Promo Pack 2 is now available!

VTES Promo Pack 2

Promo Pack 2 for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle is a fixed assortment of 56 crypt cards, intended as promotional material for retailers and support for organizers of tournaments and other events. No normal resale! The bundle is available directly from Black Chantry Productions (for organizers) or from distributors (for retailers).

Contents:
10 Benedito, a Lanterna
10 Bituin
10 Casey Snyder
10 Jacques Rouge
10 Leumeah
1 Una
1 The Ankara Citadel, Turkey
1 Black Metamorphosis
1 Murmur of the False Will
1 Parity Shift
1 Pentex Subversion

Copyright © 2024 Paradox Interactive AB. www.paradoxinteractive.com. All rights reserved. Vampire: The Eternal Struggle and Vampire: The Masquerade® are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Paradox Interactive AB. All rights reserved.

VTES rule open playtest: Contesting vampires

Greetings Methuselahs

We’re all committed to the rules of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle conceived 25 years ago. The impact of some rules has changed as the game has changed. One of those rules is vampire contestation. We have moved from having few crypt options to having large numbers of crypt options, but when contestation occurs the impact can be more severe with larger numbers of “key vampire decks” now in existence. We wish to examine if there are ways to reduce the impact of contestation and reduce the random element.

We would like you to test the following changes for non-tournament games:

  • A contested vampire remains in play. Their controller must pay 1 pool to continue to contest them, or yield during the unlock phase, but can play with them normally (act, block, play cards, cast votes or ballots etc.). If this vampire has a title that is also contested, the vampire must pay 1 blood point to keep it, as usual.
  • It is still forbidden to contest a vampire with oneself, and if this were to happen, the last vampire to enter play would be immediately burned, as usual.
  • This concerns both vampires influenced from the crypt and unique vampires brought into play with library cards (Abomination, Call the Great Beast etc.)
  • Unique library cards (including allies) and imbued are still unaffected by this rule change.

This change has already been tested in online league games, but we would like to have a lot more games adopting this rule in order to observe its influence on the balance of the game, the frequency of representation of “star” vampires etc.

We are especially interested in game reports including:

  • Frequency: How many games had a vampire being contested / games played?
  • The situation of the two (or more) players contesting (prey/predator? other?)
  • For how long the vampires were contested. How did it end? How much blood was left on the vampire after the contest?
  • Is the penalty balanced from their point of view? from the non-contesting players’ point of view?
  • Are star decks appearing more often over time? (It can take time for the players to adjust to the new rule)

Below are answers to some questions you might have. We use Lodin as the example vampire.

Q: Can Lodin block another Lodin controlled by another Methuselah?
A:
Yes.

Q: If there are two Lodin in play and I call a Banishment on “Lodin”, do I need to specify which copy I am choosing?
A:
Yes. These are two different copies.

Q: If there are two copies of Lodin in play and one of them is burned, what happens to the other?
A:
Nothing. However, since the controller of the remaining Lodin is not contesting anymore, that controller will not have to pay the contest any longer, and Lodin will get back his title during his next unlock phase (as usual).

Q: What happens if two Methuselahs contest the same vampire, and a third one puts a third copy in play?
A:
The third copy is immediately contested. However, it remains in play and the third Methuselah will have to pay the contest cost as the two others (as well as paying the contest for the title, if any).

Q: If two copies of Lodin are contested and one of them yields his title, what happens to the other?
A:
The other copy will get back his title during his next unlock phase (unless someone else contests the title!)

Q: Someone plays The Name Forgotten on Lodin who later gets burned. What happens to the other copies of Lodin?
A:
They stay in play since The Name Forgotten only removes copies from the “crypts, uncontrolled regions and ash heaps”.

Please use one of these two Google Forms to deliver feedback:
– Game report sheet:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4dzZ9rXXkHYPL_UD6KXWdcX5zX1RV36oTWrwyTxYnVs4QqQ/viewform
– Your Opinion sheet:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeenKxORn8O1bfRMoaFdZZzlzH0075HIKYK3ofi_hLCu4LVvQ/viewform

Do you have other questions? Discuss on the VEKN.net forum or VEKN at Facebook, or ask Black Chantry Productions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or contact@blackchantry.com.

Copyright © 2024 Paradox Interactive AB. www.paradoxinteractive.com. All rights reserved. Vampire: The Eternal Struggle and Vampire: The Masquerade® are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Paradox Interactive AB. All rights reserved.

Print-on-demand is back!

Tariq the Silent - Art by Christopher Shy

Hello community

Black Chantry Productions print-on-demand partner Drivethrucards.com has been cleared to reopen with light staffing, which means they are accepting new printed card orders. So if you haven´t already done so, maybe get five copies of Tariq the Silent? Or maybe that cool Parlamento de las Sombras precon deck?

For more information: COVID-19 Update

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Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Online Fifth Edition Raffle

Hi community!

Black Chantry Productions hereby announce that anyone playing Vampire: The Eternal Struggle online on LackeyCCG.com and submitting their result (tournament, league or casual) at VTES-hook.com will enter into a prize draw. The winner will receive a copy of the upcoming Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition five-deck box set!

Period: March 1 – June 30 2020

After the last date, a list of players will be generated and a random winner will be determined, contacted and announced by July 31 2020.

A guide how to register games at VTES-hook.com can be found at Youtube: VTES-Hook Event Management

Thanks to all who help arrange online games, and special thanks to Igor Beslin and Kai Kimmerle.

Good luck everybody!

The small print: The prize is sponsored by Black Chantry Productions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 10859380). This competition is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any entrant to this competition agrees that their name and likeness may be used in publicity associated with this product and competition. Black Chantry Productions will pay for shipping but any other fees and applicable local taxes are the responsibility of the winner. Twitter and Facebook are not associated with this promotion.

VTES rulebook now in French!

Hello community!

Last month the first Vampire: The Eternal Struggle products in the French language hit the shelves, and to accompany this we now publish the game rulebook in French. The translation is by Vincent Ripoll, Emmanuelle Usselmann, Romain Vincent-Aumont, Timothée Daudé and Pascal Bertrand. It is still a draft version that awaits some more proofing and a new layout, so if you have any feedback, please tell!

You find the rulebook at www.blackchantry.com/rulebook

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