Game from 18/12/02

What's happening, Metuselahs?

I kinda deserve the Inquisition because this game is from aages. However, the update is here.

For that evening's showdown, 6 Metuselahs faced each other in another chapter of the Eternal Struggle. And the table was like this:

Toreador Politics > Ariadne Grande (I mean, Gangrel) >  Cock Robin Vote >  Old School Toreador Vote > Kiev Circle (BB) > Nakhthorheb (FoS combo)

In this game my Bros from Kiev had nothing to do since Nakhthorheb dropped the bomb as a Protected Resources from his VERY FIRST TURN, which hindered my Ukrainian rush. Whatever, I kept bleeeeding as much as I could, and got close to oust him but a Minion Tap saved the day. For him.

My predator had not much pressure from the Nosferatus, kept chill, staring at some art or a nice poem from the Ashur Tablets. Most likely. Ousted me with not much problems.

After being ousted from the game, I had to leave so I was told afterwards that the struggle is still eternal (heh). The rest of the Metuselahs were still with vitae pool when the time limit hit and that was it!

It is important to always take into account that the Follower of Set had a plan. He had a combo that would make him win the entire game. And he knew it. The rest of us did not. The game finished, and the deep strategy was still deep in the library of the sneaky Follower of Set.

Ah, Followers of Set....

Happy New Year, Metuselahs. A blink of our undead eyes, yet another piece of eternity.

Game from 18/06/10

What's happening, Metuselahs?

Time to update the blog one more time. This was about a game I played on 10th of June with my beloved Anarch Fatima M-16 Multirush deck. And the game went like this:

Anneke/Anson Tor Wall > Anarch Fatima (Kerath) > Aching Beauty Toreador > Ventrue Hardy&Friends

So, I didn't draw Fatima on my initial Crypt. Actually it was 3 Anarch Converts and 1 Parnassus. Influenced out Parnassus, made him Anarch with a Convert and started fetching more crypt cards.... Next card was Zahir, Hand of Silsila, then another Anarch Convert and finally Fatima! Conclusion: such a slow start. Luckily, my predator was a wall that didn't bother me much until I got Fatima out.

And what can I say? Still lacking Assault Rifle so things were moving with philosophy. Aching Beauty Toreadors ousted the Ventrues and then they were torporized due to my predator's guns and after I could visit him with Fatima.

A bag of pool was all that remained from my prey so we could say that it was just a 1 vs 1 between the not-so-chill wall of my predator and my Children of Haquim.

There were 3 vampires torporized in the Aching-B Toreador side, so 3 pool drain every turn due to my predator's Dragonbound. And my predator started to bleed. I got rid of Carlton and torporized part of his kindred but made a mistake. A big mistake, I must say.

Fatima sent Anneke to torpor and then decided to pay Constanza a visit. My anarch chick was confident with her power and had a Groundfighting in my hand to potentially cancel something nasty that would be prepared by my predator.

Before distance? Nothing. Distances? Long with the rifle, then Constanza short with Magnum's maneuver. with a maneuver that he got before with Ashur Tablet's Strikes? Fatima shoots, Constanza plays Fast Hands at superior. I try to play Groundfighting because I couldn't choose my strike due to the effect of a card. But it was a mistake I made, that didn't restrict me to make a hand-strike against Constanza. Bye, Assault Rifle. Game was about to be over and my prey still had pool.

I really should have used the groundfighting to go to long distance...

The math game had started. What could I do with these turns remaining, being so short on pool and paying for a Pentex Subversion being contested between a minion of my predator and Fatima. I needed some bloodbags to be punched while Dragonbound ousted my Aching Prey.

These Anarch Converts made the day. Their sacrifice after my torporized Fatima failed to eliminate all pesky Toreadors (& a single Brujah) could make me grab my pool until my prey was Dragonbousted, I got a VP and then ran over by my predator. The Toreador Wall had the GW.

Pretty interesting to play against a Toreador Wall of Anneke, which ironically was my first deck when Keepers of Tradition was released.

Enjoying that the game is back, Metuselahs!

Games from 18/09/02

What's happening, Metuselahs? 

As you know, V:TES is back and quite strong I must say. A total of two tables gathered on Saturday 9th June to bleed again some more. Sadly, I generally just got some pics from my games.

First game: 

DoC Baronessess (Kerath) > Santaleous Malk Votes > Le Dinh To + Giovanni Shambling Hordes > Biothaumaturgic Aggressive Tremeres > Jaroslav Pascek Wall of Bundis

Pascek was my predator so basically it was hard to make things pass. Still, the votes were hard for those that were not blocked due to the rest of the table having enough to push me back even Benefit Performances or Fanfares for Elysium. Too many mistakes were made, like thinking of Madrigal as a "sort of Bewitching Oration"... but had to be played before votes were cast.

First the Shambling Hordes  ousted the Tremere. Afterwards I got ousted by the Jaroslav deck... the Malkavian did his thing and bled the necromancers to death and in the end the Brujah got ousted also by the malkie.

What can I say about this game? Great for learning again how to play. Just one late Fee Stake for my girls and the before mentioned mistakes with others made a hard but entertaining game to come back.


Second game:

On the second table things got quite interesting. I pulled the Ventrue Lawfirm + Alastor and tried my luck.

Istharri Bamba > Brujah Princes POT+CEL > Ventrue Lawfirm (Kerath) > Toreador for+cel Aching Beauty

How was this game? Voting was struggling having all votes as prey/predator for me. A mistake I made that made me learn was the sweet difference of one single vote that the Agate Talisman from the Toreador can make. In addition, I could experience what suffering an Aching Beauty deck as predator could be, very fun twist.

In this game, Brujah Princes first ousted me after rushing all my vamps, then took care of the Toreador and finally 1 vs 1 where he torporized all of the Istharris.

PS: heheh... some things NEVER change.... (my only pic from the other game table)

Next entry will be the game on 18/06/10 where I could play again Fatima and her M16...

See you later, Metuselahs!

Día de Las Muertas, a Samedi Deck

What's happening, Metuselahs?

As promised in the VEKN forum, this blog is back in track and the next entry is about another deck of mine, a pure Samedi allies deck focusing on the excellent Reanimated Corpse.

EDIT: I have found some more of my cards! I have reworked the crypt and the deck and this post will be modified soon.

To continue with "The Path of Blood" (Enjoy your Golconda, brother in blood) way of describing decks...

How do you intend to oust? 

Classic Bruise and Bleed. When the way is clear after beating the possible blockers, enhance the bleeds with Computer Hacking and non-stop insisting.

How do you intend to keep from being ousted?

The Unmasking for some of the Reanimated Corpses to defend me and to pray I do not have a stealth-bleed deck behind me.

What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)?

At least 2-3 Samedis (Morlock one of them) constantly calling for more Reanimated Corpses and Off-Kiltering / Little Mountain Cemetery.

What do you want your average turn to look like?

Little Mountain Cemetery to bring out more Samedis, create another Reanimated Corpse, Hunt with other vampire that may be depleted already, BLEED with my dear MUERTAS.

What's your metagame like?

I hope to have a meta again :) But at the time, it was varied, most of the time there would be a voter or two in the table and combat was so frequent in Asturias...

Deck Name: Día de Las Muertas
Author: Kerath
Description:
Get a lot of Reanimated Corpse, have fun!

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=4 max=8 avg=6.25)
=====================================
 1x  Abebe     4  nec obf thn          Samedi:4
 3x  Baroque   7  aus for obf NEC THN  Samedi:5
 2x  Macoute   6  obf thn FOR NEC      Samedi:4
 4x  Morlock   8  obf FOR NEC THN      Samedi:4
 2x  Tanginé   7  ani nec pot OBF THN  Samedi:4

Library (90 cards)
==================
Master (14)
 3x Blood Doll
 4x Coroner's Contact
 1x Houngan
 1x Major Boon
 1x Mob Connections
 1x Perfectionist
 2x Vessel
 1x Wider View

Event (1)
 1x Unmasking, The

Action (18)
 4x Computer Hacking
 6x Little Mountain Cemetery
 6x Off Kilter
 1x Pressing Flesh
 1x Putrescent Servitude

Equipment (5)
 1x Aaron's Feeding Razor
 1x Gas-Powered Chainsaw
 1x Ivory Bow
 2x Wooden Stake

Ally (13)
 1x Ossian
12x Reanimated Corpse

Action Modifier (13)
 1x Call of the Hungry Dead
 2x Cloak the Gathering
 2x Elder Impersonation
 3x Hag's Wrinkles
 3x Under My Skin
 2x Veil the Legions

Reaction (6)
 4x On the Qui Vive
 2x Steadfastness

Combat (20)
 3x Concealed Weapon
 1x Forearm Block
 2x Skin of Rock
 4x Soak
 1x Target Hand
 5x Target Vitals
 4x Weighted Walking Stick


Last comments?

Of course there is room for improval, I would like to acquire some more Morlocks to balance the crypt a bit and to rework a bit the library. I have found some more of my cards! I have reworked the crypt and the deck and this post will be modified soon.

I do not really have bleed defense, but the games I used this deck, the pressure in the prey is satisfying.

Concealed Weapong + Wooden Stake is hilarious!! But I will end up removing it for the sake of effectiveness.

I promised this to be budget but since I had my Imbued deck with all the Target Vitals and thought that better dismantle that deck (you know, VTES is for having fun and most of the time imbueds are no fun for the rest) and those Target Vitals can be such a fine addition to this strategy. A Reanimated Corpse can strike for 5 damage with WWS + TV. Crazy eh?

If there is any advide for this deck, let me know!! The Samedi are ugly AF but is a deck I enjoy a lot playing. Ah, and for aesthetic reasons, no Troglodytia allowed in the crypt :D (well, ended up adding one until Lost Kindred arrives).

See you later, Metuselahs!!

We are Back in Black (Chantry)!!!

What's happening, Metuselahs?

Years have passed, what is in torpor may never die and V:TES? It's back again.

As for this blog? Of course it is back. I'm sleeving again my decks and hope to have the opportunity to play again here in Asturias.

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle returns to print

I want to give my congratulations to the founders of Black Chantry Productions...

Hugh Angseesing - Ben Peal - Ginés Quiñonero Santiago - Henrik Klippström - Vincent Ripoll

And of course, thank you to all the fanbase of V:TES that had been waiting and hoping for a comeback.

We are back!!

Quite ironic....

What's happening, Metuselahs?

Not a lot here, to be honest. I finally got my event card , the Unmasking , that will find its space into my Samedi Reanimateds and in the Imbued deck. I've been looking for trading this card a lot of time, because I don't like spending a lot of cash in cards, prefer trading; even though that for the common cards I take packs in ebay or buy sealed decks.

The irony here is that atm there is no stable playgroup, and until I finish my exams I won't try to organise any game. I miss the two playgroups I've played since I started, death of this game was something awful for those veterans who have been playing this for years.

See you later, Metuselahs!

Time is an Illusion, Politics is a Sin, I like that deck!

What's happening, Metuselahs?

This is another chapter of the decks I really liked that much to make an entry for them in the blog. And I will try to build this one with my own cards (or something close to this tbh).

Very straight forward, relies on obfuscate to make the actions successfull and the votes via action modifiers (in the crypt only Nehemiah has votes). High number of revelations of desire in there, it makes me think... only with venenation you put corruption counters, isn't it? Or the action modifier is just to bleed more and if they have those counters, the better?

Pool gain with... voter captivation, khobar towers and.. diversity! A good choice, but the pool gain potential is 2-3 and you need to have the votes. ¿Enough?


Link to the deck

I love the presence of a good number of serpentis cards, never tried that discipline yet.

¿Would you guys include, par example, some Neferu to get some extra votes?

Even though I like that deck, I *need* to include like 2x Clotho's Gift, and more Temporis stuff in here, if I get to play that kind of deck, I'll make a report =)

See you later, Metuselahs

PS: I can't post the decklist without ruining the entire post!! Sorry for not posting it!!

Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition

What's happening, Metuselahs?

I got into V:TES bcs I loved the rpg, and today you can pre-order the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Masquerade.

The worst part is the sales price: 99,99$ , and at the moment I don't know if I would order mine.... bff is hard to decide.... very expensive imho

V20 and Grand Masquerade tickets on sale!

To preorder, click here.

V:tM 4ever, Metuselahs

Card: Domain of Evernight

What's happening, Metuselahs?

I wanted to make an entry to this card specially, because its a must-carry in any True Brujah deck and with HttB and more TB goodies, has become searched even more in trades.

First of all, card text:

obf: +1 stealth

Pretty good, having obfuscate as outferior, you can expect stealth. Nothing unusual.

tem: If this action is blocked, all damage done to vampires in the resulting combat is aggravated.

If you can pack any sort of agg damage prevention, this could be a fact that could make the blockers think twice before trying to stop our actions. A good threat.

TEM: Only usable when an action is successful: Untap this acting vampire. A vampire can play only one Domain of Evernight each turn.

This is just awesome. No blood cost. Just like for+cel Forced March, only once a turn but.... who cares!! Multi acting with this card and superior Clotho's Gift is 3 actions with your True Brujah in a turn. The best effect of the card.

Get a True Brujah with obf + TEM, pack at least 10x of this card, you will want one in your hand the most of the time.

See you later, Metuselahs!


PS: I know, obvious posts are obvious, but I'm still searching for some DoE's and got some hype on making a True Brujah deck.

Results of the Poll

What's happening, Metuselahs?

The common question was:

Do you play another TCG apart from V:TES?

Yes. 1 (15%)

No, v:tes is enough. 6 (85%)

So people keep on playing this game, even though this poll isn't very significative, due to the lack of votes, but it's ok!

As for me, I want to make more V:TES games after my exams, and it'll be hard, but I want to make the playgroup to have at least a game per 2 weeks...

Have fun while you can, Metuselahs!

My Decks: DoC Baroness

What's happening, Metuselahs?

Not a lot around here, but I wanted to post again on my blog a deck I have been playing during my last games, a Daughter of Cacophony vote deck with anarch barons. To analyze it, I'm going to use the pathofblood way to present a deck:

How do you intend to oust?

Lily Prelude is the way.
How do you intend to keep from being ousted?

Bloat with Benefit Performance and Voter Captivation, protect my Daughters with the fortitude cards, the Member of the Entourage and S:CE. I'm seriously thinking about including a Protected Resources.

What do you want your ready region to look like (ie, how many guys are you planning on getting out)?

The most number of daughters, the best. At least 2 of them with Fee Stakes, with those votes I can start moving hardcore.

What do you want your average turn to look like?

Bloating, defending and when I get enough stealth and votes, release the preludes to oust.

What's your metagame like?

Varied... but I can expect 2nd Traditions to be very common, so the stealth becomes really important.

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=1 max=6 avg=3.5) ==============================================
4x Anarch Convert 1 -none- Caitiff:ANY
2x Angela Preston 5 for PRE MEL Daughter of Cacophony:2
1x Céleste, The Voice of a Secret 3 pre mel Daughter of Cacophony:2
1x Delilah Monroe 4 for pre MEL Daughter of Cacophony:2
1x Gaël Pilet 6 chi pre FOR MEL Daughter of Cacophony:2
1x Muse 3 ani for mel Daughter of Cacophony:2
2x Yseult 6 FOR MEL PRE Daughter of Cacophony:3

Library (88 cards) ================== Master (12)
1x Archon Investigation
1x Bastille Opera House
1x Command Performance
2x Conductor
1x Creepshow Casino
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Hospital Food
1x Paris Opera House
2x Presence
1x Protected Resources

Action (7)
1x Entrancement
1x Fee Stake: Boston
1x Fee Stake: Corte
1x Fee Stake: Los Angeles
1x Fee Stake: New York
1x Fee Stake: Perth
1x Fee Stake: Seattle

Political Action (21)
7x Benefit Performance
2x Fanfare for Elysium
2x Firebrand
9x Lily Prelude
1x Revolutionary Council

Ally (4)
4x Member of the Entourage
Action Modifier (23)
2x Aura of Invincibility
2x Awe
5x Change of Target
1x Cryptic Rider
2x Freak Drive
5x Missing Voice, The
1x Virtuosa
5x Voter Captivation

Combat (13)
3x Groundfighting
6x Majesty
4x Soak

Combo (8)
8x Madrigal

In games this has worked really well!! :) I really like this deck.

Note: I am not going to buy embraces neither siren's lure... ;)

Discusting memories...

Count Germaine doesn't like blood with acid....

I must have done something horrible in my other life.

Bleed you later, Metuselahs

Game Report 28/01

What's happening, Metuselahs?

It was a Fail what had happened! So we gathered 3 friends and went to the local game store to play a Jyhad (wooh, months since my last game *live*!) and I decided to give a try to my Imbued deck and my DoC Baroness deck. So one game each deck, and I'll make a short report.

1) First Game (Imbued deck)

me(Imbued) -> 2nd tradicion toreador princes guns -> ravnos wall-ish -> stanislava bleed+events -> Qwawinnya BlehBleh deck

The game was going pretty good, even though I made a huge mistake (there was a 1 cap pander with bd on my prey hunting each turn xD and didn't even block him lol) and the fact I only influenced Jennie, the Cop and another imbued, no Travis here, zing...
My predator didn't have a chance, because after visiting me, I targeted at Q's vitals and he regretted it a bit >.< Jennie's special made my Cop to live to fight another day. Then it was matter of time to get ousted by Stanislava.

The Gangrel played a Break the Code. OMGOSH first time I see it in game and I play HUMANS, is this luck or I just made something reeeally evil on my other life???
I couldn't block his stealthy actions and only deflected one of his bleeds... and died xd

2) Second Game (DoC Baroness)

me -> tremere blocker -> !nosferatu ANI POT rush -> New Carthage princes -> Ravnos wall-ish -> magaji no secrets + vote

As I first saw the magaji and the princes, I knew it was going to be a hard game. I got Yseult, Delilah and later Gael Pilet, made them anarchs and only got one Fee Stake.
I learnt and important lesson this day: only play Fee Stakes if you have at least 2 in hand, to have enough votes to defend it, or the Conductor/Bastille Opera House.
So I bloated, table talked a bit to make my Benefit's pass, and even one of the Lily passed, leaving my prey really soft with 4 pool, but I attracted the attention of the !nosf and he tried to rush me. That card... Fanfare for Elysium and the Member of Entourage are pure gold! they saved me a turn from him, then I made a pact so that my girls wouldn't get touched by those filthy and ugly thingies....

Things got worse as the magaji had in general no pressure by the Ravnos, and and he got the votelock after all the Brujah princes were having fun in Mordor. I died and I couldn't try the Aura of Invincibility, because I didn't draw any of my 2 copies I carried on the deck.

I promise to carry again the DoC, with the deck improved, packing some Cryptic Riders also, this girls are something!

Best of all, I had fun playing this time, both games were pretty active, people playing relaxed yet competitive and I've learnt a lot after this games and all my mistakes. I missed a lot to play Jyhad!

Finally about my decks, the imbued was interesting to play, if only that Break the Code wouldn't appear... and I wish I had an Unmasking, in a typical imbued deck is a must have.
The DoC deck was just awesome to play, I had plenty of fun with it, lots of table talk, and I nearly scored a VP in my situation, even though I made those huge mistakes!

We are now just planning the next Jyhad afternoon :D

I hope you liked the report, see you later, Metuselahs!

Aura of Invincibility

What's happening, Metuselahs?

This week, talking with a local vtes player, he told me to use the card "Aura of Invincibility" in my Daughters of Cacophony Baron deck, and I think I will test this deck on friday.

Aura of Invincibility
Type: Action Modifier
Cost: 1 blood
Only usable during a referendum, before any votes are cast.
If this referendum passes, put this card on the acting vampire and put a counter on this card. This vampire gets an additional vote for each counter on this card in referendums he or she calls. Add a counter to this card when a referendum called by this vampire passes. If a referendum called by this vampire fails, burn this card and send this vampire to torpor. A vampire can have only one Aura of Invincibility.

Why do I started liking this card?

My first 3 copies of AoI came from my first Ventrue (KoT) deck, and my first thought was "holy sh**, this is pure junk..." and I haven't use it even once since then.

This week, as I started before, I was told that it could be a good help in voting with the deck, because in the turn the DoC act, they can manage to have a good votelock (in this case, with also Baron tech, more votes, but in my deck at least no Embraces :p) thanks to cards like Bastille Opera House, Conductor, Madrigal and even Firebrand.

There is no pleasure without any sort of risk, and the risk of getting into torpor if the referendum fails isn't too bad, just have to use my daughter with the aura first, to gain the most votes of the Conductor, and keep on rollin'...

Thanks to BeAst to answer my questions here, if someone would ask himself the same ones:

Q1 -- if I use Aura of Invincibility and my vampire with it is blocked (referendum doesn't happen), does she go to torpor?
Q2 -- if I suffer a "delaying tactics" and the vamp casting votes has Aura of Invincibility, does she go to torpor?
Answer: No torpor, in first case, there is no referendum to fail, and in the second one the referendum is cancelled, so it never failed.

Become invincibles, Metuselahs!

PS: if I write another entry tomorrow spitting acid on the AoI, it means every time I tried to use it, my poor Daughter went into mordor...

OMGOSH LOOKALIKE!

What's happening, Metuselahs?

This post is pure junk, as I was answering a thread in the Spanish V:TES Community Forums, I came across the vampire Soldat, who resembles the 2D fighting game character Terry Bogard, the version that appears in the game "Garou: Mark of the Wolves"

Guys, I'm sick.....

Bleed until the very end, Metuselahs!!

Results of the Poll

What's happening, Metuselahs?

I completely forgot I had a poll running on the blog (lewl) so it's time to post and comment the results:

Would you approve fan-made sets in tournaments?

Yes 1 (5%)
Of course not 13 (72%)
I don't mind 4 (22%)

Overwhelmingly, we do NOT want fan-made sets in tournaments, I hope to get new sets in the future, and some people just don't mind to adulterate our dear card game (heheh)

I voted that I didn't want it, because I'm 120% sure that a new set would disbalance more the clans / disciplines, and the test of it wouldn't be enough, plus that if the game revives one day...what would people do with the new archetypes that came up from the fan sets? forget about them? asking to WW/CCP or whoever it takes the game to print some of that set and fan storyline?

Ah and btw, when I get some time, I'll make the report of the tournament I played yesterday in Nexus-7

See you later, Metuselahs!

Anarch Siren's

What's happening, Metuselahs?

I'm trying to build a deck more or less like this, inspired on a local player's deck that I only have seen in box, but never seen in action.

Why anarch baron daughters? Easy! I don't have The Embraces yet, so I'm trying to find another way to play them and have some fun, with the hope of getting at least 1 vp heh xD

Crypt (15 cards; Capacity min=1 max=6 avg=3.67) ===============================================
4x Anarch Convert 1 -none- Caitiff:ANY
2x Angela Preston 5 for PRE MEL Daughter of Cacophony:2
2x Céleste, The Voice of a Secret 3 pre mel Daughter of Cacophony:2
2x Delilah Monroe 4 for pre MEL Daughter of Cacophony:2
2x Gaël Pilet 6 chi pre FOR MEL Daughter of Cacophony:2
1x Muse 3 ani for mel Daughter of Cacophony:2
2x Yseult 6 FOR MEL PRE Daughter of Cacophony:3
Library (85 cards) ==================
Master (10)
2x Bastille Opera House
2x Conductor
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Hospital Food
1x Paris Opera House
1x Secure Haven
1x Twilight Camp

Action (8)
2x Concert Tour
1x Fee Stake: Boston
1x Fee Stake: Corte
1x Fee Stake: Los Angeles
1x Fee Stake: New York
1x Fee Stake: Perth
1x Fee Stake: Seattle
Political Action (19)
7x Benefit Performance
2x Fanfare for Elysium
1x Firebrand
2x Kine Resources Contested
7x Lily Prelude

Ally (3)
3x Member of the Entourage
Action Modifier (23)
1x Daring the Dawn
4x Freak Drive
4x Missing Voice, The
6x Phantom Speaker
1x Siren's Lure
7x Voter Captivation
Combat (14)
4x Groundfighting
6x Majesty
4x Soak

Combo (8)
8x Madrigal

A problem here is my absolute lack of Siren's Lure, but I'm not really worried (?) about that. So the idea is getting my Daughters into the ready region, make them anarch and barons, and start voting. A Benefit Performance of 3 or 4 can't be bad, it's better than nothing.

Groundfighting.... nice way to get rid of the grapples! :D then I can play the S:CE that I would have in hand.

About the crypt, I just don't know how to reduce it to 12-13, because in this period of non-gaming I am living at the moment, I can't test it :-/ what do you think?

Singing in the Elysium, Metuselahs!

I feel so impatient...

What's happening, Metuselahs?

You may remember one of my entries not so long ago about the re opening of the local game store... well it's open now but the V:TES game group we had on this downtown is imo really hard to get back to play weekly...

Some of them working, others studying, most also play the Game of Thrones LCG, and I'm starting to think that my decks will stay on the box until something happens or the game gets support again (heh...)

I'll try to post any crazy idea on the blog, or something, atm I'll try to get the Parity Shifts I always wanted for the Ventrue.

See you later, Metuselahs!

Shattering Crescendo and Snakes

What's happening, Metuselahs?

I wanted to make a deck with Shattering Crescendos since I saw the card, but I can't see any particular and effective strategy, and I don't want to make a vile copy of Project Mayhem, so this are the results of some mindfuck probably useless.

In game:

Of course, I want Scout Youngwood and then Ogwon on the ready region, then support via Janet Langer and another FoS, thats a lot of pool in the ready region... and the obfuscate is very important in here, shall I add any Master Discipline: Obf?

How do I plan to get my VP

Shattering Crescendo is my way to send to torpor my prey's minions, and damage his pool via Fame and Tension in the Ranks. Also bleeding with Obf and Pre.

And my defense?

Narrow Minds is not a defense, but at least deflections are more expensive to the other players :P I may take also an Archon Investigation. Weenie bleeders with Crescendos, and rush with Members of the Entourage, Soaks and Majesty. Vote defense... negotiate the target of the SC?xD shatter the voters?



Deck Name: Encantadoras de Serpientes
Author: Ishvalan

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=3 max=8 avg=5.92)
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1x Abdelsobek 5 for nec obf pre ser Follower of Set:5
1x Ahmose Chambers 3 obf ser Follower of Set:5
2x Janet Langer 3 pre MEL Daughter of Cacophony:5
3x Ogwon 7 for OBF PRE SER Follower of Set:5
4x Scout Youngwood 8 for qui MEL OBF PRE Daughter of Cacophony:6
1x Sisocharis 4 cel obf pre Follower of Set:5

Library (77 cards)
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Master (14)
2x Blood Doll
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
2x Fame
1x Opium Den
1x Paris Opera House
2x Perfectionist
1x Secure Haven
1x Tension in the Ranks
2x Vessel

Event (1)
1x Narrow Minds

Action (26)
1x Concert Tour
6x Enchant Kindred
4x Enticement
1x Form of Corruption
14x Shattering Crescendo

Ally (3)
1x Gregory Winter
2x Member of the Entourage

Action Modifier (22)
2x Aire of Elation
3x Cloak the Gathering
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
5x Freak Drive
2x Marked Path
4x Missing Voice, The
3x Veil the Legions
1x Virtuosa

Combat (11)
6x Majesty
5x Soak

This will never work, but I want to test it!!

The Classics: Lasombra Nocturn

What's happening, Metuselahs?

Today we take a look on the probably the tier1 deck of the clan Lasombra, a powerbleed deck supported by the ally Nocturn.
In general terms, we pretend to gain momentum with superior governs and influencing the most number of vampires, and then overwhelm your prey with dominate bleeds.

>> Tournament Winning Decks

- Nocturne - by Kalle Cederström - August 2007 the twd with the most attendance of players, playing a huge deck (90 cards) , Black Hand tech and a big number of nocturns.
- Nocturns Twins - by Carlos Eduardo Ganso - December 2008 this one uses the nocturns with the card Shadow Twin
- Lasombra Nocturna - by Sergio Gracia - November 2009 a deck reduced to the minimun cards and well-buildt, to be quick and deadly

>> Mainstays of the Deck

- Nocturn: the ally that gives name to the deck, you can either block with him all the rushes that will try to reach our vampires, or bleed your prey. I'ts incredibly strong that it moves to the ready region when recruited and the fact you can untap after recruiting it. With Perfectionist, the first nocturn is free, and combined with the Path, even the second!

- Jake Washington: our best way to refill our vamps. Playing dominate bleeds and obtenebration will get our minions dry extremely fast, even though you can save some blood with the Path of Night. This is the best drink ;)

- Shroud of Absence: thanks to its reprint in HttB, they are seen more nowadays, and it's the best stealth card a Lasombra can reach, with a huge effect at superior.

- Dreams of the Sphynx: this card is always good in most decks, but in a bleed/powerbleed one it's vital, if you get your hand jammed and you don't have the nocturns in time to stop rushes that would ruin your VP or dominate cards to finish your prey or putting down blood on the uncontrolled, our speed would be reduced and the metuselahs will have a chance to prepare for our movements.


After playing with my Lasombra Nocturn deck, I see important to pack at least one Secure Haven, and DI's to make at least your first vampire survive until you can influence more, and Forced Awakenings with the OtQV to get a vampire dry sooner in order to use the Jake Washington and have it filled in my next minion phase.

Torneo Blood Test
Barcelona, Spain
November 1, 2009
19 players

Sergio Gracia's Tournament Winning Deck with 3 VPs in the finals

Deck Name:   Lasombra Nocturna
Created By:  Sergio Gracia

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 8, Max: 28, Avg: 4,58)
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1  Conrad Adoula      ani cel DOM OBT POT 8  Lasombra
1  Henri Lavenant     pot qui DOM OBT     7  Lasombra
1  Lord Vauxhall      DOM OBT POT THA     7  Lasombra
1  Onaedo             aus pot DOM OBT     6  Lasombra
1  Banjoko            obt pot DOM         5  Lasombra
1  Ermenegildo        pot DOM OBT         5  Lasombra
1  Leila Monroe       dom obt pre         4  Lasombra
1  Lucy Markowitz     dom obt             3  Lasombra
1  Dame Hollerton     myt DOM OBT         5  Kiasyd
1  Keith Moody        DOM                 3  Tremere Antitribu
2  Anarch Convert                         1  Caitiff

Library: (81 cards)
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Master (14 cards)
1  Coven, The
1  Dark Influences
3  Dreams of the Sphinx
1  Giant`s Blood
1  Jake Washington (Hunter)
1  Life in the City
1  Misdirection
2  Path of Night, The
3  Pentex Subversion

Action (15 cards)
15 Govern the Unaligned

Action Modifier (28 cards)
1  Blanket of Night
4  Bonding
4  Conditioning
4  Foreshadowing Destruction
5  Shadow Play
4  Shroud of Absence
4  Shroud of Night
2  Tenebrous Form

Reaction (10 cards)
3  Deflection
2  Delaying Tactics
3  On the Qui Vive
2  Redirection

Ally (11 cards)
1  Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
10 Nocturn

Event (3 cards)
2  Unmasking, The
1  The Bitter and Sweet Story

See you later, Metuselahs!