The first two games we played on Sunday, my werewolves and anarchs got their teeth kicked in.
Game One:
Me (!Tor anarch toolbox)> Joel (Tor Alastors)> Jeff (BH Assamites c/o Andy)> Andy (Malk dem bleed)
I was disappointed to see zero anarch converts in my opening crypt. This is not the only time that fate would mock me this game. I put my onely one counter on a five-cap !Tor with PRE and then saw Andy bring up Bela. Crap. Next up has to have AUS and I can't do anything until I can have enough bounce/intercept/wakes to deal with the bleed hurricane that is coming my way.
Jost arrives to keep Andy honest while I mind numb Bela. When will I get to go forward? The answer is never. I tried to go anarch with Jost only to get blocked. I am going to die. I manage to blood doll Jost and the five cap, getting some needed blood back to my pool. I use that to bring out the devout crusader, who bounces a bleed of two-three at three stealth to my prey. I am quickly ousted for lack of wakes. Even with wakes, it would be tough to deal with the number of minions Andy had. His Calls were going unblocked so that I could save intercept for his bleeds and he received an insignificant amount of pressure from the assamites.
Andy got Joel, but failed to get by Jeff before he decked himself. Andy played Cracking the Wall and both he and Jeff forgot how to play rock-scissors-paper, but got it on the fourth try or so.
Game Two:
Me (Ariadne Abactor)> Ayjay (obf dom bleed)> Joel (!Malks?)> Andy (Baali pool machine)> Jeff (Ravnos c/0 me)
I fucked myself so bad this game. I had a DI in hand but forgot to use it when Jeff Sense Depped my first garou. My second Garou, my potential savior, was stolen by Andy right before I died. I drew way too little pool gain this game to keep up with the jones', so I died. Ayjay fell to Jeff, but not before Ayjay got Joel. Andy killed Jeff for the second tie of the day.
Game Three:
Me (Ariadne Abactor above)> Jeff (Harbingers and Matthew)> Joel (Nergel and co vote/bleed)> Andy (Malks above)> Ayjay (obf dom above)
I had a pretty good game here, but I kept trying to block Ayjay and failing. He never drew a conditioning all game, so I took bleeds of only one to two. In the meantime, he spent pool on a hunting ground, a cooler, a short term investment and an elder library before he died with 2 vampires. Oh, and he had a muddled vampire hunter. Blood Dolls! ;)
I generated a bunch of pool by playing Villein on Ariadne after hunting for 6-7 with Abactor. Once Ayjay went down, I dunked two of Andy's guys and ate 'em with Ariadne courtesy of a freak drive. I ousted Jeff with the help of Fame and a couple bleeds (garou bleeds for 1 ftw!).
I expected to catch Andy, but it was never enough intercept to stop his big bleeds. I managed to kill Jeff, but I spent my way down to ~10 before Joel's turn. Joel tried to play Reckless Agitation, which I DT'd. He then played anarchist uprising, hitting Andy for three and me for 5-6. Andy proceeded to oust me. It didn't help that my Channel 10 was wasted trying to stop Joel's 2nd vote.
Joel killed Andy in the end game. Nine permanent bleed and votes proved to be pretty powerful after all.
I'm not sure what I want to do with my garou deck. I think that if I had played differently, the games would have gone better. Andy did say that he was sitting on 1-2 entrancements in game two, so maybe my werewolves would have been stolen/disabled no matter what. I could go full "ignore your predator mode," other than rushing them a lot. The intercept didn't work out for me, but I did face stealthy/sneaky opponents in each game. Playing intercept locations and sport bikes on top of 5-pool garou isn't cheap! On the other hand, I expect that I could block some actions and hold my ground while I build up for the end game. Hard to say.
I look forward to tournaments and more casual play. My class load will be dramatically lighter by November, which I look forward to.
Cause & Effect: Episode 2.8
12 hours ago
I wondered why you DI'd my Reckless Ag, I would've ousted Andy that turn I think and your massive minion advantage had a better chance of ousting me than surviving Andy's stealth bleeds
ReplyDeletebtw can your minions call the same vote in the same turn (eg multiple KRCs/Reckless Ag/Con Boons)?
ReplyDeleteThey can, but not the turn that Delaying Tactics stops the vote from passing. Reckless Ag would have killed Andy and left me with one less pool, which wasn't what I wanted. I had another villein in hand and could have got back about five pool if I survived until my turn. If you didn't have Ancilla Empowerment in your hand at the time, you would have had to either bleed Andy or stay up. Either way, I was dead. Your guys had the blood needed to survive a couple of rushes and bleed me out after the 2nd vote (which I didn't have the intercept to block). Suffering 5-6 pool damage put me in Andy's ousting range.
ReplyDeleteI need to take more time with that deck or else just go all-out with rushes. I dunno, sometimes it is just important to block things.
Let me re-phrase my comment about DT. If I delay your first KRC, the acting minion can not call any vote that turn and none of your other minions may play the same sort of vote card. This is why I find it troubling with I see decklists with 12x KRC or something like that. One DT ruins your entire turn.
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad about game 2, I drew into both the Entrancements in my deck very early, had you remembered to DI the Sense Dep I would have stolen 2 of your Renegade Garou that game since you ended up DI'ing the first Entrancement.
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