Archon Online for players
Archon Online is the official VEKN web platform for managing Vampire: The Eternal Struggle tournaments. It is progressively replacing the old “Archon” Excel file and syncs automatically with the events calendar and rating system on vekn.net.
This guide covers the player side: registration, signing up for a tournament and uploading your decklist. For the organizer side see the Archon Online for Princes guide.
1. Registering on the platform
The first time you visit archon.vekn.net you’re asked to log in. Two options:
- Login with Discord: you need a Discord account; authorize the app on first connection.
- Login with email: enter your email, leave the password field empty and click Reset Password. You’ll get a mail with a link to set the password (check spam too).
If your email is already linked to a VEKN ID, your profile fills in automatically: check the data and confirm. Otherwise enter VEKN ID, country and city by hand. Linking Discord is optional.
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Save the password in your browser. In any case, the Reset Password flow is always available to start over.
2. Signing up for a tournament
After login, the Tournaments tab shows the list of tournaments, filterable by name, country, year and state (Upcoming, Ongoing, Finished). The Include Online toggle shows or hides online tournaments.
Open an event in Registration state to see the tournament page. Click Register: your name and VEKN ID appear in the player list.
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The filters are a bit slow. By clicking the Country menu you can type the country name directly (for example “I-T-A” for Italy) and avoid scrolling through the entire list.
3. Uploading your decklist
From the Decklist button you can upload your deck in three ways:
- Text: paste the list in textual format (from VDB: Export → Clipboard text).
- URL: paste the link from one of the supported deck builders.
- Scan: camera scan of the QR code generated by the deck builder.
Supported deck builders
Archon accepts URLs from every major VTES deck builder, in addition to plain text:
- VDB — export via
URL → Standard URL(with QR or Deck-in-URL). - Amaranth — paste the shareable deck link.
- VTESDecks — paste the public deck URL.
- Plain text — standard text format (
<count>x <card name>, one per line).
The Allow attribution checkbox (off by default) authorizes publication of the deck with your name in the archives. If not enabled, the list stays anonymous.
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After upload you can review the decklist you just submitted from your event card (feature available in recent Archon versions). If the deck doesn’t match, upload again.
NOTE
On submit you may see an error message even when the list was uploaded correctly (known bug). If the deck is then visible in your card, it’s fine — no need to flag every time.
Multideck tournaments
In multideck tournaments you can upload a different deck for each round, and a judge can correct a single round without touching the others. It’s the standard format for European online leagues.
4. Drop and CheckOut
Archon distinguishes two kinds of absence with distinct events:
- Drop — permanent withdrawal from the tournament. You can trigger it yourself via the Drop from the tournament button, or a judge applies it when they see you’ve left without flagging it. Your name stays visible with the drop flag but you’re no longer in subsequent round seatings (unless the organizer adds you back by hand).
- CheckOut — temporary absence, applied by a judge. Typical case: you step away for a round without dropping. Next round you can come back and check in again.
IMPORTANT
Drop ≠ Disqualification. The Drop button is a player-driven tool: it means “I’m not playing any more”. A disqualification (DISQUALIFICATION) is a sanction applied by the judge and stays on your VEKN history: it’s the judge’s role to explain the reason and how it’s applied.
5. Table results and judge authority
Your table’s VP at the end of the game are entered into Archon by the players themselves. In special cases they can be entered or confirmed by the organizer or the judge.
IMPORTANT
A judge’s confirmed result is final. Once a judge has set or validated your table’s score, you can’t change it from your view. If you spot an error, raise it right away — verbally or in the event chat — before Finish Round: after the round closes, fixing it requires a judge’s Override.
References
- Report bugs or suggestions: github.com/vtes-biased/archon/issues, or use the Report Issue button in the top-right corner of every page on archon.vekn.net (GitHub account required).