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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:08:15 -0700
From: "Robert Goudie" <rrgoudie@earthlink.net>
To: "Conclave" <conclave@list.white-wolf.com>
Subject: VEKN Conclave - [Announce] Official Build Your Own V:TES Storyline Event

Even though White Wolf will no longer be creating new source material for the classic World of Darkness, there are still more stories to be told. In fact, your story could very well be next! White Wolf and V:EKN are providing a way for you to influence Vampire: The Eternal Struggle's ongoing storyline. We're offering Princes and established Clan Newsletter Editors the opportunity to run a single Build Your Own Storyline event each calendar year. Each Prince or Editor will be allowed to create a story in the classic World of Darkness setting and will design any special rules for their own local storyline event. Be creative! The sky is the limit! Your storyline settings may be used by White Wolf as suggested plots for future V:TES development. Now you can create the plots and schemes, the drama, and the characters that may become part of the official V:TES world.


SELECTION OF STORIES
====================

If the Prince or Newsletter Editor who organizes the Build Your Own Storyline event or the player who wins the event goes on to win any Continental Championship, we'll validate that storyline and base at least one card on that storyline in the next available expansion. Fortunately, a Continental Championship win isn't the only way a storyline may be validated. White Wolf may choose to validate any storyline it feels is particularly compelling or popular with players.


HOW TO RUN AN EVENT
===================

1. Create your story and get the word out. Let people know about the story they'll be participating in. The only rules are that your story must be set in the classic World of Darkness as if Gehenna hadn't happened yet (note that there is no canonical Gehenna ending, just a few portends, like the Week of Nightmares, the Caitiff prince, and the Red Star--you can set your stories before or after these events, in 1996, 2005, or whatever, but always before THE END). You may wish to consider creating a webpage that details your storyline, its participants, bios of any fictional characters, or whatever. Later, you can add the results of your event and any prologue that you write.

2. Request approval on the White Wolf webpage. Make sure you select "Unsanctioned Build Your Own Storyline" in the event type field. While these events will appear in the official calendar, they will not count toward player ratings. You will receive an email regarding your request within 3 weeks of your submission.

3. Feel free to use special rules (clan-based crypts, new actions, unofficial "promo" cards for the event, or the like) to match the theme of your event. They aren't sanctioned, so you have plenty of freedom here to infuse your theme into the storyline games.


HOW TO REPORT THE RESULTS OF YOUR EVENT =======================================

Include the following in your report and email it to
stories@vtesinla.org:

a) Include your full name and V:EKN number. Tell us
whether you are a Prince or Clan Newsletter author.

b) We'll need to know who won your event and the attendance numbers.

c) Report on the actual event:
i. Date and location of event (City, Region, and Country)
ii. Number of attendees
iii. Winning Player Name and V:EKN Number
iv. Anything else about your event you wish to report

d) Please include the storyline fiction you've written (the prelude and any prologue) and a description of any special rules that were in effect for the event. Note that your submission of your storyline event is considered a gift to White Wolf Publishing, Inc. and any claim of copyright or intellectual ownership you may have to the contents of your submission are given to White Wolf Publishing, Inc.

e) Include any player quotes heard during your event. Like other storyline events, appropriate quotes may be used as flavor text on cards in future expansions.


QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
=====================

Q: Are these events replacing the coordinated, worldwide storyline events?
A: No. Those events will continue to take place.

Q: I currently write a Clan Newsletter. How do I know if I am considered "established"?
A: A Newsletter Editor may create an event if, on the actual event date, they are currently the editor of a newsletter and have published at least 6 issues in the last 12 months. Contact Peter Bakija, the Clan Newsletter Coordinator at pdb6@lightlink.com if you aren't sure.

Robert Goudie
Chairman, V:EKN
robertg@vtesinla.org

Azrael wrote: Klingt komisch,...

Thea Bell wrote:

Azrael wrote: Klingt komisch,...

,ist aber so.

Die Sendung mit der Maus ist halt ein Klassiker !

Azrael wrote:Hmm..., also man denkt sich ne wirre Geschichte aus, sagt: Masterkarten sind doof jeder zahlt ein Pool um eine ausspielen zu dürfen, bastelt eine Promokarte aus Pappmache und gibt sie demjenigen der verliert...
...falls man jemanden findet der sich darauf einlässt...

Azrael wrote:...und wenn die Geschichte gut ankommt und man zufällig gerade mal ein NC gewonnen hat, dann kann man das WW schicken und die drucken dann die Pappmache Promokarte fürs nächste Set...

Azrael wrote:Klingt komisch,...

Wenn wir so was machen, wird das sicher ganz toll und hat bessere Regeln als dein Beispiel.