TWD - Garou Rim: Dawn of Darkness

Garou Rim: Dawn of Darkness
Joensuu, Finland
29 November 2025
2R + F
13 Players
Pasi Karjalainen

www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/12721

Deck Name: Death by a 1000 cuts II
Authors: Peitsa Suominen & Pasi Karjalainen

Crypt (12 cards, min=13 max=22 avg=4.42)
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1x Crystal Lynn 6 OBF PRE PRO Ministry:6
1x Elisha Tucker 6 PRE cel obf pro baron Ministry:6
1x Aluc Romas de Leon 5 PRE aus obf pro Ministry:6
1x Doctor Morocco 5 PRO cel obf pre Ministry:6
1x Jenny Silver 5 PRE PRO obf Ministry:6
1x Phaibun 5 OBF PRE ani Ravnos:7
1x Jean-François 4 ani obf pre Ravnos:7
1x Marcel 4 obf pre pro Ministry:6
1x Zafira 4 PRE obf Ravnos:7
1x "Coach" Tyrone Soros 3 obf pre Ministry:6
1x Milton Fox 3 pre pro Ministry:6
1x Oleg Kaprizov 3 obf pre Ravnos:7

Library (90 cards)
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Master (16; 6 trifle)

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1x Anarch Railroad
2x Club Illusion
1x Coven, The
2x Effective Management
1x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Temple Hunting Ground
3x Villein
1x Vox Domini
2x Wash
1x Week of Nightmares

Action (27)

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3x Entrancement
3x Mind Numb
21x Undue Influence

Ally (1)

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1x Saatet-ta

Equipment (1)

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1x Heart of Nizchetus

Action Modifier (35)

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1x Cloak the Gathering
4x CrimethInc.
1x Faceless Night
1x Lost in Crowds
14x Memory Rift
6x Power of One
7x Revelation of the Serpent
1x Spying Mission

Action Modifier/Combat (1)

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1x Swallowed by the Night

Reaction (6)

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4x Party Out Of Bounds
2x Visions of Zapathasura

Combat (2)

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2x Earth Meld

Event (1)

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1x Narrow Minds

Last tournament of the year in Joensuu gathered 13 players. We had an old visitor from Jyväskylä and some walk-ins from christmas party.

Again our visitor took the victory with his really nasty deck of thousand cuts. But it wasn't easy, as our victor was ousted in the finals but still managed to win beyond the grave.

The finals reveals:

Simo Tiippana was the top seed and seating was as follows:
Simo Tiippana - Unmada vote
Eetu Rautiainen - Animalism combat
Reetta Rautiainen - Lasombra combat
Mari Tiippana - Malkavian stealth bleed
Pasi Karjalainen - Anarch undue influence memory rift

Simo got good start and managed to bring Unmada in third turn. Tabletalk was that if Unmada is unchecked it will dominate the finals. When Simo brought Dmitra as his second vampire, Eetu slapped Fear of Mekhet to Unmada! It was really titillating to watch as Fear of Mekhet was going between Simo's vampires. Meantime Reetta put one of Mari's vampires into torpor and graverobbed it.

Since Simo was in big trouble with his vampires and Mari's offensive power was cut in half, Pasi managed to take Simo out after 40 minutes. Only letdown was that we didn't see the conclusion of the Fear of Mekhet. After that Eetu was the next target for Pasi, but Eetu had a really lousy hand. After one hour Eetu was ousted by Pasi, Mind Numb sealed the deal for Eetu as it really put Eetu's defence in disarray.

After that things settled down somewhat. Pasi was out of resources (blood) and Reetta hit when there were compulsory hunts. But not too much, since Mari was still a real threat and if Mari took Pasi out, Reetta couldn't win anymore since Pasi had better standing. Mari bled with fury, but most of the time those bleeds were reduced to nothing by Pasi. Reetta couldn't or wouldn't rush Mari's vampires with Secret Passages. Also Mari always left one bouncer vampire in case Reetta decided to bleed.

After some positioning and headscratching, Mari ousted Pasi when there was less than 30 minutes left. Pasi just ran out bleed reduces. Mari was now contender for victor, if she manages to oust Reetta. After ten minutes Reetta ousted Mari by torporing her vampires and then bleeding. So victory went to Pasi!