johnson-city-tn-8-13-99
Title: johnson-city-tn-8-13-99
Author: Kevin "KitNorja" Mulligan
Date: Aug 24, 1999
Clint Prong (Gold 93), is moving from Tennessee to Detroit. (sigh) He's the best TD I've ever been in a
tournament of, and to be honest, the other directors around here aren't the best at having tournaments alot.
Clint's the best :( So this was his last tournament before he moves. I have some new decks that I thought I'd try,
my LS was M&T on Tatooine. I start with Obi's Hut, Careful Planning, and normally get Toshi Station, but if they
start Audience Chamber or Jabba's Palace I convert it. :)
Dark Side was odd, I had been play testing a few decks online, and I had been destroyed by the new Revolver
deck. Hm. So I create a deck, start Death Star, Imperial Arrest Order to make my 11 or so ability < 3 Imperials
+2 forfeit (Evax is 7!). I wasn't thinking at the time that these guys are easily hacked, choked by the wookie, or
even shot. Drat. Anyhoo onto the games.
Game 1 - My Dark vs. Joseph using Clint's decks (Gr...)
Well overall, this game sucked. I was slightly displeased that Clint let a 8-9 year old use his decks, because that
gives him a card edge over me (lots of mains, EPP's, compared to the kid's real deck, HB with practically no
mains, I don't mind if he lets him borrow some cards but use his 1800+ rating decks? That's not fair! Gr. Well to
make a long story short he sensed/altered everything I had (Even with There Is No Try), and drained for 4 @
Obi's Hut, and other locations.
Lose by 22. 0(-22).
Highlights: None.
Lowlights: I later found out that the kid was rated 1830+, but it's because he uses decks made by other people,
which annoys me, because this was the only regional qualifer I even had a chance to make, and this
automatically took me out of contention...
Game 2 - My Light vs. Andy's HDADTJ deck with odd characters...
I was in last place for dark in Round 1, so I play against the lowest Light player. He starts normal HDADTJ stuff,
and Secret Plans. I start Hut, Station. I got an awesome hand. Leia Organa, Revolution, Bacta Tank, Smoke
Screen, Goo Nee Tay, and some other stuff. He deploys Cantina, Hoth Defensive Perimeter his first turn,
nothing else. I deploy Goo Nee Tay, Bacta Tank, Leia to Visage's location (just went blank), cancel it. I had just
enough force (7) to get Tank and Leia out. Next turn Trooper Davin Felth and the Grand Moff (no Vader yet)
come down and stomp on her, but she goes to the tank to cover the damage. Next turn I bring her to my hand,
decide against deploying her alone to the Station, so I draw a few. He deploys Vader next turn with some guys
to Cantina. I deploy Leia and a H'nemthe to Station, and a few locations, draw a couple. I got EPP Obi, Obi's
Saber, Speeder Bike, and Harc Seff. I bite the drain of 2, he draws. I deploy EPP Obi, H'nemthe piloting the
Bike, and Harc Seff to Obi's Hut (next door to Cantina). Obi is made a passenger. I draw, leave 2 force, his
objective is flipped back. He drains, I reduce, deployed like 1 guy to cantina. Again, long story short I beat him
out with a revo on the hut, Luke and Anakin's Saber, and just drain him out. Win by 17 2(-1).
Highlights: I actually won a game!
Lowlights: None really.
Game 3 - My Dark vs. Chad's Rescue the Princess Elom/Plastoid Armor Deck
This was probably my greatest moment in SW:CCG for me yet. Read on, eager reader ;-).
He starts normal RTP stuff, Princess Organa in the D* Dention Block. He deploys Bargaining Table first turn,
and a Talz and Elom to the D* DB I believe. I look at my hand. 2 characters. DS-61-4 and Admiral Motti. I
deploy them to the Dention Cell, take Leia into custody, because she was a bad girl :-). Next turn he deploys
Luke Skywalker, Wedge Antilles, and I think another Talz to the docking bay, and moves over. I am really
worried at the moment. If I stay, he deploys more stuff, kicks around my guys. I move over, he deploys a bunch of
Eloms, beats up my guys, gets Leia back. I look at my hand. Ah! Vader's Personnel Shuttle! I am thinking evil
thoughts, and I am sitting next to Clint, so I poke him and ask if I moved them over if I could fly that out on the
same turn, with Leia inside, to the Death Star System. He says, go for it, holding back a laugh. I am holding
back a giggle myself (hehe) deploy the shuttle, move the guys over, move them on the shuttle, and the Rebels
get a sad look on their faces as the shuttle flies out to the Death Star to hang around. The look on his face,
perfect. He knows he can't get her back, it's not possible. If he actually got to the Death Star with ships, I'd just
lose the shuttle to damage, and there goes Leia. :-) So he spreads out to drain. My deck is also a drain deck,
drain for as much as possible, battle when needed. But I use almost all Imps, so I decide I don't want to take on
power 4 eloms. I eventually get DLOTS and Jabba the Hutt out to Tusken Canyon, Blizzard Scout 1 with Lt.
Arnet piloting and Commander Gherant sitting outside. I had U-3P0 at D* Docking Bay, he got out Cloud City
DB, had some Eloms, Talz with Plastoid Armor draining at my Port Town District. I follow with U-3P0. I also had
Chief Retwin out at another drain so he couldn't drain, or battle him. I eventually figure that he could actually win
this drain game, so I spread out. I have 3 Tatooine locations out, Lar's Farm, Tusken Canyon, and Jundland
Wastes. Vader and Jabba move over to Tat: DB to block that drain, Arnet stays in Blizzard Scout 1, Gherant
moves to Jundland Wastes, and Lt. Grond goes to Lar's Farm. I also got out DS-61-2 piloting Blizzard 1
@Endor: Back Door with POTF on it, for a constant drain of 3. In the end, I out drain him. Win by 8. 4(+7).
Highlights: Doing that thing with Leia. :-) Actually getting into the positive differential column!
Lowlights: Nothing!
Game 4 - My Light vs. Rematch - Chad's FLOPS deck!
We have a rematch! He starts Executor: Docking Bay, and Dreaded Imperial Starfleet. I start my normal of Hut,
Station. I got another good start hand. I get Bacta Tank out first turn (again). 2nd turn deploy Orrimarrko to the
Station (I deployed another site also). He quickly sets up his 5 Executor Sites with Commander Gherant (about
4th turn I had a Revolution and really wanted to go smack down Gherant, but decided against it for some
reason, could've probably won the game there too). I get out Ultimatium also, and a bunch of my Tatooine sites.
I get out the H'nemthe's, Speeder Bike with Harc Seff piloting and Obi-Wan Kenobi with his saber also. I get out
Figrin D'an, Chewbacca, and something else at a Revolutioned hut. I have Speeder Bike and company, and
Luke Skywalker w/ Anakin's at Jundland Wastes, draining away. He gets out Executor, FLOPS, some TIE's. I
altered Dreaded later on. He deploys a 2/1 system and Coruscant, and has a drain of 2 going on (ouch! : ). He
eventually gets DLOTS and Admiral Motti at the station, but not enough to battle! I had the Speeder Bike there
with company, Luke, Obi, deployed Han, deployed Leia Organa. I snicker to myself. I battle, play Skywalkers, I
Know, hack Admiral Motti, miss Vader, and draw 5 destiny. I end up with power 33 with 17 attrition to his 15
with 6 attrition. That pretty much ends the game, he drains for a few at his now 3 systems, I spread out and drain
him to death. Win by 11 6(+18).
Highlights: A lot ;-)
Lowlights: Not being able to Alter his Dreaded 2nd turn (missed 2 times with Orrimarrko, gr). Heh that's about it!
Overall, not a wonderful tournament, I've had alot better. It still annoys me that I know I could have beaten that 9
year old... gr.
I got a big whooping 1 pack of prize support, got Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi... woo hoo, my 3rd. But I did trade a
Commander Luke for a GMT (finally got him!).
Kit Norja