So, you want to play Ashur Tablets?

Ashur Tablets made an entrance in Keepers of Tradition, and introduced ash heap recursion to VtES like never before – even though it was out there (mainly as a niche for Giovanni), not even Fox Mulder could believe hard enough in it to make it a mainstream strategy. The tablets arguably make any deck type...

So, you want to play the Unnamed?

Hello dear readers, Orpheus here. I have today the pleasure of introducing the first article by a player who asked to be hosted on our blog and was deemed worthy! I'll leave you with Petrus Makkonen, who will tell us how to build an Unnamed deck with a few starter packs, and how to play...

Top 5: the 1-Caps

In this series we'll rank the 5 best vampires for each Capacity. Of course this list might evolve with time. Those lists are more or less subjective, as, well, everything else on this blog. But please consider our articles like holy scripture, it will spare us some argumenting efforts. Let's begin with the weeniest of...

Recognize the archetypes Part I: What to look for

When you sit at a V:TES table, one of the most important - and also the most challenging - things is to know as fast as possible what the other players around the table are playing. Of course, as everything in this game, it will take practice, lots of it, but hopefully this series of...

Highway to Paris 4 : How To Play When You’re The Less Skilled Player Of The Table

For the last iteration of our series, I want you to picture the following situation: It’s been a stressful day, but you managed to do it: you made finals! In the poorly lit underground of the illegal bar where you are playing your last game, you observe your opponents. To your left, your prey is...

Highway To Paris 3: How To Improve Your Deck And Actually Win

The EC in Paris is getting close and so is the conclusion of this series. We talked about  how to read, how to copy decks from the internet and you had a pleasant chat in front of the coffee machine with Emma, the cute girl from accounting, where you exchanged pictures of cats (don't thank...

Highway To Paris 2: Some Decks To Consider

Hi, and welcome to the second instalment of this series dedicated to prepare you to win the next EC in Paris. In case you missed it, you can find the first part here. You've done your homework, you've picked up your plane tickets, you've learned how to say "I would like to buy one baguette,...

New vampires in sight!

In these days of vampire scarcity (bad pun intended), we're happy to get new ones as promos or in decks that were not built around their clans. We just got a few new ones, so let's have a look (and a reveal preview too, because we love you like that and we have some inside...

New presentation of the Blog

Hello all, for a while now whe've been struggling with the organisation of the pages Vs articles. This is now solved ! In the menu, you will find some specific pages, namely in the categories VTES and About Us. The rest of the menu tabs will simply regroup articles by categories, for easier browsing (although...