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.

Wishlist for Anthology II Set

I was rummaging through my ready-to-play decks (or better almost-ready-to-play decks), inserting the missing cards that I got from the Anthology set(s), e.g. Anarch Converts, Eyes of Argus, Target Vitals, and the like. So I was thinking, what would be my choices if I had to construct an (albeit fictional) Anthology II set.

• Dreams of the Sphinx
• Pentex Subversion
• Villein
• Delaying Tactics

Other candidates .. more for building decks than filling existing vacancies in decks, but still ..

• Baltimore Purge, Sensory Deprivation, Bima, Infernal Servitor, ..

What cards what you like to see reprinted. Please let me know in the comments!

Fourth & Fifth Preview of Anthology Set

Earlier this week (May 1st, 2017) & last week (May 24th, 2017), the VEKN has published more previews of cards contained in the upcoming VTES Anthology set. The cards shown are two new library cards, the master card The Line and the ally Vivienne Géroux, as well as four new crypt cards in total (Alabástrom, Styles Margs, Anne-Marie Bourgeois, Joseph Fischer). You can look up the new previews as well as the previous ones on the VTES Anthology page on vekn.net.

Third Preview of Anthology Set

Earlier this week (April 17th, 2017), the VEKN has published two more previews of cards contained in the upcoming VTES Anthology set. The cards shown are a previously published card (Enkil Cog) with new artwork, as well as two new crypt cards (Apolonia Czarnecki & Aisha az-Zahra). Along with the preview cards, card texts have been clarified with regards to the resolution of an action (for which Enkil Cog provides an example). You can look up the new previews as well as the previous ones on the VTES Anthology page on vekn.net.