Johnny Chronic#
...Only one week later...
Last weekend's Western Canada North American Championship Qualifier
Tournament, held in lovely Edmonton, Alberta, was a tremendous
success. We had sixteen players, all locals (though invitations were
extended to Princes and players throughout Western Canada and a few
northern states; I figure these folks either fear the open countryside
that surrounds Edmonton because it's full of Lupines, or simply are
not ready for the calibre of play they would encounter here in
Champion City 8>)), including five players new to our group. Welcome
to the big time, gentlemen!
After two preliminary rounds featuring games that were both concluded
quickly and decisively and games that went on for almost the entire
two-and-a-quarter-hour time limit, we had our five finalists. Nelson
Knight, who had attained two Game Wins with seven Victory Points, had
to bow out of the finals to go fight crime or something, so the final
table setup was...
Kevin J. Wiebe's "Anarch Revolt (Mixed Clans)" bleeding
Aaron Jeffery's "Malkavian antitribu/Salubri antitribu Vengeance of
Talbot's Chainsaw of the Righteous (did I get that right?)" bleeding
Rick Barnard's "Tzimisce Garburator" bleeding
Jason Switner's "Cock o' the Walk (featuring Cock's Flock)" bleeding
Shannon Armitage's "Mostly Lasombra Bleeding in the low Teens."
This was a quick one, kids.
To make a short story even shorter, his prey struggled gamely, but
Kevin's Anarch Revolts and Antediluvian Awakenings took out Aaron,
Rick, and Jason in rapid succession. By that time, though, they had
whittled down Kevin's defences enough for Shannon to take him out
after three turns of massive bleeds. Final results:
1st Place: Kevin with 3 VP
2nd: Shannon with 2 VP
3rd: Rick with 0 VP (4 VP in the Premlinary Rounds)
4th: Jason with 0 VP (3 VP, 88 TP in the Preliminary Rounds)
5th: Aaron with 0 VP (3 VP, 78 TP in the Preliminary Rounds)
There were copious prizes to be had by all who attended, including
Bloodlines and Camarilla Edition boosters, promo Crypt and Library
cards, and swanky event-exclusive t-shirts for the top ten players.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this huge event and helped to
make it a success.
Jason Switner
Toreador Primogen of Edmonton
Presenting, The Winning Deck!
Deck Name: Anarch Revolt (Mixed Clans)
Created By: Kevin J. Wiebe, Prince of Edmonton
Description: This Anarch Revolt deck is extremely nasty and
aggressive. The key to its success is to get The Parthenon, Anson,
and Rumors of Gehenna into play as soon as possible. With them in
play, you will have 3 master phase actions and be able to quickly use
the many master cards that are in this deck. This deck will make all
players lose pool every turn. And with the many Dominate bleed cards,
along with Misdirection, Seduction, and The Sleeping Mind, you will be
able to bleed your prey and ensure that he or she is the first player
to be ousted.
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 7, Max: 29, Avg: 4.25)
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1 Royce dom 1, Pander
1 Samson dom 2, Ventrue Antitribu
1 Ohanna dom 2, Malkavian
1 Mustafa Rahman dom 2, Tremere
1 Christine Boscacci dom vic 2, Pander
1 Ingrid Russo DOM for 4, Ventrue Antitribu
1 Gloria Giovanni DOM nec 4, Giovanni
1 Ranjan Rishi DOM for PRE 5, Ventrue
1 Kurt Strauss aus DOM tha 5, Tremere Antitribu
3 Anson aus CEL dom PRE 8, Toreador, Prince
Library: (90 cards)
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Master (39 cards)
12 Anarch Revolt
3 Antediluvian Awakening
3 Blood Doll
1 Direct Intervention
3 Dominate
3 Minion Tap
3 Misdirection
6 Parthenon, The
5 Sudden Reversal
Action (9 cards)
9 Govern the Unaligned
Action Modifier (18 cards)
3 Command of the Beast
3 Conditioning
3 Foreshadowing Destruction
6 Seduction
3 Sleeping Mind, The
Political Action (3 cards)
3 Rumors of Gehenna
Reaction (15 cards)
9 Deflection
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness
Combat (6 cards)
6 Absorb the Mind