Wind Dance: Boston Tournament Report

  Participants were:

  Ben Spaulding - Tzimisce intercept-combat (War Ghoul deck?)
  Lance Shope - Anson Anarch Revolt blitz
  A Shubert - Obf/Pre/Aus stealth-bleed
  Matt Hirsch - Tzimisce/!Nos combat
  Alex Skrabut - Nos/!Nos rush combat
  Kevin Scribner - Tzimisce intercept-combat wall
  Scott Gomes - Giovanni power bleed
  Ben Peal - Aus/Cel celerity gun weenies
  Josh Feuerstein - Aus/Cel/Pre(?) celerity gun
  Tony Lee - Aus/Pot rush combat
  Todd Richter - Settite stealth-bleed/enticement
  Ulysses Lateiner - EuroBrujah
  Jason Wolfson - Goratrix/Tzimisce combat

  9 of 13 decks being combat decks is I think a record high for the
  Boston area, though still not as psychotic as Bratislava.

  Finalists were:

  Matt Hirsch
  Ben Peal
  Josh Feuerstein
  Alex
  Kevin

  (I forget who won the coin flip between Alex and Kevin)

  Finals results:

  Ben Peal - 4 VP
  Alex Skrabut - 1 VP
  Matt Hirsch - 0 VP
  Josh Feuerstein - 0 VP
  Kevin Scribner - 0 VP

  Many apologies for the messed up seating order due to the
  drop.  If I had more time, I would have generated better
  seating.  I just went with the seating order for 13 people,
  dropping Shubert, and took the first 4 for the table 1, the
  next 4 for table 2, and the next 4 for table 3.  Don't fret
  yourself, Shubert - Zoe's clearly the bigger priority, even
  when she's my Blood Doll.  ;)

  My deck:

Second Guess Corral

CRYPT

1 x Isabel de Leon (3): AUS
1 x Dorian Strack (5): AUS cel
1 x Felicia Mostrom (5): AUS CEL pre
1 x Kallista, Master Sculptor (6): AUS CEL pre pro
1 x Sarah Brando (3): CEL
1 x Victor Tolliver (4): CEL pot
1 x Nik (1): cel
1 x Antoinette DuChamp (1): cel pre
1 x Angel (2): cel
1 x Carter (2): cel
1 x Kanya Akhtar (2): cel
1 x Zoe (3): AUS cel obf

LIBRARY

1 x The Barrens
2 x Dreams of the Sphinx
2 x Fame
4 x Blood Doll
2 x Sudden Reversal
3 x Celerity

1 x Saturday Night Special
7 x .44 Magnum
8 x Concealed Weapon
10 x Bum's Rush
3 x Wake with Evening's Freshness
3 x Forced Awakening

12 x Pursuit
8 x Psyche!
6 x Side Strike
4 x Blur

4 x Enchanced Senses
6 x Telepathic Misdirection
4 x Telepathic Counter


  It's hardly the most original deck - it's based on Colin Riggs'
  winning deck from a recent DC tournament.  I just didn't like 
  the fact that its only defensive option is to go upstream, so
  I dropped a few Bum's Rushes and the Computer Hackings and
  Arsons, and put in some wakes, bleed bounce/reduction, and light
  intercept.  It didn't run very consistently, and I think 9 or 10
  guns and 9 or 10 Concealed Weapons may be the way to go, as I
  had some difficulty getting a gun early on in a couple games.
  Some of the consistency problems were likely the result of the
  increased number of fight decks and reduced number of bleed decks,
  reducing the effectiveness of the defense.  The intercept did
  prove to be quite handy.

  Here's Colin Riggs' deck, for comparison:

  http://www.thelasombra.com/decks/twd.htm#2k2legalmanip

  Thank to all who showed up!  It was great to see the turnout!


  - Ben Peal