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 was published by White Wolf Publishing.

The game was designed in 1994 by Richard Garfield and initially published by Wizards of the Coast and was the third CCG ever created. As Garfield's first follow-up to his popular Magic: The Gathering collectible card game, he was eager to prove that the genre was "a form of game as potentially diverse as board games" In 1995 the game was renamed from Jyhad to Vampire: The Eternal Struggle to increase its appeal and distance itself from the Islamic term jihad. After the 1996 Sabbat expansion, Wizards of the Coast abandoned the game, and in 2000 White Wolf took over development. Alongside Magic: The Gathering it is one of the oldest collectible card games.

White Wolf announced that Vampire: The Eternal Struggle would cease production on the 10th of September, 2010.

Vampire Game

Vampire Game (吸血遊戯, Kyūketsu Yūgi) is a manga by the Japanese author and artist, Judal. It originally ran in the monthly manga magazine Wings, with its last chapter serialized in the November 2004 issue. The series has 15 volumes in all. It was licensed in the U.S. by Tokyopop.

The story

One hundred years ago, Vampire King Duzell led a war against the humans and kingdom of Pheliosta, simply because he was bored. In the epic last battle, King Phelios defeated Duzell by using a powerful spell that uses the caster's life force as a weapon to destroy the enemy, but kills the caster in the process. As both lay dying, Duzell swore that they would be reborn in a century's time, and he would find Phelios' reincarnation and kill him.

Ninety-nine and a half years later, Duzell's spirit approaches a wildcat called a kyawl, offering a partnership, as the kyawl's kittens had been killed and the she-cat was seeking revenge on those who tormented them. Unfortunately, the kyawl killed an innocent man in the process, leaving a little boy, Roy, fatherless. The kyawl tells Duzell after she avenges her kittens, she would give birth to a son, and Duzell could take refuge in his body; however, she would sacrifice herself to stop the cycle of revenge.