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Anastasiia Horbunova - VTES Preview 2026-06
Greetings fellow Methuselahs,

Welcome to a jam-packed newsletter, just like you like them. We are delighted to kick it off with this amazing wraith artwork by Anastasiia Horbunova, a preview from the upcoming Brazil-themed set for our beloved Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. So beautiful you go silent!

VTES NAC 2026

Jess Nash is the 2026 North American Champion!

59 Methuselahs showed up for the NAC at Origins in Columbus, Ohio on June 20.

Read the full report: NAC 2026

Player interview: Jess Nash, North American champion 2026

Congratulation Jess! Thanks for taking your time to talk to us. Let’s start with the Week of Nightmares, did you get a chance to play any of those side events this year?

I played in the Wednesday night Week of Nightmares event, and it was a lot of fun. I brought a ridiculous deck I call In the Shalmath of Madness, which uses Shalmath, Clan Impersonation, and Madness Network to try to bleed on every player’s turn. It’s dumb, and 30% of the time it works every time. This was not one of those 30% of the time moments. That said, it was a lot of fun and I saw some really cool decks.

I also played in the Thursday and Friday Origins events. I had a bit more success there. On Friday, I played what would become my NAC deck to get a few more reps with it outside my local meta.

VTES NAC 2026

In the main NAC event, how did you decide on your deck? Tell us your thoughts!

I brought several decks to Origins, but I was pretty sure this was the one I was going to play. I call it Oderint dum metuant, named for Aaradhya, The Callous Tyrant. This might be silly, but I feel like I play better when the deck has a good name. I chose it because I had the most experience with it, and because it’s the deck I have the most fun playing, even in losses. I was very familiar with how it played, what to expect, and how it handled different table states.

Regarding the meta, I included an Anarchist Uprising and an Ancilla Empowerment for swarms. I leaned heavier on Cold War to help manage problematic locations, such as Club Illusion, Garibaldi, and all the other golden Anarch locations.

The deck’s biggest strength is that it has more than one way to win. It can bleed well, and it’s also dangerous politically. If bleeding is unsafe (because bounce is popular), I can vote. It doesn’t fight, but Banishment can answer most table threats in a way that can be just as effective as torpor. And like a lot of political decks, it has something to offer the table. I can help votes pass, call votes that help other people, or use political pressure to make deals.

The biggest weakness is dedicated combat. It can avoid combat reasonably well while acting, but if a dedicated rush deck points itself at me and I don’t find Secure Haven, things can get ugly quickly. I think there are only six S:CE (Strike: Combat ends, editors note) in the deck, and Immortal Grapple generally prevents even that. The deck should probably have wakes and some additional rush answers, whether that’s Obedience or more S:CE. That’s something I keep meaning to tighten up.

My ideal prey is one that doesn’t have many votes or much intercept. Decks that want to go forward and don’t have a way to go backward are probably the best. The worst predator is either a fast stealth bleeder or a rush deck that doesn’t need to go backwards first.

What was your experience during the three preliminary rounds? Any tough matchups?

After round one, I thought my tournament was essentially over. I got ousted relatively quickly by a Lasombra bleed deck. It wasn’t particularly fast but it was able to build without any pressure. No victory points at all. I was disappointed in how it went, but I was still happy to be playing VTES.

Round two was the confidence reset. It was a four-player table, and the key turn involved a cross-table Banishment on an 8-cap who’d been nearly emptied of blood (and I suspected was going to be the target of Golconda), followed by another Banishment on my prey in the same turn. That opened my prey up for the oust, and a few turns later I was able to eliminate the last two players and sweep the table. Timing-wise, that was one of my prouder VTES moments.

Round three was about staying cool once I realized there was Malkavian stealth-bleed behind me. Once we were down to three players, I was very aware of the clock and made a direct deal with my prey: I’d help him get his victory point so the two of us could face off. Giving him a VP felt risky, but it also felt like the only realistic way for me to get two more.

I didn’t know I was still in contention for the final after round three. I only found out when Ben messaged me that there was a three-way tie for fourth and fifth and that I needed to roll off.

Walk us through the final. You couldn’t pick seating, what did you think of your position at the table?

The final seating was me on Power and Inner Voice politics/bleed, Karl Schaefer on Path of Power politics, Kelly Schultz on Cybele Scobax, Ned Leeds on Path of Caine Enkidu rush, and Chris Malec. I wasn’t entirely sure what Chris’s deck was doing beyond hearing that it bleeds very fast.

I’d played with everyone at least a little. Kelly and I had shared tables last year at the Sabbat prerelease and Origins. I’d played a couple of games with Ned earlier in the week (where I introduced him to my love of Secure Haven!). I’d just met Chris this year and shared a couple of tables with him earlier in the week. Karl and I had played at Origins last year (where I learned a lot about table balance thanks to some overzealous play on my part), and we were also both in the final at the Newark tournament in March.

So I didn’t go in blind. I knew everyone at the table was a good player. I also knew from Week of Nightmares results and prior experience that Karl and Kelly had several tournament wins. I was less sure about Ned and Chris’s tournament history, but I knew they could play.

I was very relieved that Enkidu wasn’t my predator. I saw him as my biggest threat and I was pretty sure he was playing the same deck he played in our WoN event on Wednesday night. I was also nervous about Karl being my prey because he’s such a smart player and very savvy deck builder. The fact that he was playing a deck that overlapped with mine definitely contributed to that feeling. I also wasn’t familiar with Kelly’s Scobax deck at all, so I genuinely didn’t know what to expect there.

How did the final feel as the final unfolded?

Honestly, I was overwhelmed. It was only my second final table ever, and I’d never won a final. At the start, I mostly wanted to play well and not embarrass myself. If I could get an oust, even better, but I didn’t sit down feeling like the favorite.

Then I made the exact kind of mistake I was afraid of making. I had enough beads on The Tyrant, but I forgot to move her into the ready region and skipped to my discard. I realized it immediately, but it was too late. That felt awful.

But I kept reminding myself that it was still early. I wasn’t under serious pressure yet, and Karl wasn’t so far ahead that the game was over. I tried to accept it, reset, and keep playing.

A little later, I influenced out Rexton without realizing Karl already had him out. In the moment, that felt like another big mistake. I was trying to maintain voting power and missed what was already on the table. But after a couple of turns, I realized the contest was actually helping me. Karl had three archbishops, and I had a cardinal plus control of the priscus block. Contesting Rexton reduced his votes while I kept mine, and I could use Karl’s Black Forest Base to help pay for the contest.

What was your sense of the table mid-game?

Mid-game, I was trying to oust Karl while also managing the Enkidu problem across the table. Chris was in a rough spot, but Ned didn’t seem able to bleed him out very fast, so I had some room to negotiate. At one point, Ned specifically asked me to put Cold War damage on Chris, and doing that helped keep Enkidu pointed somewhere other than at me.

That was the shape of that part of the game: keep pressure on Karl, stay useful to Ned, and avoid becoming the obvious next target. I knew a heads-up with Enkidu was not where I wanted to be, so I was trying to buy time without losing forward momentum.

Eventually, I was able to oust Karl and that changed things up quite a bit. The table opened up once Enkidu and Cybele started spending real resources on each other. From my seat, that was the first time it felt like I might have been able to pull something together. I still wasn’t sure I had a chance (so many unknowns and low seed to boot) but the pressure had shifted enough that I could look for opportunities.

The real turning point for me didn’t come until what would be the last turn. I looked at my hand, looked at Kelly’s board, and at first I didn’t see it. I’d had an Anarchist Uprising in my hand for a while and had recently drawn into a KRC and Cold War.

I remember asking him, “How many minions do you have?”

“Seven.”

Seven from Anarchist Uprising was a big swing, especially with Rexton making his allies (Carlton and Veneficti) unable to block. Once that vote landed, the rest of the turn was very tense. I remember agonizing over each action because I was sure he was holding back a card that would unravel my lunge. A Cold War followed by Kine Resources Contested finished it.

I was fortunate in my seat, and I don’t want to minimize that. I didn’t choose it, and the cross-table pressure between Enkidu and Cybele gave me room I might not have had elsewhere. But I still had to survive long enough to use that room, and on the last turn I finally found the line.

A little background on you: How did you get into VTES?

I first got into VTES when it was initially released in 1994 (under its very unfortunate original name). I was playing a lot of Vampire: The Masquerade at the time, and my group all bought into the card game. I stuck with it for a few expansions, but then life happened and it fell off my radar.

A few years ago, my best friend discovered that it was still around, bought the V5 starter set, and we fell back into it.

We loved it. The theme, the unique predator/prey mechanic, the politics, the complex card interactions. I’m not sure it would’ve been on my radar in 1994 if I hadn’t already been into Vampire: The Masquerade, but it absolutely grabbed me once I played it.

Early on, I didn’t really have the money to build very cohesive decks. I was playing for a long time off just a starter, a handful of boosters, and lots of trades. That said, I played a lot of Brujah and Nosferatu early on.

Do you have a regular local group?

I play in Louisville. We don’t really have one fixed “home” for our games. Sometimes we play at each other’s houses, sometimes at game stores, and sometimes at local breweries.

We have a fairly consistent local group, though it’s waxed and waned over the last few years as folks have come and gone. I definitely want to shout out our Prince, Sean Payne. He started our local group, he’s my best friend, and he’s one of the best people I know. For a while, we were playing about once a week, though summer and schedules have made that less consistent.

Our local meta feels pretty aggressive. Whether that’s fast stealth-bleed or just monstrous combat decks, people are usually trying to do something very direct and very mean. I think that probably shaped how much I value Secure Haven.

What do you see in VTES’s future? How do you think Black Chantry and VEKN are doing?

I think Black Chantry is doing a good job introducing new content at a healthy pace. It doesn’t feel too fast or too slow, and generally I think they’ve done a good job adding new material without invalidating a ton of old cards. In a game with this much history, that matters.

The introduction of Paths feels especially well thought out to me. It gives them a lot of space to move thematically and mechanically. The new Sabbat Paths is probably one of my favorite additions since returning to the game. I think it introduced some really cool new ways to play without feeling like it overtook the environment.

I’m honestly not super engaged with VEKN, but I appreciate the role it plays in the community. The event schedule, active forums, and monthly newsletters are all valuable. In a world of Reddit, Discord, Facebook, and other social media, it’s good to have a hub. Some place needs to be the source of truth for events and organized play, and VEKN does that well.

The bigger hurdle is onboarding new players. VTES is a complex game, and it’s very easy for people to bounce off it. Not everyone who’s good at playing is good at teaching, so better teaching tools would help. There are also some very counterintuitive rules that aren’t even in the rulebook, and those can really throw new players.

I think the game will continue to grow if we embrace new players, pun intended, and give them tools that help them learn the game clearly and confidently.

And finally, thank you to everyone who’s shared a table with me, been patient with me in play, or given me advice and feedback on play or deckbuilding. That community experience, both in my local group and when traveling to play, is a big part of what keeps me engaged and coming back.

Thanks for this very good chat Jess, and good luck in future!

VTES Spain 2026
Miquel Jorge Tortajada is the 2026 champion of Spain! 158 players!

Yes, an impressive 158 players battled it out for the Spanish title this year, in Alcalá de Henares on June 27.

Read the full report: Spain National Championship 2026

Anderson Rodrigues wins Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro 2026!

This tournament was played on June 7 with 39 players.

Read the full report: 1st Step of the South American VTES Grand Prix

VTES Ireland 2026
Norbert Flasko is the 2026 champion of Ireland!

19 players turned up in Dublin on April 25.

Read the full report: National Championship Ireland 2026

VTES Paris demo 2026

Recruitment Exercise: Paris Ludique 2026

Words by Christophe Baltazar, VEKN National Coordinator of France:

From June 26 to 28, VEKN France attended Paris Ludique, the major open-air board gaming festival held in Paris.

Despite the extremely hot weather throughout the weekend, we were delighted to represent Vampire: The Eternal Struggle alongside around one hundred other exhibitors. Our goal was simple: introduce as many people as possible to the game.

We're happy to report that around twenty people learned to play VTES over the course of the weekend. As always, the New Blood decks proved to be an excellent way to introduce new players to the game.

Beyond the demos themselves, the weekend was also an excellent opportunity for the four volunteers staffing the booth to exchange ideas and discuss how we can improve our demonstrations at future events.

Several ideas came out of these discussions:
- making the booth more visible with stronger visual elements such as posters, banners, or dedicated display material;
- improving our demo equipment with custom playmats, pool counters, Edge markers, and other accessories;
- refining the structure of our demos to make them more engaging and dynamic.

One idea we particularly liked was to use partially scripted demo games. Each player would begin with their "star vampire" already ready to enter play, together with a carefully prepared opening hand. Including key cards such as Blood Doll or Villein for pool management, Govern the Unaligned, Enchant Kindred, Raven Spy, Wake with Evening's Freshness, and a few combat cards would allow new players to experience the core mechanics much more quickly while avoiding the slower opening turns that can sometimes occur in introductory games.

These are, of course, ideas that still need to be tested, but they provide a promising foundation for making future demonstrations even more accessible and enjoyable.

We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Black Chantry Productions for their continued support. Thanks to them, every player who discovers VTES at our booth gets to take home the New Blood deck they played with during the demo. It's an invaluable way to help new players continue their journey after the event.

Finally, I would personally like to thank the three volunteers who shared the weekend with me: Christophe, Romain, and Jéremy. Their dedication, enthusiasm, and hard work played a major role in making our participation at Paris Ludique such a success.

We look forward to seeing many more new faces at future events and continuing to grow the French Vampire: The Eternal Struggle community.

Thanks for this heroic effort! Do you also want to host demonstration games of VTES and become a hero of the community? Send a mail to to get help with materials!

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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.

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Black Chantry Summary: June 2026

Both product director Ben Peal and art director Ginés Quiñonero were busy doing really nice VTES things this month (NAC and Spanish Nationals, see above in this newsletter), but production is moving on strong and smooth:

• The two Brazil and New York-themed 54-card sets have been finalized and will be sent to the printer shortly. Sadly, printing is slower than ever, so are most likely looking at an October release. The "spoiler season" will start as soon as the time table is more clear. These sets will have the Path-marker cards shown in the May newsletter on the flipside of the front card, but these will also be made available on print-on-demand.

• The first round of playtest of cards for two preconstructed decks for a 2-player variant of VTES has begun. The main aim is a nice low-cost product and game format that helps to introduce new players without having to gather a full four or five player table, but the decks will include a decent number of new cards also useable in the normal game format. This test round has 26 cards, we´ll see how many of these stays for the final decks. Thanks to all playtesters!

• Gorgo (not to be confused with Grogu!), the replacement card for Baba Yaga, will appear in an upcoming “Anthology II” set with otherwise mainly reprints. As everything is slightly delayed, this will not be until the very end of 2026 at the earliest, or early 2027.

• The same goes for New Blood packs for the four Sabbat paths. The design team is tinkering with these right now.

• There will be 11 new full-art league promos for the 26-27 season. Below are some previews. Look out for a full announcement when they are made available for organisers at Gamepod and Drivethrucards.

• The next batch of Legacy cards for print-on-demand on Gamepod and Drivethrucards are Brujah antitribu. BCP are awaiting a test print of these before they go live.

• The official VTES Player Survey 2026 has been completed! In total 1483 answers came in, now being analysed with great excitment. Big thanks to everyone that participated!

• Want to know more about future releases? Dates are a bit off, but the product roadmap article at Blackchantry.com is still relevant.

VTES Products

• The following Black Chantry products are currently 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)
Path of Caine (Also Spanish, French)
Path of Cathari (Also Spanish, French)
Path of Death and the Soul (Also Spanish, French)
Path of Power and the Inner Voice (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Ravnos (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Salubri (Also Spanish, French)
New Blood: Tzimisce (Also Spanish, French)

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

Recent news in the World of Darkness

Plenty of interesting news from White Wolf this month!

• Vampire: The Masquerade goes D&D! Vampire: The Masquerade: Bound by Blood is a full player pack for D&D Beyond made by Ghostfire Gaming. It’s a 1-to-20 Kindred class, six clan subclasses, 25+ feats, new Backgrounds, and a complete 5.5E adventure set in the Dark Ages.

• “Not in Our Domain!” is an official live actual play playtest of the "new Vampire: The Masquerade project". Announced as a live, in-progress playtest that will take place at Gen Con on August 2, to showcase new mechanics and ideas in real time, with Storyteller Alexander Ward and players Xander Jeanneret, Ify Nwadiwe, Anna Margaret, and Diana DiMicco.

• Reminder: World of Darkness has a new newsletter for you to subscribe to. Nothing to think about, just sign up at the site!

• We have mentioned the exciting Courts of the Damned sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade several times here, it is in stores in August, but if you preorder now, you get the PDF directly, pretty sweet!

• Vampire: The Masquerade – Eternal Whispers is an upcoming narrative-driven CRPG, focused on investigative gameplay, deep roleplaying with meaningful choices, and fail-forward storytelling (where failure reshapes the narrative rather than blocking it). You are a vampire awakened from decades of torpor with fractured memories who uncovers a conspiracy in a dark, contemporary Montreal. The game is developed by Montreal-based Flyos Games and built on the foundation of Vampire: The Masquerade — Chapters. Read more on the World of Darkness site, and check out the trailer:

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Calendar

Major events coming up:
July 11: National Championship Scotland, Edinburgh
July 18: Grand Prix Vienna, Austria
July 18: Grand Prix Brisbane, Australia
July 19: National Championship Belgium, Mechelen
July 26: Grand Prix Helsinki, Finland
August 8: Grand Prix Gulfport, USA
August 29: National Championship UK, Nottingham
September 5: Grand Prix Sydney, Australia
September 18: Grand Prix Vilnius 2026, Lithuania
September 19: European Championship 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania
October Date TBD: Grand Prix New Orleans, USA
December 13: Grand Prix Cearense, Brazil

Tournaments for the coming month (registered at the time of writing) are in:
Australia x2
Austria x2
Belgium x2
Brazil x11
Canada
Chile
Finland x4
France x2
Italy x3
Mexico
Netherlands
Online x2
Poland
Portugal
South Africa
Spain x9
Sweden
UK
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

You can contact the VEKN Inner Circle members using the contact forms at VEKN.net. Also follow the official VTES Facebook page Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, the official VEKN X account @VEKN_VTES and the official VTES Discord server.

The words you speak become the house you live in.

Francisco Tébar Preview VTES 2026
Greetings fellow Methuselahs,

We hope your games have been enjoyable. We once again have the pleasure to start off the newsletter with an art preview, this time by the very talented Francisco Tébar. This one is for the upcoming New York-themed expansion. Powerful stuff!

NAC 2025

Welcome to NAC 2026!

Once again it's time for the USA National Championship at the Origins game fair in Columbus, Ohio. The pre-NAC events of the original Week of Nightmares are organised by Jay Kristoff, while Ben Peal handles the NAC itself and the other Origins events.

All the 14 tournaments:
June 13: WoN 1 "Wynn's Hot Tech" at Game Table Adventures
June 14: WoN event 2 at R Bar Arena
June 15: WoN event 3 and WoN event 4 at R Bar Arena
June 16: WoN event 5 and WoN event 6 at R Bar Arena
June 17: WoN event 7 and WoN event 8 at R Bar Arena
June 18: Origins Thursday 1 and 2 at Greater Columbus Convention Center
June 19: Origins Friday 1 and 2 at Greater Columbus Convention Center
June 20: North American Championship at Greater Columbus Convention Center
June 21: Origins Sunday at Greater Columbus Convention Center

More details are in the VEKN Event Calendar.

Robério Barbosa is the 2026 champion of Brazil!

59 players battled it out on May 23 in Campina Grande for this title.

Read the full report: Brazil National Championship 2026

Ke Carlton wins Grand Prix Melbourne 2026!

25 Methuselahs gathered for this event on May 23.

Read the full report: Grand Prix Melbourne 2026

Jean-Baptiste Becker wins the French Grand Prix 2026!

This tournament unfolded in Vitrolles on May 30 with 24 players.

Read the full report: French Grand Prix 2026

Nikica Novaković is the 2026 champion of Serbia!

This tournament was attended by 19 players in Belgrade on May 16.

Read the full report: Serbia National Championship 2026

Reminder: Please join the World of Darkness Community Map!

Check out the map here: World of Darkness Community Map

Submit here: Map submission form

Black Chantry Summary: May 2026

• A little reveal of something many have asked for: Path marker cards! Will be made available soon.

• Black Chantry was at UK Games Expo in Birmingham on May 29-31. Sales, demoes, chats and volunteers were all GREAT – big thanks to Hugh Angseesing and the volunteers Beth Powell, Mikey Ferguson, Luke Greensmith and James Freimuller. Special thanks to A. Angseesing for entertainment and consistent pooping.

• The design team is giving the cards for the Brazil and New York sets a final polish before it's time for print. They have gone through three rounds of proper playtesting – thanks to all testers! Soon there will be product names and fronts will be ready, and more art and actual cards can be revealed. Store date is late summer/early fall.

• Porto de Santos is a card from that upcoming Brazil set, and also a new promo card first available in Brazil:

• Next up for VTES Legacy Card Singles at Drivethrucards (USA) and at Gamepod (Spain) will be Brujah antitribu.

• The chief marketing ghoul is laying his last sweaty hands on the upcoming VTES Player Survey 2026. That will be a very good way of giving your honest thoughts on where the game is headed, so keep an eye on Black Chantry channels for it soon.

• Want to know more about future releases? Check out the product roadmap article at Blackchantry.com!

VTES Products

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

Recent news in the World of Darkness

BIG news is coming for Vampire: The Masquerade! To sum it up briefly: A "new Vampire: The Masquerade project" is in active development at White Wolf, smelling a lot like an actual new edition of the game. Some of the key people in the team are Jess Lanzillo (Creative Director), Martyna “Outstar” Zych (Creative Producer) and Diogo Nogueira (Lead Game Designer). According to the official announcement, the intention is to craft this with the player community feedback at heart, with human-made art, and rethinking how metaplot shapes future content. More details are coming at Gen Con 2026, including a first public playtesting. White Wolf urges you to air your thoughts, for example at their Discord server. Exciting times!

Also fresh: New trailer for "The Flower & The Flame" DLC for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2:

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Calendar

Major events coming up:
June 20: North American Championship, Columbus, USA
June 27: National Championship Spain, Madrid
July 11: National Championship Scotland, Edinburgh
July 18: Grand Prix Vienna, Austria
July 18: Grand Prix Brisbane, Australia
July 26: Grand Prix Helsinki, Finland
August 8: Grand Prix Gulfport, USA
August 29: National Championship UK, Nottingham
September 5: Grand Prix Sydney, Australia
September 18: Grand Prix Vilnius 2026, Lithuania
September 19: European Championship 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania
October Date TBD: Grand Prix New Orleans, USA
December 13: Grand Prix Cearense, Brazil

Tournaments for the coming month (registered at the time of writing) are in:
Brazil x8
Chile
Finland x2
Italy x3
Online
Poland x2
Portugal x2
Spain x8
Sweden
USA x15

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

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.

Daniel Argudo VTES art preview 2026-03
Greetings fellow Methuselahs,

We are delighted to start this newsletter with preview art for the upcoming Brazil-themed set. It is by Spanish artist Daniel Argudo - pretty sweet, right?

Old harbour of Marseille Benh Lieu Song CC BY-SA 3.0
Registration for the French Grand Prix in Marseille is up!

Zagreb and Bologna are before, but you can already register for the French Grand Prix at Archon.vekn.net, and organisers are keen that you do so early.

The European 2025-2026 VTES Grand Prix circuit is:

• November 29, 2025: Lisbon, Portugal (won by Martin Weinmayer)
• April 18, 2026: Zagreb, Croatia
• May 2, 2026: Bologna, Italy
• May 30, 2026: Vitrolles, France
• July 18, 2026: Vienna, Austria
• July 26, 2026: Helsinki, Finland
• September 18, 2026: Vilnius, Lithuania

VTES Portugal 2026
Augusto Ponce de León is the 2026 champion of Portugal!

57 players turned up for this event in Coimbra on March 7.

Read the full report: Portugal National Championship 2026

VTES Grand Prix Lafayette 2026

Norman Brown wins Grand Prix Lafayette 2026!

This event was played with 16 players on March 7.

Read the full report: Grand Prix Lafayette 2026

VTES GP Auckland 2026
RichE wins Grand Prix Auckland 2026!

13 proud Methuselahs turned up for this tournament on March 21.

Read the full report: Grand Prix Auckland 2026

Great VTES content

• Ever tried playing a VTES league? Try it! Stockholm, Sweden, has one that has been going since 2012. The rules might seem a bit convoluted at first glance, but really work to keep standings fair and exciting for a whole 10 week period. You see them at the bottom of each weekly post. A recent post shows the top clans and the top players for the last couple of years.

• Shell Games had a super cool episode with decks based on the most recent New Blood packs: Hecata, Lasombra, Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce

• Information Highway had some really nice articles recently, particularly “The Art of Combat part II: The Evolution”. Check it out!

• Kelly Lyons over at Reading Between the Lyons keeps on delivering nice videos, most recently “The Trouble with Tremere”, “What´s wrong with voting” and an interview with Norm Brown about his highly original Hecata + Golconda & allies winning deck.

• Not exactly “content”, but real-life SUPERHEROISM: Hungarian players with Gábor Endler in the lead held demo games at the Hungarian Card Expo. Do you also want to host demonstration games of VTES and become a hero of the community? Send an email to to get help with materials!

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

Black Chantry Summary: March 2026

• Dementation and Malkavian antitribu cards are now up on VTES Legacy Card Singles both at Drivethrucards (USA) and at Gamepod (Spain). More old Sabbat stuff will follow later this year.

• Two new promo cards were revealed: Cavalier (for National Championship events) and Dark Mirror of the Mind (for Continental Championship events).

• Prepare for a survey! There hasn´t been a proper VTES player survey in years, but now one is in the works, because BCP need more knowledge about you and your thoughts on the future of the game.

• Design of the Brazil and New York sets is moving on. Most artwork is done and a third round of playtesting will begin soon. Release is hopefully June.

• In the video above (dubbed in English!), you can see some fantastic Brazilian people testing out the two-player format. You can do it too – just have a look at the open playtest page over at VEKN.net!

• Want to know more about future releases? Check out the product roadmap article at Blackchantry.com!

VTES Products

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

Recent news in the World of Darkness

Some recent nuggets from White Wolf:

• “Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish” is the new action-RPG now in development by the Polish studio Teyon, known for “RoboCop: Rogue City” and many other titles. Check out the trailer and wishlist for Steam, Playstation or Xbox!

• “City Council of Darkness” is a Vampire: The Masquerade actual play by Dimension 20 with none other than Brennan Lee Mulligan as Storyteller! This has a humorous tone, with a coterie of “flamboyant goth vampires” that have to assimilate into the small town and end up running the local government. Trailer is available at Dimension 20.

• “Vampire: The Masquerade - Live From the Succubus Club” – the first rock’n’roll supplement for any roleplaying game? – is now available physically ...

• ... but we are just a bit more excited for “Courts of the Damned” for the same game, revealed last month and now on pre-order. Politics! Intrigue! Power! That is what we VTES fans like!

Looking for more World of Darkness in your channel of choice? Check out the Linktree!

Calendar

Major events coming up:
April 11: Grand Prix Dallas, USA
April 12: Grand Prix North American Cup Dallas, USA
April 18: Grand Prix Zagreb, Croatia
April 18: Grand Prix Perth, Australia
April 25: National Championship Finland, Vantaa
April 25: National Championship Ireland, Dublin
April 26: Grand Prix San Bernardo, Chile
May 2: Grand Prix Bologna, Italy
May 23: National Championship Brazil, Campina Grande
May 23: Grand Prix Melbourne, Australia
May 30: Grand Prix Vitrolles, France
June 20: North American Championship, Columbus, USA
June 27: National Championship Spain, Madrid
July 18: Grand Prix Vienna, Austria
July 18: Grand Prix Brisbane, Australia
July 26: Grand Prix Helsinki, Finland
August 8: Grand Prix Gulfport, USA
September 5: Grand Prix Sydney, Australia
September 18: Grand Prix Vilnius 2026, Lithuania
September 19: European Championship 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania
October Date TBD: Grand Prix New Orleans, USA
December 13: Grand Prix Cearense, Brazil

Tournaments for the coming month (registered so far) are in:
Australia x2
Brazil x7
Canada
Chile
Croatia x2
Czech Republic
Finland x3
France x6
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Online
Poland x2
Portugal
Slovakia
Spain x10
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!

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When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

Krzysztof Bieniawski Preview VTES 2026-04
Greetings fellow Methuselahs,

Once again we have the honour of starting the newsletter with some preview art from an upcoming Vampire: The Eternal Struggle set, and once again that art is by the incredibly talented artist Krzysztof Bieniawski. Who wouldn't want to encounter this beauty the next time you take a late-night shortcut over the cemetery... or maybe not...

Miloš Krstic wins Grand Prix Zagreb 2026!

This tournament was played on April 18 in Zagreb, Croatia, with 54 players battling it out.

Read the full report: Grand Prix Zagreb 2026

Tommi Hakomaa is the 2026 champion of Finland!

This event took place in Vantaa on April 25 with 41 Methuselahs.

Read the full report: Finland National Championship 2026

Walbert Ibarra wins GP1 2026 in Chile!

19 players turned up for the first Chilean Grand Prix of this year, held in San Bernardo.

Read the full report: GP1 2026

Rathpex wins Grand Prix Perth 2026!

17 players gathered on April 18 for the second tournament in the current Oceania Grand Prix circuit.

Read the full report: Grand Prix Perth 2026

Devin Villegas and Brad Cashdollar win Dallas 2026 Grand Prix events!

Not only one, but TWO Grand Prix level events were played in Dallas, Texas, on April 11-12, with 14 and 11 participants.

Read the full reports: Gulf Coast Roast and North American Cup Dallas 2026

Draft and get furry friend!

We would like to do a special invitation to YOU for a draft tournament in Bonn, Germany, on May 23. The official Black Chantry draft cube will be used, 8 packs per player, and all participants get 1 copy each of the special promo cards Renegade Garou in German (Abtrünniger Garou) and Renegade Garou in Latin (Versipellis trānsfuga). Maximum 20 participants. More details in the event calendar at VEKN.net!

Are you also interested in hosting a draft cube event? Talk to your VEKN National Coordinator, they can order draft cards.

As for the Renegade Garou card, it is a "normal" promo card - any event organiser can get it through their NC. It is also available in French, and maybe even more languages will turn up. Do you have any Garous in your country?

VTES at Mega XP 2026

Recruitment Exercise: VTES at Mega XP

Some words from Lalovtes:

On April 25th and 26th, 2026, another edition of Mega XP, the largest board game convention in our country, took place. Within this event, which boasts a huge program of activities, and thanks to the invitation of our friends at TCG's Quest, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle was present with the participation of the Prince of Neza, who gave demonstrations of our beloved game.

During these two days, many people came to learn about VTES. From those who had never even heard of the game, not even the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, to those who had played it before and were unaware that it was still being published.

With a strategy adapted for quick demonstrations (with only three players per table), those interested were able to try out the game mechanics with the New Blood decks from the Toreador, Malkavian, Nosferatu, and Ministry clans.

We hope that this effort can be repeated and help to raise awareness of our game and that the Mexican VTES community continues to grow as it has been doing.

VTES at Mega XP 2026

Reminder: Please join the World of Darkness Community Map!

Check out the map here: World of Darkness Community Map

Submit here: Map submission form

Black Chantry Summary: April 2026

• For ALL of you that play VTES in the Latin language! A new pack has been added to Gamepod, containing one copy of each card from the five V5 decks (Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere, Ventrue) in Latin. More is coming.

• A bunch of new promo cards are available at Gamepod, apart from the Renegade Garous mentioned above, also 8 Fifth Edition cards in German and Legacy in Latin, with art by BCP's own Ginés Quiñonero, depicting everyone's favourite NC Rudolf Scholz. Keep track of all promo cards at the Blackchantry.com Promo cards page!

Legacy Latin VTES promo

• The artwork for the Brazil and New York sets is complete, and the third round of playtesting is ending soon. Sadly, printing time has gotten longer, so we are looking at a late summer/early fall store date.

• Black Chantry will be at the UK Games Expo in sunny Birmingham on May 29-31. Pop by for a chat, demos and maybe some cards!

• Next up for VTES Legacy Card Singles at Drivethrucards (USA) and at Gamepod (Spain) will be Brujah antitribu.

• Prepare for a survey! There will be a VTES player survey from Black Chantry soon, about you and what you think about the game. Stay tuned.

• Want to know a bit more about future releases? Check out the product roadmap article at Blackchantry.com!

VTES Products

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

Recent news in the World of Darkness

Our picks from the past month:

• The Loose Cannon standalone DLC is the upcoming expansion for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Here you get a new perspective on the story, as you play Benny Muldoon, ruthless vampire Sheriff, set out to make things right his way, with gun and fist.
Learn more at the news page, and check out the trailer at Youtube.

• Clans of London is a digital collectible card game set in the World of Darkness, designed for 5-minute duels on IOS or Android. Strategic they said, but is it something for VTES fans? Yes! At least according to a majority of comments when we shared the game in our channels. More info is at the news page, and try it immediately at clansoflondon.com.

• You are invited to participate in “Secrets Never Die”, a World of Darkness fan lore contest, where we want you to write a short (500-3000 words) story from the perspective of a character within World of Darkness. The contest will end on October 8th, and a panel of judges from the White Wolf team will pick one winner every month. Find out more at the dedicated page. Also check out the video contest “Tapes from the Shadows” and the art contest “Icons of the Night”.

• “City Council of Darkness”, the Vampire: The Masquerade Dimension 20 actual play series, is now showing on Dropout TV. A coterie of flamboyant goth vampires is forced to blend into the small town in Oregon, where they end up running the local government. What could possibly go wrong?

Looking for more World of Darkness in your channel of choice? Check out the Linktree!

Calendar

Major events coming up:
May 2: Grand Prix Bologna, Italy
May 23: National Championship Brazil, Campina Grande
May 23: Grand Prix Melbourne, Australia
May 30: Grand Prix Vitrolles, France
June 20: North American Championship, Columbus, USA
June 27: National Championship Spain, Madrid
July 11: National Championship Scotland, Edinburgh
July 18: Grand Prix Vienna, Austria
July 18: Grand Prix Brisbane, Australia
July 26: Grand Prix Helsinki, Finland
August 8: Grand Prix Gulfport, USA
August 29: National Championship UK, Nottingham
September 5: Grand Prix Sydney, Australia
September 18: Grand Prix Vilnius 2026, Lithuania
September 19: European Championship 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania
October Date TBD: Grand Prix New Orleans, USA
December 13: Grand Prix Cearense, Brazil

Tournaments for the coming month (registered at the time of writing) are in:
Australia x2
Brazil x10
Chile
Czech Republic
France x3
Germany
Greece
Italy x3
Mexico
Poland
Portugal x2
Serbia
South Africa
Spain x8
Sweden x3
Switzerland
UK
USA

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!

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The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

Krzysztof Bieniawski - VTES preview 2026-02
Greetings fellow Methuselahs,

The eternal struggle continues into March 2026, and we have yet another card art preview from Krzysztof Bieniawski - pretty nice huh? This one too is for a reprint of an older card, maybe you can guess which one? This one is pretty obvious.

European Grand Prix update!

The European 2025-2026 VTES Grand Prix circuit has been updated, and now we think all dates are set:

• November 29, 2025: Lisbon, Portugal
• April 18, 2026: Zagreb, Croatia
• May 2, 2026: Bolgona, Italy
• May 30, 2026: Vitrolles France
• July 18, 2026: Vienna, Austria
• July 26, 2026: Helsinki, Finland
• September 18, 2026: Vilnius, Lithuania

A fancy website for major VTES events is in the works, but for now, check out the rules at VEKN.net.

VTES Hungary 2026 Adam Horvath is the new champion of Hungary!

The Hungarian championship was played on February 6-8th with 52 players.

Read the full report: National Championship Hungary

Federico Ferrarini is the 2026 champion of Italy!

This tournament was held in Trento on February 28 with 47 players.

Read the full report: National Championship Italy 2026

VTES Lithuania 2026

Povilas Zinkevičius is the 2026 champion of Lithuania!

42 Methuselahs gathered for this tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania on February 28, won with a TOOLBOX deck.

Read the full report: National Championship Lithuania

Reminder: The Black Chantry promo policy (Now updated!)

We reminded about this in the last newsletter, and there was immediatelly great confusion. Yes, Black Chantry has a policy for promotional card production. It is available in full on Blackchantry.com, and has now been updated a bit. The key part: "Black Chantry Productions is open to making new promotional cards to support larger and special events where we can. This will generally be for Grand Prix, Nationals or Continental Championship events."

Seizing the Praxis in a New City - Recruitment Exercise: Finland

Words by Peetu Makkonen, the Methuselah behind the excellent site Garou Rim Gazette:

My year of 2025 was very hard to navigate, hobby-wise, with evening and weekend shifts at work. That meant it was hard to get in games of VTES, but there are various ways to engage with hobby time. I’ve always had a soft spot for bringing in new players, so I turned my sights on neighboring cities.

If I can’t find time to join local games, why not travel an hour or so for some games next town? And if there’s no players yet – well, time to embrace some!

Steps to Demos

I have experience in running demos in conventions and events, but tackling a whole new city was an exciting challenge. Thankfully, with a bit of planning and methodology, kickstarting new groups is something anyone can do.
1. Identify local actors (gate keepers) and contact them
2. Learn about local communication platforms through those gate keepers
3. Agree on a venue
4. Promote within platforms (online) and at the venue (fliers and posters)
5. Form partnerships with local game stores
6. Bring hand outs

You have to start from somewhere. Often local game stores, LARP associations and board game groups and student associations are your best bets to learn about local cliques – and most importantly their forums or communication platforms.

Once you know where locals congregate, it’s important to agree about a date with the venue or organisers. Do not undersell the importance of cross-platform marketing: social media, local player forums and even posters.

You’d be surprised how often local game stores will allow handing out discount coupons if you discuss it with them, and of course bringing something to remember the event by and bring home with players enhances the experience. In my case, Black Chantry Productions was kind enough to send some hand out material for demos my way – thank you so much!

It all can sound a bit much, but just doing the bare minimum of each step can result in a great event! Perfectionism is the anathema of “finished”.

Praxis of Kuopio

My demos to the Finnish city of Kuopio included each of the aforementioned steps. I marketed over local Discord servers, starting with contacting Kuopio’s Fantasiapelit. The process peaked with two demo game sessions in December 2025 at a local trading card game association. Thank you to all participants and Kulttuuriareena 44 for being so accommodating!

Remember that getting demos going is one thing. Another is longevity and staying power. Come to the demos prepared with a Whatsapp group or a Discord server so that people can start getting organised immediately.

After all was said and done, I’m now delighted to follow the life of the new group, at the time of writing housing ten or so VTES initiates with an anointed prince of their own! I Can’t wait to meet all of them in events and tournaments.

Player Aides

I will skip tips and pointers of actually hosting a demo event, since it would be a topic in and of itself, but I would like to share the material I used to help with the demo games. We all know VTES can be a lot, and even demoing with simple decks like New Bloods won’t change that.

I made the following posters to help players navigate the steps. I printed them in colour in either A4 or A3 size and attached to some cardboard to flip out for everyone to see during relevant phases.

Please feel free to use them and share to friends! They’re not rulebook-levels of accurate, but rather should provide visual assistance to basics.

If you enjoyed these themes, you can find more detailed tips and tricks of hosting demos over at Garou Rim Gazette.

Recruitment Exercise: Cannes 2026

Some words based on the volunteer team feedback:

This February 27 to March 1, the VEKN France of Anteros, Nathan, Sigil, Thibaut, Theo and Vincent brought Vampire: The Eternal Struggle to the Festival International des Jeux in Cannes, one of the biggest board game festivals in Europe. Thanks to Black Chantry Productions covering the stand costs and The Red Question handling equipment and merchandise, our belowed game had a stunning 18 m² booth right in the main hall, alongside the As d'Or award-winning games.

Over four days and 31 hours of demos, this awesome team ran back-to-back introductions, welcoming curious festivalgoers to the world of VTES. Sunday turned out to be the highlight; a smaller, more passionate crowd meant fantastic energy and memorable games. Many introductions led to a sales, meaning new cards in new hands!

Key takeaway: Enthusiasm is contagious. The best demos were lively, dramatic, and full of roleplay – insult the Tremere, laugh at the Malkavian, and never let a deal stand unbroken.

A huge thank you to all involved for making this happen. Local communities should be welcoming some fresh faces soon, and many more players now know VTES exists!

Do you also want to host demonstration games of VTES and become a hero of the community? Send a mail to to get help with materials!

Great VTES content

Long gone are times when you actually could keep up with all good VTES content published, but here are some things we really would like to highlight this month:

• The community has been screaming for a English-language VTES podcast, and Bloodcast International from TCGwebshop seems to be the answer so far. These guys have a lot of knowledge and strong opinions – check out the latest episode!

• The Information Highway blog is in a streak of good updates, with deck reviews of both the Sabbat precons and the new New Blood packs.

• Reading Between the Lyons with Kelly Lyons is another steady supplier of high quality content; interviews, strategy tips, news commentary and other stuff. The last piece is on voting, check it out!

• Inconnu.dev has funny games on VTES cards. This might seem corny at first glance, but knowing cards is actually a key factor for an excellent player!

Do you have any tips on VERY GOOD VTES content, please contact the editor at . Please only VERY GOOD VTES content!

Reminder: Please join the World of Darkness Community Map!

Check out the map here: World of Darkness Community Map

Submit here: Map submission form

Black Chantry Summary: February 2026

• The New Blood packs for Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce are in stores since February 28! Take the opportunity to add new crypt cards and more guns, ghouls and other tricks to your decks of these clans.

• Black Chantry sponsored some more demo events, for example FIJ in Cannes – see above in this newesletter. Want to help demo VTES you too? Talk to !

• The upcoming Brazil and New York themed sets are a little bit delayed, now scheduled for May or June release. Round 2 of playtesting is being digested by the design team and almost all artwork is done.

• The two-player set is aimed for release in the third quarter of this year. A new VTES rulebook will accompany this – new layout and minor tweaks only, as the aim is to keep the same rules for two players as for normal VTES. Please join the open playtest at VEKN.net!

• Want to know more about future releases? Check out the product roadmap article at Blackchantry.com!

VTES Products

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

Recent news in the World of Darkness

Our picks this month:

• Interesting VTM sourcebook alert! “Courts of the Damned” will be a guide to politics for Vampire: The Masquerade, released in August 2026. It will feature, straight from the ghouled horse´s mouth:
- Political intrigue! Understand how to make intrigue/politically focused characters or setting for your Chronicle.
- Advice for portraying leaders and power players in your city, as a player or the Storyteller
- Ways to understand the stakes Kindred fight over
- Expanded options for social combat
- An overview of the internal and external feuds of Anarchs, Camarilla, and independent factions

• “Icons of the Night” is the title of a community art contest that will go on for a full year, until February 12th 2027. A panel of judges from the White Wolf team will pick their favourite illustration each month, based on artistic quality, adherence to theme and how well it fits within the World of Darkness. For details, see the full announcement.

Looking for more World of Darkness in your channel of choice? Check out the Linktree!

Calendar

Major events coming up:
March 7: National Championship Portugal, Coimbra
March 7: Grand Prix Lafayette, USA
March 21: Grand Prix Auckland, New Zealand
April 11: Grand Prix Dallas, USA
April 18: Grand Prix Zagreb, Croatia
April 25: National Championship Finland, Vantaa
April 25: National Championship Ireland, Dublin
May 2: Grand Prix Bologna, Italy
May 23: National Championship Brazil, Campina Grande
May 30: Grand Prix Vitrolles, France
June 20: North American Championship, Columbus, USA
June 27: National Championship Spain, Madrid
July 18: Grand Prix Vienna, Austria
July 26: Grand Prix Helsinki, Finland
September 18: Grand Prix Vilnius 2026, Lithuania
September 19: European Championship 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania
December 13: Grand Prix Cearense, Brazil

Tournaments for the coming month (registered so far) are in:
Brazil x17
Chile
Croatia
Czech Republic
Deutschland
Finland x3
Greece
Italy x3
Netherlands
New Zealand
Online
Poland
Portugal x3
Russia
Serbia x2
Spain x12
Sweden
USA x6

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!

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