Anarchs is the fifth 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 May 19, 2003. The expansion's theme is the Anarch movement within the vampire society. Anarchs can use special three-way cards, i.e. cards can be played for one of three effects that each require a different discipline. The expansion also features the 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....

 clan, which suits the expansion's theme, since at that time in the fictional world of Vampire: The Masquerade

Vampire: The Masquerade

Vampire: The Masquerade is a role-playing game. Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, it was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness role-playing games, based on the Storyteller System and centered around vampires in a modern gothic-punk world....

 the Gangrel clan left the Camarilla sect and joined the Independent sect.

Contents

Part of the expansion are 3 different pre-constructed decks with 89 cards each as well as boosters with 11 cards each (7 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare). There is a total of 132 cards, of which 122 are new cards. The pre-constructed decks are:

• Anarch Barons -- a political deck based on the Anarchs.
• Anarch Gangs -- a combat deck based on the Anarchs.
• Gangrel -- featuring the now Independent Gangrel clan.

The vampire Xaviar (also included in this set) was given as a promo card in a number of magazines.

Mechanics

• Advanced -- advanced vampires are alternate versions of a vampire with the same name. They can be merged with the base versions, creating a more powerful vampire than the individual persons before.
• Trifles -- trifle master cards can be played in advance to a regular (i.e non-trifle) master card.
• Anarch -- a trait of a vampire, allowing him to use special cards. Any non-titled vampire can acquire the Anarch status as cardless action. She then is automatically a member of the Independent sect.
• Baron -- a new title exclusive to Anarchs; the title has similar authority than a Prince or an Archbishop. A number of Fee Stake cards allow an Anarch to claim the Baron title for a particular city.
• Political cards -- when used as vote in a referendum can now be redrawn immediately.

Notable Cards

• Bleeding the Vine -- a master cards that allows a player to cancel other player's master cards once each turn.
• Brinkmanship -- a political action which makes the player lose if he depletes his library.
• Michael Luther -- a young vampire of 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...
  
  able to change the votes of any Camarilla vampire.

External links

• The official site
• Checklist for the expansion