The Stockholm League – February 24, 2016

He reminds me of Mason Verger :)

Two tables were played in the first round of our February-April league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:

1. Henrik (Tremere Gerald Windham sb) 2 vp

2. Randy (Malkavian bigcap dem sb) 1 vp

3. Jens (Malkavian G1-2 bigcap vote/toolbox)

4. Kim (Gangrel Matasuntha Psyche-wall)

5. Peter (Malkavians with Tariq anarch rush) 2 vp

Table 2:

1. Kim (Setites with dom and Blanche Hill sb) 1,5 vp

2. Masso (Shalmath Chainsaw rush)

3. Kalle (!Nosferatu with dom toolbox) 1,5 vp

4. Henrik (Tremere Gerald Windham sb) 1 vp

5. Randy (Baali bigcap sb)

League standings:

Henrik, Peter 8 rtp

Kim 6 rtp

Randy 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 begin before 17.00 or 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´s War Journal – February 2016

Hello fellow Methuselahs, Ashur here again. Time to scrutinize my current decks and ideas.

My decks (in no particular order):

1: Ventrue princes with sticks (Classic Hugh style, almost no surprises)

2: Kiasyd/Lasombra sb (A bit more Nocturns than in my Nationals TWD)

3: Gerald Windham sb (Get Ankara and Govern down, Freak Drive, you know the drill)

4: Nosferatu+DEM bigcap vote (Josef von Bauren star)

5: Malkavian G1-2 vote “White House” (Will soon be rebuilt)

6: Gangrel Mictlantecuhtli+Talbots chainsaw with ANI-weenies (Crater-deck = sucks)

7: Malkavian G4-5 midcap stealth-bleed (Built for demo)

8: Brujah G4-5 royalty vote (Dmitra star, Marko L style)

9: !Tremere Nephanduses with Ashur Tablets (Wargrim style)

Ashur deck of the month:

Deck Name: Ugly, crazy and old

I wanted to try to use Josef von Bauren with Warsaw Station in some way, so I somewhat glanced on Tukos TWD and came up with this. But it doesn´t really work. Too slow, too vurnerable, not enough throughput. Any ideas anyone? Or else I´ll rip this apart soon and go back to my old Ellison Humboldt + Warsaw Station plan, that was more aggressive. 

Stockholm star player Randal Rudstam has a variant of this, but with Josef, Unmada and Thucimia, doing Dark Mirror of the Mind + Kindred Spirits and only a few political actions. More aggressive and way better, I guess. 

Crypt:

5x Josef von Bauren

1x Lutz von Hohenzollern

1x Gravitnir

1x Louhi

1x Unmada

1x Ysador the Foul

1x Drozodny

1x Gem Ghastly

Library (77 cards)

Master (18)

 3x Warsaw Station

 1x Giant's Blood

 2x Golconda: Inner Peace

 4x Information Highway

 8x Villein

Action (8)

 4x Kindred Spirits

 2x Dark Mirror of the Mind

 1x Abactor

 1x Schrecknet

Political Action (12)

 1x Anarchist Uprising

 1x Ancillae Empowerment

 1x Ancient Influence

 7x Kine Resources Contested

 1x Political Stranglehold

 1x Reins of Power

Action Modifier (19)

 3x Cloak the Gathering

 1x Closed Session

 4x Elder Impersonation

 4x Faceless Night

 4x Lost in Crowds

 2x Spying Mission

 3x Swallowed by the Night

Combat (4)

 2x No Trace

Reaction (16)

 5x Mental Maze

 4x On the Qui Vive

 5x Telepathic Misdirection

Recent ideas I ponder:

- Anach stuff. I´m not very impressed with Anarch Unbound set, but now I finally have all the cards printed, so I guess I want to do something. But every idea I get either include some titled vamps or don’t get better with adding anarch tech. The thing I am thinking about most is some bigcap Malkavian deck with Memory Rift. Maybe check out how big a bleed Esau can deliver? :)

- Rebuilding my Malkavian “White House” voter to focus more on Madness Network? With My Kin Against the World and Direct Interventions. Might be fun!

- Something with Synesios. I love that dude. Obf-PRE-bleeder with lots of Sudden Revearsals?

- Revisiting my Xaviar advanced Garou/Parity Shift deck?

- Porphyrion + Ravnos Sense Dep-deck? Is it worth adding some of the new anarch tech?

- Something with Alonso Petrodon and Judgement Camarilla Segregation? Good old Petrodon hates those pesky anarchs that´s so popular right now.

If anyone have any answers for these questions, feel free to comment below, or at it´s VEKN forum-thread, or by mail to vtes@msghsfhi.com. Thanks!

The Stockholm League – February 17, 2016 and final result

Congrats Jens, the winner of this 10-week league of extraordinary methuselahs! Jens stuck to his dementation-walking stick-toolbox for most games this league, and it was very successful. The deck kind of resembles his old Rebecka-Jost-toolbox, but instead of .44 Magnums there are Weighted Walking Sticks and more transient bleed modification going on. Deny and Swallowed is often crucial. The key thing is (I guess) to get a card flow so that you have reactions and combat cards in your hand when it´s not your turn, and a master card, actions and action modifiers in your hand in your own turn. That´s basic toolbox tactics, but not that easy in my own experience :)

Three tables were played in the tenth round of our November-February league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:

1. Kari (Gangrel/!Gangrel vote toolbox) 2 vp

2. Ivan (Assamite Amaravati Death Star vote)

3. Jens (Malkavian dem-stickmen)

4. Henrik (Ventrue princes with sticks toolbox) 3 vp, 1 gw

5. Kim (Toreador Helena anarch)

Table 2:

1. Ivan (Imbued wall/Chainsaw-rush) 3 vp, 1 gw

2. Randy (Malkavian bigcap dem sb)

3. Robert (!Tremere sb with allies) 1 vp

4. Kalle (!Nosferatu Beast rush)

Table 3:

1. Kim (For-Obf anarch hackerspace toolbox) 3 vp, 1 gw

2. Kalle (Baali G4-5 sb)

3. Masso (Baali G5-6 vote) 2 vp

4. Ober (Malkavian Lutz & Unmada sb)

5. Walter (!Nosferatu Beast rush)

League standings:

Jens 118 rtp

Henrik 78 rtp

Randy, Robert 76 rtp

Kim 72 rtp

Kalle 52 rtp

Kari 46 rtp

Ivan 24 rtp

Masso 18 rtp

Ober 12 rtp

Zich 10 rtp

Erik M 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 begin before 17.00 or starts after 20.00.)

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

The Stockholm League – February 10, 2016

Isn´t it a bit strange that the best weapon in the game
is a walking stick?

Three tables were played in the ninth round of our November-February league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed + Anarchs Unbound cards are allowed.

Table 1:

1. Henrik (Lasombra/Kiasyd sb)

2. Randy (Malkavian Lutz & Unmada vote/sb)

3. Robert (Giovanni Shambling Hordes rush) 1 vp

4. Peter (Gangrel Talbot rush/wall)

5. Jens (Malkavian dem-stickmen) 4 vp, 1 gw

Table 2:

1. Kari (Tremere anarchs) 1 vp

2. Kalle (Gangrel Stanislava sb/vote) 1 vp

3. Kim (Toreador Helena anarch)

4. Randy (Malkavian Unmada & Josef sb) 2 vp, 1 gw

League standings:

Jens 118 rtp

Randy 76 rtp

Robert 72 rtp

Henrik 58 rtp

Kalle, Kim 52 rtp

Kari 38 rtp

Ober 12 rtp

Masso, Zich 10 rtp

Erik M, Ivan 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 begin before 17.00 or 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!

The Stockholm League – February 3, 2016

"We come to sweep."

Four tables were played in the eigth round of our November-January league (now suddenly changed to our November-February league). Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed + Anarchs Unbound cards are allowed.

Table 1:
1. Kim (Blood Brothers Chicago circle anarch toolbox) 4 vp, 1 gw
2. Kari (Tzimisce anarchs toolbox)
3. Henrik (Lasombra/Kiasyd sb)
4. Jens (ANI-CEL IC gun wall)

Table 2:
1. Kalle (Malkavian Lutz & Unmada vote)
2. Jonas S (Ravnos G2 sb)
3. Kari (Gangrel anarch Brunhilde sb/vote)
4. Daniel R (Setites Temptation)
5. Henrik (Lasombra/Kiasyd sb) 5 vp, 1 gw

Table 3:
1. Jonas S (Ravnos G2 sb)
2. Ober (!Nosferatu with dom sb) 1 vp
3. Kim (!Gangrel toolbox)
4. Jens (ANI-CEL IC gun wall)
5. Kalle (Malkavian Lutz & Unmada vote) 4 vp, 1 gw

Table 4:
1. Kim (Setite sb) 1 vp
2. Kari (!Tremere Black Hand sb)
3. Randy (!Ventrue anarch wall) 3 vp, 1 gw
4. Daniel R (Setite Ghede rush)

League standings:
Jens 94 rtp
Robert 68 rtp
Randy 62 rtp
Henrik 58 rtp
Kim 52 rtp
Kalle 48  rtp
Kari 34 rtp
Ober 12 rtp
Masso, Zich 10 rtp
Erik M, Ivan 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 begin before 17.00 or 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!