Rules Team Rulings — RTR 11/05/2018

A bit surprisingly after the recent Rules Team Rulings of March 3rd, 2018, another RTR has been released on May 11th, 2018 (along with preview of the Gargoyles card for the Lost Kindred expansion). In fact, the RTR 11/05/18 contains of three parts, that is

• Rule change #1: Anarch is a sect.
• Rule change #2: Hunt
• Rule change #3: Limited effects

While the last two are merely clarifications/cleanup of existing effects, the first change is certainly the one with the biggest impact. Being Anarch is no longer a trait (like Black Hand), but Anarch is now a sect like Camarilla or Sabbat. In the past, belonging to the Independent sect was a prerequisite, now Anarchs and Independent are strictly separated, because a vampire can only belong to one sect at a given time.

You can read the full text of the RTR down below as well as in the VEKN.net forum (with the accompanying discussion).

Lost Kindred: Gargoyles

Following the previews for a number of other bloodlines, on Friday the preview of the Gargoyles related cards of the for the new VTES expansion “Lost Kindred“. Aside from the two cards actually shown as pictures, the card text of all Gargoyle-related cards are presented (5 crypt cards and 4 library cards).

But see for yourself on vekn.net.

Lost Kindred: Salubri antitribu

Following the previews for three bloodlines, on Thursday the preview of the Salubri antitribu related cards of the for the new VTES expansion “Lost Kindred“. Aside from the two cards actually shown as pictures, the card text of all Salubri antitribu-related cards are presented (4 crypt cards and 3 library cards).

But see for yourself on vekn.net.

Lost Kindred: Blood Brothers

Following the previews for the Samedi and the Harbingers of Skulls, today the preview of the Blood Brothers related cards of the for the new VTES expansion “Lost Kindred“. Aside from the two cards actually shown as pictures, the card text of all Blood Brothers-related cards are presented (5 crypt cards and 5 library cards).

But see for yourself on vekn.net.

Lost Kindred: Harbingers of Skulls

Rather quickly after the initial preview of the Samedi for the new VTES expansion “Lost Kindred“, yesterday the preview for the Harbingers of Skulls was posted on vekn.net. Aside from the two cards actually shown as pictures, the card text of all Harbinger-related cards are presented (5 crypt cards and 5 library cards).

But see for yourself on vekn.net.

Lost Kindred: Samedi

With the official announcement that new VTES expansion  has been released on May 5th, 2018, Black Chantry has provided the list of cards contained in the new expansion. (Card lists are also available on vekn.net for the two reprint packs of Keepers of Tradition). What was lacking so far, were the actual card texts for the new cards that come with Lost Kindred. As of today, Black Chantry/VEKN has begun to share this information in a series of “previews”, starting today with the new cards for the Samedi bloodline.

But see for yourself on vekn.net.

New VTES Expansion & Reprint Packages Released

Rather quickly after the announcement that VTES will be back on print, 3 new VTES products hit the (online) store. On May 5th, 2018, Black Chantry, the new production company for VTES, has put a new VTES expansion named Lost Kindred and two reprint packages of  an existing expansion (Keepers of Tradition) into the demand-on-print-shop Drivethrucards.com.

Here’s the announcement about the release by Black Chantry (read the full post for yourself on vekn.net.) Also check the Black Chantry website for more information about the company that has brought VTES back to print.

We are very happy to announce that Black Chantry Productions now has made their first three Vampire: The Eternal Struggle products available for print on demand on Drivethrucards.com. It is one brand new expansion, designed by the VEKN Design team, illustrated by top notch artists and carefully tested by hundreds of playtesters for more than one year. The other two products are reprint bundles of Keepers of Tradition cards that are highly desired by players who could not get their hands on enough of them back when they were originally printed. Congratulations VTES players all over the world – our beloved game is back in print!

A bit problematic is the rather high price of US$24 for these 120 card packages, but I guess that’s the nature of actual print-on-demand business. On the other hand, the shipping fees to addresses outside of the US are extremely high. Here, the only solution at the moment is to make larger purchase together with friends and co-players, since the price per ordered card pack drops with the number of VTES packs ordered. This is certainly not an ideal situation, but on the other hand VTES is back in print.