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  • The Future of White Wolf from ICC 2009

    The Future of White Wolf from ICC 2009

    The 2009 International Camarilla Conclave was held this past weekend in Atlanta, GA.  White Wolf presented to fans a brief look at the future direction of the company and how it will engage its fans. (You can read about the event off the White Wolf website.) Video highlights of the opening and closing ceremonies can [...]

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  • Week In Review

    Week In Review

    Heir to the Bloodlines? The Lasombra posted news that the next expansion, Heir to the Blood, will most likely be a Bloodlines-based release.   Discussion started as to what should go into the Starter Decks? GenCon 2009 is almost here! GenCon will begin this week and run August 13-16.   There will be a eight VTES tournaments held: TCG0906152 08/13/2009 16:00 V:TES [...]

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  • Week in Review

    Week in Review

    Keep Ithaca Always in Your Mind This weekend is the Western New York Qualifier held at Cornell University in Ithaca NY.  Friday night there was a 2R+Final constructed tournament.  Today at noon the qualifier begins. My Time of Sorrow We learned about some limitations on tapping the House of Sorrow.  In short:  Yes we can use it to [...]

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  • Things to do with the Edge

    Things to do with the Edge

    Burn the Edge to Untap: Emily Carson during your discard phase. Isouda de Blaise during your discard phase. Torvus Bloodbeard during any Methuselah’s minion phase. Burning the Edge for a vote will: Give Melissa Barton 1 blood. Give Tyler McGill an additional vote. Give you an additional vote while playing Free States Rant. Give you an additional vote if you control Vincent Day. Give [...]

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  • What’s your Edge? Mine’s a Creepy Doll

    What’s your Edge? Mine’s a Creepy Doll

    When you play VTES, you obviously have to deal with the Edge – “a symbol showing that your minions have temporarily given you an advantage over the other Methuselahs. It is given or passed to a player who successfully bleeds another player, and it imparts certain advantages to the player controlling it. Choose an object [...]

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  • VTES Blog Writer Returns from Long Sabbatical

    VTES Blog Writer Returns from Long Sabbatical

    Well I’m back to blogging again. I’ve been out for a few months.  Charlotte By Night got pushed back as a priority as I became more involved with work and other projects.  But this blog is back and with a new design.  Also Know Your Kindred will continue again. A few things happened while I was [...]

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  • Under Construction – Please Wait

    Under Construction – Please Wait

    Charlotte By Night is going under a redesign, so it may look funny for a short time.  Thanks for your patience.

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  • Nossie Voting Results

    Nossie Voting Results

    <a href =”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1453292/” >Best Card of the Year</a> <br/> <span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”> (<a href =”http://www.polldaddy.com”> polls</a>)</span> <a href =”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1453378/” >Best Ally or Retainer</a> <br/> <span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”> (<a href =”http://www.polldaddy.com”> polls</a>)</span> <a href =”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1453347/” >Best Event</a> <br/> <span style=”font-size:9px;” mce_style=”font-size:9px;”> (<a href =”http://www.polldaddy.com”> surveys</a>)</span> <a href =”http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1453389/” >Best [...]

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  • The Ten Commandments of VTES

    The Ten Commandments of VTES

    VTES designer LSJ recently posted the following on his Facebook page: The Ten Commandments of VTES I am the prey to your left. You shall have no other goals before me. You shall not make for yourselves proxy cards, whether in the form of the crypt nor the library. You shall not make wrongful use of the call for [...]

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  • The Nossies Ends Tomorrow Night

    The Nossies Ends Tomorrow Night

    Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the 2009 Nossies.  Voting will end at midnight.  Winners will be posted on Sunday.

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  • Vote Now: 2009 Nossies are here!

    Vote Now: 2009 Nossies are here!

    Voting for the 2009 Nossies is now officially closed.  Thank you for your participation.

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  • The Nossies Nomination Process Complete

    The Nossies Nomination Process Complete

    The nomination process for the 2009 Nossies is now over.  Our crack team is now shifting through the piles of emails and posted comments, putting together the voting ballots that will appear here later this week.  Thank you to all who participated.

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  • Nossies 2009: Nominations Begin Tonight

    Nossies 2009: Nominations Begin Tonight

    Let the 2009 V:TES Award season begin! The Nossies is an online award I made up a year ago to allow fans of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle to vote and acknowledge the best new VTES cards from the past year.  (See last year’s results here) Tonight is the beginning of the nomination process.  From now until March [...]

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  • Caine kills Abel

    Caine kills Abel

    Gee, I wonder if this is was influenced by The Book of Nod?

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  • Rules: Ambulance + Hidden Lurker = NO NO

    Rules: Ambulance + Hidden Lurker = NO NO

    Fact: You can not play Hidden Lurker after you’ve tapped Ambulance to continue the action. Hidden Lurker must be played at the conclusion of the blocked combat. It cannot be played after the continuance and successful resolution of the action. Likewise, if you do have a minion play Hidden Lurker first, then you cannot tap the Ambulance to [...]

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  • No VTES content at TCGPlayer.com

    No VTES content at TCGPlayer.com

    TCGPlayer.com is a web site devoted to news and reviews of all Trading Card Games.  Sadly there isn’t a shread of news about Jyhad/VTES on the entire site.  Not the forums, blogs or industry news section. The only news I could find requarding White Wolf was their 2006 merger with CCP and information about the EVE [...]

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  • VTES on YouTube

    VTES on YouTube

    V:TES Content on YouTube: DJ Fengshui has been posting short reports about local VTES events in Columbus, Ohio. Midnight Academy has a few videos up, interviews at the 2007 EC and a Negral deck clinic. And of course there is some completely lunacy.

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  • Player Etiquette – What do you not like to see at the table?

    Player Etiquette – What do you not like to see at the table?

    The question was asked once in the usernet forums ‘What do you not like to see at a table?” The answers varied.  Here are the responses: Eating at the table. People commenting on the game they are not playing in. Trying to “Psyche out” another player. Saying “that is a bad play, you are a bad player.” Players who [...]

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  • World of Warcraft: The Lost Guild of V:TES

    World of Warcraft: The Lost Guild of V:TES

    World of Warcraft for a time had some VTES crossover. A few players from the VTES usernet group got together and carved out a spot on the US WOW server Runetotem by forming the guild “Protect Thine Own.” The guild met most Monday nights to play. Players created Horde characters named after their favorite [...]

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  • Know Your Kindred – Unmada

    Know Your Kindred – Unmada

    Name: Unmada Clan: Malkavian Generation: 5th Embraced: 369 AD Unmada appears as an ancient holy man from India. Devoted to the mortification of the flesh to gain wisdom, his body is punctured with hundreds of metal wires, wooden barbs and bone hooks. He carries a pointed wooden staff with him that he uses [...]

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  • Charlotte By Night

    Charlotte By Night

    Welcome to the new home for Charlotte By Night.  Previously we were on wordpress.com, but now we’ve moved to a new server.  Don’t worry, all the information posted on the old blog will be found here.  Enjoy.

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