Battle Lines Singapore

 
Date: 24th April 2010, Saturday
Time: 1.30pm (Round 1 will start 2.00pm)
Venue: Paradigm Infinitum
Format: 3+1 Round V:EKN Constructed, with special rules for the Battle Lines Storyline

Entry fee is at S$6.

Prizes -
1 Booster pack for every Game Win
Winner of the final table gets 2 more booster packs of his choice from the community prize pool.

Please register with Stephen or shout out here before 20th April 2010, Tuesday.
 

Specially for Danz

 
He's not your cross-table ally.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/msg/89321219c23924db
 

Sibyl's Tongue

 
On the Network this week:

"Come on, don't tell me you didn't see that coming a mile away."
"That's what she said!"
 

Reading into Your Cards: Villein

 

Villein
Cardtype: Master
Master: trifle.
Put this card on a vampire you control and move 2 or more blood from that vampire to your pool. Minion Tap cards cost an additional pool. Villein costs an additional pool to play on this vampire.

According to Collins English Dictionary, a villein, or villain [ˈvɪlən] (noun) is(in medieval Europe) a peasant personally bound to his lord, to whom he paid dues and services, sometimes commuted to rents, in return for his land.

A villein was the most common type of serf in the Middle Ages. Villeins had more rights and higher status than the lowest serf, but were under a number of legal restrictions that differentiated them from the freeman. Villeins generally rented small homes, with or without land. As part of the contract with their landlord, they were expected to use some of their time to farm the lord's fields and the rest of their time was spent farming their own land. Like other types of serfs, they were required to provide other services, possibly in addition to a rent of money or goods.

And that's why a Villien gives its blood to increase your pool.

Interesting fact:
In many medieval countries, a villein could gain freedom by escaping to a city and living there for more than a year; but this avenue involved the loss of land and agricultural livelihood, a prohibitive price unless the landlord was especially tyrannical or conditions in the village were unusually difficult. Villeins newly arrived in the city in some cases took to crime for survival, which gave the alternate spelling "villain" its modern meaning.
 

Results: Grooming the Protege

 
8 Methuselahs signed up for the Grooming the Protege tournament and after a quick perliminary round, the following 5 Methuselahs made it to the final table:

- Yeqi (1GW, 4VP)
- Khris (1GW, 4VP)
- Sherman (0VP)
- Boon Khim (0VP)
- Ben Sum (0VP)

The seating arrangement for the final table was
Khris -> Ben Sum -> Boon Khim -> Yeqi -> Sherman

After a long (I mean looooooooooooooong) game, Boon Khim emerged the victor with 2.5VP and the game win (Sherman had 1 VP and Ben Sum had 0.5VP), netting 2 Legacy of Blood boosters.

A more detailed report can be found on Stephen's blog.

Congratulations to Boon Khim for a event well played, and a pat on the back for all participating Methuselahs.

Special thanks to Stephen for organising the event, Paradigm Infinitum for providing the venue, and Bann for providing IT support (even if it was barely used), and a big thank you to everyone who made the event a success!
 

Ruling: Summon History

 
The cost for Summon History has to be declared as the card is played (before searching). If you then retrieve a card that costs less than the declared cost, the full cost is still paid. Obviously, you cannot search for a card that costs more than the declared cost.

Reference:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad/browse_thread/thread/31e052470dce242d#
 

Battle Lines Storyline Event

 
Taken from the V:tES newsgroup:

The elders of the bloodline clans are faced with a terrible choice. Are they being offered a gift? Or being taken down a darker path? Do they heed the warnings of the mysterious Bahari and join the followers of Lilith? Or do they reject the Dark Mother and her infernal servants?

The bloodlines must choose which side they are on. The Battle Lines are drawn.

Introduction: http://www.vtesstorylines.com/PDFs/Storyline_BL_Story.pdf
Rules: http://www.vtesstorylines.com/Pdfs/Storyline_BL_Rules.pdf

2949 VTES Storyline: Battle Lines $14.99

Kit contents:
s02939 VTES Promo card Infamous Insurgent 5
s02940 VTES Promo card Lilith's Blessing 5
s02941 VTES Promo Card Guide and Mentor 5
s02942 VTES promo card Karsh 5
s02943 VTES promo card Claudio Serverino 5
2767 VTES Lords of the Night Booster Pk 3
2723 VTES Ebony Kingdom Booster Pack 2

-Ben Swainbank
VTES Storyline Coordinator
http://www.vtesstorylines.com

 

Grooming the Protege - Tournament Singapore

 
xysing has kindly offered to organise the following tournament, specially for the newly Embraced:

edit: xysing has confirmed that cards that are currently on the V:EKN banned list are also banned for this event.

Grooming the Protege

Eligible Participants:

1. Must not have participated in any NEWBIE tournaments before.
2. Must be approved by the Prince of the Newbie status.
3. Must be above 16 years old

Rules of the Tournament

1. Constructed Tournament, no sideboard.
2. Minimum Crypt size 12, no maximum crypt size. Vampires of all groups are useable, Imbueds are not allowed.
3. Minimum Library size 60, maximum 90.
4. No more than 3 copies of cards in the library can be cards that were NOT printed/reprinted in expansions from 3rd Edition onwards. NOTE - Vampires in the crypt are not restricted by this rule.
5. Entrance fee S$1
6. Tournament will include 1 round of qualifier, and 1 final round. Game winner for every table will go into the finals, followed by the players with the highest Victory Points, in descending order. In the event where there are only 1 table, the final table will consist of the 5 players with the highest VPs. In the event of a tie players will roll dice - highest points gets into the finals.
7. The final table's seating will be decided by the players themselves, in ascending order of non-game winning players' VPs, followed by Game Winners, in ascending order of their VPs. In the event of a tie, roll a die.

Prizes

1. PI is sponsoring 2 packs of any VTES boosters of your choice for the winner of the tournament.
2. Promo cards will be given away to all participants. (details will come later)

Special Conditions

1. The tournament will be cancelled if there are fewer than 4 participants.
2. The tournament will commence when there are at least 4 players, the table and position allocation will be random.
3. The tournament can only commence with the following numbers of players - 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and above. Table of 6 can be arranged, but no tables of 3.

Please email zhengyyzblogyahoocomsg or leave a comment or just tell me when you see me, if you're interested in participating. Please pay the $1 upon signing up.

Thank you for your kind participation. All non-participating newbies will be disarmed and decapitated.

Cheers,
xysing