- BGG rating
- 8.4
Rules assistance for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – The Sabbat
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–5 players
- 30–120 min
Rules assistant for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – The Sabbat
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Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – The Sabbat is an expansion for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle released in 1996 for 2–5 players and 30–120 minutes per game. It was designed by Paul Peterson, Shawn F. Carnes, and Matt Burke and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Voting, and Open Drafting.
About the game
Sabbat was the largest and last of the expansion sets for the Vampire: The Eternal Struggle trading card game to be released by Wizards of the Coast. It introduced many new rules and Kindred to fully add the Sabbat to the game; previous expansions and the original edition focused on vampires of the Camarilla or Independent clans. As well as many new Lasombra and Tzimisce vampires, the Sabbat expansion also added antitribu vampires of all Camarilla clans and rules for Sabbat titles, Disciplines, rituals and tactics. Each pack of expansion cards included an update explaining these new rules. Additionally, a number of non-crypt cards from the original Jyhad/V:TES set were reprinted in this set; many of these were given new art, and in most cases this new art was retained for future sets' reprints of those cards. Sabbat was the final V:TES set released by Wizards of the Coast. Four years later, White Wolf resumed publication of the game with the Sabbat War set. That set reprinted most (but not all) cards from the Sabbat set, as well as a number of other cards from the original core Jyhad/V:TES set.
Mechanics
Publishers
- Wizards of the Coast
Questions and answers
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – The Sabbat supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – The Sabbat is 30–120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – The Sabbat belongs to these categories: Card Game, Collectible Components, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Voting, and Open Drafting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – The Sabbat are: Paul Peterson, Shawn F. Carnes, and Matt Burke. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Vampire: The Eternal Struggle – The Sabbat as an expansion for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Vampire: The Eternal Struggle to use it. Check that your edition of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.