The Crimson Conclave · early alpha · open for testing

No Dawn — a card game of the Crimson Conclave

Six clans · nine centuries · one night

The sun set in 1348.

It has not risen since. Six vampire clans have spent nine centuries writing the history you were taught — and the Crimson Basilica, where they signed the night into law, is where they still meet.

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Vitae

Blood is the resource

Corruption

The clock you set yourself

Wrath

What the damage buys back

Day & Night

The board changes sides

I · The board

A match, in motion.

Every play is server-authoritative and every match is recorded. Watch a turn resolve, then take one yourself.

Master

Haven

Turn line

Haven

Master

Domain 12 Spoils 3 Void 5 Pit 7

Lucretia Voss

Liamite · Elder III

4 Night · Feast

Fig. I — board layout, Night · FeastDeterministic replay

III · The six lineages

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.

Kaelite

Nobles

Relics, influence and three centuries of favours owed.

Garethean

Scholars

High-risk sorcery that turns on you when the balance fails.

Orionite

Warriors

Sleeper agents in your ranks and a challenge you cannot refuse.

Liamite

Shadows

No murders — only accidents, arranged four turns in advance.

Elian

Plague-bearers

Build a plague from parts, then decide who deserves the cure.

Theronite

Beast-blood

Prove dominance every turn, or become prey to your own pack.

II · The engine

Three currencies. One of them ends you.

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.

IV · The Codex

The Crimson Conclave

206 cards in the launch set, every one of them earnable by playing. Browse the full list in the Codex.

V · The story

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

VI · The Vigil

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 purchased or come with the Vigil Pass. Cosmetics are separate and never affect a match.

The Vigil

Your account. Free, forever.

Free

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

Create a Vigil

Season I

Vigil Pass

An Orb stipend, seasonal cosmetics and an XP boost.

Monthly membership

Seasonal card backs and board mats
Alt-art Masters for every clan
Sigils, titles and emote wheels
Blood Orbs on every tier

Take the pass

Blood Crates

Boosters, the full-pool unlock, and cosmetics.

À la carte

Every cosmetic purchasable directly
Disclosed odds, duplicate protection
Cosmetics never touch a match
Vitae Shards earned in play spend here too

See the store

VII · The road

What happens, and when.

Now · Live

Early alpha

Open for testing: all six lineages, solo play against the AI, and friend challenges in the browser. Expect rough edges — the night is still being built.

Ranked & the Chronicle

Seasonal ladder, per-clan mastery, and shareable replays.

After that

Set one & the desktop client

The full Crimson Conclave set, plus a native client for Windows and macOS.

Later

Draft & organised play

Emperor multiplayer, drafting, spectator tools and the first Conclave invitational.

VIII · Questions

Before you sign in.

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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 early alpha in your browser — open to all who would test the night. Sign in with Discord or Google, or with an email address.

Take the Vigil

Free to start. Every card earnable by playing.