==================================================== [ AHRIMANES NEWSLETTER ] ==================================================== Short Cuts | http://www.rack.tk | Issue #3 -= Index =- 1.0 - Editorial - 1.1 Word From the Editor - 1.2 the Rack Forum News - 1.3 Next Issue 2.0 - Concepts - 2.1 Interview with David Quinonero [Interview] 3.0 - Deck - 3.1 ...And Justice for All [Deck] --[1.1 -Word from the Editor]----------------------- Welcome, This newsletter was unfortunatly 2 days late and this is a very thin newsletter. It´s not that I lacked ideas for articles for this issue, it´s just the time that have slipped away. So, to next months issue I´ll promise you a bigger, bader and better Ahrimanes Newsletter >:-) Digest with care, /Alexander Gyhlesten --[1.2 -the Rack Forum News]------------------------ O´boy, there´s things happening over there. I´ve caught a moderator for the Ahrimanes Newsletters forum, his nick is Dr Jester and warmly welcome you to stay in the forum for a while and have a chat. This months most-talked about is defenitly High Top, so if you think you´ve got something to share about High Top please help yourself over there and give us a hand. As the first issue had it´s poll on the Forum, so did the second. This time a total of 5 brave souls voted (It might not sound that much to you, but I was excited that so many voted) and the results are: 3 Thought that Issue #2 was Good. 2 Thought that Issue #2 was Okay. Of course this months newsletter also has a place on Rack.tk´s forum and the adress is: http://ramzeus.hn.org/~alex/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20 Thank you for supporting Ahrimanes Newsletter by voting in the poll and/or dropping comments. --[1.3 -Next Issue]--------------------------------- Until next issue I will harvest among my article-ideas so you readers can enjoy a bigger issue next time. If we´re lucky (and I know we are) Dr Jester will send me a interesting article before the deadline, that he has been working on quite some time know. If you got something to hand over to this newsletter then mail it to: Kitzune@Tjohoo.se Next issues deadline: 23/3 2003 Next issue´s release: 27/3 2003 --[2.1 -Interview with David Quinonero]------------- In Crispy Claws (Ahrimanes Newsletter #2) I sent out a wish for someone who won a Hazimel Storyline Tournament with his/her Ahrimane deck to get in touch with me. TheLasombra gave me David Quinonero´s e-mail and he and I had a quick chat about his deck (whitch can be found under 3.1). Here you got some from Mr. Quinonero the Younger: Why did you choose to play with Ahrimanes in the Eye of Hazimel Storyline? Ahrimanes is a clan that at the very first called my attention because of the animalism and presence conjunction together with the then new spiritus, thus giving chances to make a combat deck a winning deck, thanks to presence bleed actions. I design the deck to play the first Storyline tournament in Palma de Mallorca and I swept all the tables I played in. At last I was second in the final due to a miscalculation. I thought of a deck with permanent abilities as maneuver, bleed, intercept, damage and blood source because they run out of cards relatively easily. That's what I use Jackie Therman, Tasha Morgan, Mr Winthrop, Raven Spy, Sport Bike, KRCG News Radio, Murder of Crows and The Rack. Since then little modifications have been made to the deck, 2 or 3 cards, in relation to the deck I played in the last Storyline in Atlanta. How did the deck work? The deck worked pretty good, taking into account that I didn't play with heavy combat decks nor stealth&bleeders. Witch vampire did the most for your deck? Howler, without any doubt. Do you think there should be more Ahrimanes in future sets? Yes, Absolutely!! Did you have a key-card that did magical things? I don't know if it is the appropriate word, but Nose of the Hound I think was the scariest card for all the players in the table. It is the only way I have to change the fate of a table to my own profit together with my beloved Falcon's eye. Whitch clan is most lethal to your strategy with your deck and whitch clan would be your dream-prey? If I have to reduce my choices to a clan, the most lethal clan as a predator and prey would be a Malkavian stealth&bleed based deck and a long range heavy combat deck that can be easyly played e.g. with Brujah or Lasombra, respectively, but this is a very specific oriented deck thereby you will seldom find it in a game. High Top´s not included in your deck and I´ve never seen a deck featuring the werewolf. In your opinion: Is it a card that could be of more use than it seems like or is it just wallpaper? In my opinion it does not fit into my strategy so for me it is wallpaper. I think it is overcosted (4 pool); 1 strenght, 0 bleed, 1 optional maneuver, 1 aditional strike and you will seldom use its +1 intercept because you will prefer using its special rush ability, therefore it will be tapped mostly all the time. If you want to intercept, use ahrimanes instead, they are used to it. --[3.1 -... And justice for All]-------------------- Author: David Quinonero Strategy: This deck it is mainly based on Howler and her optional maneuver. My vampires are most of the time tapped due to the great deal of actions they have to performe (32 in total). This is why I have 14 cards to attempt to block actions while tapped, and it works very well :) Basically, Howler recruits between 2 or 3 Murder of Crows. When in combat, she goes long range after playing Carrion Crows, resulting in enviromental 4 or 5 damage. And I use Nose of the Hound to get rid of my prey's or predator's vampires, depending upon the situation, or even I use the Nose to come after any vampire from any metuselah who I consider is leading the table. This is why I use Falcon's Eye, to attempt to block any metuselah's action that can decide the fate of the table. When my prey is weakened, is a matter of time to oust him with +1 or +2 bleed actions. CRYPT: (12 cards, Min: 19, Max: 31, Avg: 6.33) 3 Howler ANI obf PRE SPI 8, Ahrimanes 3 The Siamese ani PRE pro SPI 7, Ahrimanes 3 Cynthia Ingold ani for pre SPI 6, Ahrimanes 1 Nettie Hale ani cel pre pro spi 5, Ahrimanes 2 Juanita Santiago ani pre spi 4, Ahrimanes LIBRARY: (90 cards) Master (13 cards) 1 Heidelberg Castle 1 Guardian Angel 1 KRCG News Radio 1 The Rack 2 Animalism 3 Blood Doll 1 Sudden reversal 3 Direct Intervention EQUIPMENT (1 card) 1 Sport Bike RETAINERS (11 cards) 1 Tasha Morgan 1 Mr. Winthrop 1 Jackie Therman 6 Murder Crows 2 Raven Spy ACTIONS (20 cards) 1 Entrancement 2 Legal Manipulations 8 Enchant Kindred 2 Army of Rats 5 Nose of the Hound 2 Engling Fury COMBAT (15 cards) 8 Carrion Crows 4 Strength of the Bear 3 Majesty COMBO (6 cards) 6 Swiftness of the Stagg REACTIONS (24 cards) 6 Cat's Guidance 4 Falcon's eye 8 Speak with Spirits 6 Forced Awakening