Community Justice: Atlanta Stone Mountain, Georgia Multi-deck constructed tournament 8 players 2R + F First round: Lasombra Baltimore Purge preying on Al-Muntaquim, The Avenger preying on Masika and Anneke's Celerity Experience preying on Theron and Marie Faucigny's Stealth Bazaar Gratiano enter play first, and immediately received a fortitude skill card. Theron had received some Fame, from the Toreador, so Marie with the Bowl of Convergence and Al-Muntaquim joined Gratiano in torpor when the first Baltimore Purge resolved. Gratiano was diablerized while attempting a Rapid Healing, and his diablerist (Persia) was burned in response. Al-Muntaquim had already eaten two Caitiff and acquired a laptop when Aurora Van Brande graverobbed him. The Toreador's relentless bleeds of 4 (2x2) convinced Theron that he had to go backwords to survive, so he struck Anneke with the blowtorch. Lucita graverobbed Anneke while Seducing Masika, and it was all over but the shouting. Theron+ 0.5 VP for withdrawal Lasombra 3 VP The second table took almost twice as long, as the Purge deck encourages quick games. I don't know the specifics of that table, except that its winner swept. I suspect it was a Guruhi deck that was also played in the finals. Second round: Little Tailor's War Ghouls preying on Potence Protean Quick Jab preying on Aristotle and Marie Faucigny's Stealth Bazaar preying on Nagaraja's Shambling Hordes The first turn Unmasking made a significant difference, as it slowed the game down considerably once there were 3 War Ghouls in play. Alessandro Garcia's second action was to Bum's Rush Aristotle de Laurent and Quick Jab him with Immortal Grapple and Wolf's Claws. Nails was able to follow up with the diablerie, as the Edge was the only vote on the table the entire game. The Stealth Bazaar, having no answer to Immortal Grapple agg poke, brought out no more minions for 4-5 turns. During that time, the Nagaraja built up siginficantly. The War Ghouls were diligent in trying to remove the potence protean minions, but were stymied by Flesh of Marble and Earth Meld. Eventually, all but 1 f the potence protean minions were in torpor, but the Nagaraja and crew had been left alone too long. They successfully bleed for 5 to oust the War Ghouls. Within the next few turns, they were also able to oust the potence protean minions, and Marie F. did make an appear and she did put out 3 Calls to get a second minion, but their combined bleed was too slow, and too far behind to keep the Nagaraja Giovanni Shambling Hordes from the sweep. Nagaraja's Shambling Hordes 4 VP The second table was swept by Ian Forestal the Ultimate Anarch. I don't know the details of the other decks. Entering the finals, every player had a game win, except the last who had half a victory point from the first round: Guruhi preying on Jaroslav Pascek and his Brujah buddies preying on Howler's Ahrimanes preying on Joaquina Amaya's Tumnimos bleeders preying on Nagaraja's Shambling Hordes Guillaume Giovanni had the Unmasking and Dragonbound in play during the first 2 turns. Unfortunately for him, Dragonbound ousted him. It was a good game, with many twists and turns, the balance shifting constantly. The Ravnos lunged to get the Nagaraja, and left him on 1 pool with 1 vampire in torpor. Unfortunately for the Ravnos, they were unable to block the rescue, and they escaped the Dragonbound death for a turn. The Ahrimanes cleaned up the Ravnos, and put another of the Nagaraja's vampires into torpor. The Nagaraja was unable to rescue and blocked diablerizing, so Dragonbound took him out on its second try. After that, the game ground down to time, with Howler having 2 Murder of Crows and 2 Raven Spys. Ahrimanes 2.5 VPs Guruhi .5 VPs Jaroslav Pascek .5 VPs These are the decks that I played:Baltimore Purge
War Ghoul
Falconers