Dark Sovereigns is the first expansion of White Wolf, Inc.

White Wolf, Inc.

White Wolf Publishing is an American gaming and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant and White Wolf Magazine, and was initially led by Mark Rein·Hagen of the former and Steve and Stewart Wieck of the latter. Since White Wolf Publishing, Inc. merged with...

's trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle

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. It is published by White Wolf, Inc....

 released on December 15, 1995 - then published by Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast

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. The expansion's theme are the vampires of Europe and introduced the clans Ravnos

Ravnos

The Ravnos are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages role-playing games....

 and Giovanni

Giovanni (World of Darkness)

The Giovanni are a clan of vampires, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. In the newest version of White Wolf's Vampire: The Requiem role-playing game they are a bloodline of the Mekhet Clan called the San Giovanni .The usurpers of clan Cappadocian and...

. It also introduced the Independent sect, i.e. vampires belonging to clans that are plediging allegiance to neither the Camarilla nor Sabbat sect.

Contents

This expansion consists only of booster packs with 15 cards each (8 common, 4 vampire and 3 uncommon). It is the only expansion of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle in which boosters did not contain any rare cards, just an increased number of uncommon cards. There is a total of 173 new cards in this expansion.

Mechanics

• Independent Clans -- all vampires which do not belong to the Camarilla are considered to belong to Independent sect. This was later modified, a vampire's sect now is explicitly mentioned on each card.
• Inner Circle -- a title giving the vampire holding it more votes than every other title in the game.
• 2 votes -- self-explanatory title for Independent vampires.
• Chimerstry, Necromancy -- are two new disciplines (powers).

Notable Cards

• Banishment -- a political action to return a vampire from the active region back to uncontrolled region.
• Fear of Mekhet -- a master card with the ability to burn Justicars or Inner circle members.
• Legendary Vampire -- a master card giving an older vampire additional political power and bleed.
• Pentex Subversion -- a master card which can neutralize any given minion until the card is removed.
• Toreador Grandball -- a master card for clan Toreador
  Toreador (World of Darkness)
  The Toreador are a clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages books and role-playing games. Their symbol is the thorned rose.The Toreador are some of the most beautiful and glamorous of the Kindred...
  
   which allows its clan members to perform unblockable actions (other than the Bleed action).
• Arika -- the Inner Circle member of Clan Ventrue
  Ventrue
  The Ventrue are a clan of vampires, associated with the Camarilla, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages, and books and role-playing games. Their symbol is a scepter....
  
  , often cited as the most powerful vampire in the game.
• Stanislava -- the Inner Circle member of Clan Gangrel
  Gangrel (World of Darkness)
  The Gangrel are a clan of vampires, often associated with the Camarilla, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages, and books and role-playing games....
  
  ; allies cannot block her.

External links

• The official site
• Checklist for the expansion