal Struggle” on Facebook and/or @VEKN_VTES.

 

EC 2017 UPDATE
A list of attendees is now available and slowly but steadily filled with new names. We urge you to sign up as soon as possible to attract others and to make it easier for the organizers to prepare the tournaments. Also the first 250 convention ticket buyers get free entrance to the special gala screening of ”World of Darkness – The Documentary”.

We would also like to promote the World of Darkness Berlin event as a whole. It is jam-packed with all kinds role-playing, speeches (Mark Rein-Hagen! Justin Achilli!), panels, workshops, quiz, merchandise – everything about your favourite game setting. For the schedule revealed so far, check out www.worldofdarkness.berlin/schedule

And YES OF COURSE we will also give you information about the other continental championships, but it´s the EC that gets hyped right now!

 

RULES TEAM NEWS
Rule changes and clarifications will be posted as a separate official Rules Team Rulings posting, but we can reveal some of what is being discussed right now:
- If new cards should be legal for tournament play from the day they are released instead of 30 days later.
- If the continental championships should be made an open event indefinitely.
- If something should be done about self-ousting.

Rules director Vincent Ripoll is also currently working on the following projects:
- Card text templating - in order to create standardized, clearer card texts.
- New rulebook - Streamlining, reorganizing sections, removing duplicate text and adding clarifications.
- The Justicar Project - a Windows application that manages the functionalities of The Archon.
- Fix a better seating generator for 20+ players – or at least try.
- Resolving the missing rulings – for example see this thread.

 

INTERVIEW OF THE MONTH: DESSO ALASTOR ABOUT PLAYER ENGAGEMENT

Desso Alastor

Desso Alastor is the Prince of São Paulo, Brazil and an VEKN Inner Circle member with the title Organized Play Coordinator. Is an professional event planner who has done wonders for the Brazilian tournament scene. So naturally we wanted to ask him some questions about engagement V:TES players.

Desso, what is your best tips for recruiting new players?
”1) Inclusion: In all social environments inclusion is what will make a member want to or not want to be part of the family. Kindness generates kindness.
2) Virtual marketing: Promote the game in groups of V:TES players and other card games. Many new players come from Magic, mainly because the V:TES investment is small compared to Magic and many similar games.
3) Collective responsibility: Each active player has a duty to introduce the game to other people. If each player brings new blood, and this new blood creates a new blood, and so on.

And what is your best tips for keeping old players still interested in the game?
”1) Love: The love for the game never ends, if the organizers nudge the graves of the elders and motivates them to play, simply for the pleasure of "put the cards on the table".
2) Valuing of experience: I constantly try to emphasize the importance of elders at the game table, both in friendly game and in tournaments. It is through the experience of elders the "new blood" will learn the game and it´s different strategies.
3) Responsibility: The veteran has a historical portion with the legacy of V:TES. Nobody does anything in this world alone. I work together with great elders, people who, as much as possible, do the impossible to be active, even after they were married and had children to raise.”

What about tournaments then? How do you attract players to attend tournaments?
”1) Creativity: Find interesting awards (trophies, t-shirts, cards) and be transparent of your expenses – V:EKN is a non-profit organization. Invent awards for the best player of the year, create Storylines, do new things!
2) Inclusion: Make each event a meeting of friends. Apply rules strictly and leave no room for doubt. Show that every interested party - be it a novice, veteran, judge or organizer: everyone - has it´s share of importance for the survival of the V:TES.
3) Participatory organizers: The organizer must be active. He or she cannot be an organizer just by mere "status". The main function of an organizer is to organize tournaments! I take it for granted that we must have 1 tournament scheduled per month in every city in the WORLD!”

It is clear Desso has a lot of heart and commitment for the game, so I´m sure we will return to him for more wisdom. Meanwhile, if you are interested and know Portuguese, check out his interviews with Brazilian players here and here.

 

CALENDAR
Upcoming events:
Feb 4 - Vitrolles, France: Standard constructed
Feb 5 - Brescia, Italy: Standard constructed
Feb 11 - Helsinki, Finland: Standard constructed
Feb 18 – Crato, Brazil: Standard constructed
Feb 18 - Joensuu, Finland: Standard constructed
Feb 19 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Standard constructed
Feb 19 - Badalona, Spain: Standard constructed
Feb 26 - Macapá, Brazil: Standard constructed

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 OUSTING!

 

Berlin - Brandenburger Tor

Welcome to sign up for the V:TES European Championships!

To attend you need a ticket for the World of Darkness Berlin convention. Included in this is

  • Friday: Nations Cup OR Storyline tournament
  • Saturay: EC Day 1
  • Sunday: EC Day 2 OR a Standard Constructed tournament side event (for those not qualifying to EC Day 2)
  • everything else the convention has to offer
  • one pack of Anthology, the new 100 card V:TES set!

To sign up, follow this link: https://www.worldofdarkness.berlin/vtes

A public list of so far registered players will appear on the event website.

Note: VEKN will have 5 free convention tickets available for non-EC-players who want to volunteer to run the EC events and organize demos full time. Contact Ginés Quiñonero if you are interested in volunteering!

See you in Berlin!