June 1999; Volume 1, Issue 2 On the web: http://www.warghoul.com --------------------------------------------------- In this issue I. Tourney Report: Gamex 99 II. Deck of the Month: Tzimisce Ghoul N' Gain I. Tourney Report Gamex 99: Los Angeles, California, May 29-30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ After building decks 'til dawn Friday night, driving from Columbia to Charlotte to catch the 8 am flight to LA, I was off and ready for two days worth of non-stop Jyhad play. I figured I could sleep for 4 hrs on the plane. As the story goes, I wasn't able to sleep at all on the flight. It seems, it's against USAir policy to spread two handfuls of native soil on your seat, thus leading to my inability to obtain any type of useful rest on the flight. So how'd the Tzimisce Fair? You may ask. The performance of my little Tzimisce stealth & bleed deck gained only marginal success missing the finals of tournament one, by only a ½ VP. In the two rounds played, the deck gained 1 VP each round due to the playing of Life Boon when my predator got ousted. In general, things were working well for the deck, but the inability to draw a War Ghoul, made play a little dull. In tournament three, round one, I encountered another Tzimisce deck. It appeared be an intercept/combat deck/The Great Wall of Flesh. It gained a ½ VP in that round, as the table went to time. I wasn't able to track it in the second round, but I don't believe it made it to the finals. :( Have you played a Tzimisce deck in a tournament lately? If you have let me know, and I'll put results in the following newsletters. II. Deck of the Month Tzimisce Ghoul N' Gain ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The primary focus for this deck is Dominate and Vicissitude to create a light stealth bleed deck. The deck is really built around Lambach DOM VIS, 10 cap. Without him it'll work but you'll need to get to your skill cards. Christine Boscacci, is definitely the weenie workhorse of the crypt, dom vis, 2 cap. Ramiro is a close second but he is a 4 cap. Scouting Mission/Redirection vs. Governs/Deflections The reasoning here is blood consumption. With so many other cards pulling blood of the minions I opted for bloodless bleed cards. For greater punch, by all means replace the Scouting Missions with Governs. War Ghouls are there to carve out an easy path. I currently only posses four. If I had more, I'd put them in. Pool Gain: Blood Doll/Hunting ground and Scouting Mission in (Sup) if needed. Bleed Defense: Redirection Combat Defense: Don't go down without a fight. Aggravated hand damage, couple of ranged aggravated strikes When all else fails: Life Boon, your predator if he gets ousted grab yourself a VP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crypt: 2x Christine Boscacci (Pander, 2, do vi) 1x Dominique (Ventrue Antitribu, 7, an AU do FO vi) 2x Horatio (Tzimisce, 2, vi) 3x Lambach (Tzimisce, 10, AN AU DO pr VI, Cardinal) 1x Ramiro (Lasombra, 4, do ot vi) 1x Royce (Pander, 1, do) 1x Samson (Ventrue Antitribu, 2, do) 1x Violet Tremain (Tzimisce, 6, do pr th vi, Bishop) 12 Vampires (Avg Cap: 4.83, Best Draw: 7, Worst Draw: 37) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Library: (88 cards) Master: (13) 3x Blood Doll 4x Dominate 1x The Hungry Coyote 2x Information Highway 1x Library Hunting Ground 1x Life Boon 2x Recruitment Actions: (12) 2x Grave Robbing 12x Scouting Mission Action Mods: (15) 5x Bonding 5x Changeling 3x Plasmic Form 2x Scrying of Secrets Combat: (12) 4x Body Arsenal 2x Bonecraft 2x Breath of the Dragon 4x Fleshcraft Reaction: (20) 10x Redirection 3x Forced Awakening 7x Wake with Evening's Freshness Equipment/Retainers: (9) 1x Ghoul Escort 1x J. S. Simmons, Esq. 1x Jackie Therman 1x Living Manse 1x Mr. Winthrop 1x Owl Companion 1x Palatial Estate 2x Revenant Allies: (4) 4x War Ghoul Letters to the Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For ideas on the newsletter, on future articles, deck submission, general discussion, or corrections, please feel free to contact me. Thanks, Editor: Joe Churchill ICQ: 1790701