TWD - Fee Stake Helsinki I, Helsinki Finland (26th Feb 2011)

Fee Stake Helsinki I
Helsinki, Finland
February 26th, 2011
3R+F
19 players
Aleksi Nuora

TWD:

Deck Name : Toreador Power Bleed
Author : Aleksi Nuora

Description : Use Enkidu for block denial and defense, monster bleed with Andre, other weenies and the Codex once the coast is clear. The combat module is based on the theory that if you have enough Psyche! and Pursuit you can just dump combat cards until you run into an Earth Meld and another rush card.

Casual observations:

the longest game I played in the tournament lasted for about 1h 15min
I still managed to deplete my library in every single game

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 11 average: 6.25

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5x Enkidu, The Noah 11 ANI CEL OBF POT PRO for !Gangrel:4
2x Andre LeRoux 3 aus Toreador:5
1x Fairuza 4 CEL pre !Brujah:5
1x Idrissa 4 CEL aus Osebo:4
1x T.J. 3 cel for Gangrel:4
1x Clifton Derrik 2 cel Brujah:4
1x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:0


Library [90 cards]

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Action [11]
1x Abbot
1x Ambush
1x Big Game
1x Bum's Rush
1x Deep Song
1x Harass
1x Heroic Might
1x Rumble
2x Sense Death
1x Taunt the Caged Beast

Action Modifier [1]
1x Forced March

Combat [71]
1x Armor of Vitality
3x Claws of the Dead
2x Disarm
10x Earth Meld
19x Psyche!
2x Pulled Fangs
15x Pursuit
4x Sideslip
2x Skin of Night
1x Street Cred
12x Taste of Vitae

Equipment [1]
1x Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers

Master [5]
1x Monster
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Villein
1x Wash
1x Wider View

Retainer [1]
1x Raven Spy

So, this was the first VTES game in Fantasiapelit Helsinki's new gaming room ("compact" is the charitable term, but the location is great and it fits small tournaments very nicely).

We got a total of 19 players. Finalists were:

Heikki Palomäki (2GW,9VP) - Dominate stealthbleed
Aleksi Nuora (2GW,9VP) - Enkindu kills everyone alias “Toreador Power Bleed”
Anatoly Chukhvichev (2GW,7VP) - Presence stealthbleed
Tuomas Vuokko (1GW,5.5VP) - bigcap !Tremere and Salubri
Petri Wessman (1GW,3.5VP) - aux/obf Black Hand Thuggees

The final round seating was Heikki → Petri → Anatoly → Aleksi → Tuomas. After a slow start, Aleksi's Enkindu horror began to chew up the table, which could not mount a coordinated attack against it -- there wasn't anything on the table that could really stand up to Enkindu, or do enough pool damage fast enough (before Enkindu comes calling, that is). Aleksi got a game win (and 4 VPs) and Heikki managed to oust Petri (me) before getting shredded.

So the tournament win goes to Aleksi, grats!. Nice to see a pure combat deck win, here.

We had two new tournament players attending, Anatoly Chukhvichev (visiting from St. Petersburg!) and Sami Ruuskanen.

Some pics of the event were posted in the Event Announcement -thread:
vekn.net/index.php/forum/8-event-announcements/1040-feb-26th-fee-stake-helsinki-i-finland