Vincent Keenaghan is the 2025 UK champion!

This tournament was played at Patriot Games in Leeds on November 15. Report by James Freimuller, VEKN National Coordinator of UK:

We had 27 players total with a range of decks seen. Unsurprisingly for the UK, Path of Caine was the most popular but most V5 clans were represented.

In the final we had:
1. Martin Weinmayer 2 GW 10.0 VP
2. Michael Bennett 2 GW 7.5 VP
3. Mark Hammond 1 GW 7.0 VP 132    TP
4. Vincent Keenaghan 1 GW 7.0 VP 78 TP
5. Norbert Flasko 1 GW 5.5 VP

It was a well fought final from all contenders. Hardcore blocking put both Michael and Martin in a tough spot, allowing Norbert and Vinny to get quite built up. All those barons make it hard for Stani to pass votes. Norbert got the first oust, stabilising further.

With time running short, everyone else had to go on the offensive. Stani's Govern-bleed got bounced around the table to Mark. Martin made the tough decision to stealth it through on a back oust to stand a chance to still oust Norbert.

Some time after this, time ran out and Vincent Keenaghan stood victorious with 1.5 vp, the title returns to England and even a Leeds local!

Tournment winning deck: "Big Bad Barons" by Vincent Keenaghan

Crypt (12)
2x Branimira 6 ANI dom pre pro baron Tzimisce:6
1x Adrino Manauara 8 ANI DOM PRO pot baron Tzimisce:6
1x Ángel Guerrero 7 ANI DOM PRO baron Tzimisce:6
1x Casey Snyder 6 PRO ani cel for baron Gangrel:6
1x Elisha Tucker 6 PRE cel obf pro baron Ministry:6
1x Kuyén 6 ANI PRO baron Gangrel:6
1x Massimiliano 7 ANI FOR pro baron Gangrel:6
1x Saku Pihlajamäki 8 CEL POT PRE for pro baron Brujah:6
1x Sergio Bueno 8 OBF PRE PRO aus pot baron Ministry:6
1x Valeriya Zinovieva 7 POT cel pre pro baron Brujah:6
1x Vivian VI 7 PRE PRO obf tha baron Ministry:6

Library (90)
Master (26; 6 trifle)
2x Carfax Abbey
1x Club Illusion
1x Direct Intervention
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
2x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
2x Information Highway
1x Jake Washington
1x Papillon
1x Powerbase: Los Angeles
5x Protean
1x Rötschreck
2x Twilight Camp
6x Villein

Action (8)
8x Childe of the Revolution

Political Action (1)
1x Revolutionary Council

Equipment (2)
2x Heart of Nizchetus

Retainer (1)
1x Crypt's Sons

Action Modifier (5)
3x Earth Control
2x Monkey Wrench

Action Modifier/Reaction (2)
2x Form of the Bat

Combat (15)
3x Claws of the Dead
5x Donnybrook
7x Earth Meld

Reaction (30)
6x Bait and Switch
1x Delaying Tactics
21x Organized Resistance
2x Protection Racket

Thanks to James for this report, and thanks to all organisers, sponsors and of course the lovely participants! 

Christian Chénard is the 2025 champion of Canada!

This tournament was played on November 22. Report by Alexandre Bustros, VEKN National Coordinator of Canada:

On a cold November day, the Canadian VTES National Championship took place in Montreal. 18 players gathered at the Abyss to compete for the title of Canadian Champion of 2025! The winner this year was Christian Chénard, who skillfully played his deck named "Ozempic Clown", a slimmed-down version of a Ravnos Carnival deck.

Standings after three rounds:
1. Christopher Malec 2 GW 8.0 VP
2. Karl Schaefer 2 GW 7.0 VP
3. François Dion 2 GW 6.0 VP
4. Alexandre Bustros 1 GW 6.0 VP
5. Christian Chénard 1 GW 5.5 VP

The final table featured the following players in this order:

Christian started the game very quickly, but after a few turns, he struggled to pass his Consanguineous Boon. By playing The Eldest Are Kholo, he would obtain 21 votes in favour, but the table generated 21 votes against!

Karl managed to bring Christian down to 1 pool, which was enough for him to bounce back. Alexandre was able to bring out two War Ghoul to defend, but it was too little, too late. Christian played Week of Nightmare and scored his first VP.

Without Alexandre's baron votes, Christian could more easily play his own. Karl put a lot of pressure on Christian, but a well-placed Pentex allowed Christian to score his second VP.

After that, for the second time, Karl managed to bring Christian down to 1 pool. But as they say, where there's life, there's hope! François lacked Second Trad and the clown tide overwhelmed him. With 3 VPs securing his victory, Christian conceded the remaining two points in favour of Karl. Congratulations to Christian on his win!

Christian won the deck box from our sponsor, the medieval store Dracolite. The other finalists received promotional coins from the same store. Thanks Dracolite!

The tournament winning deck: "Ozempic Clown"

Crypt (12)
2x Sasha Miklos
2x Spleen, Georgio Gutterpunk
2x Zip
1x Ashlesha
1x Lazar Dobrescu
1x Vedel Esbreno
1x Anka, Priestess of Thorns
1x Salbatore Bokkengro
1x Sennuwy, the Promoter

Library (60)
Master (15)
8x Ravnos Carnival
2x Week of Nightmare
1x The Coven
1x Gird Minion
1x Sunset Strip, Hollywood
1x Anarch Troublemaker
1x Pentex Subversion

Action (30)
15x Mozambique Allure
15x The Embrace

Political Action (7)
7x Consanguinous Boon

Action Modifier/Reaction (7)
7x The Eldest Are Kholo

Equipment (1)
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Thanks for the report, and thanks to sponsors, helpers and players!