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Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Only five of us last night, but that is plenty enough for Vtes. Fortunately Paul was not as late as he feared, and we got cracking at 7:20. We were joined by Graham for the first half of game 1, just as a spectator. He is good, as is his family and we will be playing at his next week for one game only. Game 1 This game started off very quickly, as Steve got out a couple of weenies and battered everyone within range. Stevan lost his first minion to torpor, which kicked off the Fame which put pressure on all players. Paul bought out Alexandra, while I bought out a couple of small midcaps that went Anarch with Galarics Legacy. Geoff moved forward when he could, but soon had two minions battered into torpor. Steve kept up the pressure on Stevan, who could do little but defend, it was not enough and he was ousted, although Beast had gone down in the struggle. Geoff followed soon after, and it was down to three players. I moved forward with the Anarchs, with Anarch Revolt applying extra pressure, however Steve got an Anarch and thus was saved from the damage. It was not enough, and he went out to Weighted Walking Sticks and multiple Diversions. It was down to two, with Paul having two big mostly unblockable big caps, and me having three smaller Anarchs. I just managed to keep ahead with Undue Influence, and Poison Pill keeping the Reins of Power out of Pauls hand and ousted Paul with a few minutes to spare. Win Game 2 A slower paced game, as everyone tried to build up some defences. Stevan was on the end of some bounce chains, but his crypt draw was smaller capacity and thus he managed to get three minions out. Geoff had Malgorzata doing her special, but Paul could push through some Loss and then Reckless Agitation which was supported by Steve with Cock Robin. I had Ugadja, and two other Laibon, but not a lot to move forward with as I had to defend against Steve. Paul pushed through Geoff, and then pressured Stevan. He managed a good run of stealth bleed and ousted Steve, who had left me on three pool. Paul was so concerned that he called Consanguineous Boon on Akunanse giving me a two pool buffer. I managed to build up some more, but Pauls steam roller was up to full speed now, with six Assamites moving forward, and crushing Stevan leaving myself defending until the timeout. Win Current Standings. Sam 3 GWs 2 Draws 15.5 vps 17 Total Games 0.18 Graham 2 GWs 2 Draws 11.0 vps 13 Total Games 0.15 Steve 2 GWs 2 Draws 11.0 vps 7 Total Games 0.29 Nick 1 GWs 0 Draws 5.0 vps 5 Total Games 0.20 Kieran 0 GWs 3 Draws 3.0 vps 5 Total Games 0.00 Stevan 0 GWs 2 Draws 4.0 vps 14 Total Games 0.00 Geoff 0 GWs 1 Draws 1.5 vps 7 Total Games 0.00 Richard 0 GWs 1 Draws 0.5 vps 1 Total Games 0.00 Andy 0 GWs 0 Draws 0.0 vps 0 Total Games 0.00 Total: 18 Games (15 GW, 3 Draw) So a change of positions for me and Graham, although he will be back next week to try and reverse that. As said, next week we are playing at Grahams for one game only, would imagine that it would be better to arrive a little after seven to give them time to sort themselves out. Steve is now off back to Iraq until June, so good luck to him, while Stevan is busy next week with work and then off for a couple of weeks to the US to meet up with his girlfriend. However Kieran should be around, and hopefully Nick as well so that will give us six players. I will order the Blood Shadowed Court today, so it might arrive by next week. Also can those that have the ARDB cdroms please copy them on to your drives so I can have them back and hand them on to those that haven’t yet had them (Stevan, Geoff and Paul currently have discs). I haven’t heard from Andy for awhile, so I will have to send him an email and see if we are likely to see him any time soon. Sam Posted in News ~ You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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