Game 1

We played this using the Phased Motion Format rules, which lead to mixed comments.

Sam !Toreador Toolbox > Steve Ventrue Vote > Geoff !Tremere Bleed > Graham Brujah Toolbox > Paul Anarch Assamite Vote.

With the mixed turns people struggled to put much pressure on their prey, although the strong decks still managed to out pace others. My !Toreador didn’t manage quite as much as I hoped, with the mix of cards not working as well as it could. Steve used my Ventrue to good effect, working Geoff over with votes the most killer one being Neonate Breech! This combined with the fact that we all had Embraces in play was very painful. Geoff struggled, as he had quite a focussed bleed deck, and he was reduced to one bleed a turn (two if he Cheated). Graham used the lack of pressure to build up, although he had a few combats stall out due to the stifled flow of cards, while Paul bought out minions and got some big Loss bleeds off. However the votes on the table prevented him from doing too much damage, and Graham got the oust. Steve also took Geoff, although by that stage Geoff was pretty much self ousting. The remaining three players stayed in until time was called.

Current Standings

Graham 10 GWs 6 Draws 49.5 vps 32 Total Games 0.31

Paul 7 GWs 3 Draws 31.0 vps 31 Total Games 0.23

Geoff 5 GWs 5 Draws 24.5 vps 24 Total Games 0.21

Steve 4 GWs 2 Draws 15.0 vps 15 Total Games 0.27

Sam 3 GWs 4 Draws 18.5 vps 26 Total Games 0.12

Stevan 2 GWs 4 Draws 13.0 vps 29 Total Games 0.07

Andy 0 GWs 1 Draws 1.5 vps 5 Total Games 0.00

Nick 0 GWs 0 Draws 1.0 vps 1 Total Games 0.00

Richard 0 GWs 1 Draws 0.5 vps 3 Total Games 0.00

Kieran 0 GWs 0 Draws 0.5 vps 7 Total Games 0.00

Mark 0 GWs 0 Draws 0.0 vps 2 Total Games 0.00

Total: 38 Games (31 GW, 7 Draws 82%)

Graham is still at the top, with only a few sessions to go. Can Paul catch him? Can anyone else move up the table? We will have to see.

Next week 18/11/09
Steve will have gone back to Iraq, and Geoff could be working up in Birmingham. This means we are probably dipping down to three players – Graham, Paul and Sam. So need to think what we want to do. PMF with three players? Get some non Vtes players* and play something else? What do you fancy?

Following week 25/11/09
Last Wednesday of the month means no Geoff, so similar problems to above. Any ideas?

Sam