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"Those that do not fear history are condemned to relive it."
VEmpire - The Kings of Darkness is a vampire themed digital deck-building game, inspired by one of history's most influential royal dynasties - the house of Habsburg.
And: It is an honest & complete product, 100% Pay2Win free!
VEmpire is a turn-based card game about building an Empire that is stronger than your opponent’s!
As soon as one player has 50 points in his Empire, he is going to win. The opponent has two turns to catch up.
The player can choose to play against the AI, invite a friend for a casual game, or play a match against a server-selected opponent.
VEmpire is a deck-building game like Dominion or Ascension, just to name two popular games of this genre.
It provides innovative mechanics and an exciting, atmospheric theme that is about the resurgence of the Habsburg rulers as terrific vampires!
VEmpire includes more than 100 unique cards with amazing artwork in four factions!
All cards (vampires, locations, artefacts & spells) are drawn based on real historical characters, famous ancient buildings and gory battles!
BUILD YOUR EMPIRE
It is the goal of the game to build a strong Empire of cards on the game board not in the decks!
SELECT YOUR KING
Decide the king & faction you want to start your game with. Depending on this choice you get your start-deck and your private-deck in the Market-Place to acquire cards from!
COLLECT GROUPS
You collect and play Groups, the most powerful entities in the game, which are designed after its historical examples (e.g. Pairs like ‘Sisi’ & ‘Franz Joseph’). They count twice if they are completed in your Empire, but not at all if not!
HOLD CARDS
Location-Cards not only provide you permanent guldens each turn but also holding-ability which gives you more strategic flexibility and control!
PLAY POWER-CARDS
Play Power-Cards for fast and surprising play!
Depending on your chosen king & faction there are different types of Power-Cards available for you at the Market-Place.
ACQUIRE OR EMPIRE
Vampire-Cards can be played for acquiring new cards or into your Empire to gather realm points – but there is no way back, so decide wisely!
PLAY SPELLS
Use offensive or defensive Spell-Cards, depending on your strategy!
HOW TO WIN
In VEmpire it is the goal to gather Empire-Points. They can be collected by playing cards with Empire-Points from your Hand into your
Empire on the board.
If the Empire-Value (the value in the blue shield!) of a player is 50 or more points, this player is about to win.
He will win if the opponent cannot catch up within the next 2 rounds!
STORY & THEME
They have been known throughout the centuries as the lords and ladies of Habsburg. European high-born.
Influencers of men, manipulating the very fabric of human society across the four corners of the Earth.
Sometimes for the good, sometimes for the detriment… always to their own ends.
In time, as man and the world evolved, their dynasty, like all dynasties before it, dwindled as the last
vermillion rays of the setting sun.
But even as the lords of Habsburg seceded power in the early 20th century and slipped into a slumber far
removed from the public eye, their name and influence remained.
A peculiar, unrelenting resilience.
One that’s led me to my exhaustive studies for over twenty years academic pursuit which reveals a terrifying truth…
The lords of Habsburg are immortal.
Nonhuman stewards of the secret of blood-the knowledge of its memory and power, and the dark magic to wield it.
They are creatures of the night
Nosferatu.
Izcacus.
Vampyr.
And their sleep is over.
Four lords of Habsburg have returned from the grave, intent on rebuilding their once great empire.
By sheer luck, or perhaps divine will, they return in disaccord.
Recalling the power from four distinct eras of history, each lord seeks to rebuild the empire in their own image.
They beckon forth kin of old to sit beside them, and use blood secrets from battles and events of days remembered.
I fear they will stop at nothing to attain their desires.
With God’s grace, they will destroy themselves in the process.
If not, I pray the world will believe my journals and witness the truth behind…
VEmpire: The Kings Of Darkness.
– Jakob, The Chronicler ‘3 October[/i]
The history of the Hapsburg dynasty is the inspiration for our extraordinary theme.
Our artists did an amazing job in turning mighty rulers into terrific vampires. Our cards are subtle interpretations
of historical characters, places and events.
We love to look at VEmpire as an atmospheric blend of game-mechanics, artwork, story and music.
Hopefully you will enjoy this experience as much as we do!