On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:03:54 -0500, "Joshua Duffin"
<joshdu...@gmail.dot.com> wrote:
>Hey Scott, I see you posted something on a White Wolf forum, suggesting that
>drafting 100% Sword of Caine boosters would be suitable for a prerelease
>event. But I believe the prerelease kits include an equal amount of Sword
>of Caine and Third Edition boosters, right?
Your belief is correct.
>Do you recommend using just SoC boosters for the draft and using the 3E boosters for prize support?
He was responding to someone that did not like the 40/40 rules from
the Bloodlines prerelease. To maximize the number of new cards
played, draft SoC only.
>Or is the 100% SoC suggestion more of an "it's possible to do it that way"
>recommendation than a "that would definitely be the best way to do it"
>recommendation?
In my opinion, it would not be best to do it that way. Use the Third
Edition and Sword of Caine in equal numbers. Three boosters of each
gives you 12 players per kit, which equals $10 per player. Eminently
reasonable.
>Oscar, what's your take? (If you haven't posted your take also on the WW
>forum where I'm not seeing it, that is. :-)
He posted his initial preference on the Conclave.
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ConclaveMonitor/message/1771
VTES Sword of Caine Pre-release Kit
WW02762 $119.99
1 VTES Sword of Caine Booster Display
1 VTES 3rd Edition Booster Display
15x Gran Madre de Dio, Italy. EC Promo
15x Kisha Bhimji LoB Promo
Check that price everyone. Heavy discount for you guys this time
around.
The event, as always, is up to the organizers discretion. I suggest,
however, using the new recursion rules for drafting to allow as many
players as possible.
http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/index.php?line=veknRules#sec7.2.2
7.2.2. Recursion
When the minimum library size is less than forty, each player gets a
number of recursions based on that minimum size. (The term recursion
is based on the draft format which inspired it, the Internal Recursion
Draft format, also known as Swainbank Draft).
Each recursion allows the player to use a discard phase action to
shuffle all the library cards in his or her ash heap back into his or
her library. This can be done whether or not there are any cards left
in the player's library or hand. A player is not considered to have
exhausted his or her library if he or she has any recursions remaining
(which means that a player cannot attempt to withdraw if he or she has
any recursions left, for instance).
The number of recursions is chosen to make the effective library size
(the size of the library multiplied by the number of times the player
goes through the library) as close to sixty as possible. The following
table shows the number of recursions each player gets based on the
number of booster packs used per player.
These kits are available through your retailer and major distributors.
Oscar Garza
Organized Play Coordinator
White Wolf Publishing