Report and TWD: German ECQ: Grapple in the Art Museum, Vol. 3

German ECQ: Grapple in the Art Museum, Vol. 3
Bad Nauheim, Germany
June 25th, 2016
3 rounds + finals
10 players
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/8369

11 players showed up in Bad Nauheim. Many thanks to Ralf Weppner, who kindly opted for guiding the tournament as a non-playing judge.

Results:
1 Bram van Stappen 1 4,5 3 108

2 Rudolf Garski 1 5 1 102
2 Martin Schumacher 1 3 1 126
2 Gerold Preinfalk 1 2,5 0 114
2 Sebastian Meurer 0 2,5 0 132

6 Ali Almadhi 0 2 120
6 Alexander Tüschen 0 2 120
8 Ben Peal 0 2 108
9 Joscha Düll 0 1 96
10 Alf Behrends 0 0 54

Congratulations for Bram for another win in Germany.
Stay tuned for the deck list (and hopefully some comments by the winner).
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Deck Name: The Era of the Small People II
Author: bram van stappen
Description:
German ECQ Bad Nauheim 25-06-2016\r\n1 GW 4,5 3 VP in final

Crypt (13 cards; Capacity min=2 max=2 avg=2)
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1x Aaron Duggan, Cameron's Toady 2 obt Lasombra:2
1x Boy Toy 2 dem !Malkavian:2
1x Carter 2 cel !Toreador:2
1x Christine Boscacci 2 dom vic Pander:2
1x Dani 2 ani !Nosferatu:2
1x Frederick the Weak 2 pre !Brujah:2
1x Gillian Krader 2 ani dem Pander:2
1x Heinrick Schlempt 2 tha !Tremere:2
1x Horatio 2 vic Tzimisce:2
1x Mitchell, The Headhunter 2 obt pot Pander:2
1x New Blood 2 san Blood Brother:ANY
1x Sadie 2 pro !Gangrel:2
1x Samson 2 dom !Ventrue:2

Library (81 cards)
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Master (19)
2x Archon Investigation
1x Direct Intervention
6x Effective Management
3x Hungry Coyote, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Montreal
5x Tribute to the Master

Event (2)
1x Uncoiling, The
1x Veil of Darkness

Action (7)
3x Abbot
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
3x Games of Instinct

Equipment (8)
6x Camera Phone
1x Codex of the Edenic Groundskeepers
1x Heart of Nizchetus

Ally (3)
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
2x Ossian

Reaction (5)
3x Delaying Tactics
2x On the Qui Vive

Combat (37)
2x Boxed In
2x Fake Out
2x Glancing Blow
2x Target Hand
16x Target Vitals
9x Weighted Walking Stick
4x Zip Gun

And here is Bram's report:

»Thanks Rudolf for flawlessly organizing a cosy tournament at a superb location and to all the Germans for the nice games (Yes Ben, Germans - ))

Hope I remember correctly .....
First 2 rounds I was seated next to Ben who played a very good anarch aus/cel/for wall gun deck with loads of prevention; he kept me busy with torpor rescues and hunting.
In first round I did not succeed in killing him but managed to stay alive and hold off the ventrue ant grinder behind me.
In round 2 the cowboy put in play 2 anarch revolts in first turns and caused everybody to go low on pool very quick ... he succeeded in blocking enough actions to eventually
put all my vamps in the not so ready region and bleed me out.
Round was I had more luck with Nos royalty in front and Giovanni bleed behind and Ben as grandprey (sigh): the first action of the giovanni 9-cap vampire was bleed 4 and I had
archon in hand ... that took care of my predator who had cock robin in his neck. With bad card flow, Ben blocking votes and a good start I was able to bleed out my Joscha with the
6 / 7 vamps I had in play; luckily he had damaged Ben seriously (even gave him the chance to oust Ben) who was left on 3 pool and I overrun the turn after with the help of Sebastian
who didn't break a deal we had concerning owning me 1 rush. I had my entire crypt on the table and was able to finish the job > GW

2nd seat in Final where I picked a spot in front off Gerold's Giovanni, away from Martin's Saulot and with Sebastian's Robin in front. Rudolf picked the place with Martin as pred and
Gerold as prey. I started good with Ossian hitting the table; got bled hard and decided to try and torporize the 7-cap giovanni with Ossian with boxed in and 2 target vitasl in hand;
that worked out well for me and Ossian had a zillion life which I needed to savely rush the ani combat of Cock Robin. Martin started slow and Rudolf was on the way of ousting Gerold,
which he did ... which put a lot of pressure on me and even Sebastian who needed to keep me alive to in order to be able to have a chance of winning. He decided to help me with a rush
because Rudolf played combat ends on my Ossian rushes. Rudolf had a hard time with more minions low on blood, some in torpor and not the perfect card flow ...
I started putting more and more pressure forward and Sebastians vampires got low on blood and i succeeded in orporizing Robin who had a preternatural on him. I managed to oust him
and Marin by that time also killed Rudolf. In heads up Martin was relying on the scourge to kill my minions but I kept uncoiling in hand. Too many minions, even for Saulot; game over ...«

Qualified for EC, Day 1 are the following players (some of them additional times):

Ralf Weppner as non-playing ECQ judge (thanks again, Ralf!)

Bram van Stappen, Rudolf Garski, Martin Schumacher and Gerold Preinfalk because of a gamewin at an ECQ.