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James Snowball is the 2025 champion of South Africa!

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 VTES South Africa 2025

Finalists: Justin Bedford, Alastair Pearson, James Snowball, Henrik Schalekamp, Yancke Van Tonder.

South African VTES Nationals at Dragonfire: Cyberdrive ’25 (16 and 17 August 2025)

This year our champion is James Snowball! Coming through with a well-balanced V5 Brujah Anarch deck, James survived a gauntlet of three brutal rounds against murderous opponents before taking the final table from Justin’s Lasombra Oblivion/Dominate bleed dynamo. Here’s how it went down:

Round 1:
Yancke > James > Hendrik > Jaco > Claudi
Yancke, with his v5 Gangrel net-deck, was James’s (V5 Brujah) predator. Claudi was poised to strike with her Ravnos deck, fresh off the last tournament win. Jaco – the visiting Prince of Johannesburg – sat with a Toreador Grand Ball toolbox, while Hendrik’s Tzimisce wall anchored the table. Early pressure from Hendrik stifled Jaco, leaving Claudi largely unchecked. She consistently bled Yancke, with some pressure redirected onto James through Bait and Switch. Forced into a corner, Yancke fired off a Revolutionary Council, destroying Hendrik’s Yawp Court, Ivory Bow, and some of Claudi’s pool, but only shaving a single pool from James.
    From there, James found himself steadily whittled down by the Gangrel’s small bleeds, eventually pushed to a single pool after a Monkey Wrench with Kamille. Claudi’s meddling – such as a Delaying Tactics on a decisive vote – prolonged James’s survival. In the end, Yancke finally ousted James with an unblockable bleed for one via Daring the Dawn. The game timed out with Jaco about to fall to Hendrik, leaving Yancke’s Gangrel on top with 1.5 VP and the rest of the table at 0.5 each.


Round 2:
Kris > Jaco > James > Martin
Martin’s Giovanni Real Estate deck stumbled badly, drawing neither Deflections nor Villeins. A devastating Monkey Wrench bleed for six from James hit just after Martin’s 9-cap arrived, leaving him reeling. James swore he only packed a single Monkey Wrench, but the Giovanni’s poor luck sealed his quick oust. Meanwhile, Jaco’s Toreador Grand Ball toolbox clashed with Kris’s Nosferatu Baron wall in a thematic battle over Creeping Sabotages. Lore bled into gameplay here: Nosferatu destroying the Toreador Grand Ball gave them -1 stealth, crippling their strategy against the unblockable Toreador sabotage engine.
    With pressure mounting, James ground Kris down and landed another “miraculous” Monkey Wrench bleed for the oust, suggesting perhaps he had been less than honest about his decklist. With six Brujah in play – including the full-art Theo Bell – James then dismantled Jaco’s Toreador, carefully torporising key vampires while leaving a helpless weenie untouched. The cruelty paid off: James swept the table with 4 VP + GW.

VTES South Africa 2025James Snowball Mantis Style Kung-fu realized in VTES play.

Round 3:
Claudi > Al > Michael > James
This table featured Michael’s Hecata Zombies, James’s Brujah Barons with Theo Bell, Claudi’s Ravnos bleeders, and Al’s Banu Haqim Princes. Claudi immediately pressured Al’s pool while James tooled up cautiously. Al walled hard with Second Traditions, but Ravnos tricks like Memory Rift denied him combat. Fishing for Hunter’s Mark, Al instead back-rushed the Hecata, only to be foiled again by Phaibun’s special dodge. Priority Contracts gave temporary respite, but overall the Banu struggled to impose control.
    James, meanwhile, farmed resources, camped Powerbase Montreal, and waited for the right moment. A key back-rush let Theo Bell dunk Michael’s 9-cap Hel-Bla before a Rotting Behemoth could arrive. Even so, the standout moment came when Theo, red cards in hand, was suddenly invited for a tea and some chill-out time by Claudi’s Doc Martina at the Garibaldi Museum. As Al’s pool evaporated, the Hecata struck a desperate deal with the Banu, but betrayal soon followed as the assassins backstabbed their temporary ally for a VP. Ultimately, James outlasted Claudi through patience and precision farming, claiming the well-deserved GW.

Standings before final:
1. James Snowball 2 GW, 6 VPs
2. Hendrik Schalekamp 2 GW, 5.5 VPs
3. Yancke van Tonder 1 GW, 5 VPs
4. Justin Bedford (Biggy) 1 GW, 5 VPs
5. Alastair Pearson 1 GW, 4.5 VPs

VTES South Africa 2025

VTES South Africa 2025
The final saw Alastair (Banu Haqim) sitting first with, Justin’s Lasombra sitting second. Yancke’s positioned his Gangrel downstream of Al, and Hendrik wanted to build his Tzimisce wall downstream of Yancke. And so James, with the advantage of being 1st seed, positioned himself as the Gangrel’s predator and the Banu’s prey. 
    The table settled into a tense equilibrium, with cautious bleeds and probing actions. Al’s Princes were forced to focus backward on Justin’s bleed engine, giving James precious breathing room to build.
    Yancke’s Gangrel pressed hard on Hendrik, nearly ousting the Tzimisce, but misplays and attrition cost him dearly. Forgetting that a Giant’s Blood had already been played, Yancke Villeined without safe recourse for his vamp to fill-up again, and was downed on the hunt action. Hendrik’s blocking and back-play eventually doomed the Gangrel him to James’s relentless New Carthage bleeds. With Yancke gone, James strengthened his grip, slipping in another unexpected Monkey Wrench bleed to hammer Hendrik.
    Justin looked poised to close out the game with a Dominate/Oblivion swarm, but James revealed a surprise Eat the Rich that could have eliminated both Justin and Al in one blow. Al’s Banu, however, blocked with Second Tradition, saving Justin long enough to seize a VP from Alastair’s collapse. This left James and Justin heads-up. By then, the Brujah were firmly entrenched, fueled by 12 extra pool from fallen Methuselahs. James stayed composed, pressing his bruise-and-bleed strategy faster than Justin could bleed. And with that, James Snowball claimed victory and the title of South African National Champion 2025!

Final result: Justin Bedford 1 VP, James Snowball 4 VPs.

The tournament winning deck: “Brujah anarchs” by James Snowball

Crypt (12 cards)
3x Theo Bell 8 CEL POT PRE aus dom Brujah:6
2x Aline Gädeke 7 POT PRE cel baron Brujah:6
1x Valeriya Zinovieva 7 POT cel pre pro baron Brujah:6
2x Atiena 6 CEL obf pot pre baron Brujah:6
1x Leumeah 6 PRE cel for pot baron Brujah:6
1x Elen Kamjian 4 CEL POT  Brujah:6
1x Ariane 3 cel pot pre  Brujah:5
1x Rayne 2 pot  Brujah:6

Library (90 cards)
Master (17; 7 trifle)
1x Anarch Free Press, The
2x Carfax Abbey
2x Fame
1x KRCG News Radio
2x New Carthage
1x Powerbase: Montreal
5x Villein
1x Warzone Hunting Ground
2x Wider View

Action (16)
2x Heroic Might
3x Illegalism
6x Line Brawl
3x Make the Misere
2x Show of Force

Political Action (2)
2x Eat the Rich

Ally (1)
1x 47th Street Royals

Action Modifier (3)
3x Monkey Wrench

Combat (35)
7x Dust Up
2x Flash
6x Immortal Grapple
2x Pursuit
5x Quickness
4x Roundhouse
4x Taste of Vitae
5x Torn Signpost

Reaction (16)
4x Bait and Switch
2x Delaying Tactics
2x On the Qui Vive
8x Organized Resistance

VTES South Africa 2025

Tale of two princes - Skye (Cape Town) and Jaco (Johannesburg)

We would like to thank Pandemonium Games for providing prize support as always! We would also like to thank the committee of Cape Legion of Adventurer’s and Wargamers (CLAWs), and the University of Cape Town, for hosting a very successful Dragonfire ’25: Cyberdrive! It has always been a tradition to host the South African National VTES Championship at this convention, amidst our geeky friends. Thank you for keeping up the tradition! 

Also, it was unfortunate that I (Skye) could not participate this year, due to work obligations, but the fact that we had Jaco, Prince of JHB, visiting Cape Town during this time, and playing with a deck which contains a Mkhokheli, Prince of Cape Town, I do not feel quite so bad… and I got to have a bird’s eye objective view over the whole tournament.

And to Michael, Yancke, Kris and Alastair, I want to thank you guys for your assisting me putting this report together, and to Neil, our National Co-ordinator, for running the show on Day 1, when I had work obligations.

VTES South Africa 2025

Martin Weinmayer wins Grand Prix Herne 2025!

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GP Herne finalists

Report by Steffen Waschul, VEKN Prince of Herne:

After organising the first German Grand Prix in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, in 2023, we were delighted to be able to host another Grand Prix in Germany in 2025.

While 35 Methuselahs gathered in Essen in 2023, we were able to welcome 49 players to Herne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, on August 16th. We were very lucky to be able to use the local Pestalozzi-Gymnasium. This allowed us to organise the tournament in a flexible yet stringent manner. The participating players came from all over Europe – a sign enough for us that the Bochum/Herne domain is an established tournament venue in North Rhine-Westphalia and therefore Germany.

We were particularly pleased that, in addition to the Grand Prix promo, we were also able to present all Methuselahs with a total of 17 German promos that had never been published before. In 2023, we were already able to distribute the Crypt Card Aline Gädeke and Horst von Brühl in German to the participants of the Grand Prix. We are all the more pleased that we were able to distribute absolute classics in German translation this year, e.g. Govern the Unaligned or Carrion Crows.

Standings after 3 preliminary rounds:
1. Alexander Tüschen 2 GWs 7,5 VPs
2. Rudolf Scholz 2 GWs 7 VPs
3. Martin Weinmayer 2 GWs 6 VPs
4. Gwénael Forêt 2 GWs 5,5 VPs
5. Tero Aalto 1 GW 6 VPs

GP Herne seating

Final result: Tero Aalto 0,5 VP, Alexander Tüschen 0,5 VP and Martin Weinmayer 2,5 VP – congratulations Martin!

The tournament winning deck: “The Endless Dance” by Martin Weinmayer

Crypt (12 cards)
1x François Villon10 AUS CEL PRE ani obf pot prince Toreador:6
5x Diana Iadanza 9 AUS CEL FOR PRE justicar Toreador:7
1x Catalina Vega 8 AUS CEL PRE for prince Toreador:6
1x Marcos Belegrad 8 AUS CEL PRE ani prince Toreador:7
1x Modius8 AUS CEL PRE obf prince Toreador:7
1x Flávio Gonçalves7 CEL PRE aus for prince Toreador:6
1x Maila 6 AUS PRE cel primogen Toreador:6
1x Mkhokheli 6 PRE aus cel for prince Toreador:6

Library (90 cards)
Master (22; 6 trifle)
1x British Museum, London, The
1x Camarilla Conclave
1x Creepshow Casino
2x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Elder Library
1x Elysium: The Palace of Versailles
1x Giant's Blood
2x Monastery of Shadows
2x Papillon
2x Toreador Grand Ball
6x Villein

Political Action (14)
2x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancilla Empowerment
3x Camarilla's Iron Fist
7x Parity Shift
1x Political Stranglehold

Equipment (6)
2x Bowl of Convergence
2x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Palatial Estate
1x Sargon Fragment, The

Action Modifier (16)
1x Aire of Elation
5x Forced March
4x Loup
2x Perfect Paragon
4x Voter Captivation

Action Modifier/Reaction (2)
2x Scalpel Tongue

Combat (16)
7x Charismatic Aura
9x Majesty

Reaction (14)
4x Eyes of Argus
4x Second Tradition: Domain
6x Telepathic Misdirection

On behalf of domain Bochum/Herne and the German V:TES community, we would like to thank everyone who set out on August 16th to continue the Eternal Struggle! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Sponsored by Ultra Pro

Vampire: Elder Kindred Network Newsletter July 2025

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Raquel Cornejo VTES Eulogio Sánchez de los Reyes 
Greetings fellow Methuselahs,

Hot summer here, and hot Sabbat precon previews continues! Above you find the stunning art for Eulogio Sánchez de los Reyes by Raquel Cornejo, incredible right? We also want to show Putrescent Sustenance, with cool art by Peter Scholtz. Make sure to read the card texts carefully - these are stronger than they look at first glance!

 Eulogio Sánchez de los Reyes Putrescent Sustenance VTES

 


VTES EC 2025

VTES celebrities from the past return to judge EC 2025!

We are very excited to spread the news that two real Vampire: The Eternal Struggle heavyweights will return to the scene as judges at the European Championship 2025 in Aarhus, Denmark: 

• L. Scott Johnson, known as “LSJ”, is most likely the person that has shaped VTES the most after it first was designed. He was the lead designer of the game at White Wolf from 2000 (the Sabbat War set) until 2010, and responsible for not only many set designs, but also plenty excellent rules changes, tournament play rules and all those rulings and clarifications that we still find online with his initials.

• Pascal Bertrand became the official VEKN Rules Director in 2011, after many years as a succesful player and also the National Coordinator of France. He continued Johnson´s rulemongering online for many years - things signed "PBE" or "Floppy" are his work. 

So when it comes to rules knowledge, the EC is in VERY good hands. If you plan to attend, if not only to meet these extraordinairy gentlemen, PLEASE pre-register at vtes-ec2025.org!



VTES Spain
VTES keeps growing!


The number of active players of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle keeps rising:
2019: 1 363 players
2020: 1 700 players
2021: No data collected (Covid)
2022: 1 389 players
2023: 1 831 players
2024: 2 383 players
2025: 2 736 players

With “active player” we mean one who has played a tournament in the last 18 months.

Between 2022 and 2025, the game gained a total of 1 347 new active players, which is an average increase of around 449 players per year. Of course we aim for more, this means we will be over 3 000 active players in 2026!


Rulebook now also in Brazilian Portuguese

VTES rulebook now also in Brazilian Portuguese!

English - of course! Spanish - yes! French - yes! Italian - yes! Japanese - yes! Latin - believe it or not, it´s true! And now also you can download the VTES rulebook in Brazilian Portuguese, totally free at Blackchantry.com > Utilities > Rulebook. This translation is by Fernando “Sydnelson” Cesar with help from Alexandre Marçal, Kleber Bertazzo, Marcelo Oliveira and Wiliam Fonseca Lino. BIG thanks to you guys!


VTES Grand Prix Poland 2025 
Tomasz Pietkiewicz wins Grand Prix Poland 2025!

56 eager players turned up for this event in Warsaw on July 5.

Read the full report: Grand Prix Poland 2025


VTES NC Poland 2025

Jozef Patrnciak is the 2025 champion of Poland!

This event was played with 53 Methuselahs on July 6 in Warsaw.

Read the full report: Poland National Championship 2025


VTES Belgium 2025 
Jesper Bøje is the 2025 champion of Belgium!

30 Methuselahs attended this tournament in Mechelen on July 6.

Read the full report: Belgium National Championship 2025


VTES Switzerland 2025

Ruben Feldman is the 2025 champion of Switzerland!

This event had 20 players in Geneva on July 12.

Read the full report: Switzerland National Championship 2025



VTES North American Cup 2025

Matt Hodsdon is the North American Cup winner 2025! 

Reported by Darby Keeney:

First, I want to congratulate all the finalists and the eventual winner, Matt Hodsdon. The tour as a whole was another fantastic series of events ending in a resounding Cup Win at Origins. 2024/25 saw continued upticks in both interest and attendance. Three of this season's events represented a resurgence of organized play in those regions after lengthy periods of torpor, so I couldn't be happier with that progress.

The 2024/25 Cup Final seating was:
• Karl Schaefer, winner from Madison WI playing Malgorzata & Co Bloat
• Matt Hodsdon, winner from Dallas TX playing Legacy Tzimisce Combat Wall
• Albert Presto, winner from Lancaster PA playing Malkavian Bleed
• Alexandre Bustros, winner from Quebec CA playing Anarch Tzimisce Toolbox and
• Darby Keeney who stood in for Mask Jasper, the absent winner from Los Angeles CA, playing Anarch Brujah Bruise Bleed.

VTES North American Cup 2025

The game started with most of the interactions occurring on one side of the table: Alexandre working on Darby with bleeds and bounces while Darby first made certain that Malgorzata could not get an early foothold, then turning around to address a growing Dominate threat behind. All the while, Matt quietly built his playspace.

Karl finally made a bit of a recovery but Matt was right there to do wallish things while Darby continued to be mostly right-facing. In the end, Matt's well-established defensive deck did what you might expect... winning in the endgame. Congratulations Matt, on your well-deserved victory!

We'll continue to run the NA Cup for at least one more year, though there has been some discussion about breaking the series into smaller regional pieces after this year. The 2025/26 tour begins with Chris Malec hosting in Albany NY over the September 5-7th weekend. Jason Ketcham will host West Coast leg in San Diego CA, tentatively scheduled for November 21-23th. We're accepting applications for the 3 remaining tournament weekends, trying to maintain some level of geographical diversity. If you have an interest in hosting, reach out to me and we'll see what can be done.

Again, thanks to all the North American organizers and players for making this another successful series of events!



Ropecon 2025 

Ropecon 2025 – 28th time for Petri!

VTES at Ropecon in Helsinki, Finland, this year was not a NC, CC or GP level event, so it doesn´t get the formal write up here, but we want to acknowledge that this 47 player tournament was the 28th time around for organizer Petri Wessman – a spectacular record! He first held VTES at Ropecon 1995, and with a gap in late 90s and during Covid, he has been persistent. What a VTES hero!

Read the full tournament report at the VEKN forum: Ropecon 2025 (In Memoriam Lauri Salmi)

The Garou Rim Gazette also had a nice report: VTES report from Ropecon 2025

Photo by Marko Saari.


Grand Prix London 2025

Marius Iscru wins Grand Prix London 2025!

This tournament was played with 40 beautiful people on May 17, but it is not until now that facts and images found their way to the editor of this newsletter.

Read the full report: Grand Prix London 2025  


VTES 1v1 Barcelona 2025

The first VTES 1v1 tournament in Barcelona

On July 19th, 2025, eight players gathered at La Cendra - Espai Veïnal in Barcelona to participate in the very first tournament testing the Vampire: The Eternal Struggle format for two players – a significant shift from the traditional multiplayer experience. Held over three rounds, each consisting of best-of-three matches.

Players described the format as “fast and furious,” with a pace that leaves little room for long-term plotting. “You don't have time to think too much about your next turn – because your next turn is already here”, one participant noted. The streamlined mechanics and continuous tension from turn one made it an engaging and accessible format, especially for newcomers. As one player put it, “It's an intelligent game - two distinct styles clashing, and you commit to your strategy from the start”.

VTES 1v1 Barcelona 2025

The game’s mechanics, especially the first-turn transfer rules, were praised for adapting well to the duel format. However, as expected with a pioneering event, certain imbalances were noticed. Several participants highlighted the need to revisit specific cards, especially Break the Bonds, which in this format can dominate with its three effects. Vampires with built-in dodge, such as Phaibun, were also flagged as possibly overperforming. Nevertheless, these issues were met with understanding: "It’s normal. The format is just taking its first steps – there’s room for refinement."

Decks and results
The undefeated winner was Aleix, who piloted a stealth-heavy Ravnos deck, which won all six games it played. He attributed his success partly to lucky pairings: “I never faced a true wall. Nosferatu with Animalism, Auspex, and cards like Second Tradition or Elder Intervention are key counters to stealth in this format – but I didn’t run into them.”

“Shhhhh, a dormir” by xiela

Crypt (12 cards)
4x Sreelekha     8 ANI FOR OBF PRE   Ravnos:7
2x Doc Martina     6 ANI OBF for pre   Ravnos:7
2x Roberto Rivamonte  6 ANI OBF PRE     Ravnos:7
1x Luciano Carvalho  6 ANI OBF pre     Ravnos:7
2x Phaibun       5 OBF PRE ani     Ravnos:7
1x Gathii       5 ANI PRE obf     Ravnos:7

Library (50 cards)
Master (6; 1 trifle)
2x Dummy Corporation
1x Elder Library
2x Grooming the Protégé
1x Wider View

Action (10)
10x Break the Bonds

Ally (1)
1x City Star Taxi

Action Modifier (18)
3x Cloak the Gathering
3x Faceless Night
3x Lost in Crowds
3x Spying Mission
6x True Love's Face

Action Modifier/Combat (3)
3x Swallowed by the Night

Combat (4)
4x Voracious Vermin

Reaction (8)
2x Guard Dogs
6x Party Out Of Bounds

VTES 1v1 Barcelona 2025
Second place went to a Brujah deck focusing on Line Brawl and Enchant Kindred, with a combat package delivering up to 6 potential damage per action. The player noted that matchups heavily influenced outcomes, and wished for more opportunities to test the deck against a wider variety of archetypes, especially those played by Tomàs and Monaru.

“Two player brujah hardcore” by Leolegna

Crypt (12 cards)
3x Saku Pihlajamäki  8 CEL PRE POT pro for baron Brujah:6
3x Valeriya Zinovieva 7 POT cel pro pre   baron Brujah:6
2x Atiena   6 CEL obf pre pot   baron Brujah:6
2x Octane   6 CEL PRE POT    Brujah:6
1x Leumeah    6 PRE cel pot for   baron Brujah:6
1x Siarhei Levchenko  5 CEL PRE pot         Brujah:6

Library (60 cards)
Master (7)
2x Celerity
2x Fame
1x Misdirection
1x Perfectionist
1x Tension in the Ranks

Action (13)
8x Line Brawl
5x Enchant Kindred

Combat (29)
9x Dust Up
9x Pursuit
6x Taste of Vitae
5x Slam

Political Action (1)
1x Kine Resources Contested

Reaction (10)
7x Organized Resistance
3x Protection Racket

VTES 1v1 Barcelona 2025

Standings:
1. Ravnos
2. Brujah
3. Malkavian
4. Nosferatu
5. Salubri
6. Nosferatu
7. Salubri
8. Ani/pre Anarch

Deck construction was one of the early challenges. With little meta history to draw on, players approached the format intuitively. Despite this, most found the experience rewarding and instructive.

If there’s one thing that stood out even more than the game, it was the atmosphere. The camaraderie, shared meals, and good spirits made for a memorable day. “It had been a long time since I’d seen such a positive environment playing Vampire”, one participant reflected.

VTES 1v1 Barcelona 2025

The success of the event has sparked enthusiasm for continued experimentation. Suggestions include designing cards specifically for the 1v1 format to better tailor strategies and pacing. Weekly meetups were even proposed to further explore and grow this alternative mode.

Special thanks to Rémi and Monaru for organizing the event, and to everyone who came out to test, laugh, and play.

All you need to know about the 1v1 VTES playtest can be found at the dedicated playtest site. 


World of Darkness

Reminder: Please join the World of Darkness Community Map!

Please, advertise your VTES playgroup and/or VTES events on the World of Darkness Community Map! This is important to help the game grow. But only things that happen in public places where anyone is welcome (nothing played at someone´s home) and no online events.

Check out the map here: World of Darkness Community Map

Submit here: Map submission form


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Black Chantry Summary: July 2025

• Release date for the four new Sabbat preconstructed decks will be October 26. Yes, there is a gap between the preview tournament in mid June and this, but a series of fortunate and unfortunate factors played in, and it is what it is. Great thing to look forward to though! Full deck lists have been revealed at the product pages on Blackchantry.com, have a look there, and then immediatelly rush to your favourite store and force them to preorder for you.

Sabbat preconstruced 2025• These Sabbat decks will also appear in Brazilian Portuguese fairly soon - translation is ongoing as we speak.

• The design team is not lazy! The first round of playtesting of the two upcoming sets "Brazil by Night" and "Shadows of New York" has just begun. The editor had a quick look at no less than 61 cards, and WOW it looks interesting. Camarilla, Sabbat and Anarchs all have stuff there, for example Primogen only-cards, new funny combat tricks and several "discard a card to do something cool"-effects. Some illustrations are already commissioned. Release of both is scheduled for the first half of 2026. Do you have an experienced playgroup and want to apply to become playtesters? Contact your test coordinator: English language: Norman Brown, Spanish: Darío Canto, French: Edouard Menneson and Portuguese: Claudinei Mendonça.

• Please, join the open playtest of VTES 1v1! No registration needed for this one. All rules are at the dedicated playtest site. Many thanks for any feedback. So far most seem positive to the format - see the Barcelona report above in this newsletter!

VTES Fifth Edition

VTES Products


All VTES products

• Currently these Black Chantry products are available through Gamepod, Drivethrucards.com and other stores:
Lost Kindred bundle (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Keepers of Tradition Reprint Bundle 1 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Keepers of Tradition Reprint Bundle 2 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Heirs of the Blood Reprint Bundle 1 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Heirs of the Blood Reprint Bundle 2 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Den of Fiends Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)

Libertine Ball Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Pact with Nephandi Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Parliament of Shadows Preconstructed Deck (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Anthology I bundle
VTES Card Creator (Drivethrucards only)

25th Anniversary
First Blood: Malkavian (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)

First Blood: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
First Blood: Toreador (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
First Blood: Tremere (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
First Blood: Ventrue (Also Spanish, French) (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
VTES Legacy Card Singles (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Promo Pack 1 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Promo Pack 2 (Drivethrucards and Gamepod only)
Promo Pack 3 (For promotion only)
Promo Pack 4 (For promotion only)
VTES "Parity Shift" playmat
VTES card sleeves
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition (Stores only)

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition Latin (Drivethrucards only)
Fifth Edition: Malkavian (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Toreador (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Tremere (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Ventrue (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Promo Pack 3 (Event promos only)
Fifth Edition: Banu Haqim (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Brujah (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: Gangrel (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Fifth Edition: The Ministry (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Malkavian (Also Spanish, French, Latin)

New Blood: Nosferatu (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Toreador (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Tremere (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
New Blood: Ventrue (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
The Fall of London (Also Spanish, French, Latin)
Echoes of Gehenna
Shadows of Berlin (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Banu Haqim (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Brujah (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Gangrel (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: The Ministry (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Ravnos (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Salubri (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Tzimisce (Also Spanish, French)
30th Anniversary (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Lasombra (Also Spanish, French)
Fifth Edition: Hecata (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Hecata (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Lasombra (Also Spanish, French)

Do you have opinions or questions for Black Chantry? Start a topic on the VEKN forum, or contact the company by e-mail, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.


Tattered Facade WoD hiring

Recent news in the World of Darkness

Two pieces of news that we want to highlight this month:
 
• Tattered Façade is the new sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade up for preorder. It focuses on the horror aspect of the game, introducing Night Maps, new Predator types, new Archetypes, new Discipline powers, and new adversaries (including Baali!)
 
• White Wolf are hiring - big time! After the recent appointment of Jess Lanzillo as new Creative Director, no less than five more positions seek talent:
- Lead Game Designer: https://lnkd.in/gPcgmgPy
- Commissioning Art Director: https://lnkd.in/gPznkNeJ
- Editor / Rules Manager: https://lnkd.in/gAnAw_Tg
- Operations Director: https://lnkd.in/gJFPu53K
- Producer: https://lnkd.in/g2qNyeyh

Check out the episode on the World of Darkness Youtube channel


Calendar

Major events coming up:
August 9: National Championship Norway

August 16: Grand Prix Herne, Germany
August 16: National Championship Ireland
August 16: National Championship South Africa

August 23: Grand Prix Biloxi/Gulfport, Mississippi
August 23: Grand Prix Santiago, Chile

August 30: Grand Prix Auckland
September 6: Asian Championship, Mandaluyong, Philippines
September 6: Grand Prix Sul Americano (Campina Grande, Brazil)
September 6: National Championship Czech Republic
September 13: Grand Prix Harmelen
October 4: Grand Prix New Orleans, Louisiana
October 13-16: Week of Nightmares Aarhus
October 17: European Championship Aarhus
October 25: Oceania Championship, Melbourne, Australia
November 22: National Championship Sweden, Stockholm
December 6: Grand Prix Vidor, Texas
December 14: Grand Prix Cearense

Upcoming tournaments for the coming month (registered so far) are in:
Australia

Brazil x14
Canada
Chile x2
Denmark
Hungary
Ireland
Italy x2
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Online x3
Poland x4
Russia
South Africa
Spain x2
Sweden
USA x4

For details about these events, see the VEKN Event Calendar. Also, check out the World of Darkness Community Map.

Remember: Online tournaments are possible - just check the box "Online tournament" when you add the event to the calendar!


Contact VEKN

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