Card Set - V:TES 3rd EDITION

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The Sabbat Return to Wreak Havoc in Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Third Edition

Vampires are far superior to mere mortals. So why hide within mortal society when all a mortal's worth is as food? Vampires of the Sabbat refuse to lurk only in the shadows, and in doing so they stand against the Camarilla, so-called civilized vampires, who play games fit only for mortals. The Sabbat do not play games. Instead, they engage in an eternal struggle for their own freedom, even from one another.

Revel in Immortality

The bad boys of vampire society lead the rest in their nocturnal world, reveling in their immortality and superiority to the mortal herd. Backstabbing and treachery are expected at every turn, just to keep eternity from getting predictable. Let the games begin.

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle celebrates its twelfth anniversary this year. Designed by Richard Garfield, designer of Magic: The Gathering®, VTES allows players to pit clans of vampires against one another in a mix of intrigue and action. The launch of this third edition set, a stand-alone base set, is a great starting point for new players. If you have never experienced the fun and excitement of strategic collectible card games, now is the time to jump in. It is called Third Edition after the Camarilla Edition, which is reckoned as the second edition.

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Each booster pack contains 11 cards randomly selected from a set of 390 cards consisting of 90 rares, 100 vampires, 100 uncommons, and 100 commons, including 136 new cards (100 vampires and 36 library cards).

The set also features 4 non-random preconstructed decks, Brujah antitribu, Malkavian antitribu, Tremere antitribu, and Tzimisce, which contain even more cards and are designed to get beginning players started right away. Each preconstructed deck contains 6 new vampires that aren't found in the boosters, many of which are included twice in their respective starters.

In addition to the regular preconstructed decks above, this expansion also features a quick-start package called The Player's Kit. The kit is designed for four players who don't know the game to jump right in a learn the game by playing. It includes everything a group of four needs to play: four 50-card decks (for the same clans as the precons, enabling the players who discover the game to quickly expand their decks), blood counters, a full rulebook, and a scripted example of play to walk the players through the mechanics of the game using the four decks.

- Reprints of necessary cards with new art!
- Added draft functionality on many of the cards.

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Vampire: The Eternal Struggle 3rd Edition Pre-Release Event
Now in it's 12th year of play, White Wolf Publishing Celebrates the latest expansion of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (VTES). White Wolf Publishing and the Princes of the Elder Kindred Network (VEKN) are promoting a weekend long series of tournaments and special events across the globe. The goal of this world spanning event is to help existing players entice new players into the game. Below is the basic information needed to plan your own tournament.

On September 2nd and 3rd, VEKN players and Princes will team up with retailers around the world in an effort to create new players for White Wolf's award winning. Ccg, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. Coinciding with the launch of the 3rd Edition VTES, this pre-release event will focus on bringing new players into the fold of one of the longest running ccgs in the market.

Why is the VTES 3rd Edition pre-release kit the best way to do this?
o Participants will walk away with a free demo deck compliments of White Wolf.
o The Pre-release kits include unique promo cards exclusive to this event.
o Available for sale immediately following the demo, each kit includes starters and boosters of the brand-new VTES 3rd edition for sale to new players.

Pre-release kit contents:
1 x 2751WWP VTES 3rd Ed Booster Display
1 x 2752WWP VTES 3rd Ed Starter Display
1 x 2751WWP VTES 3rd Ed Booster Display Prize
5 x 2631WWP VTES Demo Deck: Ventrue
5 x 2632WWP VTES Demo Deck: Aus-Pre
6 x 2633WWP VTES Demo Deck: Anti-Pot
16 x 2541WWP Promo: VTES Playmat 11x17
30 x 2763WWP VTES Promo Card Waxen Poetica

The first two items, one Booster Display and one Starter Display are slated for sale to take advantage of the weekend long event Using our guidelines, new players can purchase the starter decks and participate in a sealed deck tournament for up to 8 players.
The remaining Booster display should be allocated to players running demos in your store. For each demo that the players complete, he or she should receive a number of booster packs equal to the number of participants.
For example, five new players attend an in-store event on Saturday, September 2nd. Each player participating should receive one free demo deck, one promo playmat and one promo card. After attending the demo, the players should each keep their decks and the player who ran the demo should receive five booster packs, one for each player. After the demo, the players can purchase one starter deck and four booster packs each and participate in a sealed deck tournament.

Princes/Organizers:
This event is designed to bolster your existing playgroup and strengthen ties with your local retailer. It is suggested that members of your playgroup run demos for new players in the store the day of the event.
If time allows, there is enough product with this kit to purchase 8 starters and 32 boosters for an 8-person Limited Event.

AFTER THE EVENT: Let us know how things went. The WW Website will be putting up a news story on the Pre-release events. We want Pictures, Tell us how many people showed up. How many players did you meet? We'll draw a name from the post-event reports submitted and send one person a display of 3rd Edition. Just to say thanks for keeping us in the loop.

PRICES MAY VARY FOR INDIVIDUAL RETAILERS. Princes, Organizers, or Retailers with concerns may contact Oscar Garza, the Organized Play Coordinator at orgplay@white-wolf.com

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Trifles: This set updates the trifle rules both to remove the restriction against playing more than one trifle in each master phase (although only the first one grants an additional master phase action), and to handle out-of-turn trifles (which function just as you would expect).

Draft effects: New to this set, some of the booster cards (reprints included) that require a Discipline or clan to use have additional texts on them which give them an alternate way of being used in draft and sealed tournaments. Sometimes this alternate use is the same effect as the normal usage, but with a different requirement. Other times, it is a different usage (and often both). The alternate uses are clearly labeled with "DRAFT:" text and set apart from the normal card text. The alternate effect is only usable in draft and sealed play. In standard constructed play, the draft text is ignored.

Cards updated:

Abandoning the Flesh may be played by a vampire in torpor.

Ventrue Investment is an investment.

Visit from the Capuchin burns counters when cards would be replaced, rather than when they are played or discarded.

* Remember that updated rules don't go into effect until the set is legal for play.

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The DRAFT effect of Claws of the Dead uses an Animalism icon when refering to the basic level effect of the card. It means the basic Protean effect, of course.

Printing Error
Due to an error in printing, the Third Edition cards are all printed with the card backs "upside down" from all the other V:TES expansions. Additionally, the quick-start decks' cards appear in the reverse order from the order used in the script. So, to use the script, first invert the both the library and the crypt (deal out the deck face down one card at a time to make a new deck) of each deck. The correct card order will also be online soon, to make it possible to repeat the scripted session.
We apologize for not catching the error earlier. This error will be corrected in any subsequent print runs of the Third Edition.

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3rd Edition Booster Pack

3rd Edition Players Kit