Finalists and organisers, winner Frédéric Pin in light grey.
This tournament was played with 70 players on March 1 at Hotel Real Fini Baia del Re in Modena, Italy. Report by Simone Parmeggiani, VEKN Prince of Reggio Emilia:
Rings for top 10.
Standings before the final:
1. Frédéric Pin 3 GW 9.0 VP
2. Ruben Feldman 2 GW 10.0 VP
3. Federico Ferrarini 2 GW 9.5 VP
4. Nicola Pampaloni 2 GW 8.0 VP
5. Danilo Torrisi 2 GW 7.5 VP
The game evolved around balancing the table so that the Ravnos couldn't swarm and sweep the table alone. Frédéric had a quick start and torporized some Ravnos, slowing this process a lot. In the meanwhile the other players were studying themselves or building up their stuff.
On the other side of the table Danilo and Federico teamed up to keep the nephandus under control, without putting much pressure on the garou deck. The plan of Danilo was waiting for Ruben to call a massive consanguineous boon in order to vote it and be sure his predator doesn't die, so he could've killed the nephandus and bring the game to the time limit with no big risks. However, con boon didn't arrive and in the last couple of turns a dragonbound played by Frédéric killed Ruben and there wasn't enough time to do other things. So Frédéric 1.5 VP over 0.5 VP for Danilo, Nicola and Federico.
Congratulations Frédéric, a real strong and solid player who is having good results this year (6th at GP in Palma and 1st at GP in Modena).
The tournament winning deck: “GarOgarououou” by Frederic Pin
Crypt (12)
1x Massimiliano 7 ANI FOR pro baron Gangrel:6
2x Casey Snyder 6 PRO ani cel for baron Gangrel:6
2x Kuyén 6 ANI PRO baron Gangrel:6
1x Kamile Paukstys 5 PRO ani for Gangrel:6
1x Hanna Nokelainen 4 ani for pro Gangrel:6
1x Nathan Turner 4 PRO ani Gangrel:6
1x Indira 3 PRO Gangrel:6
1x Joaquín de Cádiz 3 for pro Gangrel:6
1x Malcolm 2 ani Gangrel:5
1x Ruslan Fedorenko 2 pro Gangrel:6
Library (72 cards)
Master (24; 4 trifle)
1x Anarch Free Press, The
6x Ashur Tablets
1x Carfax Abbey
1x Club Illusion
2x Direct Intervention
1x Ecoterrorists
1x Fame
2x Left for Dead
1x Parthenon, The
3x Piper
1x Powerbase: Montreal
4x Villein
Event (5)
1x Dragonbound
1x FBI Special Affairs Division
1x Slow Withering, The
2x Unmasking, The
Action (5)
1x Rewilding
4x Thing
Ally (10)
1x Carlton Van Wyk
1x Double Deuce
1x Ossian
7x Renegade Garou
Action Modifier/Reaction (2)
2x Form of the Bat
Combat (9)
2x Dodge
5x Glancing Blow
2x Pulled Fangs
Reaction (17)
5x Bait and Switch
3x Deep Ecology
3x Eyes of the Wild
1x On the Qui Vive
5x Organized Resistance
The organiser team.
Simones message to the community: "Hello everyone, I am completely out of energy but I still wanted to write a few lines about these two days that saw the Modena VTES community, born just over a year and a half ago, host an international event with 70 people, about fifteen of whom came from outside Italy. I thank the entire Alearum Mundus team that made this event possible, but above all I thank you players who participated even just with an idea or a suggestion: they were all essential building blocks for the (I believe) success of an event that leaves me with so much satisfaction. Your handshakes, compliments and pats on the back filled my heart. Thank you."
In general, we've been satisfied with the numbers of participants and how the event went. As a prince I'm more than happy that we've been able to setup a team of 8 people who gave a strong effort in the making of this tournament, which is the biggest tournament in Italy ever, as far as I know. And we know it was possible to do so only with a strong team play and we're proud of it. See you around!
Reported by Sandro Rodrigues, with comment by the champion.
In a GREAT weekend of VTES events, which took place at Versus Gamecenter Lisboa & Algés, we hope that everyone had a good time here! Friday March 14 had a draft with 30 players, Saturday March 15 was the Nacional with 57 players, and Sunday 16 was the GL/PT ligue with 41 players. Rodinei Camargo ended up winning the National (4 VP final) with 57 players from 7 different nationalities, with his deck “The Revenge of Ceoris”.
Standings before the final:
1. Rodinei Camargo
2. Filipe Henriques
3. Rafael Hilario Del Rosal
4. Rafael Rocha
5. Tamás Glied
Rodinei about the final: “I arrived in the finals in first place, and I chose to sit in front of Rafael Hilario's Tzimisce V5 deck to redirect the Govern bleeds to my prey Filipe Macieira, a mono-Dementation, and in the next, Tamas Glied, a True Brujah with Summon History Allies and Vote, because they had little intercept and did not redirect bleeds, and I tried to buy time to defend myself from the True Brujah's police actions.
My prey's Dementia vampires were aggressive, rapidly depleting the True Brujah's pool. Being down to seven pools already, the True Brujah was able to call the Remnant of the Endless Storm to attack my prey, play a Protect Resources, and use a multi-action strategy of Banishment and Voter Captivation to defend himself and increase his pool in a remarkable comeback
With Gregory Winter's blood steal and Muddled Vampire Hunter's rushes, Tamas prey Rafael Santo de Souza applied a lot of pressure to the Tzimisce; however, his Demention bleeds got deflected and eventually reached my prey.
The two Dementation decks were simultaneously destroyed by the True Brujah's explosive turn of Reckless Agitation + Ancilla Empowerment, which left the Tzimisce with two pools.
When it was my turn, I recruited Carlton Van Wyk to defend me against the Remnant rush and saved my predator's Baron from torpor so he could defend himself against the political actions.
As time ran out the True Brujah made the bold decision to go for his second VP. The Tzimisce fought valiantly and kept bleeding, but I was able to win by using bounces, Direct Intervention, and Delaying Tactics, and pressuring with the five Nephandus I was able to achieve victory. The True Brujah deck proved to be very strong and well played by Tamas Glied and was very close to winning.”
Final Score: Rodinei 4 VP, Tamas 1 VP.
Crypt (12)
2x Carna, The Princess Witch 7 AUS DOM THA primogen Tremere:3
1x Ladislas Toth, The Torch 7 AUS DOM THA for archbishop Tremere antitribu:3
2x Selena 6 AUS DOM THA Tremere antitribu:3
5x Antonio d'Erlette 5 THA dom for pot Tremere antitribu:4
1x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:ANY
1x Tupdog 1 POT VIS Gargoyle:3
Library (90 cards)
Master (38; 1 trifle)
12x Ashur Tablets
1x Bleeding the Vine
3x Direct Intervention
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
1x Information Highway
2x Jake Washington
1x Life Boon
6x Liquidation
7x Parthenon, The
2x Shard, London, The
1x Wider View
Event (4)
1x Scourge of the Enochians
3x Unmasking, The
Action (2)
1x Dominate Kine
1x Magic of the Smith
Ally (10)
1x Carlton Van Wyk
9x Nephandus
Equipment (2)
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Heart of Nizchetus
Action Modifier (8.)
1x Conditioning
7x Mirror Walk
Action Modifier/Reaction (2)
2x Murmur of the False Will
Reaction (24)
9x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
4x Eyes of Argus
4x On the Qui Vive
2x Redirection
3x Telepathic Misdirection
Thank you to all participants and sponsors (allowed all participants to have the right to one Fifth Edition deck and something more) of this event.
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
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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!
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