In article <7ojfk7$7u5$1...@news4.svr.pol.co.uk>,
"K Stokes" <ke...@stokesy.swinternet.co.uk> wrote:
> Top of the morning to you all,
>
> Rob Treasure here with a tentative newsgroup access. Good to hear the
> Southampton gents did not show themselves up in my absence, 4 of 5 in the
> final, ahhhhhh excitement, adventure, a Jedi craves not these things, they
> have learned much of the ways of the force, but have yet to feel the power
> of a fully operational Death Star. I will let you read the full report to
> get more info.
Well, this isn't the full report but here is a gisty kind of preliminary
account of proceedings since i have a domestic crisis [overflowing sewer]
to attend to. Steve Wright won [4VPs in the final] with a weenie
presence-embrace deck not altogether dissimilar to the one he used
successfully last time he won a tournament here. I was second [1VP in the
final, 6 to get there] with an American-style weenie potence-rush deck.
GREAT fun to play. What [you will all say] was the judge doing playing in
the tournament at all? Luckily for me, the great and good Ian Carter
offered to be judge, so i just whipped out my funnest deck and had a
blast! Swept a four-player combat-decks-only table. FUN!!!! Third was Jon
Cooper playing a gangrelly type combat deck, fourth and fifth were Will
Lee [ventrue unblockable bleeds] and barney Baker [presence vote and
bleed, knee-capped rather early in both the games i played in it with, so
not sure what it does when it is working]. Alex Hughes actually tied with
Jon on 4VPs to get to the final so we had to roll dice to decide who went
in, and poor old Alex lost. He was playing his dom-aus weenies deck, and
he beat me with it in the post-match friendly. Mark Baxter won 3 VPs with
his stealth-bleed and vote deck, Garry Scarlett won 1 with a new ranged-
combat deck, and that's all i can remember of who got VPs. i'm sure that
James C and Anam both got zero, which was a shame because they both had
nice combat decks, ditto Rob Shread and PAt Vance and Nathan. More of all
that in the full report, which will include updated ratings reflecting
results of the last two tournaments here.
>
> On a different note, anyone attempted to build an all discipline Ian
> Forestal, infernal familiar, skill card, infernal pact, Ethan Locke deck ?
> an odd one. You can include all the excellent minor versions of every
> discipline. Flesh of marble, wolf claws, temptation, forgotten labyrinth etc
> etc. blah blah
Been thinking about that since i played an untuned Ian Forrestal/Crimson
sentinel combat deck against Lady Legbiter [Oxford University Press
deck]. I lost [insufficient wakeys], but like Rob says this is a VERY
powerful idea .. the counters on CS increase your HAND damage, so IG can
go in this deck! Suggest Heidelberg to move the familiar when he gets a
bit on the big side, ideally to somebody else's minion who you have just
nicked.
>
> I hope to see all followers of the great game at Gen Con this year, should
> be a (daytime) riot, a pox and ill fortune on all who do not attend.
Indeed, seconded. Start is meant to be 10am, dark brothers and sisters.
Be there or suffer the Curse of Treasure PLUS the Malediction of
Legbiter, the Disappointed Sigh of Green and the More Than Slightly
Peeved Look of Coupe.
>
> Rob a Bob Treasure
> (Get it where you can.)
>
> PS. Give me a call Green.
>
>
Rob very sportingly rang the shop during the final and gave us all, via
Ian, a cheery message .. two fingers' worth of cheery message. i am
empowered to return the compliment, via this newsgroup posting, so Rob,
this is for you from all of us at the August Portsmouth tournament!
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