VEKN Tournament Rules 2008

The new VEKN Tournament Rules for the year 2008 have been posted by LSJ. The complete tournament rules for 2008 are on the White Wolf website. The actual changes (compared to the rules of 2007), which are effective for each official VtES tournament from January 1st, 2008 look like this:

• 3.7.5 -- All non-winning finalists tie for 2nd place.
• 4.1 -- Added three cards to the banned list: "Edge Explosion", "Memories of Mortality", and "Protect Thine Own".
• 161 -- Splitting prizes is prohibited.
• Ratings: Each tied-for-second finalist receives the same number of Ratings Points: 30. (The winner still receives 90).

These are quite some changes: three (presumably or not) strong cards have been banned, playing-to-win is being enforced in VtES finals, and splitting prizes (usually a part of in-game deals) are now illegal.