Sight Beyond Sight: Boston Pre-Release Tournament Report

Heya! As you all probably know, we had our pre-release event for
the Bloodlines expansion - Sight Beyond Sight: Boston - this past
Sunday at Danger Planet. A total of 27 people from all over New
England showed up for the occasion.

It was a draft tournament, where each player got 2 original V:TES
starters, and then booster drafted 4 Bloodlines boosters. Due to
time constraints, each round was only an hour and a half long. 
We were also using the new Game Wins rule, as it was an unsanctioned
tournament and it seemed to be another good opportunity to try it
out. The last time we tried it was at High Stakes: Boston - a 
Succubus Club style tournament.

I was very impressed with the amount of Bloodlines cards played.
Crypts seemed to typically contain more than half Bloodlines 
vampires, and there was quite a variety of library cards played.
The one drawback to the format was that there wasn't a lot in the
way of stealth, so games took longer to progress. Compounding this
problem is the very fighty nature of Bloodlines, so combats took a
little bit longer than usual for a limited format tournament. With
only an hour and a half for each round, only 6 players actually
managed to score a Game Win, and nobody scored more than one.

Before I get to the final standings, I also awarded a Bloodlines
clan pin and two Bloodlines packs to those who meritoriously played
cards for a given clan. As voted by the players, the awards went to:

Claire Alexander - for burning 7 pool worth of weapons with her
Blood Brothers

Chris O'Brien - for sweeping a table using the Daughters of Cacophony

Kevin Mullen - for rampant use of Thanatosis cards with his Samedi

Scott Gomes - for game-altering use of Mytherceria cards

Sergio Massoda - for putting the hurt on peoples' decks with the
Harbingers of Skulls

Kate Souza - for meritorious service to the Salubri cause

Matt Hirsch - for his unparalleled work with the dark forces of 
beyond by successfully bringing forth the Great Beast into this world

And now the final standings...

1. Peter Vabulas - 1 Game Win, 6.0 total VP, 1.5 VP in finals
2. Chris O'Brien - 1 Game Win, 6.5 total VP, 0.5 VP in finals
3. Brian Bourke - 1 Game Win, 5.0 total VP, 0.5 VP in finals, 150 TP
4. Ulysses Laitener - 1 Game Win, 5.0 total VP, 0.5 VP in finals, 108 TP
5. Kevin Mitcham - 1 Game Win, 4.0 total VP, 0 VP in finals
6. Jonathan Scherer - 1 Game Win, 3.5 total VP
7. Ben Peal - 0 Game Wins, 5.0 total VP (doh!)
8. Grant Garvin - 0 Game Wins, 3.0 total VP
9. Keith Page - 0 Game Wins, 2.0 total VP, 132 TP
10. Matt Hirsch - 0 Game Wins, 2.0 total VP, 120 TP
11. Prescott Jenner - 0 Game Wins, 2.0 total VP, 108 TP
12. Claire Alexander - 0 Game Wins, 2.0 total VP, 102 TP
13. Tony Luneau - 0 Gamw Wins, 2.0 total VP, 96 TP
14. Kate Souza - 0 Game Wins, 1.5 total VP, 108 TP
     Ben Swainbank - 0 Game Wins, 1.5 total VP, 108 TP
16. Scott Gomes - 0 Game Wins, 1.5 total VP, 102 TP
     John Regan - 0 Game Wins, 1.5 total VP, 102 TP
18. Peter Jehlen - 0 Game Wins, 1.5 total VP, 96 TP
19. Chris Robert - 0 Game Wins, 1.5 total VP, 84 TP
20. Dave Reasoner - 0 Game Wins, 1.0 total VP, 96 TP
     Kevin Scribner - 0 Game Wins, 1.0 total VP, 96 TP
22. Steve Joyce (?) - 0 Game Wins, 1.0 total VP, 84 TP
23. Ed McGlynn - 0 Game Wins, 0.5 total VP. 80 TP
24. Rich Gentile - 0 Game Wins, 0.5 total VP, 78 TP
25. Kevin Mullen - 0 Game Wins, 0.5 total VP, 66 TP
26. Sergio Massoda - 0 Game Wins, 0 total VP, 60 TP
27. Stephanie Wexler - 0 Game Wins, 0 total VP, 48 TP

Many thanks to everyone who attended, and to Danger Planet in
Waltham for being wonderful hosts!

- Ben Peal, Prince of Boston
   fudjo@mindstorm.com