Ignatius Wainwright: Boston Tournament Report

Final standings were:
Ben Swainbank (3 GW, 7 VP)
Josh Feuerstein (0 GW, 3 VP)
Gregory Pettigrew (0 GW, 2 VP)
Ben Peal (3 GW, 10 VP)
Matt Flint (1 GW, 3 VP)
Scott Gomes (0 GW, 1 VP)
Peter Jehlen (0 GW, 0 VP)
John Eno (0 GW, 0 VP)

Ignatius's ability worked out pretty well, although we all agreed
that his ability/cost would have to be tweaked in some way if he ever
became a real card.  Thematically, he was great for this event,
though, and did his job.

My personal draft experience:
Before we started drafting, I was heavily leaning towards focusing on
the Sabbat.  When I opened up my first pack (Sabbat War), the rare
was Palla Grande, so that gave me an immediate direction to go in.
Unfortunately, Jost got to someone else before me, and I didn't get
Greta either.  But I got 3 !Toreador, which seemed to be enough.
With 5 Fiendish Tongues (nobody seemed to be taking them!), a Social
Charm, a Propaganda, Pentex Loves You, and a Kindred Spirits (I
drafted Kite) all coming my way, I knew that I was going to be
building a "stealth bleed" deck, even with only one stealth card (a
Cloak).
I ended up having to fill out my deck with trifles and Go Anarch
actions, and a Hospital Food, but never intended on going Anarch
during the tourney.

A sad side note is that I never got to play that Palla Grande; one
time it was in my hand and my predator had Jost, and the other time I
had it in my hand my predator had more !Tor than I did.

Round 1 notes:
*I used Ignatius to make Remilliard an Anarch during my master phase,
and immediately played Into the Fire to bring him back to the Sabbat.
 Later, I played Out of the Frying Pan on Remilliard, and then he
went Sabbat again one more time.
(I also have a note about Remilliard that says "Blow Torch" but I
can't remember exactly what happened with him and the torch)

*Matt Flint's Renegade Garou went cross-table onto Ben Swainbank's
Jost.  Jost played Song of Serenity in the resulting combat.  Ben
sang, "Do you really want to hurt me?"  (Jost lived through that
combat)

*Bothwell (controlled by Ben S) recruited a Cry Wolf.  The Cry Wolf
rushed and torporised (Greg's) Joseph O'Grady.  Ben tapped Ignatius
to re-summon the Cry Wolf with (another anarch?), and on the
following turn it rushed and torporized Greg's Peter Blaine.

At the other table Round 1:
* Elizabeth Westcott (controlled by Scott) and Luther (controlled by
Ben P) contested the Baron title in New York.  Elizabeth won the
title.

Round 2:
* Huang (Matt F?) equipped with Highway Haven: RV.  Upon taking an
action later, Sandra White (Ben P?) played Car Bomb on Huang,
torporizing him and burning his RV.

Round 3:
* Cry Wolf (Ben S?) rushed Horatio (Ben P).  The rush was blocked by
Ignatius Wainwright.

* Jacko (Peter) got into combat with Lazverinus (Greg?), and Jacko
torporized Laz due to his additional strike plus diversion, amongst
other things.

Final Round:
* Carter (me) kept switching between Anarch and Sabbat loyalty
(combinations of the Go Anarch action, Ignatius, and Into the Fire)

* All five players were still in the game.  An Anarchist Uprising was
called by a vampire controlled by Ben S (which vampire?) from the ash
heap by way of Ignatius's special ability.  Lazverinus (Greg, Ben's
grandpredator) voted in favor, which caused me (with Richter, Carter
and Into-the-Fire'd Sandra White relentlessly Fiendish Tongue
bleeding), Ben Peal (my prey who had a ready Renegade Garou and War
Ghoul along with his vampires), and Matt Flint (Greg's prey/Ben's
predator, with his Gangrel/!Gangrel) to all be simultaneously ousted.

This left Lazverinus and Beast to hold off Xaviar and Ben Swainbank's
other Anarchs, and ultimately the Anarchs were victorious.

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