TWD - 10th Hiekkaharju Nightmare - 11.05.2019, Vantaa Finland

When dinosaurs roamed the earth the tribe that would become the Finnish people played bums rush and immortal grapple or so scholars have surmised from the cave paintings.

I call BS on that.

In the tournament I played Immortal Grapple even if I didn't have in my deck a single vampire with Potence / any Potence Discipline Masters...

Lönkka wrote:

I call BS on that.

In the tournament I played Immortal Grapple even if I didn't have in my deck a single vampire with Potence / any Potence Discipline Masters...

Reality Mirror?

I petition that lonkka must change signature line from

NC, Finland
Finnish Politics!

to

NC, Finland
Stealth bleed forever!

Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=8 max=10 avg=8.666667)
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2x Anton de Concepcion 9 aus ANI DOM OBT POT Lasombra:4
1x Melinda Galbraith 10 obt AUS CEL DOM POT PRE Lasombra:4
2x Percival 8 aus dom FOR OBT POT Lasombra:5
3x Charles Delmare 8 cel DOM OBT POT Lasombra:5
2x Lord Leopold Valdemar 8 cel dom obf OBT POT Lasombra:5
2x Carolina Valez 9 aus DOM OBT POT PRE Lasombra:5

Library: 78 cards
Master (17 cards)
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1x Elysian Fields
1x Fear of Mekhet
1x Information Highway
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Papillon
1x Political Hunting Ground
1x Power Structure
1x Powerbase: Madrid
1x Barrens, The
4x Villein
3x Zillah's Valley
1x Dreams of the Sphinx

Action (11 cards)
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1x Far Mastery
8x Govern the Unaligned
2x Under Siege

Action Modifier (21 cards)
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3x Seduction
4x Shadow Play
5x Shroud of Absence
4x Shroud of Night
2x Tenebrous Form
1x Blanket of Night
2x Conditioning

Political Action (13 cards)
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2x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
2x Ancilla Empowerment
5x Kine Resources Contested
1x Political Stranglehold
1x Reins of Power
1x Banishment

Combat (4 cards)
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1x Entombment
2x Oubliette
1x Thrown Gate

Ally (1 cards)
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1x Mylan Horseed

Reaction (11 cards)
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2x Obedience
4x On the Qui Vive
5x Deflection

Deck made of 2 new Lasombra starters + about 10 cards. I mainly wanted to add votes that punish big boards + some utility masters. Small tournament recap.

First round: Gargoyles were behind me and Lasombra bleed in front. Many bleeds for 6 were deflected around the table. I was able to get one vp before defeat.

Second round: I was between Enkidu and Matasuntha .Girls deck luckily got Matasunthas attention and Enkidu was busy with legionaires. I was able to oust Matasuntha. Enkidu got himself to regent and did random rush to my poor Charles Delmare, one Entombment and diableri later Charles was the Regent. Game went to time with Girls deck ousting legionaires and former Enkidu.

Round three: I was bit worried when Maris Streck and Mathias with Heidelberg behind me. Luckily none of my vampires were stolen. I was able to oust Kiasyd shamblars in front of me with Ancilla Empowerement after they had ousted Animalism anarchs. I won heads up with !nosferatu with zero relevant cards left in my hand or deck.

Final was weird game.
Game was me ->Setites ->GirlsDeck,->Louhi toolbox-> Capuching tremere bleed multiaction wall->

I felt like after dealing 15 pool damage to the Setites they were still at 31 pool . I had to give table 9+9+6+6+6 pool with political Stranglehold to stay alive. Entombment shown earlier rounds kept Capuchin from bleeding few times. I drawed really nice sequence of bleed, stealth and votes after deflecting Enkil Cog bleed for 6 during my turn and was able to get oust. Game timed out bit later with me being most likely to drop next. We were playing with the rule of 10 min extra time/oust. That caused weird interaction since Tommi with the Girls deck could have gone after me to get one more turn to play even though he himself would not get oust since Louhi was in 10+ pool. Luckily for me he said no to shananigans

Some notes to added cards
Melinda should have been another Anton de Concepcion,
Ancient Influence and Reins power felt bit weak with 9 cap being usually biggest
Added ally hate felt good


Big thanks to Lauri for organizing and hosting !!

Thank you !