Tourney Report - Crusade: Columbia, SC

Due to poor planning by a non-sport-fan coordinator (me), Crusade: Columbia fought against the home games of both USC and Clemson for attendees. As a result, the majority of local players were absent. Fortunately, players from Georgia and North Carolina came in to fill out the ranks. And win. The top finalist (7VPs) was Mike Perlmann, from Georgia, with a "Mostly Masters" deck. He got only one VP in the finals, however, to finish in 2nd place. Stu Pieloch, the second-place finalist (6VPs) and also from Georgia, won the finals by taking the other four VPs with his "Volker may I?" deck - which uses an Atoned and skill-laden Volker to block *everything* while voting (without using Presence) his prey out of the game. The other three finalist, in order, were: David Castles (GA), Stayce Hodge (NC), and Michael Parker (NC). The Decks: Volker May I? ------------- Igo the Hungry Antoinette DuChamp Franciscus Navar McClaren Smudge the Ignored Nik Julius Hasina Kesi Rake 3 Volker, The Puppet Prince Kindred Restructure Dramatic Upheaval 2 Rumors of Gehenna 8 Kine Resources Contested Palatial Estate Ivory Bow Deer Rifle 2 IR Goggles 3 Flak Jacket Elder Intervention 4 Sideslip 4 Atonement 10 Second Tradition Guardian Angel Protected Resources 4 Blood Doll 5 Effective Management 2 Parthenon Rack Warzone Hunting Ground Quietus Protean 2 Fortitude Thaumaturgy Mostly Masters -------------- 4 Anson Antoinette Duchamp Delilah Easton Dieter Kleist Franciscus Igo the Hungry Roland Loussarian Rufina Soledad Zoe Aching Beauty 2 Aire of Elation 7 Anarch Revolt Art Museum 2 Ascendance Asylum Hunting Ground Barrens, The 3 Blood Doll 2 Brujah Frenzy 2 Conservative Agitation 3 Cultivated Blood Shortage 2 Deal with the Devil 3 Dread Gaze 4 Effective Management 3 Elder Kindred Network Elder Library Elysium: The Arboretum Fragment of the Book of Nod Giant's Blood Golconda: Inner Peace Illegal Search and Seizure 2 Incriminating Videotape Judgement: Camarilla Segregation 2 Kindred Coercion 2 Kine Resources Contested 3 Malkavian Dementia 3 Minion Tap 2 Parthenon, The Political Backlash Rack, The 2 Rumors of Gehenna Secure Haven Smiling Jack, The Anarch 3 Social Charm Society Hunting Ground 2 Society of Leopold 2 Surprise Influence 5 Telepathic Counter 4 Telepathic Misdirection 4 Tribute to the Master 4 Vampiric Disease Vulnerability -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | How you do anything is http://www.math.sc.edu/~sjohnson | how you do everything. Graphics Specialist and V:TES Rulemonger |

In article <3647072A...@math.sc.edu>, L. Scott Johnson <sjoh...@math.sc.edu> wrote: >Volker May I? >------------- I'm confused. Why does this deck have skill masters, but no discipline cards that use those skills? Is part of the deck missing (as suggested by it's small size)? >Mostly Masters >-------------- This deck actually worked!? -- /\ Jasper Phillips /VVVVVVVVVVVVVV|~"~"~"~"~"~"----------........____ jaz j^^^^^^^^^^^^^\/"~"~"~"~-----------........._____ ~"~--. * http://www.engr.orst.edu/~philljas/ "~"~'--`

In article <727a9p$obc$1...@news.NERO.NET>, phil...@nd.ENGR.ORST.EDU (Jasper Phillips) wrote: > In article <3647072A...@math.sc.edu>, > L. Scott Johnson <sjoh...@math.sc.edu> wrote: > >Volker May I? > >------------- > > I'm confused. Why does this deck have skill masters, but no discipline > cards that use those skills? To increase the application of Volker's Atonement. > Is part of the deck missing (as suggested > by it's small size)? No. It is a 60 card deck. > > >Mostly Masters > >-------------- > > This deck actually worked!? It made it to the finals, yes (1VP, 3VP, 3VP, resp. in the prelim. - all of which were four-player tables). -- L. Scott Johnson (sjoh...@math.sc.edu) | The only difference http://www.math.sc.edu/~sjohnson | between a rut and a Graphics Specialist and V:TES Rulemonger | grave is the depth. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own

On Mon, 09 Nov 1998 20:42:37 GMT, sjoh...@math.sc.edu (L. Scott Johnson) wrote: >In article <727a9p$obc$1...@news.NERO.NET>, > phil...@nd.ENGR.ORST.EDU (Jasper Phillips) wrote: >> In article <3647072A...@math.sc.edu>, >> L. Scott Johnson <sjoh...@math.sc.edu> wrote: >> >Volker May I? >> >------------- >> >> I'm confused. Why does this deck have skill masters, but no discipline >> cards that use those skills? > >To increase the application of Volker's Atonement. also, Kiss of Ra may not be played on a vampire with Fortitude. there's also a card like that for Quietus.. and one other somewhere, i think. =) -- Derek (replying by email? remove the nospam from my domain :)