Because I've got plenty to share about V:TES, and mostly what's around V:TES, I decided to create a blog which is more convenient than posting random thoughts on the forum.
ankhavtes.blogspot.fr/
There are two other articles being written (one of them being quite long). They'll talk about old facts (because I'm getting old and senile), technical matters such as vtes-related programming, websites, or game design.
Feel free to comment, and happy reading.
Prince of Paris, France
Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director
Fool bleed, I think, is the best effort in redesign we have so far - cards are looking godgeous.
So I would prefer that we'll not remove "left stripe" but instead remove all other "borders", maybe leaving just black border around the card (somehow it looks better on the table with the border).
Cost needed to be put highter (between name and the type) - it's invisible in current position at the lower left corner.
So the left part of the card will look like:
Name
stripe begins, with color coding type of card (with gradient for the card of different types)
Cost (both in blood/pool and clan/sect requirenments)
Then discipline level icons with corresponding effect on the same level in the text field, with types of effect written in words (nobody understand card type icons).
At the bottom of the card you can add minor effects (burn option) as well as flavour text (terrible flavour text is a different story).
Crypt cards, obviously, must have totally different layout.
For example disciplines on top, name verticaly on the left, some icon coding basic abilities (+bleed, +strength ets).
Yea, generally for permanents we need some icon coding (can be stolen) which can be seen across the table.
NC Russia
Green border in all cards is indeed rather, erm , unnecessary.
It would be way more helpful for play to have the card type color replacing it.
Finnish Politics!
I've published a new article about wording: ankhavtes.blogspot.fr/2016/07/redesigning-vtes-card-text.html
Prince of Paris, France
Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director