Reported by Nerijus Mikalajunas, VEKN National Coordinator of Lithuania. Photos by Marko Saari.

Vadim Grigorev of Belarus, brilliantly driving the old-school Ravnos Clown Car, wins “Vilnius by night 2025 (In Memoriam Julius Stonis)” and is crowned the Champion of Lithuania! 44 Methuselahs from 8 nations battled it out in Vilnius on Saturday March 3.

Player's standings before the final:
Vadim Grigorev 2 GW, 8 VP
Alexander Roman 1 GW, 5.5 VP
Tomasz Kloczko 1 GW, 5.0 VP
Marius Žeimantas 1 GW, 5.5 VP
Marcin Zakrzewski 1 GW, 5.5 VP

Two Polish, two Belarussian and one Lithuanian players made it to the finals. Vadim was top seed – a crucial advantage he did not let go to waste while choosing the seating for the finals. Choosing a spot between a Tzimisce bleed (with very little intercept) and 1 cap bleed, he did not have a hard time being caught on important actions, such as Mozambique Allure and Embrace. The Eldest are Kholo helped the Consanguineous boons to go through and mitigate the Tzimisce bleeds.

Vadim was in no hurry to oust his prey and let Alexander be the first to oust Marius’ voting Lasombra. Marcin’s Tzimisce were the next to go, but Tomasz’s Nephandi were too few to resist the hordes of newly embraced Ravnos, who swarmed both him and Alexander during the week of Nightmares.

Final result: Vadim 3 VP and GW, Alexander Roman 1 VP, Tomasz Kloczko 1 VP.

National Coordinator Nerijus with champion Vadim.

For the Lithuanian VTES Community this is much more than "just a tournament", as it is traditionally organised on the Saturday closest to the birthday of our dear departed friend and Lithuanian VTES legend Julius Stonis.

Tournament winning deck: “Ravnos in Africa” by Vadim Grigorev
Crypt (12)
1x Ghivran Dalaal, The Dead God  5 ani aus chi FOR Ravnos:2
1x Andrei Puxon5 ani cel chi for Ravnos:2
1x Anka, Priestess of Thorns  4 ani chi pro  Ravnos:2
1x Khalil Ravana  5 ani for pre CHI Ravnos:2
1x Lazar Dobrescu 3 for Ravnos:2
1x Salbatore Bokkengro  4 for pro CHI  Ravnos:2
1x Sasha Miklos2 chi Ravnos:2
1x Sennuwy, The Promoter4 ani chi for  Ravnos:2
1x Spleen, Georgio Gutterpunk 2 ani chiRavnos:2
1x Vedel Esbreno  3 chi forRavnos:2
1x Zip2 ani Ravnos:3
1x Ashlesha 3 aus chiRavnos:2

Library: 75 cards:
Master (12)
1x Anarch Troublemaker
3x Life in the City
6x Ravnos Carnival
2x Week of Nightmares

Action (40)
27x Embrace, The
13x Mozambique Allure

Political Action (8)
8x Consanguineous Boon

Action Modifier (4)
4x Change of Target

Action Modifier/Reaction (11)
11x Eldest Are Kholo, The

We would like to thank the Wargamer Club - the hub of the local vampires and our long-time friends who are making the abundance of the playmats come true - DeepCut Studio.

A special thanks goes to Marko Saari for the photos of the event and for an excellent job as a head judge!

See you all next year - 02 28 2026!