Group play with more than six players is rare, as an individual's turn can easily take two to three minutes, causing a slow game for all. The game is ideally played by a group of four or five players, but it can be played by any number of players from two up. To that end, the Methuselahs will control and manipulate a number of minions (mostly younger vampires) to attack and destroy the other Methuselahs' resources. Each Methuselah will try to eliminate all others by nullifying their influence and power. In VTES, each player takes on the role of a Methuselah, an ancient and manipulative vampire, who is not itself present in the struggle, but acts from afar. publishes no further official products for the roleplaying game. After the events of Gehenna ended the official World of Darkness storyline, VTES is considered a sort of alternate reality of the setting, as it continues though White Wolf, Inc.

The game is set in the World of Darkness, drawing mainly from the Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game. In an interview with Robert Goudie, Garfield particularly notes dedicated multi-player (3+) rules, a lack of 'land cards', and a more rapid card drawing mechanism (cards normally being replaced instantly after being played). Richard Garfield noted that the experiences he had made with the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game had helped him to improve his design of the game. White Wolf announced that Vampire: The Eternal Struggle would cease production on the 10th of September, 2010 It is thus one of the oldest collectible card games in existence. After the 1996 Sabbat expansion, Wizards of the Coast abandoned the game, and in 2000 White Wolf took over development. As Garfield's first follow-up to his popular Magic: The Gathering collectible card game, he was eager to prove that the genre was 'a form of game as potentially diverse as board games' In 1995 the game was renamed from Jyhad to Vampire: The Eternal Struggle to increase its appeal and distance itself from the Islamic term Jihad The game was designed in 1994 by Richard Garfield and initially published by Wizards of the Coast. The Misplay - () / () / () ()| () | ()ДЇarming Eternal - () / () / () (Podcast is specifically related to the Draft format).Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, published as Jyhad in the first or 'Limited' edition and often abbreviated as VTES, V:TES or V:tES, is a multiplayer collectible card game set in the World of Darkness. () - A chronological list of all promo cards, sets, and campaigns with dates and links. () - A detailed reference for the best legendaries to craft based on their usage. () - Additional reference for material not covered here () - Recommendations for expanding your collection () - Excellent tool for determining power and influence distributions for decks () - Tool for quickly finding draft evaluations for cards and tracking a draft. () - Primary site for deck building, sharing, statistics, and collection tracking The Misplay - iTunes / Spotify / Stitcher Twitch| Discord | WebsiteДЇarming Eternal - Website / Soundcloud / Stitcher (Podcast is specifically related to the Draft format).

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