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Architects of the Flesh – The Breach of the Future Part IV.- The New Architect

He arrived as though the place had always belonged to him.

Johan Bonengel moved through the corridors flanked by his personal guard—the same men who had protected him during his flight years before.

Calm. Haughty. Surveying everything as if he were already taking inventory.

When he entered the conference room, the murmur died away.

The scientists watched him with contempt and a poorly concealed spark of hope.

—Another failed savior— someone whispered.

Hyde rose and gestured toward a chair.

—Mr. Bonengel, please have a seat. We have a proposal that will be beneficial to everyone.

Thus, Bonengel took control of what remained of the Architects of the Flesh.

Not long after, he consolidated his position by forging the most dangerous alliance available.
—Knowledge is power— he said as he made contact.

The message reached the King of the Fire Pagoda.

Experimental technology in exchange for magic and protection.

A pact sealed in ashes, ambition… and fire.

Architects of the Flesh – The Breach of the Future Part III.- The Order

Hyde suddenly stood. His voice towering to overcome the noise… and something in him starting to change… All eyes looked at him…

His complexion twisted unnaturally, becoming thinner and more refined… His cheekbones rose; the rigidity of his jaw dissipated… His voice, once so deep, turned higher: precise, sharp, decisive.

— Sergeant Brooke – she said-. I need you to find someone out there.

Brooke gulped.

— Aye, aye, sir… I mean… madame… Director? Who should I look for?

Hyde stared at him.

— Someone that knows how to lead over the ruins…

 

Architects of the Flesh – The Breach of the Future Part II.- Panic and Lack of Command

Disorder and chaos spread through what was left of the scientific elite.
With the disappearance and probable death of Curtis Boatman, without a clear chain of command, arguments and disdain quickly roared into the room.

— Without resources, the CDCA cannot keep up! What are we going to do?– Dr. Shěn Xuánhéng yelled.

— Then, let it happen! – The Director of the Cyborg Division shouted at him.– It is gone now!

During this important emergency meeting, Seargent Brooke, Chief of Security, showed up to inform with his clipped, lifeless voice:

— 38% of personnel is still operational. Maximum alert protocols are active and I have recalled all the remaining patrols to return to base.

In the meantime, Hyde was arguing with the Director of the Abomination Project:

— I do NOT care if you have exhausted your resources and have no more subjects- he said in a calm and merciless voice, his tone promising revenge if his will was not to be followed.

—Improvise or vanish.

The transmission died abruptly. Andele had cut the feed…

— Enough, Hyde, – He snapped. – The chain of command may put you in charge, but you’d better act quickly, or the Netherworld will consume us all.

Architects of the Flesh – The Breach of the Future Part I.- The Breach

After the destruction of the Future in 2072, when the Jammers demolished the Feng Shui Gates, the Architects of the Flesh remained stranded, pulled from their very own temporal continuity.

Tomorrow stopped existing for them. There were only remainings… sealed labs, and leaders hidden into the deepest of their last bastion, The Biomass Reprocessing Center.

Hyde, in his duty as the last Director of Biotechnological Integrity, was looking to the main console while the energy pulses were fading and disappearing one after the other.

— There is no possible return…the future no longer answers – he whispered.

Around him, the surviving Head’s and Chief’s of the diverse Divisions – NeuroEngineering, Genetic Chimerization, ChronoBiochemistry…- were showing the same wear in their faces and eyes: fear beyond imagination, hidden by their tech jargon.

– How are we even supposed to continue our research if there isn’t a stable time line?– one of them snarled.

— We are alone, isolated… – replied another-. Doomed.

 

 

New set: Year of the Snake

Hail, Secret Warriors!!

We want to announce the first part of the new set, Year of the Snake.

The remaining of the Architects of the Flesh are back, trying to ensure their place in the Secret War. Whether you choose to fight alongside them, striking from their Last Bastion in the Netherworld, or choose to defend against them, you will face new challenges in this new Juncture.
This new part of the Year of the Snake contains a bunch of new and old cards alike that from now one are legal in both Modern and Classic. You can check the card list below.

If you want to accept the challenge and get the new cards, you can do so through www.drivethrucards.com/VetustagamesSL
Architects of the Flesh Pack 1:
– 3x Vat Worker
– 3x Ex-CDCA Scientist
– 3x Combat Engineer
– 3x Helix Architect
– 2x Bouncing Benji
– 2x Night Horror
– 2x Dr. Hyde’s Research Team
– 2x Corrosive Sludgebeast
– 1x Bone Angels
– 1x Gnarled Annihilator
– 1x Dr. Hyde
– 1x C.O.Q. 6
– 1x Bio-Salvage
– 1x We Have the Technology
– 1x Einherjar Program
– 2x Helix Scrambler
– 2x Arcanowave Scanner
– 2x Laser Hallway
– 2x Carapace
– 1x Abomination Serum
– 1x Dangerous Experiment
– 1x Sinister Research
– 2x Arcanowave Feedback
– 2x Arcanovirus
– 2x Wave Disruptor
– 1x Biomass Reprocessing Center
– 2x Hydroponic Garden
– 1x Mah-Jongg Parlor
– 1x Weeping Willows
– 1x Laundromat
Architects of the Flesh Pack 2:
– 3x Rapid Response Platoon
– 3x Clone Grunt
– 3x Clone Soldier
– 2x Clone Scout
– 2x Amoral Researcher
– 2x Clone Ninja
– 2x Protean Soldier
– 2x NeoCHAR
– 1x Sargeant Brooke
– 1x Lianhua Torres
– 1x Anele Ndlovu
– 1x Johann Bonengel
– 1x Probability Manipulator
– 2x Body Backup Drive
– 2x Nanovirus
– 2x Supersoldier Serum
– 2x Godhammer 2069
– 2x Overdrive Stimulator
– 2x Superior Technology
– 2x Expendable Unit
– 2x Missing in Action
– 2x Desperate Measures
– 2x Raise the Alarm!
– 1x Flesh Recycling Vat
– 2x Garden of Bronze
– 1x Sacred Heart Hospital
– 1x Big Red Barn
– 1x Curio Shop
Year of the Snake Promo Pack:
– 2x Sammy Jiang
– 2x Jong Jan
– 2x The Shopkeeper
– 2x Police Officer
– 2x Kegan Dean
– 2x Little Will O’Hare
– 2x Heist of the Century
– 2x Mighty Julius
– 2x Rain of Narwhals
– 2x Guardian of the Tomb
– 2x Gangster Land
– 2x Möbius Portal
– 2x Clandestine Hospital
– 2x Family Tomb
– 2x Little China Pet Shop
– 2x Little China Foundry
You can find the images of the cards here Year of The snake
Thank you all for your continuous support.

Essen’22

Hail Secret Warriors!👊👊
 
We want to announce that Shadowfist will be back at Essen Spiel 2022. From 6th to 9th of October, you will be able to get your cards at
 
Hall 5, booth K121
 
We will be there, ready to teach new players, get in touch with seasoned ones, and answer in person all the questions you might have.
 
We hope to see many of you there!! 🥰🥰
 
Here are the links from the SPIEL app:
 
Android App:
 
iOS App:

 

5, 4, 3… Action!

Post-Essen Thoughts and…
5… 4… 3… … … ACTION!!!

Hail Secret Warriors! 👊👊

After a very intense time during the Essen Spiel, with lots of meetings (manufacturing, distribution, fulfilment companies…) we can announce that we are very close to launch our Kickstarter campaign for the next set of Shadowfist.

We had very interesting conversations with many people that have helped us out polish the last details of the campaign. We have reached agreements that we believe will make the final product as best as possible and we hope you all like what we have been working so hard on. We have decided to make some minor changes to our project based on all these meetings, but it will only take us a few more days to finish with them.

We would like to thank all those people that helped us get to this point. We have seen troubled times at world level (with the pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis), but you all have been there unconditionally supporting us. And that is something we really appreciate and will never be able to thank you enough. The only way we can try to compensate you for your patience and support is by offering you what you all have been waiting for so long.

Shadowfist: Return of the Fallen is almost ready.

You can see our project page here Kickstarter Shadowfist Return of the fallen

We will very soon announce the exact date, but it will definitely be in the next few weeks.

Once again, thank you.

Stay well,

The Vetusta Games Team

After the Kickstarter campaign…

After a small break after the Kickstarter campaign and coincident with the holiday season, the staff of Vetusta Games has met to see how to continue working on the game we love.

First of all, we can only say one thing: A big thank you to those who supported us!! We appreciate it! We will continue on track to make sure you get more and new cards of Shadowfist.

Our Kickstarter campaign did not fund, but that does not mean that we will stop working. We have been preparing a long term project, with several phases, and this is just a little detour in our path.

We have read all your comments on the KS page, our social media and all the private messages we got. We have learnt a lot and be sure we take all the constructive criticism into account and will try to incorporate it into our work.

As we promised, the Tournament Promo Pack will be available for tournament organisers through the DriveThruCards website. All those who will be organising events will just need to get in touch with us, so we can provide them with a code to order the pack. This will be finished during the first quarter of the year. We also want to remind you the possibility of acquiring the Shadowfist Monkey Cards and the Token Pack on DriveThruCards.

Right after, we will make another pack available on DriveThruCards: the Action Pack 3. It will contain a few cards for every one of the existing Modern factions, together with some cards for the Architects of the Flesh, which (as promised) will be coming back and will become one of the factions in Modern.

The following step will be the release of an Architect Pack. The aim is to increase their card pool in Modern so they become competitive in this format as soon as possible.

We are asking for quotes already, to see whether we can deliver it normally through our web shop or also on DriveThruCards. We will keep you posted as soon as a decision is taken. We expect this pack to be available through summer 2023 or even earlier, depending on the means of distribution.

Following steps in our project will be announced in due time, so everybody gets informed.

We would once again like to thank all those who supported us, be by pledging on the Kickstarter campaign, giving us their opinion and comments, giving us advice on how to create, develop and distribute a game, or how to run a KS campaign… You all are the reason why we are here.

Cease & Desist to Secretwarsociety.com

In the name of Vetusta Games S.L., proprietor of the Shadowfist© license, we want to inform everybody that:

  • We do not have any relation whatsoever with the secretwarsociety.com

  • The set they have recently released on their page is NOT an official product and has been nor approved neither sanctioned by Vetusta Games S.L.

  • The least we would have expected from a group of fans is to communicate with us and try to reach an agreement.

Therefore, since this group of people has not bothered to inform us about their intentions and ask for our permission to create and make public a fan-made set of Shadowfist©, we are forced to:

  • REQUEST that they remove from public access all the material they have shown.

  • REQUEST them to remove all use of the Shadowfist© name, logo, images and symbols from their page, Discord servers, social media and the like.

  • We also REQUEST them to change the name of all their Discord servers, social media groups, etc., to either not use the name of our licensed game, or to use the word “unofficial” in the title. This way, everybody will know that they are an independent group of people, with no relationship whatsoever to the official product.

Should our requests not be taken into account and fulfilled, we will feel obliged to take all the necessary legal measures against everybody involved in this matter. We will present all the documentation to the appropriate court to guarantee that our rights as owners of the license of Shadowfist© and the international Copyright Laws are respected.

We also want to make well-known that:

  • All future third-party products will not be supported by Vetusta Games S.L., unless an agreement has been previously reached.

  • All third-party products are not tournament legal and never will.

  • We will not support tournaments in which third-party cards are allowed and their used encouraged. Hence, no official licensed Shadowfist© material can be used to promote or announce them.

Best regards,

The Vetusta Games Team