#22 Design Team Notes on New Expansion

The VEKN Design Team for the new expansion has provided some background on their composition, work process and the upcoming expansion. Some highlights---

On the goals for the new set:

The design team strove to achieve several goals for the set. Among them, and not necessarily in any order of priority:

1. Preserving game balance and card balance.
2. Adhering to World of Darkness canon for crypt and library cards
3. Creating cards which enable portions of the game which are lacking or underdeveloped. (We are not making "hosers.")
4. Developing high-caliber cards which can be feasible in tournaments and fun in casual games.

On set contents:

It is no big secret that the traditional Sabbat clans lack Group 5 crypt cards, so these will comprise a large portion of the set. We hope this will provide more options for viable Sabbat G4/5 crypts and additional synergy with G5/6 Bloodlines. The new G4/5 vampires are intended to work well with those previously established in G4, and we hope that G4/5 plays to different strengths and weaknesses than G2/3.

See the full text over at the VEKN Forums.

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My personal takeaway: While I am extremely happy that there is continuing fanbase support for V:tES, I will probably pass on this one since I've long ago decided that I will focus on G1/2/3 vamps.

#19 Fan-based expansion in development by the V:EKN

During the EC 2011, the V:EKN announced some more details about the upcoming fan-based expansion for V:tES.

From the VEKN Forums:

- There will be a new, fan-made set created by the V:EKN.
- There is a development team within the V:EKN. Members may or may not disclose their membership.
- The set will be 20-30 cards in size.
- The targeted release is 2012, no exact date known yet.
- The cards will be tournament legal for constructed tournaments, just like any other set.
- The cards will have to be printed out in color on standard paper, cut out properly and stuck in sleeves before an original V:TES cards


Gines Quiñonero is the art director. If you are an artist and want to contribute or if you are a layout wizard please contact him.


Robert Goudie, the V:EKN marketing director will update you with more information in the coming months.

So to play the cards from the new expansion, players will be required to print out the cards, cut them out then sleeve them with an original V:tES card. (Aside: This is a good way to use up all my Code of Milan Suspended and Twisting the Knife!) Any thoughts on this?

Read more about the expansion and some suggested card ideas at the VEKN Forum.