We have a new tournament attendance record for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle! 269 Methuselahs showed up to play Day 1 EC tournament on Saturday October 14 in Barcelona, Spain.

The primary goal for the players this day is to qualify for the Day 2 event, which was only the top 30 percent (82 players).

Largest deck category: "Bleed" 38 % (103 decks)
Largest clan: Gangrel 9 % (23 decks)
Largest nation: Spain 45 % (121 players)
More statistics is at BCNcrisis.com

Standings after round 3:
1. Pedro Obrador Cruz 3 gw 11 vp
2. Ivan Marin-Rivas 3 gw 10 vp
3. Otso Saariluoma 3 gw 9 vp
4. Lech Ivanov 2 gw 10 vp
5. Gianluca Bianco 2 gw 9 vp

Congratulations Otso Saariluoma (who won the EC last year, and two times before that), collecting 3 victory points in the final. Pedro and Gianluca got 1 each.

The final can be streamed on the Infernal Forge Youtube channel.

Otso Saariluomas tournament winning deck: "Usurper High Council"

Crypt (12)
3x Mistress Fanchon 11 AUS CEL DOM OBF THA VIC inner circle Tremere:4
2x Gabrielle di Righetti 10 ANI AUS DOM THA obf pot justicar Tremere:5
2x Orlando Oriundus 9 AUS DOM THA obf bishop Tremere antitribu:4
1x Dr. John Dee 9 ANI AUS DOM THA chi prince Tremere:4
1x Gerald Windham 9 AUS DOM FOR THA Tremere:5
1x Troius 8 AUS DOM THA cel prince Tremere:4
1x Graham Gottesman 7 DOM FOR obf pre tha prince Ventrue:5
1x Johannes Worringen 6 AUS THA dom archbishop Tremere antitribu:5

Library (76)
Master (32; 9 trifle)
1x Archon Investigation
6x Ashur Tablets
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
2x Information Highway
1x Metro Underground
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Papillon
3x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
7x Villein
1x Wider View
3x Zillah's Valley

Event (1)
1x Scourge of the Enochians

Action (6)
4x Govern the Unaligned
2x Magic of the Smith

Equipment (2)
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Political Action (12)
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
1x Ancilla Empowerment
3x Banishment
3x Parity Shift
1x Political Stranglehold
1x Reins of Power
1x Rumors of Gehenna

Action Modifier (9)
1x Enkil Cog
2x Forgotten Labyrinth
6x Mirror Walk

Reaction (14)
4x Deflection
3x Eyes of Argus
1x My Enemy's Enemy
4x Obedience
1x Second Tradition: Domain
1x Telepathic Misdirection

Thanks to all players, organisers and sponsors!