Delaying Tactics: Boston Tournament Report

Josh Feuerstein did this tournament write-up. The deck and notes at the
end are mine [Ben Swainbank's].

Delaying Tactics: Boston took place on Sunday, October 17.

We had 9 players:

Scott Gomes (Count Germaine combat)
Ben Swainbank (cel/for/pot Jimmy Dunn combat)
Josh Feuerstein (Gangrel-Antitribu stealth bleed)
Alex Skrabut (Salubri-Antitribu combat)
Matt Hirsch (Ahrimanes combat)
Ben Peal (Weenie Anarchs with lots of stuff)
Edward McGlynn (Tzimisce Kraken's Kiss combat)
DJ Chagnon (Gangrel-Antitribu pot/pro combat)
Chris O'Brien (Toreador Aching Beauty)

Note that it was a very.. ahem.. fighty.. tournament.
Although the real kicker to me was when Sebastian Goulet, full-force
bleeding Peal for 7, got Archon Investigated.  Then re-influenced.
Then Archon Investigated again for the same crime.  Guess he didn't
learn his lesson!

The final round was:
Scott G(3)
Ben S (1)
Josh F (4)
Alex S (5, by a die roll tied with Ben P)
Matt H (2)

(Numbers in parentheses were standings before the final)

The final outcome was Ben Swainbank with 4 vp, and Matt with 1 VP.
Here are Ben's winning deck notes:

Deck Name : A Dunn Deal
Author : Ben Swainbank

Crypt (12 vampires) Capacity min: 4 max: 7 average: 4.84
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5x Jimmy Dunn             4  CEL POT for                   Pander:2
1x Richter, The Templ     7  CEL POT for pre               !Brujah:2
1x Theo Bell          Adv 7  CEL POT PRE aus dom           Brujah:2
1x Pug Jackson            6  CEL POT for pre      primogen Brujah:3
1x Dr. Julius Sutphen     5  POT dom obt          bishop   Lasombra:3
1x Terry                  5  POT aus dom san               Blood Bro:2
1x Earl                   4  dom for pot                   Ventrue:3
1x Victor Tolliver        4  CEL pot                       !Brujah:2

Library (90 cards)
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Master (12)
2x Blood Doll
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Dummy Corporation
1x Fame
6x Haven Uncovered
1x Tension in the Ranks

Action (10)
1x Ambush
2x Bum's Rush
2x Games of Instinct
2x Harass
3x Flurry of Action

Action Modifier (6)
3x Conditioning
3x Freak Drive

Combat (58)
12x Pursuit
1x Hidden Strength
5x Skin of Steel
3x Soak
5x Taste of Vitae
9x Immortal Grapple
4x Thrown Sewer Lid
11x Torn Signpost
5x Undead Strength
3x Weighted Walking Stick

Event (1)
1x Dragonbound

Reaction (3)
3x Deflection

Crafted with : Anarch Revolt Deck Builder. [Tue Oct 19 21:11:54 2004]

Deck and Tournament Notes:

The deck is a pretty mean rush-combat deck which hits hard, ousts ok,
and can beat most kinds of combat defense.The key innovation here are
the 5 Jimmy Dunns. They are there to insure that one or more show up on
the initial draw - Jimmy is a powerhouse and a great bargain. And if
Jimmy gets smacked down I can deploy the "emergency backup Jimmy" --
exploiting his card text to get a fresh minion and avoid blowback from
my own Dragonbound.

This tournament was very, very fighty, even by Boston standards. Most
players were packing heavy combat and even the non-combat decks had
agg-pokes. It was also very evenly matched - a nine player tournament
where 6 different players got table wins.

1GW and 5VP gave me top seed which allowed me to stay away from Matt's
Ahrimanes, which had out-maneuvered me in round 1 and let them tangle
with Scott's CEL,FOR gun deck. I got to pick on the only non-combat
deck at the finals table, Josh's Dom !Gangrel and get the momentum for
the table win.