Powerbase LA?

[shorb]

How did the events go?

best -

chris

[Robert Goudie]

More reports to follow (waiting for some decklists). But the short version is that Darby won event #1 (12 players) with a tupdog deck that made good use of a lot of newer cards.

Darby won the qualifier (15 players) with a malk anti bleed deck making use of Art of Memory. Darby outlasted Matt Facto's anti-Malk bleed deck. Jeff Poole was also in this game and made lots of noise. I recall his deck being nasty but forget what it was.

Robert Scythe won event #3 (10 players) with, I think, a Toreador toolbox deck. I played Arms Dealers w/Flash Grenade+Blood Lust+Dream World. It came down to Scythe and me but he successfully Waked a lot and bounced my late game lunge.

Mike Courtois won event 4 (12 players?). I played Bakija's Nosferatu Hate You deck and had many Methuselah's scared. Dennis Lien had a lot of No Secrets in play before being ganged-up on. Matt Wedge has some great Assamite bleediness going on but due to odd table dynamics ended-up helping Mike with a Giant's Blood and rescue of his torpored key minion. Fred Scott played Giovanni power bleed and was able to oust Dennis (who was killing himself anyway due to the gang-up situation). Wedge and Courtois fought to near time when Matt could only get as close as a vote that would have killed both remaining Methuselah's. Mike blocked the vote just to be on the safe side.

Great time was had and we're going back in September!

-Robert

Sent via Robert's Blackberry

[TorranceCircle]

The storyline was fun too. I made it to the final with a loyalist
deck. It was the only one! Everyone else abused the villein +
lillith's blessing combo. Also, outside the hour glass + domain of
evernight is fun!

-Andy

[TorranceCircle]

On Jun 1, 7:19 am, "Robert Goudie" <robertt.gou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff Poole was also in this game and made lots of noise.

Literally!

> I recall his deck being nasty but forget what it was.

Animalism bats and crows, low mid-cap, presence laibon bleed,
permacept. Never had a chance to really get going due to some cross-
table Fred shinnanigans! AND that after darby stealth bled me out,
Darby broke his own rule which he clearly stated in round one. HE
SAID,"I never bleed for more than three, ever." So he bleeds Jeff for
4 and Jeff plays Archon Invetigation, Hooray for the anti-stealth
bleed faction, Right! No! Matt plays sudden reversal (to help his
prey!?!?!?!?). Archon Investigation on EBay $2, the WTF look on Jeff's
face.....yup, priceless!

[shorb]

Archon Investigation on EBay $2, the WTF look on Jeff's
> face.....yup, priceless!

lol.

Wish I could have been there, I'll plan on September. Wife will be
out of school at that point.

best -

chris

[Jeff Poole]

So horrible. I had 2 in hand too! I was going to burn like 2 oh
Darby's vampires but I guess the other stealth bleeder thought Darby
would be easier to oust with 6 more pool and a minion. PTW ftw.

Jeff Poole

[Robert Scythe]

On Jun 1, 7:19 am, "Robert Goudie" <robertt.gou...@gmail.com> wrote:

> More reports to follow (waiting for some decklists).

Well, here's mine:

Deck Name: The Quick and the Dead
Created By: Robert Scythe
Description: Infernal Pursuits, Aura Readings and the Barrens to get
your guns on, Ashurs to get back all those necessary discards. In the
tournament I drew the Barrens in my opening hand all three games, too
good. All the Forceds would be Eyes if I owned that many, though I did
use a Forced on a Mind Raped, Pulsed Kallista with only one blood to
fail a block. There's usually another Quicken, 2 DI's and another
intercept location (really missed the DI's). This really wants at
least 1 Aire even if Marcellus cannot use it, and he needs to be the
main. Rather have a Jake than the Hunting Grounds.


Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 21, Max: 30, Avg: 6.41)
3 Felicia Mostrom AUS CEL pre 5 Toreador
2 Greta Kircher AUS CEL obf PRE 7 Toreador Antitribu
2 Jessica AUS CEL OBT PRE 7 Toreador Antitribu
3 Kallista AUS CEL pre pro 6 Toreador
2 Marcellus AUS CEL pro 8 Toreador

Library: (90 cards)

Master (15 cards)
2 Art Museum
7 Ashur Tablets
1 Barrens, The
2 Blood Doll
1 Fetish Club Hunting Ground
1 KRCG News Radio
1 Society Hunting Ground

Action (5 cards)
1 Aranthebes, The Immortal
2 Nose of the Hound
2 Pulse of the Canaille

Reaction (29 cards)
3 Eagle`s Sight
5 Enhanced Senses
4 Eyes of Argus
5 Forced Awakening
2 My Enemy`s Enemy
2 On the Qui Vive
4 Quicken Sight
4 Telepathic Misdirection

Combat (32 cards)
2 Aura Reading
5 Concealed Weapon
1 Fast Hands
2 Infernal Pursuit
8 Psyche!
6 Pursuit
4 Sideslip
4 Taste of Vitae

Ally (1 cards)
1 Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)

Equipment (8 cards)
7 .44 Magnum
1 Bowl of Convergence

[The Lasombra]

Any update on those TWDs or additional recollections from the players?

[Darby Keeney]

On Jun 1, 11:34 am, TorranceCircle <torrance.cir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> AND that after darby stealth bled me out,
> Darby broke his own rule which he clearly stated in round one. HE
> SAID,"I never bleed for more than three, ever."

You seem to have me confused with someone else. I don't hesitate to
bleed for 15 if my deck can do it (and needs to at the time). I had
multiple minions popping 4+ bleeds in two of the four tournaments that
weekend.

[Darby Keeney]

On Jun 5, 10:26 pm, The Lasombra <thelasom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Any update on those TWDs or additional recollections from the players?

Send this stuff to Robert for his more formal reports later (him being
the head honcho and all that).

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Deck Name : [2010 TW] The World's Biggest Small Multirushers
Author : Darby Keeney

Comments: Many thanks to Fred Scott for lending me 2 Tupdogs for this
tournament. Generally, I have found a 2.5:1 Tupdog-to-!Tremere ratio
to work out pretty well, though a long string of Dogs at the top pf
one's crypt is frustrating.

The objective for this deck is to get additional mileage from the
Tupdogs...decreasing their effective cost from 1 pool per action to
0.5 pool per action and further leveraging both the rush and the slave
option (rush first, untap, available for slave clause, take an action
of the slave clause is not needed).

The deck is supposed to carry 1 more Ashur Tablet, but I seem to own
only 5 at this time. 4, 6 or 7 seem like the right numbers to me,
depending on your risk tolerance and recycling needs.

Synergies:
Carver's + Dragonbound and Carver's + Vessel are pretty clear.
Carver's + Raw Recruit is an indefinate hold on a Recruit target (that
could not be Graverobbed). Carver's not affecting Tupdogs is a bonus.

Heidleburg can save master vampires from dangerous hunting
requirements, can empty a Tupdog of before it explodes and allows 2
Hand of Conrad actions per turn.


Crypt [18 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 5 average: 1.72222
------------------------------------------------------------

13x Tupdog 1 POT VIS Gargoyle:3
1x Esoara 5 DOM aus for pot !Tremere:4
1x Janine 4 aus dom tha !Tremere:4
1x Ember Wright 3 aus dom !Tremere:3
1x Keith Moody 3 DOM !Tremere:4
1x Saiz 3 aus dom !Tremere:3


Library [79 cards]
------------------------------------------------------------

Action [13]
5x Dive Bomb *//stealth multi-rush as a "spare" Tupdog action
1x Goblinism *//destroy location as a "spare" Tupdog action.
2x Graverobbing
3x Raw Recruit *//additional slaves from a "spare" Tupdog action.
2x Thin-Blooded Seer *//Tupdog "spare" actions.

Action Modifier [8]
8x As the Crow *//makes my Tuppers freaky.

Ally [1]
1x Nephandus (Mage) *//safe removal of torporized minions.

Combat [39]
8x Brick by Brick
8x Immortal Grapple
4x Lead Fist *// critical to circumvent "prevent 1" decks
9x Raking Talons *//probably should be 10.
10x Stonestrength

*// a "good" combat ran "set close and agg hands, grapple, prevent and
untap"

Equipment [2]
1x Hand of Conrad *//recycle Tupdogs, should probably be duplicated.
1x Sargon Fragment, The *//recycle everything else

Event [1]
1x Dragonbound

Master [13]
5x Ashur Tablets *//tune late-game combat as needed.
1x Carver's Meat Packing and Storage *//anti-weenie.
1x Dreams of the Sphinx *//combat support or free Tupdogs.
1x Fame
1x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1x Powerbase: Montreal *//free Tupdogs
1x Secure Haven *//to contest and to save a slave master.
2x Vessel

Political Action [2]
1x Ancient Influence *//eradicate your prey and call as a "spare"
Tupdog action
1x Reins of Power *//eradicate your predator and call as a "spare"
Tupdog action

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PBLA #2 (Qualifier)

Deck Name : Cholinesterase Inhibition - Last Call
Author : Darby Keeney
Comments: This is probably the last time I'll play this deck. I'll
have to find another abuse for Art of Memory.

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 4 max: 8 average: 6.41667
------------------------------------------------------------

2x Persephone Tar-Ani 8 AUS DEM OBF cel pot !Malkavian:4
2x White Lily 8 DEM OBF cel dom for !Malkavian:4
2x Marge Khan 7 DEM OBF POT aus for !Malkavian:5
2x Hagar Stone 6 AUS DEM obf !Malkavian:5
1x Apache Jones 5 DEM aus for obf !Malkavian:4
1x Gabriel de Cambrai 5 aus cel dem obf pre !Toreador:4
1x Luc 5 OBF dem vic !Malkavian:4
1x Beauregard Kruelle 4 aus dem obf !Malkavian:4


Library [71 cards]
------------------------------------------------------------

Action [16]
1x Black Hand Ritual *// To remove Anthelios and/or The Unmasking.
2x Call, The
9x Kindred Spirits
2x Madman's Quill
2x Reunion Kamut

Action Modifier [35]
11x Art of Memory, The *// Linchpin card for dialing in the moment-
appropriate card.
2x Cloak the Gathering
4x Confusion
3x Elder Impersonation
4x Eyes of Chaos
3x Faceless Night
3x Freak Drive
3x Lost in Crowds
2x Mask of a Thousand Faces

Action Modifier / Reaction [1]
1x Touch of Clarity *// Recent addition, unneeded in this
tournament.

Action Modifier/Combat [8]
3x Deny
2x Hide the Mind *// Generates 2-3 VP per tournament in this deck.
3x Swallowed by the Night

Master [7]
1x Blood Doll
2x Direct Intervention
1x Sudden Reversal
3x Villein

Reaction [4]
2x On the Qui Vive
2x Telepathic Misdirection

[TorranceCircle]

No, no, no, I know you will bleed for what you can or need to at the
time. I think it was some gamesmanship that you were trying to get me
to fall for in that game (or trying to get me to give away wether or
not I had an AI), but what really embarassed me was when I let Jeff
get me frazelled and I played Telepathic Misdirection incorrectly.
(After I talked about so many great players in L.A., I am sure not one
of them!)

[Jeff Poole]

I <3 frazzling you Andy

Jeff

[***JediMike***]

On Jun 1, 7:19 am, "Robert Goudie" <robertt.gou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> More reports to follow (waiting for some decklists). But the short version is that Darby won event #1 (12 players) with a tupdog deck that made good use of a lot of newer cards.

> Mike Courtois won event 4 (12 players?).

Here is the Deck List for Tourny #4

Deck Name: Misteress Fanchon doesn't have a Heart!
Created By: Matt Wedge & Michael Courtois
Description: The deck SHOULD have a Heart of Cheating but it was in
another deck and I forgot to add it before the tourny. Misteress must
get a Ruters Hand first thing then Alastor the Helicopter, then Magic
the Ankara Citidel. From there, there is enough in the deck to go in
and look for the answer that is needed to attack or defend the game
state. Orlando is always your second minion to help grab the political
reins at the table. If all goes well, you'll be the last one
standing.


Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 30, Max: 44, Avg: 9.41)
1 Dr. John Dee chi ANI AUS DOM THA 9 Tremere
1 Gabrielle di Righetti obf pot ANI AUS DOM THA 10 Tremere
1 Gerald Windham AUS DOM FOR THA 9 Tremere
1 Graham Gottesman obf pre tha DOM FOR 7 Ventrue
5 Mistress Fanchion AUS CEL DOM OBF THA VIC 11 Tremere
2 Orlando Oriundus obf AUS DOM THA 9 Tremere
Antitribu
1 Zane aus dom THA 5 Tremere

Library: (89 cards)

Master (11 cards)
1 Coven, The
1 Heidelberg Castle, Germany
6 Information Highway
1 Jake Washington (Hunter)
2 Pentex Subversion

Action (20 cards)
1 Blithe Acceptance
1 Command the Legion
1 Dominate Kine
1 Far Mastery
3 Govern the Unaligned
1 Graverobbing
3 Magic of the Smith
3 Mind Rape
1 Rave
2 Rutor`s Hand
1 Slaughtering the Herd
1 Soul Decoration
1 Soul Scan

Action Modifier (25 cards)
3 Cloak the Gathering
3 Elder Impersonation
3 Faceless Night
3 Forgotten Labyrinth
3 Lost in Crowds
4 Mirror Walk
2 Perfect Clarity
3 Spying Mission
1 Veil the Legions

Political Action (11 cards)
1 Alastor
1 Ancient Influence
1 Banishment
1 Domain Challenge
1 Kine Resources Contested
1 Neonate Breach
1 Political Stranglehold
3 Reinforcements
1 Reins of Power

Reaction (14 cards)
3 Deflection
5 Eluding the Arms of Morpheus
6 Obedience

Equipment (5 cards)
1 Ankara Citadel, Turkey, The
1 Bowl of Convergence
1 Helicopter
1 Ivory Bow
1 Sargon Fragment, The

Combo (3 cards)
3 Swallowed by the Night


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> Great time was had and we're going back in September!
>
> -Robert
>
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> To: V:TES in Los Angeles
> Subject: [vtesinla] Powerbase LA?
> Sent: Jun 1, 2010 7:00 AM
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> How did the events go?
>
> best -
>
> chris
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