This event took place on November 8. Reported by Rudolf Scholz:

24 motivated players, among them guests from the Netherlands and Austria, gathered at the Evangelical Church Parish of Southern Darmstadt-Eberstadt, welcomed by non-playing organisor Jan Sonnenberg and Germanys National Coordinator and Prince of Darmstadt Rudolf »The Bard« Scholz.

Since the reigning German Champion Alexander Tüschen was not present, a new champion would arise. Former European Champion Joscha Düll was very well prepared, featuring an old-school Lasombra deck updated by the options provided by the new Sabbat cards and the Path of Power and the Inner Voice. Combined with excellent play, this allowed him to collect unmatched 3 game-wins in the preliminary rounds, granting him the last choice during the seating dance.

Standings before finals:
1) Joscha Düll, 3 GWs and 8.5 VPs
2) Steffen Waschul, 2 GWs and 8 VPs
3) Michael Jakoby-Bicanic, 1 GW and 6 VPs
4) Erica Ferreira de Souza, 1 GW and 5 VPs
5) Ali Almadhi, 1 GW and 4 VPs

Joscha chose the best seat possible, and his starting hand allowed him to grab the reins and set the pace of the final table right from the start. However, he needed to keep persistance until 2 hours and 5 minutes of play (of 2h 15 min), when he could secure his victory by achieving a second victory point. Congratulations!

Final results: Joscha GW with 2.5 VPs, Steffen 1 VP and Ali 0.5 VP.

The winning deck list: “Lasombra Path of Power v2” by Joscha “Yosha” Düll
Deck comment: See VTES forum

Crypt (12 cards)
4x Ambrosio Luis Monçada, Plenipotentiary 10 DOM OBT POT PRE aus for cardinal Lasombra:2
3x Antonio Delgado 9 DOM OBT POT tha archbishop Lasombra:2
1x Alvaro, The Scion of Angelica 9 OBT POT dom pre archbishop Lasombra:2
1x Francisco Domingo de Polonia 9 DOM OBT POT PRE pro archbishop Lasombra:2
3x Gratiano 8 DOM OBT obf pot priscus Lasombra:2

Library (78 cards)
Master (22; 6 trifle)
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Elysian Fields
1x Fear of Mekhet
1x Giant´s Blood
1x Gurchon Hall
1x Information Highway
1x Power Structure
1x Powerbase: Madrid
1x Privileged Position
1x Regent
6x Unholy Sacrament
6x Villein

Action (6)
6x Govern the Unaligned

Political Action (18)
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancilla Empowerment
1x Banishment
4x Cold War
4x Empires Fall
5x Kine Resources Contested
1x Neonate Breach
1x War of Ages

Action Modifier (19)
1x Blanket of Night
2x Dominant Personality
4x Magnetic Authority
6x Shadow Play
4x Shroud of Absence
1x Shroud of Night
1x Unthinkable Humiliation

Action Modifier/Reaction (1)
1x Ominous Chorus

Combat (4)
1x Oubliette
3x Shadow Body

Reaction (8)
8x Deflection

There was plenty of prize support, thus every player could return home happy. Special thanks go to  Black Chantry Productions for various decks, Ultra Pro for deck boxes, sleeves, and card holders, Jesper Bøje and the EC 2025 team for EC gifts, Jan Sonnenberg for German Nationals deck boxes for every participant, Ginés Quiñonero and Noora Hirvonen for signed cards, and Michael Jakoby-Bicanic for signed artwork picked up at the EC. Additional thanks go to Kristian Willenbacher and Ali Almadhi for sweets and chocolate.

Thanks for this report and thanks to all organisers, sponsors and players!