TWD - 9th Hiekkaharju Nightmares - 16.02.2019, Vantaa Finland

9th Hiekkaharju Nightmares Vantaa, Finland February 16th 2019 3R+F 17 players Winner: Otto Kukkasniemi Amazing attendance again, we had same three guys over from Pori and Otto with them from Tampere. I personally love when people bother coming from longer to my tournaments and have good time. Otto also won the tournament with nasty Legionnaires, but I almost manage to oust him in the final, but not quite. he can write his own bigger report and his deck list should also be posted here. Sorry for it to take so long for me to write this, but work caught up with me Finals seating was: Juha Laukkanen (Anu Diptinatpa Summon History Legionnaires) -> Pauli Kiova (Shambling Hordes) -> Lauri Salmi (variation of Girls deck) -> Otto Kukkasniemi (Harbringer Legionaires) -> Jyri Puhakka (Carna Nephandus) Final Rank Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs 1 Otto Kukkasniemi 1 6,5 1,5 162 2 Lauri Salmi 1 4,5 0,5 132 2 Pauli Kiova 2 6,5 0,5 168 2 Jyri Puhakka 2 6 0 168 2 Juha Laukkanen 2 6 0,5 138 6 Jani Malmi 1 3 96 7 Tuomas Nyberg 1 3 90 8 Jaakko Nurro 1 2 96 9 Matti Palomäki 0 2 114 10 Antti Penttilä 0 1,5 108 11 Juho Linna 0 1,5 106 12 Hannu Kokkonen 0 1 94 13 Teemu Pulkkinen 0 1 84 14 Tommi Hakomaa 0 1 82 15 Katja Jauhianen 0 0 54 15 Jari Vulli 0 0 54 DQ Karri Malm 0 0,5 54 Baron of Vantaa

Archon question: I guess the "DQ" is a "WD"? Or is it no longer possible to make this difference? Edit: I just read the story in another thread. Sad. National Coordinator Germany nc [dot] germany [at] magenta [dot] de

> Hakuron wrote: > Edit: I just read the story in another thread. Sad. > Where was this thread? I don't know what happened exactly (or the conditions that made him walk out) as I was playing in another table.. Smoking craters tell no tales. —Tex talks Battletech

Otto's winning deck. Sorry for the long time it took me to write it down Deck Name: Harbingers at Hiekkaharju Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=5 max=10 avg=6.666667) ================== 1x Nicomedes 5 aus for nec vic Harbinger of Skulls:4 2x Babalawo Alafin 7 ani AUS FOR NEC Harbinger of Skulls:4 1x Solomon Batanea 5 nec AUS FOR Harbinger of Skulls:4 1x Zygodat 6 pot AUS NEC Harbinger of Skulls:4 4x Erlik 10 AUS CEL FOR NEC THN Harbinger of Skulls:3 3x Erebus 7 dem AUS FOR NEC Harbinger of Skulls:3 Library: 82 cards Master (12 cards) ================== 1x Lazarene Inquisitor 2x Liquidation 2x Perfectionist 1x Barrens, The 1x Vessel 4x Blood Doll 1x Dark Influences Action (3 cards) ================== 3x Disciple of Lazarus Action Modifier (8 cards) ================== 2x Trochomancy 2x Inevitability of the Void 2x Acheron Vortex 2x Call of the Hungry Dead Action Modifier/Combat (4 cards) ================== 4x Breath of Thanatos Combat (19 cards) ================== 1x Glancing Blow 4x Hidden Strength 2x Rolling with the Punches 4x Target Vitals 3x Taste of Vitae 5x Weighted Walking Stick Ally (9 cards) ================== 1x Vagabond Mystic 8x Emerald Legionnaire Retainer (5 cards) ================== 5x Vengeful Spirit Equipment (3 cards) ================== 1x Erebus Mask 1x Ivory Bow 1x Bowl of Convergence Reaction (18 cards) ================== 2x Enhanced Senses 5x Eyes of Argus 1x My Enemy's Enemy 4x On the Qui Vive 5x Telepathic Misdirection 1x Delaying Tactics Event (1 cards) ================== 1x Unmasking, The

Yeah, deck is crazy. It's god damn disgusting the amount of shenanigans you get to pull off. Erlic into Nicomedes on rounds 2,3 and (maybe?? Can't recall. Much beer.) the finals gave me the head start I needed, what comes to hand tuning. Barrens allowed me to do some cycle+discard into a quick 7+Legionnaire into ash heap, and start going off if needed. The ability to daisychain the legionnaires is really nice, it's like Khazar's but you actually get to go off. Giggidy. What I *dont* consider very fair, is their ability to act on the turn they get recruited. That's pushing it. As for the deck, apparently it's a bit of a mish-mash of cards that might be good. Felt a bit like it, too. The Spirits are kinda useless here, you end up straight up bleeding / recruiting something better nearly all the time. Stealth could use some adding, but it worked in this meta, so yay for me. Disciple of Lazarus helped me get a playable crypt game 1, so good on that. Otherwise, it was a useless card. I'm sure there's a few cards that'd be a welcome addition to this deck, but in general, more bleed, stealth and bounce is a good way to take it. I'd add some shenanigan cards too, Trochomancy seems to fit the bill with the amount of allies I saw over here, but it's more of a meta choice. Look at Lazarene Inquisitor there. It's trash, and it ain't good here, but there ARE games, where having that choice will win you the game. Otherwise, it doesn't suck when it gets Liquidated. TLDR: Add stealth, bounce and bleed. Remove Vengeful Spirits. Lauri was nowhere near ousting me. cash me outside, howbow dah.

> Oko wrote: > What I *dont* consider very fair, is their ability to act on the turn they get recruited. That's pushing it. > Mistake! They are not recruited. If they were, they would be affected by the "summoning sickness" I for one, did not get to have a game in the final due to circumstances beyond my control. (Poor starting crypt and that Jyrkkä had the cards to screw that precise crypt, namely scourge). But I'm used to RNg deciding games in VTES by now. Thats why I don't take it so seriously anymore. Smoking craters tell no tales. —Tex talks Battletech

Poor starting crypt is a circumstance beyond your control? Methinks that if you are not responsible for the contents of your crypt, then who the heck is? If the crypt works erratically it needs to be fine tuned. And certainly on odd occasions, but very rarely, it'll still misfire. But all in all very much something in your control. Finnish Politics!

Ah, event approved. Sorry for the brainfart taking it this long to do! Finnish Politics!

> Lönkka wrote: > Poor starting crypt is a circumstance beyond your control? > > Methinks that if you are not responsible for the contents of your crypt, then who the heck is? If the crypt works erratically it needs to be fine tuned. And certainly on odd occasions, but very rarely, it'll still misfire. > > But all in all very much something in your control. > Says a man that plays a game where crypts are randomly chosen at start. I literally played a game last week where I got a 1% opening draw, which was actually a 0.1% draw after paying one to see one. In other words the top 5 cards of my crypt (out of 12) were missing the trait I needed. Those were the only five missing it. How much more fine-tuning does the crypt need? Are you really suggesting that a 1:1000 chance should be prepared for?

The crypt is something you can affect when you build it. Claiming it is out of your control is preposterous. Finnish Politics!

There something wrong: the winner is listed as Otto Kukkasniemi but in the archon, it's Otto Kallokoski: www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9155 Who's the real winner? Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

> Ankha wrote: > There something wrong: the winner is listed as Otto Kukkasniemi but in the archon, it's Otto Kallokoski: > > www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/9155 > > Who's the real winner? > One and same person after the change of surname... Finnish Politics!