Legacy Volume 1is a big bundle with one of each Legacy single card for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle currently published on Drivethrucards.com. That is 470 cards that you get for $141, which means a 14% discount compared to buying the cards individually. Perfect for collectors!
Black Chantry are delighted to tell you that a classic card is now available on Drivethrucards: Direct Intervention. Truly a Vampire: The Eternal Struggle staple, it is worth considering including in almost any deck. It hasn´t been printed since 2006, so it has been somewhat hard to get, but now it can be yours for just $0.35, with powerful new art by Ginés Quiñonero.
Some words from the artist: When I started thinking about the art for Direct Intervention, I wrote down several ideas for its setting, that ranged from some ancient ruins under a blood storm to a bucolic or oneiric landscape. With reference to its characters, I knew for sure that a Methuselah had to be there. Maybe levitating, or perhaps rising from a sarcophagus, or showing a taste of their immense power.
After that, I drew several composition sketches, and chose a scene with a close-up of a hooded Methuselah burning a vampire behind her, before the ruins of a ziggurat. However, that illustration did not come out the way I wanted, and opted for starting a new one. This time, using a different composition and setting, with the Methuselah’s victim in the foreground, and the ancient vampire in the background, in the ruins of Persepolis. For this artwork, I took into account two compositions: one for the full art, just in case it was used for a play mat; and another one for the card, which has a different aspect ratio.
On April 1st, Black Chantry announced that Vampire: The Eternal Struggle has been translated to Latin. We just want to clarify that this is not a April Fool´s joke!
To further prove the authenticity in this endeavour, here are some unboxing videos by the translator Ginés Quiñonero, one for each clan – Malcaviānus, Nosferātus, Taureātor, Tremārius and Ventruus!
This is the original announcement, now in English:
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle in Latin!
The Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition decks are now available in the Latin language. You can buy them on Drivethrucards as a single item. That is, if you buy the item, you’ll get all five decks. The Fifth Edition rulebook and help sheets in Latin are available to download in PDF format on Blackchantry.com.
Why Latin? There are many reasons! • An opportunity for Black Chantry´s Ginés Quiñonero to practise his language skills. • The translation work meant yet another deep review of the rulebook. • Further testing of niche products on print-on-demand. • Show that Latin is still, after more than two millennia, a living language. • Create an entertaining new way to teach Latin. • It is thematically correct! Latin is an ancient language often used by elder World of Darkness vampires. Therefore, it is only logical that Methuselahs can play their beloved card game in Latin too.
Fasciculī Quīntae VTES Ēditiōnis nunc Latīne praestō sunt, atque in tabernā chartāriā Drivethrucards ūnā emī possunt (h. e., sī hanc rem ēmeris, omnēs fasciculōs acquīrēs). Et lēgēs Quīntae Ēditiōnis et schedae auxiliārēs in sermōne Latīnō ex rētiālī Blackchantry.com pāginā dēprōmī possunt.
In Latīnum convertimus… • quia sīc Genesiō ex societāte Black Chantry appellātā occāsiō data est linguae Latīnae exercendae. • ad librum lēgum rūrsus recēnsendum. • ut tālēs rēs vēnālēs amplius perīclitārī possīmus, quālēs imprimuntur postquam emuntur. • ut mōnstrētur Latīnam post duo mīlia annōrum adhūc vīvam esse linguam. • ad novam lepidamque ratiōnem praebendam quā lingua Latīna trādātur. • quia nostram ad rem māximē pertinet, nam Latīna vetus est lingua ā veteribus Mundī Tenebrārum vampȳrīs ūsitāta. Itaque ratiōnī cōnsentāneum est Mathusalās hōc grātissimō chartārum lūdō etiam Latīne fruī posse.
Lūdus Vampire: The Eternal Struggle emī potest in tabernā Drivethrucards.com
All of these cards have been updated with the most recent layout and wording templates. Some also have brand new art, and some have significant functional changes. These changes are tournament legal as of February 22. The full text cardlists at VEKN.net has been updated.
Some of the most popular Legacy Card Singles right now.
Here is a list of all cards that have new art or significant functional changes: Al-Ashrad, Amr of Alamut: Al-Ashrad can now burn locations requiring any clan (not only Camarilla clans). Alvaro, The Scion of Angelica: Gaining blood is now optional. Amam the Devourer: Gaining life when burning a minion in combat is now optional. Ambrosius, The Ferryman: Pathos counters are now removed during the unlock phase. Antonio Delgado: Unlocking is now optional. Canopic Jar: Now burns 1 life if the attached minion is an ally. Consignment to Duat: Now a +1 stealth action. Divine Image: Now costs 1 blood instead of 2. Donatello Giovanni: Choosing a vampire is now optional. Edge Vitiation: Now costs no blood, instead of 1. Eyes of the Night: NEW ART. Form of Corruption: Adding a counter is now optional. Giovanni Acceptance: There is no longer a default sect for each clan. Giuseppe, Gravedigger: Now costs no blood, instead of 1. Heaven’s Gate: Now leaves the ally in play, but removes it from combat. The ally can now be chosen in the terms of a referendum, or burned to a War Ghoul or Abomination entering play. Ignore the Searing Flames: The outferior level works explicitly when the opposing minion strikes. Invitation Accepted: There is no longer a default sect for each clan. Jar the Soul: Now burns 1 life from the minion if it is an ally. Kali’s Fang: Now costs 2 pool. Masquer: Now costs 1 blood instead of 2. Paolo Sardenzo: Gaining blood is now optional. Path of Typhon, The: NEW ART. Principia Discordia: The target vampire does not require to be locked. Qadir ul-Ghani: The clan he changes to must be another clan than the clan to which he currently belongs. Realm of the Black Sun, The: Now costs no pool, instead of 1. Gaining pool is now optional. Retain the Quick Blood: Moving blood to the card and moving blood back to the vampire are now both optional. Revelation of Despair: Works when blocking any minion, not only one controlled by the predator. Revocation of Tyre: There is no longer a default sect for each clan. Saqqaf, Keeper of the Grand Temple of Set: Gaining a pool is now optional. Shadow Parasite: Now costs 1 blood instead of 2. Shadowed Eyes: Burning the card costs 1 blood or life, no longer a conviction. Spiritual Intervention: NEW ART. Summon the Abyss: NEW ART. Now costs 2 blood instead of 3. Summon the Serpent: Now a +1 stealth action. Sutekh, The Dark God: Gaining a pool is now optional, but works with all mummy allies (not only bane mummies). Ur-Shulgi, The Shepherd: The Tajdid that is retrieved from the library is now revealed. Web of Knives Recruit: The recruit is now explicitly Independent. Weeping Stone: Gaining a blood is now optional.
