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• The design team is still digesting the report of the second round of playtesting of the Hecata/Lasombra decks, the Hecata/Lasombra/Ravnos/Salubri/Tzimisce New Blood decks and the 30th Anniversary preconstructed deck. We´ll probably need another round of testing of at least one of these three sets.
• An odd piece of news is that the next printing of the New Blood packs for Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere and Ventrue will have 1 card less than the previous printings, so 55 cards instead of 56. This is because the printing had to be done in another factory that had a different capacity. This is sad for continuity, but not catastrophic for the actual product function. The cards removed are:
Malkavian: -1 Wake with Evening's Freshness
Nosferatu: -1 Forced Awakening
Toreador: -1 Second Tradition: Domain
Tremere: -1 Forced Awakening
Ventrue: -1 Wake with Evening's Freshness
The Hecata, Lasombra and 30th Anniversary are all in the last steps of design and playtesting, as are New Blood packs for Hecata and Lasombra.
• The (probably) last round of playtesting of the next products was concluded: the 30th Anniversary box, preconstructed decks for Hecata and Lasombra, New Blood packs for Hecata and Lasombra. Playtest coordinator Norman Brown compiled a 211 pages long report for the design team to sink their teeth into – thanks to all of you that wrote long and detailed about your test games and opinions, you ROCK!
• The Lasombra and Hecata preconstructed decks are in late pre-production stages, as are New Blood packs for Hecata, Lasombra, Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce.
The Lasombra Fifth Edition preconstruced deck will appear this autumn, and after that the Hecata preconstructed deck and also New Blood packs for Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce.
• 56-card New Blood packs for Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce will also appear sometime in this year´s last quarter, or possibly early 2025.
[...] a fourth round of playtesting, ongoing right now, until the end of August. Also included in the testing is cards for 56-card New Blood packs for Hecata, Lasombra, Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce that also will appear late 2024 or early 2025 dependent on playtest and printing schedule.
• The (hopefully) last round of playtesting of the Hecata preconstructed deck as well as the five 54-card New Blood packs for Hecata, Lasombra, Ravnos, Salubri and Tzimisce concluded on August 31. Now the answers from the playtesters will be analysed and the last tweaks will be made.