Vampire: The Eternal Struggle production update May 2022

Originally published in the Vampire: Elder Kindred Network newsletter:

Greetings, fellow Kindred! It’s been a good while since I provided an update on where we at Black Chantry are at with Vampire: The Eternal Struggle releases and what’s down the road. Last year, we had the release of the Banu Haqim, Brujah, Gangrel, and Ministry pre-constructed decks, as well as the successful Kickstarter for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Unleashed. Additionally, we made available on Drivethrucards.com the legacy reprints of Followers of Set, Giovanni, Lasombra, and Ravnos, and Latin translations of the Fifth Edition decks.

So far this year, we’ve made the English language versions of the Fifth Edition decks available on Drivethrucards, as well as legacy reprints of Pander, Salubri, and Tzimisce. April saw the release of the New Blood introductory decks for Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere, and Ventrue. We’re presently waiting for the artwork to be complete for the Fall of London storyline set. Mike Nudd is the lead designer for it, and he also is a co-author of the Fall of London book for Vampire: The Masquerade. We’re expecting a summer release for that set.

We have a change in plans for what’s coming after Fall of London. We had originally planned to release a follow-up set for the Camarilla, filling out the Group 6 crypts and adding new library cards for them. However, with the heavy Camarilla themes of the New Blood decks and Fall of London, we felt we’d be oversaturating you with Camarilla-related cards. We’re presently planning for these cards – including the new Justicars! – to be in your hands in first quarter of 2023.

Coming after Fall of London, planned for the fourth of 2022, is another wave of pre-constructed decks. This time they’ll be Ravnos, Salubri, and Tzimisce, updated accordingly for the Vampire: The Masquerade V5 canon. We’re presently vetting the templating and mechanics of the cards and we’ll have them sent off for playtesting in June. We’ll have more information for you about those as we get closer to their release.

Heading into 2023, there’s the aforementioned Camarilla follow-up set, and following that we’ll have pre-constructed decks for the Lasombra and Hecata. We’ll also be wanting to release follow-up sets for all of the clans, as we’re definitely not done creating crypt and library cards for them. I’m frequently asked when we’ll be making new cards for the Sabbat. We’re very early in the concept and planning stages for the Sabbat, so they’re further down the production timeline, but we’re definitely excited for them.

I wish you all great summer nights and I look forward to seeing you at tournaments this year!

– Ben Peal, Product Director Black Chantry Productions

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159 cards added to Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Legacy Singles – and more!

Hello!

Black Chantry Productions have now added another 159 cards to our print-on-demand offer at Drivethrucards: Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Legacy Singles. Pick and mix freely for just $0.35 per card.

This time we added:
Pander crypt and library cards
Salubri crypt and library cards
• Tzimisce crypt and library cards

Yes, this includes old favourites like War Ghoul, Saulot and Legacy of Pander. There´s also some bundles if you easily want to get one of each card – or maybe four of each card?!

All cards have been updated with the most recent layout and wording templates, but this time only three cards have significant funtional changes:
• Lambach (ADV): Unlocking is now optional.
• Radu Bistri: Gaining blood is now optional.
• Szechenyi Jolán, Mother of Horrors: Unlocking her is now optional and happens during the discard phase.

These changes will be tournament legal on May 27, 2022.

A complete list with all Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Legacy Singles is available separately.

VTES latin

While you are visiting Drivethrucards, note that all the nine Fifth Edition preconstructed decks for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle are now available at Drivethrucards.com. That is Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere, Ventrue, Banu Haqim, Brujah, Gangrel and The Ministry. The languages are English, French, Spanish and, of course, LATIN! Because we don´t want to exclude anyone 😉

Black Chantry are constantly adding new offers both on Drivethrucards and your favorite store – stay tuned for more!

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New Blood soon in stores!

Hi!

We now have set an official release date for the new Vampire: The Eternal Struggle set New Blood: April 17, 2022. The main function of this date is to determine the legality date for tournament play of the new cards in the set, which will be May 17, 2022.

Above you see the new version of the classic card Second Tradition: Domain, with lovely new art by the very talented Cos Koniotis. It is included in both the Toreador and the Ventrue New Blood deck.

Check out more previews and full content lists of each of the five New Blood decks:

New Blood: Malkavian

New Blood: Nosferatu

New Blood: Toreador

New Blood: Tremere

New Blood: Ventrue

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New Blood soon in stores!

New Blood VTES

Hi all!

The New Blood introductory mini-decks for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle are soon leaving the printers and will be available in stores in April, so we are rolling out a quick preview season with deck lists, art and cards. Stay tuned to our channels – this site, our newsletter, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

You find more information at the New Blood product page – enjoy!

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Fifth Edition now on print-on-demand!


Hello!

Black Chantry Chantry are happy to tell you that the first five Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition decks are now available for print-on-demand at Drivethrucards.com. That means beginner friendly but competitive preconstructed decks for these clans:

Malkavian

Nosferatu

Toreador

Tremere

Ventrue

We hope you enjoy this offer – more is on the horizon!

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– The delicate art of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle
– About Fifth Edition and the future with lead designer Ben Peal
– Interview with original designer Richard Garfield
– Rules Team Rulings with Fifth Edition rulebook addendum

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