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Author: Andy "RexBanner7" Klema
Title: bristol-connecticut-again-9-26-99
Date Published: 1999-10-02
Well, another late TR from yours truly, but at least I'm still writing them
; ) This is the usual location for tournaments for me, so me and two
friends, Ben Read and Cody DiCara, made the trip down. For light I brought
what turns out to be a Brentson Beatdown deck (I had absolutely no idea it
was! I made it on my own!). Basically, it had very few character and their
toys, but about 5 Tunnel Visions to fish out the right ones to go with the
destiny adders I had. I think it ended up having 5 Tatooine sites and 5
Cloud City sites, so it was slightly multi-planeted. For dark, I brought the
same D* start with Mains and Vehicles that went 3-0 at Regionals. After
getting there, doing some last minute trading, and finding out that Steve
Brentson was in attendence (Yipee!), we were ready to start.
Game 1: LS vs Jeremy Dalliere's (sp?) Ominous Space
I was happy to play this game, because I believe that I've won every game
against Jeremy that I've ever played. After drawing up for a couple of
turns, he deployed Chief Retwin to my Mos Eisley for an uncontested drain of
2, or so he thought. After eating the drain for a turn or two, I deployed
Ben Kenobi and his lightsaber, Chewbacca, Farmboy, and EPP Han with a Beggar
as well. Made him use 1 force to start the battle, he can't hide, and that's
a 27 point beatdown. This was basically game, but he stayed alive by
draining me at Kiffex until I beat up on some of his characters in the
Cantina using the good ole' shuffle. Full win by 32
2 (+32)
Game 2: DS vs Gregory Forester's Destiny Adding Madness
I had met up at Regionals, but it took us a while to remember each other. He
starts with I Wonder Who They Found on the Hoth: Echo War Room, which was
interesting to say the least. We got out to some early battles at the
Downtown Plaza with both of us losing characters. Bad Feeling Have I was
slowing him down, so I might not have felt the full force of his mains
beatdown. I set up some drains on Endor while we were busy battling on Cloud
City, so I was draining him for a decent amount. He eventually beat me off
Cloud City, and here's when it got interesting. I blocked his drain at the
DP with U-3PO, and with that being the only Cloud City site, he couldn't
drain. He also couldn't remember if he had lost all of his Nabrun Leids, so
he might be able to get over to Endor to beat me down, and he might not.
After a while it became apparent that he didn't have another Nabrun, and he
was stuck. As a last ditch effort, he put Wedge alone at my Defensive
Perimeter with nobody else there. I tried once to Elis people over. Sense. A
second Elis, and Wedge was gone. After that I somewhat quickly drained him
out for the win. Full Win by 22.
4 (+54)
Game 3: LS vs Steve Brentson's evil DS deck
I know that Steve's been trying to keep this deck somewhat quiet so I won't
tell you a lot about it. I will say that it is an evil deck, and a light
side player that is caught unaware will not stand a chance. I figured out
his strategy somewhat quickly, but it didn't do me a whole lot of good. I
had a drain going at Obi's Hut and at the Death Star, but Come Back You Big
Coward killed those. By the time I occupied 2 Battlegrounds, I was already
beaten off the D* by the Executor. I can say that I would have won if it
hadn't been for CHYBC, but that's why Steve's as good a player as he is.
Eventually he just drained me out. Full Loss by 9
4 (+45)
I think I was in second at this point, but I'm not really sure. All I know
is that I was really pissed off about the next game.
Game 4: DS vs Ben Read's Hidden Base
First of all, I am going to make a little speech. I hate Hidden Base. I
think that it can be even more abused than Operatives. In the hands of a
fairly competent player, it can easily beat a good player if he isn't ready
for it. The sad thing is, I was ready for it. I had 4 good ships in my deck
+ Security Precautions, which I started. I fought him in space. I probed his
hidden base. Bubo even munched his undercover Bothans. But I didn't get out
all the sites I had until late in the game. So with that + light side
Coruscant (another insanely overpowered card), I lost, even though I was
prepared, and even though I did the right things. Full Loss by 12
4 (+33)
Needless to say, I was quite unhappy after this game because Hidden Base,
the most boring deck to play, and to play against, had just handed my
undefeated Dark Side deck its first loss. So I took it out on some poor
biker scouts.
Game 5: LS vs John Mendes's Endor (non-objective) Biker Scouts
Opening hand I drew Obi-Wan, Luke, Anakin's Saber, Lightsaber Proficiency,
Chewbacca, EPP Han, and a site (Insert hand here. Good Game John.) Big
beatdown on a lone biker scout, especially with the Jedi Presence that I
later drew. Full win by 35
6 (+68)
So at least I'm feeling a little better now, and I have a chance for a prize
so I'm somewhat happy.
Game 6: DS vs Aaron Penna's Ewoks
This is a very good deck. It uses reacting Ewok Sentries, Ithorians,
Nighttime Conditions and that droid, for some very powerful Ewoks. I learned
of his reacts in the first battle that I started in which I got whooped. I
bothered him on Endor while I set up my own drains on Tatooine (almost all
of his characters could only deploy on Endor). Late in the game he got out
Kazak, some Ewoks and Ithorians in places in which I couldn't get to him. He
moved to stop one of my drains and then told me to go. I drained him for 5
and he had one card left. Doh! If I didn't kill him this turn, he was going
to really hurt me, and maybe kill me on his turn. I looked around at my
options and saw good ole' First Strike. I initiate a battle where he blocked
my drain. Retrieve one, lose one, game over. Full Win by 11
8 (+79)
So I come in third behind Gregory Forester in second, and, of course, Steve
Brentson in first. I get a cool, hardcover version of the Bounty Hunter
Trilogy and a Boba Fett Sticker, so I'm all set. I had a blast, and all
write y'all another TR next time I go. Later.
Andy Klema
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