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Expansion for Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals Expandable Card Game
Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds
2022
Rules assistance for Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–4 players
- 30–70 min
- 14+
Rules assistant for Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds
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Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds is an expansion for Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals Expandable Card Game released in 2022 for 2–4 players, 30–70 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Matt Hyra.
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About the game
Shadows & Shrouds is an expansion for Vampire: The Masquerade - Rivals that adds two new clans: Lasombra & Hecata. The Lasombra love to win and will spend and risk their agenda to do so, often employing long shadows to do their bidding. The Hecata are necromancers obsessed with death, using the blood of dead mortals to fuel their occult practices. You may play these two clans head-to-head or integrate them with your Core Set and other expansions to make your coterie step out of the shadows and into the winner’s circle.
Questions and answers
Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds supports 2–4 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 Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds is 30–70 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.
The catalogue lists Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds belongs to these categories: Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds are: Matt Hyra. 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 Masquerade – Rivals: Shadows & Shrouds as an expansion for Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals Expandable Card Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals Expandable Card Game to use it. Check that your edition of Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals Expandable Card Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.