fredag 25 april 2014

The Stockholm League - April 23 2014

New way to refill after paying for Shamblings.
Almost worked :)






















Three tables was played in the sixth round of ten in our March-May league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:
1. Henrik (!Ventrue toolbox)
2. Peter (Samedi with allies)
3. Jonas H (!Ventrue stickmen) 3 vp, 1 gw
4. Ober (!Nosferatu rush with Shadowboxing)
5. Kim (!Brujah with Horseshoes and Spoils of War) 2 vp

Table 2:
1. Kim (!Ventrue ???)
2. Jonas H (Setite vote) 3 vp, 1 gw
3. Martin (Giovanni sb)
4. Peter (!Malkavian sb) 2 vp
5. Ober (Eurobrujah vote with Anson)

Table 3:
1. Henrik (!Ventrue toolbox)
2. Caroline (!Gangrel rush with Ellen Fence) 2 vp
3. Jonas S (Laibon Harbingers with Shambling Hordes) 2 vp
4. Kalle (Pot-weenies)
5. Jan Erik (!Gangrel Aksinya with Talbot´s Chainsaw) 1 vp

League standings:
Peter 66 rtp
Kristofer 52 rtp
Ober 40 rtp
Kim 36 rtp
Kalle 34 rtp
Jonas H 46 rtp
Jens 24 rtp
Henrik, Randy, Tomas 20 rtp
Jonas S 16 rtp
Caroline 8 rtp
Jan Erik, Martin, Masso, Robert 4 rtp
David 2 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

The next round of the league is played at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!

måndag 21 april 2014

The Stockholm League - April 17 2014


Peter tooled up his Ossian a bit.
Helped him win table 3.























Four tables was played in the fifth round of ten in our March-May league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:
1. Ober (!Nosferatu rush) 3 vp, 1 gw
2. Peter (Setites Honor the Elder vote)
3. Henrik (G1-2 bigcap obf-pre-dom sb) 2 vp
4. Robert (G1-2 Ventrue/Toreador Parity Shift-vote)
5. Kim (Bigcap obf-pre vote with Lutz)

Table 2:
1. Tomas (!Brujah anarch pre-bleed) 3 vp, 1 gw
2. Jonas H (Eurobrjah)
3. Kristofer (Anach-Assamite tap n bleed) 2 vp
4. Masso (Baali Unnamed with Malefecia)
5. Caroline (G4-5 BH !Tremere toolbox)

Table 3:
1. Jonas H (Lasombra BH sb)
2. Masso (Shalmath rush)
3. Kim (Cel-guns ???)
4. Peter (Samedi with Shambling Hordes) 4 vp, 1 gw
5. Kalle (Malkavian vote with Lutz & Unmada) 1 vp

Table 4:
1. Randy (Guhuri Nanana rush with Tablets) 3 vp, 1 gw
2. Ober (Brujah vote with Anson) 1 vp
3. Henrik (Lasombra Badr with Nocturns sb)
4. Robert (Shalmath wall)

League standings:
Peter 58 rtp
Kristofer 52 rtp
Ober 40 rtp
Kalle 34 rtp
Kim 28 rtp
Jonas H 26 rtp
Jens 24 rtp
Henrik, Randy, Tomas 20 rtp
Jonas S 8 rtp
Martin, Masso, Robert 4 rtp
David 2 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

The next round of the league is played at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!

Ashur at Swedish ECQ 2014


Hi folks. Time for Gothcon in Gothenburg again, with the Swedish ECQ. 27 players attended, including people from Finland, Great Britain, Germany and Hungary.

I haven´t been in the best deckbuilding mood the last months, so I picked a deck built by my friend Jens, a deck both he and I have played a lot recently, with some success. His version is a bit thicker, with Anthelios and 1 Golconda, but I´m always worried that some other player can exploit Anthelios better than me, so I choose to leave that out.






















Deck: Murmurgeezers Gothcon 2014
Crypt: 12
3 Arika
1 Esau
3 Huitzilopochtli
2 Leandro
1 Nefertiti
1 Etrius
1 Queen Anne

Library: 72
Masters: 22
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Giant's Blood
1 Information Highway
1 Metro Underground
1 Monastery of Shadows
1 Parthenon, The
1 Pentex Subversion
7 Villein
7 Zillah's Valley

Action: 7
1 Entrancement
4 Intimidation
2 Unleash Hell's Fury

Action Modifier + Combo: 35
2 Bonding
1 Approximation of Loyalty
2 Elder Impersonation
2 Enkil Cog
2 Faceless Night
4 Force of Personality
2 Foreshadowing Destruction
4 Lost in Crowds
10 Murmur of the False Will
2 Spying Mission
3 Swallowed by the Night
1 Hide the Mind

Reactions: 8
4 On the Qui Vive
2 Redirection
2 Wake with Evening's Freshness

As in some of my earlier reports, the arrows in the graphics below shows the general amount of pressure a Methuselah put on his or her prey – yellow is “not much”, orange is “some” and red is “a lot”.


Table 1:
















Difficulty for me: 3/5. I thought I had a serious chance here, but didn´t count on Randal bleeding that heavy knowing Otso had bounce and me not being able to bounce his bigcaps with my Murmurs.
My performance: 2/5. I shouldn´t have pulled out Leandro as my first vamp, as he can´t even use my Redirections in a decent way :)
The other players: Randal´s deck was almost identical to mine – but he got Huitzilopochtli and Arika in his starting crypt, while I didn´t :( Niina started with Klaus Konrecht with Abbot, and drew just enough bounce to survive. Otso had it easy this game.
Lesson to learn: A game is over very fast with turn 1 Anarch Revolt, turn 2 Leandro and large bleeds being bounced multiple times.

Otso: 3 vp
Tiina: 1 vp


Table 2:

















Difficulty for me: 2/5. With Hugh having such an aggressive predator, I actually thought I would win this, as Erik didn´t have a very strong defense against me.
My performance: 2/5. I took a large chance in what turned out to be my last turn, going down to 3 pool to get both Monastery of Shadows and Etrius. Kim pulled up a Bewitching Oration and my 8 votes was not enough to keep me alive.
The other players: Hugh had to go up stream. Kim did some nice Banishments on his Giovanni weenie, preventing him to play Tye Cooper, forcing him to put the chainsaw into his imbued. Tomas didn´t have any defense (not even a single bleed bounce!), so he was an easy prey for Erik´s multiple Infernal Servitors.
Lesson to learn: Don´t get to low on pool :)

Kim: 4 vp
Erik: 1 vp


Table 3:
















Difficulty for me: 3/5. A aus-wall at the table is always bad – and this one also rushes!
My performance: 4/5. Sure, a sweep is a sweep, but I was really lucky.
The other players: Noora got a slow start, but is actually quite close to ousting Isak, who is likewise close to ousting Ralf, but is forced to focus some Mind Rapes backwards to stay alive. Ralf has problems with my Unleash Hell´s Fury, but I get a bit scared when he musters three stealth on a rush (Nose of the Hound + Resist Earth´s Grasp + Shaman), but then I have sc:e and he lacks Psyche.
Lesson to learn: Unleash Hell´s Fury is very, very strong. Without it I wouldn´t have had a chance here. Luck is also very strong – this game could have gone either way.

Me: 4 vp

So, I qualified for the EC and got a nice but green t-shirt. And I did not see a single Pentex Subversion the whole day – what´s happened to you guys?!

The final was Otso (Aus-weenie) > Erik T (Nergal slow turbo stealth-bleed) > Marko (Tzimisce Dabbler toolbox) > Caroline (G3-4 Ventrue lawfirm) > Adam (Toreador bleed with Giotto Verducci and Tablets).

Marko won after a very exciting heads up with Otso, ousting Otso with his own Anarch Revolts. Congrats Marko!

torsdag 10 april 2014

The Stockholm League - April 09 2014


Stupid anarchs didn´t hinder Krisofer and
Mr Painted Knee from winning table 3.












Three tables was played in the fourth round of ten in our March-May league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.


Table 1:
1. Henrik (G4-5 bigcap dom-for vote) 1,5 vp
2. Kim (Setites Aabbt Kindred anarch vote)
3. Kalle (Malkavian vote with Lutz & Unmada) 1,5 vp
4. Tomas (Lasombra Abyssal Hunter)
5. Peter (Gangrel Talbot & Aksinya chainsaw-rush) 0,5 vp

Table 2:
1. David (Ventrue lawfirm with Arika)
2. Jonas H (Tzimisce speed-War Ghouls) 1 vp
3. Masso (Baali vote)
4. Jens (Malkavian vote with Lutz & Unmada and Derange) 3 vp, 1 gw
5. Martin (Malkavian dem-weenie) 1 vp

Table 3:
1. Kristofer (Lasombra PRE-vote/bleed) 4 vp, 1 gw
2. Peter (Setites Honor the Elder vote)
3. Henrik (!Toreador with Rebekka toolbox) 1 vp
4. Kalle (Giovanni with for chainsaw multi-rush)
5. Tomas (!Brujah anarch pre-bleed)

League standings:
Kristofer 44 rtp
Peter 34 rtp
Kalle 30 rtp
Kim 28 rtp
Jonas H 26 rtp
Jens 24 rtp
Ober 20 rtp
Henrik 12 rtp
Jonas S 8 rtp
Martin, Masso, Robert 4 rtp
David 2 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

The next round of the league is played at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!

lördag 5 april 2014

The Stockholm League - April 03 2014

Guillaume strikes again! But what the hell - he works!






















Two tables was played in the third round of ten in our March-May league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:
1. Jonas H (Eurobrujah) 0,5 vp
2. David (Saulot with !Tremere toolbox) 0,5 vp
3. Henrik (!Toreador with Rebekka toolbox) 0,5 vp
4. Peter (Setites Honor the Elder vote) 0,5 vp
5. Kim (Setites Aabbt Kindred anarch vote) 0,5 vp

Table 2:
1. Kristofer (Guillaume Giovanni anarch rush) 3 vp, 1 gw
2. Kim (Ravnos sb) 1 vp
3. Kalle (Malkavian vote with Lutz & Unmada)
4. Peter (Aus weenie wall) 1 vp
5. Jens (Tzimisce toolbox)

League standings:
Peter 32 rtp
Kim 28 rtp
Kalle 24 rtp
Jonas H 22 rtp
Kristofer, Ober 20 rtp
Jonas S 8 rtp
Henrik 6 rtp
Jens, Masso, Robert 4 rtp
David 2 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

The next round of the league is played at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!