NoDawn
NoDawn
History has already
been decided.
Six vampire lineages have spent nine centuries steering the crusades, the banks and the plagues of medieval Europe. Take one, and play out the war they never let mortals see.
A match, in motion.
Online matches are server-authoritative and recorded to your Chronicle. Watch a turn resolve the way it does in the client.
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Three currencies. One of them ends you.
Vitae buys the turn. Master-Blood buys the turns you shouldn't be able to afford — and it feeds a Corruption track that ends the game when it fills. Wrath is what the self-inflicted damage buys back.
Pitch cards for Blood
Every card is also a resource. Its discard value is what it pays you when you drop it to the Pit — so your best card is always your best fuel.
Spend from the Master's own pool
The strongest cards demand blood no servant can cover. Paying it gains Corruption and Wrath — power now, in exchange for a shorter game.
Play the right phase
Night belongs to the clans. Day belongs to the hunters, the clergy and the mortals who suspect what you are. The board swings between them every round.
Win before the ceiling
Reduce the opposing Master, or outlast them. Reach the Corruption cap first and you lose, no matter how far ahead you were.
Every clan wants the same century.
Each lineage plays with its own economy, its own pressure, and its own way of losing. Mastery is tracked per clan.
Relics, influence and three centuries of favours owed.
High-risk sorcery that turns on you when the balance fails.
Sleeper agents in your ranks and a challenge you cannot refuse.
No murders — only accidents, arranged four turns in advance.
Build a plague from parts, then decide who deserves the cure.
Prove dominance every turn, or become prey to your own pack.
The Crimson Conclave
206 cards in the launch set, every one of them earnable by playing. Browse the full list in the Codex.
A band of Templars saw a meeting that was never meant to be witnessed.
Six clans, gathered for the first time in centuries, dividing the territories of Europe between them. What the knights uncover afterwards is worse than the gathering: their order's founding oaths were written by Warrior agents, their theology by Scholars, their relic a Noble gift, and their Grand Master's death a Shadow contract designed to send them looking.
They were never the investigators. They were the instrument.
“We did not hide from history. We wrote it, and then we hid inside it.”Aurelio Torretti, the Gilded Serpent
Free to start. Cards earned or bought.
Every card is earnable by playing. Boosters and the full-pool unlock can also be bought with Blood Orbs, which are earned in play or purchased. Cosmetics are separate and never affect a match.
The Vigil
Your account. Free, forever.
- All six lineages, and a starter deck for each
- Ranked ladder, Thrall to Eternal
- The Vault — cloud decks and deck codes
- The Chronicle — every match, day and night
Vigil Pass
An Orb stipend, seasonal cosmetics and an XP boost.
- Seasonal card backs and board mats
- Alt-art Masters for every clan
- Sigils, titles and emote wheels
- Blood Orbs on every tier
Blood Crates
Boosters, the full-pool unlock, and cosmetics.
- Every cosmetic purchasable directly
- Disclosed odds, duplicate protection
- Cosmetics never touch a match
- Blood Orbs earned in play spend here too
What happens, and when.
Open beta
All six lineages, solo play against the AI, and friend challenges in the browser.
Ranked & the Chronicle
Seasonal ladder, per-clan mastery, and shareable replays.
Set one & the desktop client
The full Crimson Conclave set, plus a native client for Windows and macOS.
Draft & organised play
Emperor multiplayer, drafting, spectator tools and the first Conclave invitational.
Before you sign in.
Do I need to have played a card game before?
No. First Vigil is a guided opening match against the AI that teaches the turn, the Pit and the Corruption clock as you play them, rather than in front of them.
Can I buy cards?
No. Not in the sense that matters: nothing is purchase-only. Every card can be earned by playing. Boosters and a full-pool unlock can also be bought with Blood Orbs, so money can buy time — it cannot buy anything you could not otherwise earn. Cosmetics are separate and never affect a match.
Where does it run?
In the browser today, with a native Windows and macOS client at set one. Your Vigil account carries your decks, collection and history across every device.
Can I play offline, or against friends?
Both, with a free Vigil account — signing in is what carries your decks and collection. Solo play against the AI runs entirely in your browser. Friend challenges use a share link, and online matches are server-authoritative, which is what makes them count for ranked.
How many players?
Conclave and Immortal are one-on-one. Emperor is the multiplayer format, where a clan's kill can be arranged to benefit the whole table.
Take a seat at the Conclave.
Create a Vigil and play the open beta in your browser. Sign in with Discord or Google, or with an email address.
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