LSJ#
Peter D Bakija wrote:
>
> Ok, here is one that I simply am not sure of the answer of--
>
> What happens if the last two players at a table are ousted simultaneously? Do
> they each get a VP for ousting their prey, or do the VPs vanish into thin air?
They each get a VP. [9.1]
VPs never vanish into thing air (except when time is called in a DCI tourney,
in which case half of the remaining VPs to be won are lost).
> The situation was:
>
> After a long, hard pressed game, my Selma based Obf/For Minion Tap/5th vote
> deck was down to one pool. My opponent's Ventrue Embrace deck was at 10 pool
> (he had 3 VPs but was out of cards, we had been going back and forth for a
> while, and I finally ran out of Minion Taps...). I had 4 Prince/Justicars, he
> had 8 weenie vamps. On my turn, I go to bleed him, get blocked, Freak, and draw
> an Ancillae Empowerment. My little mind starts a-whirring. I send the other
> three vampires to bleed him, tapping out his last blocker and hitting him for 2
> pool loss. He is now at 8 pool with 8 minions, and I have untapped, freaky
> Chester (and complete vote dominance). I decide to die on my feet. I call the
> Ancillae. He loses 8 pool (8 minions...) and I lose 4. We are both ousted. I am
> under the impression that I pulled a shred of dignity out of the situation, as
> the game ended with him having 4 VPs and me having 1 (Coming in second! Woo!).
> Is this correct?
Yes.
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