[TWD] Central Ohio Regional Qualifer: June 8th 2014

Central Ohio Regional Qualifier 2014 Newark, OH, USA June 8th, 2014 15 players (confirmed number after erroneous initial count) Darby Keeney Deck Name : (2014) Replay Value Author : Darby Keeney Description : This deck is about as toolboxy as I get. Minion text offers on-demand bleed and Orlando almost ensures votelock, so the deck is often able make opportunistic moves. The finals saw 4 of the 5 players in potentialliy winning positions as the clock wore down. This created incentive for an unusual number of cross-table rescues, allowing me to survive Hugh's relentless Ahrimane and Ossian rushing. I got a lucky VP in the end for a win as high seed. Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 5 max: 11 average: 8.91667 3x Orlando Oriundus (9) bishop Tremere antitribu (group 4) 2x Rafael de Corazon (11) inner circle Toreador (group 4) 1x Mistress Fanchon (11) inner circle Tremere (group 4) 1x Montecalme (10) justicar Toreador (group 5) 1x Gerald Windham (9) Tremere (group 5) 1x Epikasta Rigatos (8) prince Toreador (group 4) 1x Paul Cordwood (8) bishop Tremere antitribu (group 4) 1x Graham Gottesman (7) prince Ventrue (group 5) 1x Victor Pelletier (5) Ventrue (group 4) *// I got Rafael in my opening crypt 3 of the 4 games, which had to contribute to success. The crypt might benefit from one more copy, dropping Victor. Library [73 cards] Action [8] 1x Entrancement 1x Exile *//underused card 6x Govern the Unaligned Action Modifier [11] 1x Cloak the Gathering 1x Conditioning 1x Faceless Night 1x Forgotten Labyrinth 1x Into Thin Air 2x Perfect Paragon 2x Veil the Legions 2x Voter Captivation Action Modifier/Combat [2] 2x Swallowed by the Night Action Modifier/Reaction [1] 1x Murmur of the False Will Combat [3] 3x Majesty Event [1] 1x Anthelios, The Red Star Master [28] 6x Ashur Tablets 1x Bleeding the Vine *// strong in subtle ways (prevent influence of lategame minion) 1x Dreams of the Sphinx 1x Giant's Blood 1x Information Highway 1x Legendary Vampire 1x Metro Underground *// might be marginal in this deck. 1x Monastery of Shadows 1x Parthenon, The *// wouldn't criticize anyone opting for a 2nd Parthenon. 1x Pentex(TM) Subversion 6x Villein 2x Wider View 5x Zillah's Valley Political Action [12] 1x Anarchist Uprising 1x Ancient Influence 2x Banishment 1x Conservative Agitation 1x Kine Resources Contested 2x Parity Shift 1x Political Stranglehold 1x Reinforcements *// should be Ancilla Empowerment 1x Reins of Power 1x Rumors of Gehenna Reaction [7] 3x Deflection 2x Eyes of Argus 2x On the Qui Vive Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Fri Jun 20 10:24:37 2014]

I'm waiting for the Archon to be uploaded to add the event to the TWDA. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

Nothing new? Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

you'll [someone] need to ask Bob Joseph/Jay Kristoff

> Ankha wrote: > Nothing new? > I've asked for the Archon file and still haven't received it. I'll keep asking.

my book records it as 15 players [we had two players join/drop part way through] but I may have missed one Darby Hugh Kelly John P WIll Brad Jay Mark L James M Bob Little Jeff Sid Rodd C ~guy whose name i've forgotten~ -guy who joined-

I've already sent a followup email to the event organizers requesting the Archon files for the WON.

I dislike the prayer Legendary Vampire, as it's nearly always a discard, but other than that, I really enjoy this build-out of an Orlando deck. Kevin M., Prince of Las Vegas "Know your enemy and know yourself; in one-thousand battles you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, *The Art of War* "Contentment...Complacency...Catastrophe!" -- Joseph Chevalier Please visit VTESville daily! vtesville.myminicity.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/129744447064017

> KevinM wrote: > I dislike the prayer Legendary Vampire, as it's nearly always a discard. > You're free to dislike it, but in my experience it is never discarded without a specific intent to Tablet it back. It's both exceedingly strong and self-protecting with Orlando in play. This Orlando variant tends to create a new minion every time a Villein flows into hand. The result is that fresh minions pop into play at seemingly odd times, which preserves the value of a mid-game Legendary. So where you see a discard, I see opportunity. In other decks like this which are more Banish-focused, I have self-Banished a tapped, nearly full minion because a Legendary flowed into hand during an active turn - it was worth that much to me. Ultimately, I believe it's too good to omit from a deck with a reasonable probability of seeing Orlando.

I have to agree, Legendary Vampire does not have to be played as a prayer card. If you plan to bring 7+ vamps mid-to-late game, you would probably have it by then and it would be stronger than any average card you would cycle through. The card is tricky to play, but great when you know what you are doing. Sabbat. If this vampire's bleed is successful, he laughs manicly and untaps.

> kombainas wrote: > I have to agree, Legendary Vampire does not have to be played as a prayer card. If you plan to bring 7+ vamps mid-to-late game, you would probably have it by then and it would be stronger than any average card you would cycle through. The card is tricky to play, but great when you know what you are doing. > Regardless of hypothetical analysis, Darby won a 25 person tournament with the deck including it, so it seems reasonable that its an ok card in the deck if he doesnt add some annotation about removing it. It does pop up in twds though, so i suppose its ok. Ige seen it in lots of Tzimitze stuff. Its runnable in ANYTHING with DOM simce Govern get you minions whenever ( pool fom oust plus govern is plenty to buy a new vamp) Ventrue fould alwqys use it mid to lategame, but access to presence seems to make it less stategically needed. Related note, Ephor is good for current ventrue builds, since Hugh made everyone notice they block good (not a secret before, but he kept winnning)

Ohio Valley Regional 2014 Final Standings TRUE Final Rank Target Rank # Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs 1 1 10 Darby Keeney 1 4.5 1.5 144 2 2 4 Brad Cashdollar 1 3.5 0.5 120 2 3 7 Hugh Angseesing 1 4 138 2 4 11 John Pattie 0 4 1.5 120 2 5 13 Will Kristoff 1 3 90 6 6 5 Jeff Lake 0 2 114 6 7 12 Jay Kristoff 0 2 114 8 8 9 James Messer 0 2 108 9 9 1 Doug Shepherd 0 2 84 10 10 6 Kelly Schultz 0 1.5 120 11 11 2 Rodd Closson 0 1.5 114 12 12 3 Mark Loughman 0 1 96 13 13 8 Robert Little 0 0.5 78 14 14 14 Sid Casino 0 0.5 54 15 15 15 Shawn Bailey 0 0 18 Yes, we have this Archon. However we have not been able to upload it to vekn.net via the event calendar. I believe the problem that is dooming the upload comes from an error on the Tournament Info page of the spreadsheet. In the field asking for number of rounds (including final), instead of being able to enter 4, I am presented with the same drop-down menu of selections that was available two cells above this question for the field "level". Is this entire spreadsheet corrupted, or can I find a way to get rid of those (impertinent) drop down options so that I may simply enter the number 4 in the "Number of Rounds" field? Jay Kristoff V:EKN Prince of Columbus, Ohio USA

The easiest thing to do is open a brand new Archon, paste (by values) the Methuselah's informations and re-enter the score. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. If some seating was changed (because a player joined during the tournament for instance), be sure to update the new archon the same way. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

> DJ_Assface wrote: > Ohio Valley Regional 2014 > > Final Standings > TRUE > Final Rank Target Rank # Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs > 1 1 10 Darby Keeney 1 4.5 1.5 144 > 2 2 4 Brad Cashdollar 1 3.5 0.5 120 > 2 3 7 Hugh Angseesing 1 4 138 > 2 4 11 John Pattie 0 4 1.5 120 > 2 5 13 Will Kristoff 1 3 90 > 6 6 5 Jeff Lake 0 2 114 > 6 7 12 Jay Kristoff 0 2 114 > 8 8 9 James Messer 0 2 108 > 9 9 1 Doug Shepherd 0 2 84 > 10 10 6 Kelly Schultz 0 1.5 120 > 11 11 2 Rodd Closson 0 1.5 114 > 12 12 3 Mark Loughman 0 1 96 > 13 13 8 Robert Little 0 0.5 78 > 14 14 14 Sid Casino 0 0.5 54 > 15 15 15 Shawn Bailey 0 0 18 > > Yes, we have this Archon. However we have not been able to upload it to vekn.net via the event calendar. I believe the problem that is dooming the upload comes from an error on the Tournament Info page of the spreadsheet. In the field asking for number of rounds (including final), instead of being able to enter 4, I am presented with the same drop-down menu of selections that was available two cells above this question for the field "level". Is this entire spreadsheet corrupted, or can I find a way to get rid of those (impertinent) drop down options so that I may simply enter the number 4 in the "Number of Rounds" field? > Can you send me the Archon? (email in is signature)

The Archon for this tournament has now been successfully uploaded to vekn.net with help from Pascal. many thanks, Jay Kristoff V:EKN Prince of Columbus, Ohio USA