Finalists, with the champion Tomasz to the right.

This tournament was played on November 9. Reported by James Freimuller, VEKN UK National Coordinator and Prince of Norwich:

26 methuselahs met at Patriot Games in Leeds to duke it out for the title of national champion.

From the start you could see the selection of decks was an interesting one. Allies, swarms, a surprising splash of politics amongst the combat.

Here are the results pre-finals:
Simon Celine 3 GW 10 VP
Mark Hammond 2 GW 7.5 VP
Mikey Ferguson 1 GW 7.5 VP
Matt Boon 1 GW 6.5 VP (coin toss)
Tomasz Kloczko 1 GW 6.5 VP

Through the rounds we had a clear frontrunner with Simon and his Shambling Hordes he has been evangelising for a while gaining 3GW 10VP pre-final. With two Nephandus decks in the final, he chose to sit between them to hope to benefit from a contest of Antonio. Unfortunately this didn't happen until the second hour of the game and Tomasz got Antonio, AND he didn't see a Shambling horde in his deck after discarding one turn 1.

All five players survived well until ~90 minutes in when Simon was ousted. Tomasz continued to oust Matt while Mikey ousted Mark. The two slugged it out but the timer hit and Tomasz won with 2.5 VP over Mikey´s 1.5 VP. Congrats to Tomasz on the win!

The tournament winning deck: “Nephandus 2024” by Tomasz Kloczko (based on a Tomasz Pietkiewicz & Pawel Kukielczynski deck from the past)

Crypt (12 cards)
6x Antonio d'Erlette 5 THA dom for pot Tremere antitribu
1x Ember Wright 3 aus dom Tremere antitribu
1x Keith Moody 3 DOM Tremere antitribu
1x Saiz 3 aus dom Tremere antitribu
3x Tupdog 1 POT VIS Gargoyle

Library (70 cards)
Master (30)
1x Archon Investigation
9x Ashur Tablets
1x Direct Intervention
3x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Frontal Assault
2x Haven Uncovered
1x Jake Washington
4x Liquidation
4x Parthenon, The
2x Secure Haven
2x Shard, London, The

Event (4)
1x FBI Special Affairs Division
3x Unmasking, The

Ally (11)
1x Carlton Van Wyk
10x Nephandus

Action Modifier (4)
4x Mirror Walk

Combat (8)
8x Target Vitals

Reaction (13)
7x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
4x On the Qui Vive

Thanks all for coming this weekend, great to see you all, and thank you for bearing with me through technical difficulties!