Legacies of Blood is the ninth 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 November 14, 2005. The expansion's theme is the Laibon sect consisting of vampires native to Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

. The expansion features four new clans, namely Akunanse, Ishtarri, Guruhi and Osebo. In addition the support of the minor clans (like Ahrimanes or Samedi) from the Bloodlines

Bloodlines (VTES)

Bloodlines is the third expansion of White Wolf, Inc.'s trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle released on February 21, 2005. The expansion's theme are the bloodlines, minor clans and often offshots of the 13 major clans.- New clans :...

 expansion is continued in this expansion.

Contents

Part of the expansion are four 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 201 new and 99 reprinted cards. The pre-constructed decks are:

• Akunanse – tricksters and storytellers; offshoots of 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.
• Ishtarri – the emotional artists and social elite of the Laibon; offshoots of the 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...
  
   clan.
• Guruhi – the nobility of the Laibon; offshoots of the Nosferatu
  Nosferatu (World of Darkness)
  The Nosferatu are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages books and role-playing games....
  
   clan.
• Osebo – the hot-tempered warriors of the Laibon; offshoots of the Brujah
  Brujah
  The Brujah are a clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness books and role-playing settings. Their name is derived from Bruja, the Spanish word for witch....
  
  clan.

The vampires Angelo and Genina, The Red Poet (both not included in this set) were given as a promo cards in a number of magazines. Initially due to printing error the vampire Kisha Bhimji was missing from the set, but was given later as tournament promo card.

Mechanics

• Reflex -- a new type of card allowing the vampire to play this card in response to other cards even though the vampire is tapped.
• Laibon -- is a new sect other than the already existing Camarilla, Sabbat and Independent sects.
• Magaji and Kholo -- are new titles which only vampires of the Laibon sect can hold.

Notable Cards

• No Secrets From the Magaji -- a card that allows a vampire holding the Magaji title to block as if untapped, allowing effective wall decks..
• Saulot, The Wanderer -- the Antediluvian vampire of clan Salubri.
• Tupdog -- non-unique Gargoyle vampires with a short lifespan, but tremendous fighting power.

External links

• The official site
• Checklist for the expansion