pleasanton-ca-2-17-01
Title: pleasanton-ca-2-17-01
Author: Michael "Longshot" Mendoza
Date: Feb 21, 2001
Northern California. 22 people showed for Carl "Mike"
Hardy’s tournament. I was using EBO for light starting
Battle Plan, Insight, & Wise Advice (deck listed on my
member page). For dark I used Court starting Mob Pts, No
Bargain, & POTH (but I varied my starting effects a little).
The Court deck is modified from the version on my member
page, but its similar.
If its been a bad day for you, you should read this because
you can laugh at how bad a day it was for me. But it was
still fun. If it hasn’t been a bad day for you, you can
laugh and say how its good that days like this one don’t
happen to you. It was a 6-game tourney.
Game 1: DS vs. Matt ??’s AITC Chandra-fans
I deploy Kuat (for activation only) using Mob Pts, then
deploy Xizor to the Chamber. As expected, he pulls BoShuda
and puts Tessek at the Pit, then moves him to the Chamber so
as not to lose 1 to Court. I pull the Barge and deploy an
ORS on it, move Xizor over. I get Hutt Influence ’cuz he’s
got Bargaining Table out now. I head over to Tat DB (which
I pulled), and get more activation. So we both draw and
deploy....then he deploys a sandwhirl and moves it to the DB
to make my guys go missing. Then I inform him that they are
safe at a DB since it is interior.
Ok, so sandwhirl goes lost, he deploys a skiff w/ANH
Chewie w/ his bowcaster and some Chandra-fans. I deploy
Mara w/saber & Dr E, then move the Barge over with J’Quille
& Jodo, while leaving some guys to drain at the DB. So
during his turn I Disarm & operate on Chewie (the barge is
safe now), he deploys EPP Luke to kill 2 guys at the DB. I
have Zuckuss (w/an ORS), Dengar, & Bossk in ships at Tat, he
deploys Home One, Hass’n, and Thaneespi and battles. I lose
an ORS, he loses it all when I draw a 6 & 4 for destiny.
Eventually I set up Scum w/an ORS in the Chamber, and take
control of all Tat sites except Pit of Carkoon. If I had
setup Occupation it would’ve been much quicker, but Chandra-
fans suck, especially since he never got Kabe to the
Chamber.....and he never flipped. Win by 32. 2(+32)
Best: Taking out Home One so fast.
Worst: Not getting Scum until late game.
Game 2: LS vs John Monroe’s Hunt Down (IAO, Mob Pts, Decree)
Well, he starts Decree once he sees EBO. He gets Vader &
Tarkin out 2nd turn to the DS DB, I get ANSB 2nd turn. He
drops Tempest 1, Emp, Janus & Sim to the North Ridge, moves
them to the Generators. I drop Iceboy in Rogue 1 to the
North Ridge to flip him back. We both lose to Visage all
game, I lose a bunch of xwings from my hand (i don’t want to
lose EBO to Visage or a drain). At first he couldn’t get
Decree going, but later he just kept dumping guys on Hoth &
moving them in (so they couldn’t be Ice Stormed).
He also had mad force activation, so he was paying for
drains while I was draining for free. Later he got Bossk
in space, but he died after 1 turn. Then Zuckuss came out
late game, after he had cancelled my Incom Corp (my speeders
couldn’t defend the interior sites). I had no xwings left
to deploy to him, so he was able to drain for free now.
Even though we’re both losing to Visage, I’ve deployed much
more than him and he wins by 17. 2(+15)
Best: Luke chilling at the North Ridge.
Worst: Him getting Decree to work in the late game.
Game 3: LS vs Alfred Dong’s HDADTJ (IAO, Mob Pts, Decree)
All I have to say is this was a repeat of last game. I
finally get a signal on my 3rd turn, only to find ANSB not
there. He doesn’t get Vader until 4th turn, I get ANSB on
my 5th turn. He deploys *only* to Hoth, nowhere else. So
my speeders can;t hang with all these characters. He flips
once Vader’s at the Ridge, but he marches vader into Hoth.
Iceboy In Rogue 1 comes down to flip him back, then I move
into Hoth as well. Luke later died, but Vader never came
out from the shield to flip Hunt Down.
So we;re both losing to Visage, and he’s got Decree locked.
I can’t defend my interior sites, the best I can do is
deploy Boushh to block a drain. I find out he’s got no
ships, but I’ve already deployed too much and I lose by 14.
2(+1)
Best: None, except maybe keeping Hunt Down on the 0 side
Worst: Letting him set up Decree. Couldn’t stop him.....
Game 4: DS vs Shawn Ely’s WYS (Squassin, Battle Plan, ??)
I thought this game was locked. I had never lost to Shawn’s
WYS deck, and never came close to losing. He played much
better this time. He converts my Chamber & gets BoShuda
there. I deploy the Barge and a couple aliens aboard. He
drops Artoo and plays a Gift, so I’m gonna be hurtin’ in
battle destiny. He deploys some guys to the Cantina and
drains me for a while. He gets Pulsar & Outrider to
tatooine, I deploy some ships to the DB then move up Dengar,
Bossk, Zuckuss, & Jabba’s Cruiser w/ORS & Brangus piloting.
After a couple turns, he clears me out of Tatooine and sets
up Celebration. I’m paying for cheap drains, he’s draining
for free. I close the differential gap when I Elis a crew
over to the cantina where I exclude all but 1 Ralltiir
Captain and he takes like 15 battle damage. Now I’ve got
like 8 cards left, he’s got 5. A couple turns later, time
runs out. Lose by 11. His celebration had
retrieved 9 force for him. 2(-10)
Best: Showdown in the Cantina.
Worst: Losing my space fleet. 1st time WYS has beaten my
space fleet. Because of that, he got celebration.
Game 5: LS vs Tim Greene’s AOTBC (starts POTF)
He gets the 1st turn flip and deploys Guri to Xizor. I lose
some force, then get Luke & Hobbie in Rogue 4 to the North
Ridge to flip him back. Later, EBO is up and running. He
drops Jodo w/blaster rifle to Rogue 4 and shoots....he draws
a 4, which barely hits the speeder, making Luke & Hobbie die
in flames. He Ghhkks the damage. He’s losing a lot to
drains in space though, so he puts Virago & Stinger to block
2 different drains. Well, he’s probably got Ghhkk, so I
don’t overdeploy to beat them down. No Ghhkk!! Damn, I
Should’ve deployed more. Anyways, he still loses about 20
force altogether and the next turn the drains kill him. Win
by 27. 4(+17)
Best: Beating down Virago & Stinger.
Worst: Jodo shooting a maneuver 6 speeder.
Game 6: DS vs John Monroe’s HB Mains (Insurrection, Staging
Areas, ??)
This is a rematch from last tourney, where my Sarlacc ate
his Jedi Luke and EPP Leia and I won big. Not this time.
I deploy Jabba to the Chamber, he drops EPP Obi there. Not
enough force to battle though. I drop a Merc Pilot for 1,
Snoova for 1, get his ax and capture Obi, flip. Nothing much
happens except he gets Falcon w/Capt. Han & EPP Leia aboard
at Tatooine. He OMDH to Alderaan for 9 force. Oh no...I
can’t pull my ships when Court is flipped. So I finally
feed Obi and its looking good for me again.
Many of my ships are lost though, so I give up on Tatooine.
Its his system, so its only a drain of 1. Now he’s got
Jedi Luke, Lando w/ax, Corran, and my U-3PO that he stole
w/Corran at his spaceport DB. I have Xizor, Mighty Jabba,
4-LOM, Boelo, and Snoova there and battle. He weapon lev’s
the ax away, fallen portal on 4-LOM, clashes Xizor,
excludes Boelo, swings and hits Snoova and I’m left with
Jabba & Snoova (who is forfeit = 0) so I lose like 15 force.
He drew a 5 & 6 for destiny, IIRC, while I drew a 1. I’m
still draining for more though.
Later, I think I’ve won when he’s down to 2-3 force, I’ve
got 7-8, but he OMDH again for 9. Shortly thereafter, time
runs out. Another timed loss for my dark. Lose by 12.
4(+5)
Best: Eating Obi-Wan (the Sarlacc did, that is).
Worst: The showdown at the spaceport DB. Disastrous.
You know, even though I did poorly, I still won because I
traded for some really good stuff. I was so happy about my
trades I think I got a little distracted (I just need to
make excuses on why I lose!). Well, it was my worst
tourney ever, and I got a R2 pack with nothing great in it.
But still, it was fun and hopefully you enjoyed reading it.
Now I need to remember how to win games again........Mike