The aftermath...

Erik has written about his RopeCon experience!
I am home from Ropecon and it has been a great trip! Thanks to the swedes and fins making the trip and the competition awesome. Special big up to our gracious host with the amazing comic book collection who let us stay there. I’ll definately be going next year too.

So here’s a few thoughts of the V:TES experience. I picked the deck I’ve had most success with and played the most in the Stockholm league. It’s pretty much a standard dom/tha bleed deck with a few added allies and Grooming the Protege. I managed to win the second round table barely. I got into heads-up with a kiasyd bleed deck and it could really have gone either way. That win plus one vp from the first table got me into 18th place which gave me a t-shirt. Awesome!

I must say that I was pretty nervous having to play while speaking english. Specially when I was playing two tables as the only swede but I quickly got relaxed because the finnish people were really kind. There were hardly any missunderstandings due to language as far as I remember.

I saw a lot of interesting decks but I was a bit surprised by the lack of rush combat. I saw a few such decks but I thought there would be more. There were a lot of famous archetypes with funny quirks which made me really happy to see. Finland has really good players even though some may not play as often as our group in Stockholm.

All in all a great trip with V:tes, sauna, beer and amazing company. Ropecon was a great way for me to play outside of Stockholm for the first time and I can really recommend it. The cosplayers was cool to watch as well.

See you at the EC!!!

Laws of the Night: Cancel ballots?

QUESTION: Can Arishat (and other similar effects) cancel a Prisci vampires ballots, just as she could a vampire votes?

ANSWER: Yes. Note that her card text just say "force a vampire to abstain", not anything about votes or ballots. Also note that older cards such as Telepathic Vote Counting now has updated card texts mentioning "votes and ballots". (Discussed here)

The Stockholm League - July 25 2013

David pretended to be a newbie and almost
swept table 1. Kindred Spirits still works!

Five tables were played in the first round of ten in our July–September league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:
1. Rasmus (G4-5 Kiasyd sb) 1 vp
2. Ober (G4-5 Kiasyd sb)
3. Erik (Tremere/!Tremere sb)
4. David (Malkavian dem sb) 4 vp, 1 gw
5. Henrik (G5-6 obf-pre vote with Arishat)

Table 2:
1. Johnny (Daughters w Choir) 1 vp
2. Henrik (G5-6 obf-pre vote with Arishat)
3. Jonas H (Torvus & Aksinya wall) 4 vp, 1 gw
4. Peter W (Anarch-obt wall)
5. Donk (IC obf-pre vote with Lutz)

Table 3:
1. Kristofer (Anarch-rush with Janni) 1 vp
2. Donk (IC obf-pre vote with Lutz)
3. Tomas (Setites with Shamblings) 2 vp
4. Ober (Nana-rush with Anarch Revolts) 2 vp
5. Johnny (Eurobrujah with Theo & Beast)

Table 4:
1. Jonas S (G1-2 Nosferatu vote) 1 vp
2. Tomas (Setites with Shamblings)
3. Jens (Ventrue lawfirm) 2 vp
4. Erik M (Tremere/!Tremere sb) 2 vp
5. Ober (Anarch-Talbot rush)

Table 5:
1. Rasmus (G4-5 Kiasyd sb) 1 vp
2. Kalle (Anarch-Assamite toolbox)
3. Henrik (Bigcap Tzimisce toolbox) 3 vp, 1 gw
4. Peter W (Toreador vote) 1 vp
5. Masso (Salubri turbo-Journal)

League standings:
David, Jonas H 24 rtp
Henrik 20 rtp
Erik M, Jens, Ober, Tomas 8 rtp
Johnny, Jonas S, Kristofer, Peter W, Rasmus 4 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!

Laws of the Night: Repeated Diablerie?

QUESTION: Can a vampire repeat a Diablerie action targeting the same vampire?

ANSWER: Yes. Hunt, diablerize, rescue from torpor and leave torpor aren't restricted by the no repeat action-rule (found in the rulebooks section 6.1.6). (Discussed here)

The Stockholm League - July 17 2013 and final result

 




















Congratulations Randy to yet another league win!

Three tables were played in the last round of ten in our May–July league.

Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:

1. Kristofer Å (Tzimisce prey punisher)

2. Donk (Big cap obf-vote with Lutz & Orlando) 2 vp

3. Kalle (Parnassus bruise-bleed)

4. Tomas (Marijava Thuggee and Sebastian Goulet)

5. Erik M (!Tremere weenie Nephandus) 3 vp, 1 gw

Table 2:

1. Kalle (Anarch-Assamites)

2. Jens (!Toreador breed-boon)

3. Masso (Shalmath toolbox)

4. Johnny (Eurobrujah w Theo & Beast)

5. Randy (Ventrue stickmen) 5 vp, 1 gw

Table 3:

1. Kristofer Å (Lasombra vote with presence) 1 vp

2. Masso (Petaniqua Dabbler toolbox)

3. Ober (Talbot-rush w Anarch Revolts) 2 vp, 1 gw

4. Erik M (Anarch cel-rush, “Bruce-bleed”) 1 vp

5. Donk (Bigcap obf-vote with Lutz & Orlando) 1 vp

League standings:

Randy 110 rtp

Erik M 102 rtp

Kristofer Å 92 rtp

Ober 86 rtp

Jonas H 80 rtp

Jens 78 rtp

Donk 74 rtp

Henrik 62  rtp

Masso, Tomas 50 rtp

Kalle 48 rtp

Ivan 44 rtp

Robert D 32 rtp

Johnny 30 rtp

Jan Erik 28 rtp

Jonas S 24 rtp

Alexander 12 rtp

Caroline 4 rtp

Pio 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 ten-week league starts at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there! 

The Stockholm League - July 10 2013

Kristofer worked up a hand size of 18 at table 2 with Guillaume. Gives you
many options, and a pretty decent Death of My Conscience-punch! :)

Four tables were played in the ninth round of ten in our May–July league.
Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:
1. Jonas H (Toreador wall with Masika) 3 vp, 1 gw
2. Johnny (Blood Brothers toolbox)
3. Henrik (Setites with dom) 1 vp
4. Erik M (!Tremere sb) 1 vp
5. Randy (Ahrimanes with Aksinya)

Table 2:
1. Kristofer Å (Guillaume Giovanni-rush) 5 vp, 1 gw
2. Donk (Nephandus)
3. Randy (Ahrimanes with Aksinya)
4. Jan Erik (Goratrix Beared Wall)
5. Ober (Dem-sb w The Rising)

Table 3:
1. Jonas H (Ishtarri breed-boon)
2. Henrik (Ahrimanes toolbox with Murder of Crows)
3. Erik M (G4-5 midcap obf-pre vote) 3 vp, 1 gw
4. Johnny (Eurobrujah with Theo & Beast)
5. Jens (Ventrue lawfirm) 2 vp

Table 4:
1. Randy (Goratrix Beared Wall)
2. Donk (!Tremere sb) 1 vp
3. Kristofer Å (Anarch-Assamite tap n' bleed)
4. Jonas S (Dom-obf sb with Mokole Blood) 3 vp, 1 gw
5. Ober (Kiasyd sb) 1 vp

League standings:
Kristofer Å 88 rtp
Erik M, Randy 82 rtp
Jonas H 80 rtp
Jens 78 rtp
Ober 70 rtp
Donk 66 rtp
Henrik 62  rtp
Masso, Tomas 50 rtp
Kalle 48 rtp
Ivan 44 rtp
Robert D 32 rtp
Johnny 30 rtp
Jan Erik 28 rtp
Jonas S 24 rtp
Alexander 12 rtp
Caroline 4 rtp
Pio 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.)

Erik writes his thoughts on Ropecon.

Hello! 

I’m Erik and I’m going to my first V:tes tournament abroad, ropecon, in less than a week now. I’ve been playing the game for about two years now in Stockholm and it’s finaly time to see what other players are like outside of Sweden. I haven’t really figured out what deck to bring yet but I’ve narrowed it down to two choices.

I can pick the ‘safe’ deck which would be my bleed with dominate and sneak with obfuscate version. And by safe I mean that the toughest choices you get to make with it is whether to play Govern the Unaligned on superior or inferior. The deck has a few wins in the stockholm league and managed to get into the finals in one tournament where unfortunately I got a faster dom-obf bleeder as my predator. The deck has no combat though so if opposing vampires get hungry I’m dead.

But I can also pick a more difficult deck to really test my own ability. I have recently played an anarch midcap rush-bleed deck with CEL that is really funny to play but quite problematic for me because of the tough choices. 

Picking targets for rushes isn’t that easy actually! More so when you know there’s other decks on the table that can hit you back, and even harder sometimes. I have heard from others that Finland likes to play Potence combat so my deck would be having a hard time. Or a fun time!

I will have to think about this some more. I do have a few other decks that I could bring as well but right now these two seems more likely but we’ll see.

The Stockholm League - July 03 2013

Shambling + Saturday Night Special + Dragon Breath = Graverobbing.
That´s what happened to Howler in turn 3 at table 1.

Four tables were played in the eigth round of ten in our May–July league.
Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:
1. Erik M (Anarch cel-rush, “Bruce-bleed”) 1 vp
2. Kristofer (Guillaume Giovanni-rush)
3. Jens (Giovanni Shamblings with Dragon Breath Rounds) 3 vp, 1 gw
4. Henrik (Ahrimanes toolbox with Murder of Crows) 1 vp
5. Donk (Blood Brothers with guns)

Table 2:
1. Masso (Dem-sb with Dabbler)
2. Jonas H (Toreador aus-cel wall)
3. Kalle (!Toreador breed-boon)
4. Randy (Bigcap malkavian vote with Unmada & Lutz) 5 vp, 1 gw
5. Ober (Dem-weenies with Gehenna)

Table 3:
1. Masso (Baali Unnamed and Shatter the Gate)
2. Kristofer (Bigcap Malkavian Derange & Dementia) 4 vp, 1 gw
3. Peter (Malkavian AUS-sb)
4. Donk (IC obf-pre vote with Lutz)
5. Ober (Kiasyd sb) 1 vp

Table 4:
1. Masso (Baali Unnamed and Shatter the Gate) 1 vp
2. Alexander (Aus-weenie wall)
3. Jens (!Toreador breed-boon) 4 vp, 1 gw
4. Johnny (Anarch-Brujah Debate)
5. Peter (Malkavian AUS-sb)

League standings:
Randy 82 rtp
Jens, Ober 70 rtp
Donk, Erik M 62  rtp
Jonas H, Kristofer Å 60 rtp
Henrik 58 rtp
Masso, Tomas 50 rtp
Kalle 48 rtp
Ivan 44 rtp
Robert D 32 rtp
Johnny 30 rtp
Jan Erik 28 rtp
Alexander 12 rtp
Caroline, Jonas S 4 rtp
Pio 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.)