I've had several other CCGs besides Magic that I have loved. Doomtown for it's crazy set up and setting. Kult for some amazingly simple, elegant design that tested the most skilled card floppers tactical skill. Legend of the Five Rings for taking unique, at the time, methods of card mechanics. Then there is the granddaddy of all multiplayer games, the one that does it the best. Vampire the Eternal Struggle, originally released by WotC as 'Jyhad'.
Now thanks to Black Chantry Productions it's back. Just not in collectible form. They are going the route of Print on Demand through One Book Shelf on their Storytellers Vault/DriveThruRPG sites.
First up is the Lost Kindred Bundle which is the first run of actual new cards. While the number of new cards isn't many they do give you full playsets for most of the Library cards.
Also coming out are Keepers of Tradition Reprint Bundle 1 and Keepers of Tradition Reprint Bundle 2 which are reprints of the last two micro expansions for the card game. Which, from what I hear, were hard to come by at release. These two are heavy on the Crypt side and don't seem to have full playsets of the Library cards... which is not a good thing.
While I am quite hopeful that this helps revive the game to some level there are some issues. There so far isn't a 'new player' option of getting into the game expect tracking down a bunch of the older cards. Something badly needed for this would be premade starter decks. Even if just a handful it would make it much easier to bring somebody new into the fold without telling them to go hit up ebay or dig through a local game shops dead CCG boxes.
Eventually I hope to pick up the Lost Kindred Bundle and give a full review. But that may be a while as I have a lot of other things on my 'want to get list'. But if anybody else gets ahold of them and wants to give their opinion feel free. Heck post your thoughts or a link to your post about the new stuff.
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