twigg-takes-the-coruscant-civil-war-2
Title: twigg-takes-the-coruscant-civil-war-2
Author: Brian "twigg" Terwilliger
Date: Nov 5, 2000
college and then we were off the next morning to Syracuse for the second Coruscant
Civil War. The last to Coruscant battles [Civil War I and the Battle of Midway]
were won by my bro Chris little twigg so he was Teds pick for victory. When the
guys arrived we did some play testing and it really felt good to play again, first
time since D-Con I really touched my cards. So mike is playing with palace raiders
and baraguains, not a bad deck, but he loooooooooooved it.
I was playing Twigg Scum, with choice cards like all wrapped up and the Sarlac
yes, the sarlac! For light (Thank you Aaron Kingery!) I was playing a Hidden Base
mains deck with retrieval via Our Most Desperate Hour. Both decks were play tested
only a few times, but I felt very comfortable with them.
So after watching 2 episodes of Jackass on mtv, we slept, woke, and headed to
Syracuse. When we arrived the sewage company was pumping out the card shop,
Altered States sewage. It smelled like a big pile of a-s-s. But we had stopped at
Mc-Mobile and so we all needed to use the facilities, those hash browns always get
ya! So the shop finally lets us in and I make the dash for the bathroom. Then
people slowly arrive.
Some of the big guns were World Champ Matt Sokol, his bro, Dan (great player!),
2100+ ranked Chris Twigg, Steve Brenston (w/E-ore, Bongo was retired), Chris
Praskac, Michael Daulton, 00 Regional co-champ Pat Ziagos, wonder boy Scott
Lingrell, and a lot of other cool guys and gal (Kim of course!)
The tourney
Game 1: Light vs. Brad Kippels (1854) Big Blue Space
Starts Set your course and he sets up in space fast and starts dropping systems. I
grab dbs and Dagobah and the hut and draw. His turn he drops chimeria with
chienerau, admiral orders and some shmoe ay Kassyyyk. I drop Jedi luke and stik
to d* docking bay so no emperor, and Obi and stik at Tat Db to drain. From here
there really isnt much to talk about. He drained, I drained and retrieved with
our most desperate hour. I messed up once and thought too quickly moved before I
deployed the effect, and the AWSEOME sportsman that brad is of course he didnt let
me do it. (ive only played him how many times???) Anyway, the fact that he
started battle order screwed him over b/c he could stay at the d* db, I had OTE out
and Jedi luke was hitting everything. So leia in the falcon evades the star
destroyers and I pull out the victory. Bu the teck move of the game was when he
had 1 card in hand and 5 force left, (looking to put back to pay for battle order)
he plays Imp Command search for an admiral and finds Ozzel, woo-hooo ozzel has now
won me my last 2 games (see d-con team event game 4). FW 9
2 (+9)
Highs: Winning a close game and hitting the Emperor.
Lows: Forgetting that retrieval once, could have lost me the game glad it didnt.
Game 2: Dark vs. Chris Janiaks (2023) Weird Operative HB.
I pull jabba the hutt to the AC and grab my db and set up court. He starts
deploying systems and looks like he is gonna flip. So Im digging for security
precautions. Im set up and gailid is doing his thing Ive got a drain for 5, and
he is hitting me for 1 here and 1 there. But then drops operative, speeder,
desert, sandwhirl. Hmmmm im like , what the hell? He sets up these operative
drains on 3 systems with their respective ops and Im getting nervous. So I spread
thin and jump to space, I drop security precaution for pure fear factor. If he
flips, his matching pilots will get their drain bonuses at their systems, but he
cant cancel my drains, Hutt Influence, and I would, could probe, and either, battle
the hell out of him and retrieve w/ scum or probe correctly and he looses 9 force.
So he never flipped and scum saved the day as I controlled a sandwhirl, battled and
fought in space, retrieved 9 he lost 3, and that made the game. I drain him out
and my obj does him in. FW 3
4 (+12)
Highs: Barriering his spiral when he reacted hahahaha.
Lows: Nothing, good game.
Game 3 Dark vs. Dan Sokols (2032) Y4 mains
He went 1st dropped 3 2/0 sites and drew. I set up jabba the hut, grabbed a db and
drew, had a barrier so Im ok. He drops more 2/0s and draws. I solidify the AC
with ephont mon and boelo and draw a bit. He finally comes to tatooine at the db.
I send over a mob squad and sit. His turn, disarmed jedi luke and dr e went to
town. We fight back and forth on the ground, I never captured anybody so the
sarlac never saw the light of day. Mid-late game he dropped kessel and the tantive
with epp han and anh Chewbacca. I immediately follow with jabbas cruiser, ors,
and mara jade. I play defensively and sit. He deploys wedge , I barrier him, and
epp leia. Damn! But he doesnt battle either, my turn I drop bosk in bus and some
guys for forfeit. On the ground we continue to chase each other. In the end scum
and villany and gailid finish him off. The palace remained secure. FW 15
6 (+27)
Highs: Scum working like a charm.
Lows: Playing someone who lives 3 miles from my house.
Game 4 Light vs. Josh Paternitis (1904) Bring Him B4 Me
He pulls emperor and dbs. My turn I grab Dag, hut, home 1 db and put jedi luke
there for mega activation. His turn he activates draws. I do the same. He then
drops Lord Vader to Endor Back door. So Obi and stick hit the tat db and Jedi Luke
runs over with Obi. His turn he drops temp 1 igar and a guy at the Endor db. My
turn Lando with Vidbo, cowboy wedge and techo join at the tat db, bouush goes
undercover near vader, and Obi makes a retrieval run. At this point most of the
damage was me sensing all of his interrupts, altering his reactor terminal and my
retrieval. Vader and the walker show up at the tat db and luke joins his father.
We play cant and mouse for a bit until 2 climatic battles at the endor Db. His
turn he battled I excluded dr e. and he missed his swings both our destinies suck,
but he losses some fodder. On my turn Blount, ackbar and Chewbacca join the mix.
I hit vader, excluded boba fett (also fired at him, woops!) and drew my tracked 6,
6, 5. He lost 26 battle damage. Game. FW 19
8 (+46)
Highs: Amassing 56 power.
Lows: Playing Josh. I like josh. Firing at Boba Fett after he was excluded.
At this point there are 2 undefeated. My bro took out Daulton, so it was up me
and
Game 5 Dark vs. Pat Ziagos (1908) Cloud City Mains
Same old, same old, jabba the hut to AC and I get a db. He drops a site (his only
one the entire game, leia quarters and grabs bespin. I secure the AC with ephont
mon and boelo and then it gets fun. He drops epp obi down misses his swing, I
cancel his destiny, obi to bubbly tank. I set up at the sarlac pit with mara and
boba and good ol dr e (I have sarlac in my hand now and Im dieing to use him!) So
my obj and search and destroy are eating him away. He throws guys down, we mingle,
no biggie. My drain with gailid is keeping me ahead. Jedi Luke finally busts into
the AC and clears me out. Jabba runs, but 4lom has general solo to show for the
loss. I drop solo at the dungeon for 2 force and head to the sarlac woohoo! The
game is close, but my damage and scum would have won it out. But instead the
sarlac, after missing obi 3 times, munched on solo, I got back 1 he lost 8. A
drain or two later, game over. FW 23
10 (+69) ß I won a prize from ted. Guess why?? ;-)
Highs: SARLAC!
Lows: None, good game!
Game 6 Light vs. Michael Daultons (1988) Bring Him Before Me
This game was over from the 2nd turn. I need my retrieval or else I wont win.
Turn two, he monnoks both my Home Ones away. Well good game. Now let me see how
close I can make it. There were no real climatic battles. Vader took luke, that
dealt him damage, and Order to Engage helped as well. Melas and Boshek stood their
ground against DLOTS with a tracked 6 but he never battled (he knew it was
there). We skirmished, and in one last attempt I threw orrimarrko down with
Melas and boshek infront of hmmm the dark side. I lost. FL 13
10(+55)
Highs: Melas has balls of steel.
Lows: Home One where are you?
Game 7 Dark vs. Chris Praskacs (2132) Profit
This was the best game all day. Not only was it battling, battling, and battling.
Chris was talking in his Bastian voice. It was awesome. But as the game started
he said he lost an OTE in his last opponents deck. So, (Brad listen up!) I let him
go get it and add it to his deck. Nothing but love of the game! (I think he found
it in his deck box, but still ) Anyway we beat the hell out of each other. Scum
was on the table maybe 2-3 turns, he altered it. I grabbed his . (yoda stew, not
ghkk.). And well we fought. The sarlac ate crackn and Chewbacca. Jedi Luke and
Ben were disarmed and operated (Chris was like, **** dr.e is the best guy in the
game no?!) Haha. It was a great game with battles. He sensed my kool interrupts
like hidden weapons. And bouush block my drain at the lower passage but characters
and retrieval did him in. FW +22
12 (+77) ß I won another prize by ted, see if you can get this one? Hint compare 77
and 69. ;-)
Highs: His Bastian Wilkeans impression. LOL Chris is the MAN!
Lows: Only seeing Scum on the table a few times. But a really good game.
There are 3 people with 1 loss. Dan Sokol, Daulton and me. I already played
Daulton with these sides so .
Game 8 Light vs. Dan Sokols (2032) The Beast (Sorry, oddly enough I remember
little about thins game)
Well Dan knows my deck, I didnt realize it was the beast until I verified his
deck. So I set up with mains. I tie down the sense (by end of game there were 6
under the tie down.) So were going back and forth, back and forth, drains and no
real battles. Im draining him at the death star 2 sites and in space, he
dominated the home one docking bay (ballz!) and on Endor and at Hoth db. I send
orimarrko, cowboy wedge and techo, weapon lev mara stick and marko does 2 direct
damage. Im trying so hard to make him battle home one, so I can forfeit it and all
his guys at the home one db to die, but hes too smart for that. Late game he hits
me with anger/responsibility. Im screwed. I draw, loose 4, get an alter. I
alter anger, (wrong card! Should have altered responsibility). Anyway, dan also
made a small error and didnt move to block my drain with vibro axe lando. His obj
and my drains kill him. FW 2
14 (+79)
Highs: Winning a tight game.
Lows: Almost losing a tight game! Dan played masterfully, I give him props!!!
Well Ziagos beats Daulton (OOCd his vader) and so I take home the Civil War Crown!
The dinner was great and now for the standings.
Brian twigg 7-1 (+79)
Michael Daulton 6-2 (+74)
Chris little twigg 6-2 (+73)
Dan Sokol 6-2 (+??)
Props:
MAD PROPS TO TED FOR RUNNING A DAMN GOOD TOURNEY!!!
Dan for playing like a machine
Aaron Kingery for the light he should have played
My dark for being sooooo good
Chris Praskac for his awesome impressions
My dad for keeping my spirits up
Anwar for being the BIGGIE
Talbot for being Talbot
Slops:
To the quebeers who didnt come (sniff, how was the concert???)
The sewage company, damn that stuff stank!
Brad for being the guy hell always be (;-)
Till next time,
twigg