librarian#
Ok, NAC is come and gone, and I have been thinking about it over the
last day.
a) Free liquor for 2 hours is really cool. We should make large
tournaments be mandatory at Embassy Suites.
b) Playing VTES is really fun. Even when at the moment it doesn't
really feel fun.
c) Should have played Arika in the LCQ, not Hermanas.
d) I don't play enough to keep up with the metagame. What I learned was
that several of my current decks don't have enough stealth or combat to
do what they want to do effectively. And if you don't have stealth, you
have to have combat. If you have both, you will probably do ok.
e) Ira, Ben Peal and Ben Swainbank were all staying in the same room.
They all made it to the NAC finals. Must have been something in the
water in room 345 I guess. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.
f) My Tzimisce toolbox deck needs a couple less War Ghouls and more
Plasmic Forms, and one more Path.
g) Meeting everyone was great. People who I had never seen pictures of
didn't look anything like what I expected them to. Jay Kristoff and
Cameron Kennedy from Red Deer are really tall.
h) Lawrence Snelly is 1) a stand-up guy, 2) a great artist and 3) a fan
of the game/genre. One thing I didn't learn - if he plays VTES himself.
i) Having the NAC the weekend before a new awesome set is released is
just incredible - lots of Lords of Night draft and sealed, and we all
got to see that there is going to be a lot of game-changing stuff in the
set. Be sure to get your orders in now, because I think distributors
are going to sell out of this one. Think of how much Sword of Caine you
bought. Multiply it by at least 5, that's how good it is.
Other things I learned I must have already sublimated.
Big ups to:
- Ben Peal for winning. Matt Wedge, Kevin Mergen, Ben Swainbank, and
Ira Fay for finalizing.
- LSJ for judging; as well as for creating and husbanding this game over
the last decade. I'm pretty sure most of us owe him a debt that is in
no way covered by WW's salary.
- Oscar for all the work he did over the week. He played hard, but he
was working too.
Finally HUGE PROPS to Mike Courtois and Rob Goudie for organizing,
hustling, marketing, and taking the risk to make this a great experience
for me and I'm sure for everyone else who was there.
Thanks,
chris
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