From Trivia
Sabbat War Sells like ‘Crack Cocaine’
From: Tim Avers <tavers@white-wolf.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:00:30 -0500
Subject: WW FYI: Sabbat War Reprint Selling Like Crack Cocaine
Guys,
Forgive me for the lack of specific details in this message, but it’s a confidentiality thing.
One of our BIG distributors called us up yesterday to inform us that they had sold out of their initial order of the Sabbat War reprint…
…IN TWO HOURS.
This is very important because it means that retailers are still perceiving the product as “in demand.”
Keep up the awesome job you’ve been doing of promoting this game. Pick up a few extra Sabbat War packs or that deck you missed out on the first time. Encourage new players who will become as excited about this game as we all are.
If we can really sell through this second print run, I think I can say with certainty that White Wolf is back in the trading card business for a good long time.
And that means V:tES is back… for GOOD!
That’s the news. I’m outta here.
Regards,
Tim Avers
White Wolf Marketing Guy</tavers@white-wolf.com>
VTES History: ‘H’ is for Hold
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H) Vampire: The Eternal StruggleAh, letter H. For VtES fans, “H” might as well stand for “Hold” which is where VtES is in terms of future expansions. There is no chance for a VtES product in 1998, and virtually no chance for new VtES in 1999. We are, however, planning to get some better support for Vampire players in terms of Organized Play at cons this summer, and a better and more responsive internal team for answering rules questions.
As one of the most successful TCGs ever, Vampire has a special place in the hearts of many people here at WotC. While it is not a part of our current design plans, we do respect deeply the people who have invested in the game and continue to find it an enjoyable diversion. After three expansions and a reprint of the basic set (and the conversion of the backs of the cards, a conversion more painful than any other in TCG history…) the game has probably reached the end of its lifecycle here at WotC. However, we continue to monitor the market and to talk about the brand, and if the company makes the decision at some point to reawaken the beast, we’ll ensure that you’re the first people to know.
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New promos have arrived!
The promos for our next tournament have arrived. I got several copies of each of these new crypt cards and one copy of each of the reprinted library cards (with new clan symbols).
My favorite V:TES Art
I may write up a more in depth list of my favorite card art from VTES, but for now, these have been two of my all-time favorites: Archon Investigation and Anneke, which were both created by the artist Lawerence Snelly. I just love both of these images and how they feel to me. When I was first discovering the game and I saw these two cards, they jumped out to me. If I could find the originals, I would buy them in a second.
The Booster Pack Podcast with Shawn Carnes
Shawn Carnes, who helped design VTES during the first three expansions at Wizard of the Coasts, did an interview on the Booster Pack Podcast. Around the 33:00 minute mark is when Shawn goes in-depth about this time working on Jyhad/VTES.
The Booster Pack Podcast with LSJ
L. Scott Johnson (aka LSJ) the man who was in charge of designing V:TES did an interview on the Booster Pack Podcast. LSJ started off as a player and a “yahoo” on the Jyhad/VTES internet forums answering other players’ rules questions. This lead to Wizards of the Coasts making him their official Net.Rep and “Rules monger”. Then later, when White Wolf Publishing took over VTES in 1999 and LSJ (with no prior experience) was put in charge of their first set release (Sabbat War). LSJ would go on helm the game for the next 10 years, before retiring from the game when the game went out of print in 2010.
Black Chantry’s Nosferatu Starter Deck
Below is the deck list for the new Fifth Edition Nosferatu starter deck. Artwork and deck description can be found on Black Chantry’s Web Site.
Crypt: (12 cards)
1 Aunt Linda
1 Baixinho
2 Belinde
1 The Dowager
1 Horace Radcliffe
2 Larissa Moreira
2 Lenny Burkhead
1 Ryan
1 Wauneka
Library: (77 cards)
1 Fame
1 Guardian Angel
1 Haven Uncovered
1 The Labyrinth
1 Rebel
1 Slum Hunting Ground
1 Smiling Jack, the Anarch
1 Warsaw Station
4 Vessel
4 Creeping Sabotage
6 Deep Song
2 Preternatural Strength
2 Underbridge Stray
2 Murder of Crows
2 Raven Spy
4 Lost in Crowds
2 Carrion Crows
4 Immortal Grapple
8 Roundhouse
4 Taste of Vitae
4 Cat’s Guidance
4 Guard Dogs
4 Instinctive Reaction
5 On the Qui Vive
4 Protected District
4 The Warrens
Carmen Lives!
The model for Carmen, this year’s winner for Best Supporting Vampire, has been revealed. Known as Malice, she’s a model/manager for the band Hellfire Society. Here is her MySpace page. She even has this photo of herself and her V:TES alter-ego in her photo album:
No word yet if David Bowie plays V:TES
The Story Behind Camille Devereux and The Raven
For many years, playing a Gangrel deck usually featured two vampires who had the exact same capacity and discipline spread – Camille Devereux and Raven. Some players probably thought it was amusing, if not puzzling, that there were two Gangrel who were exactly alike.
Well, there was a reason for this. In 1994, when Jyhad was released, Camille Devereux was one of the original cards printed in the game’s debut release, but the card’s artwork by L.A. Williams was taken directly without permission from a photo published in a Victoria’s Secret catalog of the model Stephanie Seymour.
A year later, when the base set was reprinted under the game’s new title Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, a replacement card was created called Raven, with a different illustration by L.A. Williams.
Both cards were considered unique onto themselves and did not contest with each other. That changed in 2004, for the Tenth Anniversary Edition, when both characters were combined into one card.
Press Release: V:TES to Cease Production after 10 years back at White Wolf
V:TES to Cease Production after 10 years back at White Wolf
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle® Trading Card Game to Cease Production
Atlanta, GA September 10, 2010 — Vampire: The Eternal Struggle™, the trading card game published since 2000 by White Wolf Publishing Inc., has survived the lifetimes of many Methuselahs, been a terrifying vehicle for their manipulative ways and a true forum for the creation of lifelong friends and bitter enemies since its launch in 1994.
White Wolf has been increasingly unable to continue serving the V:TES community in the way that the game requires. After an exhaustive search for possible alternatives to extend V:TES, one of the oldest collectible card games will be returning to torpor once more. White Wolf sought out many possible licensors to take over the franchise but an accord could not be met. V:TES will finish the year strongly with the North American Championship at The Grand Masquerade in New Orleans and the European Championship in Paris and continue to support tournaments for another year, even in the absence of new expansions or reprints of old sets. The strength of V:TES has always been in its devout following, and White Wolf trusts that while the game may retreat from the light for the foreseeable future, it will never suffer a final death.
Direct Inquiries to:
Oscar Garza, Organized Play Director
White Wolf Publishing
orgplay (/at/) white-wolf (/dot/) com