A glossary of terms in the rules text.

Action Card

Allows a player's minion to take a special action in the game.

Action Modifier Card

Allows a player to modify the action of a minion.

Additional Strike

Allows a minion to strike an opposing minion again in a single round of combat.

Aggravated Damage

A special type of damage that sends a vampire directly to torpor, even if the vampire still has blood remaining.

Ally Card

Represents one of the minions a player controls. Unlike vampires, an ally comes from the library and requires the action of another minion to bring him into play.

Ash Heap

The pile in which a player's cards are placed when they cards are burned or discarded.

Bleed

An action that involves one of your minions making a direct assault on the the pool of another player.

Blocking

An attempt by one of your minions to stop or prevent the actions of another player.

Blood Bank

The pool of extra counters available to all players.

Blood Capacity

The maximum amount of blood counters a vampire may have; this also determines the vampire's age.

Blood Counter

A counter that usually represents the amount of strength a vampire has. Blood can represent other concepts as well, such as energy, resources, or morale.

Blood Hunt

A special vote called when a vampire has diablerized another vampire.

Burn

Cards that are burned go to the ash heap. Counters that are burned are returned to the blood bank.

Combat Card

A card that is played during combat to modify the combat.

Combat Ends

A strike which immeadiately ends the current combat and cancels the opposing minion's strike.

Contested Cards

Cards are contested if there are multiple copies of unique cards in play.

Contested Titles

Titles are contested if more than one vampire has an identical title (such as Prince or Justicar).

Crypt

The deck of cards containing a player's vampires.

Diablerie

When one vampire destorys another vampire in torpor, the Diabolist consumes victim's soul and gains another Discipline.

Directed Action

An action that directly effects a single "other" Methuselah or his or her minions.

Dodge

A strike that protects the minion from the opposing strike.

Edge

The Edge is a marker used to show which Methuselah was the last to successfully bleed another Methuselah.

Equipment Card

A card representing a piece of equipment. Equipment is played on a minion to give a minion a lasting bonus or special ability.

First Strike

Strikes dealt with First Strike are resolved before strikes without First Strike.

Hunt

An action that a vampire can take to restore lost, spent, or burned blood counters.

Influence

Influence is the phase of a turn in which a Methuselah may bring new vampires under her control from her uncontrolled region by moving blood counters from her pool onto the vampire.

Intercept

A number that shows how well a minion can block the actions other minions. The intercept number (of the blocking minion) is compared to the stealth number (of the acting minion) to see if the blocking minion can prevent the action.

Library

The deck of cards containing the cards placed in a player's hand during the game.

Life Points

The equivalent of blood counters for retainers and allies. They represent how much life the retainer or ally has remaining.

Maneuver

Maneuvers set the range of a combat. Both players may successively cancel maneuvers until one player relents.

Master Phase Actions

Each master action allows a Methuselah to play a master card during the master phase.

Master Card

The gray-bordered cards that represent a methuselah's own activities.

Minion

A vampire or ally controlled by one of the players.

Nondirected Action

An action that is not directed at a single player or a single player's minions

Out-of-Turn Master Card

This is a type of master card that can only be played during another player's turn. A player loses her next master phase action if she plays one ocf these cards.

Pool

The counters used to represent the influence and status a Methuselah has. A player is ousted from the game if she loses the last counter in her pool.

Predator

The player who is currently trying to oust you from the game.

Press

Allows combat to move to another round. Both players may successively cancel presses until one player relents.

Prey

The player that you are currently trying to oust from the game. You receive a victory point if your prey is ousted.

Reaction Card

A reaction modifies the action of another player's minion.

Ready

A ready minion is a minion that is controlled and not in torpor. A tapped minion can still be 'ready'.

Retainer Card

A card played on a minion to represent a person or creature that gives the minion some lasting bonus or ability

Stealth

A number that shows how difficult a minion is to block. It is compared to the intercept number of the minion that is attempting to block to determine if the block is successful.

Strike

The method by which minions damage each other in combat. Minions can strike using hands, effects from combat cards, or weapons.

Torpor Region

The region that vampires are placed in when they go to torpor. A vampire in torpor only has a few actions available to it.

Transfer

Transfers are used by a player during the influence phase. They can be spent to bring vampires from the uncontrolled region to the ready region.

Victory Points

A measure of your ranking in the game. You a receive a victory point if your prey is ousted and an additional point if you are the last player in the game. The winner is the player with the most victory points at the end of the game.

Withdrawing

The process for bowing out of a game if you run out of cards.