Camarilla Conclave: Palma de Mallorca 2002
Final round transcription
Choosing seating order:
TOM
XAVIER ABAD => TOM
XAVIER ABAD => IÑAKI => TOM
XAVIER ABAD => XAVIER BIBILONI => IÑAKI => TOM
DAVID FRAILE => XAVIER ABAD => XAVIER BIBILONI => IÑAKI => TOM
Seating order and starting player:
IÑAKI => TOM => DAVID FRAILE => XAVIER ABAD => XAVIER BIBILONI
TOM: Well, before making any comment about the game itself, I think will be interesting for me to tell something about the seating order. 3 out of 5 decks were able to do cross-table actions. The other 2 decks could be extremely hostile against their respective preys. Since my deck was one of the later, I chose not to draw too much attention until: a) everybody made moves against Xavier Abad, or b) a player were ousted. We all knew each others' decks, what they could do and how they won. The seating order choosing process was funny. Everyone fled from me but David, who was playing a deck with 5th Traditions and Voter Captivations.
XAVI BIBILONI: My position was not an easy one, but it could have been worse (Tom). I thought I could stand up against Xavier Abad, but I wasn't sure I could oust Iñaki.
XAVIER ABAD: The truth is that the decks that reached the final round were very competitive. Regarding seating order, I was glad that Tom was far away from me, since I would be save from his electric storms.
First TurnIÑAKI (30)
Storage Annex (Hostile Takeover)
Democritus +1
IÑAKI: This is something to be carefully kept, waiting for the right moment ;-)
TOM (30)
Magdalena Shaefer +2; enters play
TOM: Both my start and my starting hand weren't too bad: 2 Societies of Leopold, 1 Laptop Computer, a few Cryptic Missions and Seeds of Corruption. I was very lucky, since I brought out Magdalena, one of my 2 vampires with a capacity of 2, and the rest of vampires in my uncontrolled region were Hannigan, Muaziz and Sarah Cobbler. It was a pity the Merril Molitor or any other vampire did not come instead of Muaziz. Muaziz draws too much attention, and I am sure she'll be targeted by a Temptation of Greater Power or Hostile Takeover. Playing those cards to any other of my vampires would be just a joke.
IÑAKI: Knowing Tom's deck, I was not surprised about the speed at which he was bringing vampires out. Damn wizards!
DAVID FRAILE (30)
Creepshow Casino
Anneke +3
TOM: Great, my prey would play 5th Traditions at +2 stealth :-(
XAVIER ABAD: I think David is going to need the Creepshow Casino very often.
XAVIER ABAD (30)
Anarch Troublemaker
Remilliard +4; enters play
IÑAKI: That Anarch Troublemaker will make my prey be careful.
XAVIER ABAD: A good start, with Remilliard I will be able to take actions without having to worry too much about mi predator.
XAVIER BIBILONI (30)
Wilhelm Waldburg +3
Second TurnIÑAKI (29)
Dreams of the Sphinx
uses Dreams of the Sphinx Democritus
Anson +4
IÑAKI: It's very important for me to have Anson in play, he's the core of my deck, since I had none of my 7 Parthenon in my hand.
TOM (28)
Magdalena Shaefer attempts to bleed
Sarah Cobbler +4; enters play
TOM: I bled, instead of equipping, to see if I could enjoy the edge during a couple of turns.
XAVIER ABAD: The Tremere parade begins, I hope David can stand up against them..
DAVID FRAILE (24)
Anneke +4XAVIER ABAD (26)
Remilliard Entrancement at inferior
Greta Kircher +3
XAVIER ABAD: Let's going to put pressure on Xavi Bibiloni, although if he gets nervous, I'll become target of his votes.
TOM: Good. One less Entrancement, just in case I bring out Thadius or Nephandi…
Angela Preston +1XAVIER BIBILONI (27)
Wilhelm Waldburg +1
Emerson Bridges +3
Third TurnIÑAKI (24)
Parthenon, uses Parthenon
Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
IÑAKI: At last, one Parthenon. This makes things easier.
Anson +4; enters play
XAVIER ABAD: Iñaki likes slowing games down.
TOM: There she is! The hunter waking around. Fortunately, Iñaki had a defensive start. The fact of having put Anson in play instead of Democritus meant that he wanted to take things nice and easy for a while, and gain pool. That's good. I will play Societies of Leopold once he Minion Taps any of his vampires. This way, I will force him to play Gonconda on the affected vampire. It's great to have a blood wall behind me :-)
TOM (24)
Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler; -1b
Magdalena Shaefer Laptop Computer
Sarah Cobbler attempts to bleed
Hannigan +1
Muaziz +3
TOM: For the reasons mentioned above, I chose to spread my permanents as much as possible, in order to avoid important losses due to Temptations of Greater Power or Hostile Takeovers.
DAVID FRAILE (19)
Anneke +3; enters play
Timothy Crowley +1
XAVIER ABAD: And the first Justicar is out. Let's see if Tom keeps him busy.
XAVIER ABAD (22)
Remilliard Enchant Kindred at inferior
Greta Kircher +4; enters play
XAVIER ABAD: Let's keep bleeding, because I will not be able to take any actions during next turn.
XAVIER BIBILONI (21)
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
Wilhelm Waldburg +4; enters play
IÑAKI uses Dreams of the Sphinx (hand size)
XAVIER BIBILONI: My first vampire comes out at last.
XAVIER ABAD: Why did I chose to sit between two political decks?
IÑAKI: Without any vampires on the table and 4 less pool.
Fourth TurnIÑAKI (18)
uses Dreams of the Sphinx (hand size)
Minion Tap(6) Anson
uses Parthenon, Anarch Revolt
IÑAKI: I started to gain pool, something that would happen throughout the game. I played the Anarch Revolt too soon. I needed more Storage Annex
TOM: Ack! He has "discarded" an Anarch Revolt by putting it into play, well, at least he has played a Minion Tap on Anson, who is at 2 blood... I shall speed up things >:-)
XAVIER ABAD: It's going to be impossible for us to stop Iñaki, since he is starting to gain pool.
TOM (20)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
Society of Leopold Anson
uses Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler; -1b
Sarah Cobbler Cryptic Mission at superior Anson
Magdalena Shaefer Cryptic Mission at superior Anson
IÑAKI Direct Intervention
Magdalena Shaefer Seeds of Corruption at superior Anneke
TOM: He was very lucky to have a Direct Intervention. That was really good for me, since Iñaki realized I was not gona hesitate to burn his vampires if necessary, and I forced him to play Golcondas before it was too late for him. I started to put some pressure on my prey by playing a Seeds of Corruption.
IÑAKI: Things were getting worse. I had to burn my own Anson, sigh. Tom had his reasons. I already knew his deck. Blessed Direct Intervention on time. Although taking into account I have many of them in my library... :-)
XAVIER BIBILONI: What a pity. That would have helped me much.
XAVIER ABAD: Cool, it seems that Tom knows what he is doing, although Iñaki always has Goncondas available...
Hannigan +4; enters playDAVID FRAILE (15)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
Minion Tap(7) Anneke
Anneke Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, uses Creepshow Casino
IÑAKI: I am afraid I am not the only one playing Minion Taps, though it seems he combines them with 5th Traditions. Tom could not allow that combo to happen.
Hannigan Telepathic Misdirection at inferior
Timothy Crowley +4
TOM: It was just a discard rather than trying to draw another intercept card to block Anneke. The bleeds Iñaki was going to redirect to me were going to be a few, and I was not going to win or lose because of them.
XAVIER ABAD (18)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
Angela Preston +4; enters play
XAVIER ABAD: Little to comment on this turn. At least, on next one David will not move.
IÑAKI: A quiet turn, thanks to my beautiful vampire hunter.
XAVIER BIBILONI (17)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
Wilhelm Waldburg Govern the Unaligned at superior Emerson Bridges
Emerson Bridges +2; enters play
TOM: Xavi set off at last. I was starting to think he wanted to bring out his 4 vampires at the same time.
IÑAKI: The Ventrue was beginning to play, and I had the the vague hope he could not develope his game much, since it was the deck I was most affraid of. I guess much like the Toreador deck, with the difference that I already knew this Ventruecon well, and did not know the Toreador.
Fifth TurnIÑAKI (23)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
is affected by Society of Leopold Anson
Golconda: Inner Peace Anson
Democritus +4; enters play
IÑAKI: After the evil things Tom wanted to do to Anson, the prince of Seattle chose to go out (he would be back later) in order to avoid being anihilated by the Society of Leopold.
TOM: Aha!. The first Golconda.
XAVIER BIBILONI: Pool gain starts :(
TOM (16)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
Academic Hunting Ground
Magdalena Shaefer hunts
Sarah Cobbler Cryptic Mission at superior Anneke
Hannigan Cryptic Mission at superior Anneke
Muaziz +4; enters play
IÑAKI: Anneke has been corrupted and she is almost empty. It seems that the mages are doing their job well..
XAVIER ABAD: It seems that Tom has declined to control his predator.
DAVID FRAILE (17)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
Art Museum
uses Art Museum Anson
Anson +2
Timothy Crowley +2; enters playXAVIER ABAD (13)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
Greta Kircher Enchant Kindred at inferior
Wilhelm Waldburg Second Tradition: Domain
x
Majesty at superior both
x
Remilliard Art Scam
Greta Kircher Art Scam
Jost Werner +2
XAVIER ABAD: Cool. I attempt to bleed and, since Xavi had Second Traditions, I chose to gain some pool.
Angela Preston uses special ability Greta KircherXAVIER BIBILONI (14)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
Secure Haven Wilhelm Waldburg
Wilhelm Waldburg Parity Shift (IÑAKI: XAVIER BIBILONI 4, DAVID FRAILE 1)
TOM: Argh!! The Secure Haven was in play.
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Democritus Delaying Tactics
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Emerson Bridges Consanguineous Boon (Ventrue)
XAVIER BIBILONI: Well, maybe next turn.
IÑAKI: One of the very few minion cards my deck has, but it worked well.
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all for
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+Roland Loussarian
XAVIER ABAD: Good. It seems that Xavi is also gaining some pool :)
Sixth TurnIÑAKI (26)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
Minion Tap(7) Democritus
Huitzilopochtli +2
IÑAKI: I keep doing what I can do, while the other players fight each other.
TOM (9)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
uses Academic Hunting Ground Magdalena Shaefer
uses Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler; -1b
Arcane Library
Magdalena Shaefer attempts to burn Anarch Revolt
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all for
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Sarah Cobbler Cryptic Mission at superior Democritus
IÑAKI: It seems that until now the players were too worried about their business, but at last they decided to remove anarchs from the table.
+Roreca Quaid
uses Arcane Library Roreca Quaid
TOM: I had Millicent, so it was better for me not to move. I talked to David to burn the Anarch Revolt so that he did not block me. He agreed, so Magdelena called the referendum. Since Iñaki could not stop, Sarah Cobbler stole 1 blood from Democritus.
DAVID FRAILE (10)
Timothy Crowley attempts to burn Seeds of Corruption(Anneke), uses Creepshow Casino
uses Art Museum Anson
Anson +3; enters play
TOM: My prey was being very conservative. And I had hardly did nothing to him.
XAVIER ABAD (14)
gains 1 from the edge
Greta Kircher Enchant Kindred at superior Jost Werner
Emerson Bridges Second Tradition: Domain
x
Majesty at superior both
x
Remilliard Art Scam
XAVIER ABAD: Oddly enough, it's my prey who is stopping me from bringing out more vampires. In that moment, I thought David could block me more easily, since I had not seen his deck during the preliminary rounds, but it seems his chances to do so were scarce.
XAVIER BIBILONI: I cannot let Xavier put more vampires in play for free.
Greta Kircher attempts to bleed
Emerson Bridges attempts to block
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hands all
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Jost Werner +4; enters play
Angela Preston uses special ability Greta KircherXAVIER BIBILONI (13)
Emerson Bridges Govern the Unaligned at superior Roland Loussarian, Freak Drive at inferior
Emerson Bridges Parity Shift (IÑAKI: XAVIER BIBILONI 3, DAVID FRAILE 2)
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Greta Kircher Delaying Tactics
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Wilhelm Waldburg Banishment
XAVIER BIBILONI: There goes the second one :P
Greta Kircher My Enemy's Enemy at inferior
x
hands all
x
Roland Loussarian enters play
+ Gideon Fontaine
Seventh TurnIÑAKI (30)
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
uses Storage Annex Temptation of Greater Power x Hostile Takeover
Hostile Takeover Muaziz; TOM -4p
uses Parthenon, Storage Annex2 (Temptation of Greater Power)
Huitzilopochtli +4
IÑAKI: Well, it was time to punish my prey a little bit, so I played my first Hostile Takeover of the evening, with which Tom (with his large blood pool), dealt pretty well.
TOM: Argh! A Hostile Takeover on Muaziz! Revenge!. Fortunatelly, Iñaki did not have much pool (I think I had about 15 pool before the Hostile Takeover) and I just burned 4 pool.
TOM (2)
Society of Leopold Democritus
uses Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler; -1b
Sarah Cobbler Cryptic Mission at superior Democritus
Hannigan Seeds of Corruption at superior Anson
IÑAKI: Well, they got angry with my poor vampires again. They mean no harm to them, but it seems those mages don't like them.
Magdalena Shaefer Seeds of Corruption at superior Timothy Crowley
Muaziz attempts to bleed
TOM: The same as before. I played the Society of Leopold on Iñaki (leaving Democritus at 2 blood) so that he just worried about gaining some pool. Besides, without Democritus, it would be difficult for him to take further hostile actions. And, well, since I had 2 Seeds of Corruption in my hand, why should I not exploit them?
uses Arcane Library Roreca Quaid
Roreca Quaid -2DAVID FRAILE (6)
Anneke attempts to burn Seeds of Corruption; burned
+ Sir Walter NashXAVIER ABAD (13)
Paris Opera House
Greta Kircher hunts
Angela Preston uses special ability Greta Kircher
XAVIER ABAD: In that moment, my hand did not allow me to do too many things. Anyway, I should have bled for 1 instead.
XAVIER BIBILONI (12)
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
Wilhelm Waldburg Parity Shift (IÑAKI: XAVIER BIBILONI 3, TOM 2)
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XAVIER BIBILONI +5
IÑAKI -3
DAVID FRAILE +2
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Roland Loussarian attempts to burn Seeds of Corruption(Anson)
TOM: Perhaps Xavi Bibiloni wanted me to keep putting pressure on David, and his prey not to oust me before Xavi ousted Iñaki, so via that Parity Shift and my Arcane Library, I ended up having as much pool as one turn ago.
XAVIER BIBILONI: Yes, yes, I took actions with Millicent Smith in play :-)
Gideon Fontaine +3; enters play
XAVIER BIBILONI: The reason is that I want Xavier Abad to be under more pressure.
IÑAKI: Well, it seems that this time he succeeded, and in exchange for taking a damn action to burn Anson's Seeds of Corruption, Xavi got David's political support. It also seemed that Tom, still hurt at my first hostile action, was in a terrible state, and that's why he was given some pool to keep alive. ;-)
Eighth TurnIÑAKI (20)
uses Storage Annex
uses Storage Annex2
Temptation of Greater Power Anneke
DAVID FRAILE Sudden Reversal
uses Parthenon
Temptation of Greater Power Anneke; DAVID FRAILE -12p, OUSTED
Democritus hunts
IÑAKI: Since I could not have Democritus reach Golconda to be brought into play again (although he was not in my uncontrolled region yet), I chose to take control of Anneke, because I had 2 Temptation of Greater Power: one of which was for her; the other one could have been played via her to take control of a Ventrue in the case Democritus were burned, so that I could also play Hostile Takeovers, but David was blinded and killed himself according to the maxim: "either mine or nobody else's", and gave 1 victory point and 6 pool to my prey. Sigh!. When someone cannot see further than the end of his "Anneke" ... well...
DAVID FRAILE: I warned Iñaki I would die for Anneke before giving her away to him, since most of my strategy is based on a Justicar and Inner Circle (and I had none of those in my uncontrolled region).
XAVIER ABAD: I think that Iñaki did not take into account that David would be determined to keep control of Anneke at any expenses. This move was detrimental to me, because Tom got 6 more pool and became my predator.
TOM: That one was a key move, as well as a desperate one by Iñaki. He saw I could destroy Democritus in a single turn, and he needed to take control of a ready vampire. Since he could not play Golcondas on any of mine, and he was going to lose his only Justicar, he chose to take control of my prey's Justicar. David could not live without Anneke (his deck was also a Temptations of Greater Power deck) so David chose either leaving the game or letting Iñaki commit suicide by paying 13 de pool. Iñaki could have played the Temptation on Anson, who was more useful at a fist glance, but, since Anson had a Seeds of Corruption, he had no special ability :-)
XAVIER BIBILONI: I still don't understand that move. The good thing was that Tom had enough pool to stand up against Iñaki and that Xavier Abad would be under pressure.
Huitzilopochtli +4; enters playTOM (13)
uses Academic Hunting Ground Magdalena Shaefer
uses Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler; -1b
Vampiric Disease Jost Werner
Sarah Cobbler Cryptic Mission at superior Jost Werner
Magdalena Shaefer attempts to bleed
Remilliard Telepathic Misdirection at superior XAVIER BIBILONI
Gideon Fontaine attempts to block
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hands all
x
Hannigan Nephandus
XAVIER ABAD: My empire was collapsing...
IÑAKI: With renewed enrergy and pool, Tom attacked his new prey.
uses Arcane Library Roreca Quaid
Roreca Quaid -1
TOM: Hey!, That makes me feel good. And to top it all, my new prey's vampires did not have much blood. I froze Jost Werner, his most dangerous vampire, via a Vampiric Disease and recruited a Nephandus now I had more pool and Xavier Abad had already played 2 Entrancement at inferior. Thadius was in my hand, but I did not want to risk myself. Not yet.
XAVIER ABAD (11)
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
Palla Grande
XAVIER ABAD: Another wasted turn.
IÑAKI: Xavier Abad would have to hurry up if he wanted to get a VP, since his vampires would fall soon via Cryptic Missions, because they already deplet themselves by playing cards.
XAVIER BIBILONI (12)
Hostile Takeover Huitzilopochtli; IÑAKI -2p
Gideon Fontaine Consanguineous Boon (Ventrue)
IÑAKI: Being given a taste of my own medicine is annoying.
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IÑAKI -3
XAVIER BIBILONI +5
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Roland Loussarian Kine Resources Contested (IÑAKI 3, TOM 1)
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IÑAKI -3
XAVIER BIBILONI +5
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Wilhelm Waldburg Govern the Unaligned at inferior
Huitzilopochtli Deflection at superior TOM
Nephandus attempts to block
x
Wilhelm Waldburg Majesty at superior
Nephandus hand
x
+Sir Walter Nash
XAVIER BIBILONI: At last, a great turn :-)
Ninth TurnIÑAKI (8)
Burns 1 pool not to tap Huitzilopochtli
uses Storage Annex
Storage Annex3 (Malkavian Dementia)
uses Parthenon
Golconda: Inner Peace Democritus
uses Storage Annex2
IÑAKI: When I am in need of some pool, Goncondas rule. Democritus was almost dead anyway, so he finally rested in peace, and got rid of the Society of Leopold's bloody assassins.
TOM: Iñaki no longer has a Justicar. His only choice is gaining some pool and wait for Anarch Revolts to come.
TOM (10)
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
uses Academic Hunting Ground Magdalena Shaefer
gains 1 from the edge
uses Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler; -1b
Blood Doll Hannigan; -1b
Nephandus attempts to bleed
+Aisling Sturbridge
TOM: My Nephandus acts while being closely watched by the puritane vampire hunter. He, he.... I think it would be worth recruiting Thadius
IÑAKI: It seems that people love their own vampires so much. A suicide on time and no need to be afraid of Millicent Smith for the remainder of the game ;-P, huh?
uses Arcane Library Aisling SturbridgeXAVIER ABAD (10)
Remilliard Art Scam
Greta Kircher Patronage Remilliard
Angela Preston attempts to bleed, Freak Drive at inferior
Greta Kircher Entrancement at inferior
Emerson Bridges attempts to block
TOM: Another Entrancement, and he is not using it to steal my ally! I believe that Xavier Abad realized he was playing against the clock, and desperately tried to oust Xavier Bibiloni. The deflected bleed wasn't so serious.
uses Paris Opera House (Angela Preston)
Emerson Bridges Deflection at superior IÑAKI
Huitzilopochtli Deflection at superior TOM
+Sheila Mezarín
XAVIER ABAD: On this turn I just took a few actions, although the game was very complicated at that time anyway. Xavi had enough pool because of the political actions he was calling; Iñaki was still resisting Xavi, and Tom was putting more and more pressure on me.
XAVIER BIBILONI(13)
Wilhelm Waldburg Govern the Unaligned at inferior
TOM: Before the start of this turn, Xavi Bibiloni proposes me a deal, which I misinterpreted. He told me he wanted one victory point AT LEAST, but my subconscious omitted that "AT LEAST" and I replied that I accepted the deal. On the other hand, I knew that if Xavi had had a Hostile Takeover in his hand in that moment, and a couple of political actions, he was going to attack me restlessly. I told him to let me know if he needed some help to oust Iñaki.
Huitzilopochtli attempts to block
Wilhelm Waldburg Kiss of Ra at superior
IÑAKI Direct Intervention
Wilhelm Waldburg Alacrity at inferior
XAVIER BIBILONI: What a pity!
Gideon Fontaine Kine Resources Contested (IÑAKI 3, TOM 1)
IÑAKI: Well, knowing that there was a Kiss of Ra in Xavi's hand, I was not going to risk myself to block without being able to intervene directly. I guessed he had a Kiss of Ra when a fatty Ventrue with superior Fortitude was bleeding me for 3 over and over again with impunity. It was a pity he had an Alacrity. What a great add to his deck! ;-)
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XAVIER BIBILONI +5
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Roland Loussarian Consanguineous Boon (Ventrue)
Remilliard Telepathic Misdirection at inferior
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Roland Loussarian hand
Remilliard Majesty at inferior
x
XAVIER ABAD: At least i will block the actions Xavi takes to gain pool.
Tenth TurnIÑAKI (11)
Burns 1 pool not to tap Huitzilopochtli
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
Minion Tap(7) Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli uses special ability
IÑAKI: Things were not going as I forsaw. With my almost exhausted pool I could not bring out more vampires and regenerate my game, but I still had hope.
TOM: That's my baby! Keep gaining pool.
Elder LibraryTOM (9)
uses Academic Hunting Ground Hannigan
uses Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler, Hannigan; -1b
Magdalena Shaefer attempts to bleed
Jost Werner Telepathic Counter at superior
Hannigan attempts to bleed
Nephandus attempts to bleed
Muaziz Thadius Zho
Sarah Cobbler attempts to bleed
uses Arcane Library Roreca Quaid
XAVIER ABAD: Stopping Tom at that time was a suicide. The amount of Weather Controls he could have in his hand would be enough to send my vampires into torpor.
Roreca Quaid -1
TOM: I had 8 pool left, but Xavi Bibiloni still had to get rid of Iñaki and his 18 pool, and Iñaki could not do anything to me but via two or three Anarch Revolts.
XAVIER ABAD (7)
Fortitude Greta Kircher
Remilliard Art Scam
Greta Kircher Revelations at inferior
Wilhelm Waldburg Second Tradition: Domain
x
Greta Kircher Majesty at superior
Wilhelm Waldburg hand
x
Angela Preston Propaganda
TOM: Ahm! Jost was under the effects of Vampiric Disease and SHOULD have transmitted that disease to Wilhelm.
IÑAKI: It seems that Wilhelm is taking care of his domain very efficiently.
Emerson Bridges Deflection at superior IÑAKI
Huitzilopochtli attempts to block, Obedience at inferior
Jost Werner Revelations at inferior
Wilhelm Waldburg Second Tradition: Domain
x
Jost Werner Majesty at inferior
Wilhelm Waldburg hand
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XAVIER ABAD: I tried to do my best, but it was useless. Too many Second Traditions.
XAVIER BIBILONI (13)
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
Hostile Takeover Huitzilopochtli; IÑAKI -4p
Wilhelm Waldburg Parity Shift (IÑAKI: XAVIER BIBILONI 3, TOM 1)
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XAVIER BIBILONI +5
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Emerson Bridges Govern the Unaligned at superior Sir Walter Nash
TOM: Xavi kept damaging Iñaki…
IÑAKI: The Ventrue was putting much pressure on me, and things were going worse and worse. I think that the worst thing that could happen to me was having a weenie deck as my prey and a Ventrue deck (specially THAT Ventrue deck) as my predator.
Sir Walter Nash +4; enters play
Eleventh TurnIÑAKI (7)
Huitzilopochtli uses special ability
Golconda: Inner Peace Huitzilopochtli
Golconda: Inner Peace Emerson Bridges; XAVIER BIBILONI -2p
uses Parthenon, Golconda: Inner Peace Emerson Bridges; XAVIER BIBILONI +8p
IÑAKI: Had Democritus survived, Xavi would not have the vote lock.
TOM: Iñaki sees that life no longer has any meaning for him, si he plays a Golconda on Huitzilopochtli and forces Xavi to remove Emerson Bridges from the game.
XAVIER ABAD: With that Golconda Iñaki ended up making my bleeds useless.
TOM (4)
uses Academic Hunting Ground Sarah Cobbler
Society of Leopold Greta Kircher
uses Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler, Hannigan; -1b
Thadius Zho uses special ability Greta Kircher
Nephandus attempts to bleed
Greta Kircher attempts to block
x
hands all; Greta Kircher enters torpor
x
Magdalena Shaefer attempts to bleed
Sarah Cobbler attempts to bleed
uses Arcane Library Roreca Quaid
Roreca Quaid -1
IÑAKI: Tom had no pressure, since Xavi did not allow me to do anything to the horde of crazy mages. Perhaps, for this reason, he did not win the game.
XAVIER ABAD (7)
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
is affected by Society of Leopold Greta Kircher; is burned
is affected by Vampiric Disease Jost Werner
XAVIER ABAD: My vampires are starting to vanish.
Palla GrandeXAVIER BIBILONI(14)
Sir Walter Nash attempts to bleed, Freak Drive at inferior
Roland Loussarian attempts to bleed
Gideon Fontaine attempts to bleed
Twelfth TurnIÑAKI (11)
Golconda: Inner Peace Wilhelm Waldburg (Secure Haven); XAVIER BIBILONI -2p
uses Parthenon, Anarch Revolt
IÑAKI: One last (and desperate) effort to stop the Ventrue.
TOM (7)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
is affected by Millicent Smith: Puritane Vampire Hunter
uses Academic Hunting Ground Sarah Cobbler
Strained Vitae Supply
uses Blood Doll Sarah Cobbler, Hannigan; -1b
Thadius Zho uses special ability Jost Werner
Nephandus attempts to bleed
Angela Preston attempts to block
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hands all
Nephandus uses special ability (press to continue)
hands all
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uses Arcane Library Roreca Quaid
Roreca Quaid -1
TOM: Well, it was already done. Xavier Abad has 6 pool left. And, to top it all, my Nephandus had used his press to continue combat!! The Strained Vitae Supply in play made me feel safer, since it gave me the opportunity to play some of the 5 Weather Controls jammed in my hand.
XAVIER ABAD (6)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
uses Anarch Troublemaker Wilhelm Waldburg, Sir Walter Nash
Jost Werner Enchant Kindred at inferior (no block), Aire of Elation at superior
Sir Walter Nash Forced Awakening, Deflection at inferior IÑAKI
IÑAKI Archon Investigation
Remilliard attempts to bleed
Angela Preston attempts to bleed
Jost Werner +4
XAVIER ABAD: The truth is that in that moment the Archon Investigation did not even hurt me, since I was already doomed.
TOM: That Archon Investigation was great… And Xavier Abad does something I understood (so well) when I was on my turn: he left himself at 1 pool.
XAVIER BIBILONI (9)
is affected by Anarch Revolt
Wilhelm Waldburg Meddling of Semsith (TOM)
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XAVIER BIBILONI +5, Awe at superior(2)
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Wilhelm Waldburg Voter Captivation at superior; 8b, 2p
Sir Walter Nash Govern the Unaligned at inferior, Freak Drive at inferior
TOM: Buah!!! A Meddling of Semsith, and I had 5 Weather Controls in my hand. I did not understand that. I thought it was a discard or somethig like that. Truth be told, Xavi Bibiloni was very confident about winning the game, and i thought that once both of us were the last players in the game, he would concede the game.
IÑAKI: That Meddling of Semsith came too late.
Sir Walter Nash Kine Resources Contested (IÑAKI 3, TOM 1)
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XAVIER BIBILONI +5
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Gideon Fontaine attempts to bleed
Roland Loussarian attempts to bleed
Thirteenth TurnIÑAKI (1)
is affected by Anarch Revolt; OUSTED
IÑAKI: And I died because of my own anarchs, though Xavi would have a hard work to oust Tom, who was living in his own paradise of thunder and lightning.
TOM: Bye, bye, pool wall...
TOM (7)
Academic Hunting Ground Hannigan
Hannigan Atonement
XAVIER ABAD (1) Direct Intervention; OUSTED
Hannigan Cryptic Mission at superior Sir Walter Nash
TOM: Damn Xavi Abad!. He knew Xavi Bibiloni could block my purchase of permanents granting intercept, and kept a Direct Intervention in his hand and the one pool necessary to make the final duel "interesting".
IÑAKI: Since the Ventrue no longer had anyone left to deflect bleeds, Xavi Bibiloni had a horde as predator that would cause some problems. In my opinion, Xavi Abad did well by getting himself out of the way.
Thadius Zho uses special ability Sir Walter Nash
Nephandus attempts to bleed
Magdalena Shaefer attempts to bleed
uses Arcane Library Aisling Sturbridge
Aisling Sturbridge +4; enters playXAVIER BIBILONI (16)
Surrenders.
TOM: Xavi Bibiloni and I started the turn arguing about the "deal" made some turns before. I understood that he wanted to be the second, but I misunderstood it and caused a situation that (analyzing it now) was very nasty. Obviously, I tried to indimidate him by telling hhim it was a deal and that, should he break it, "that would be his problem". So it seems I went too far and Xavi surrendered. That was really nasty. That is why I hate deals.
I must also say that Xavi have had some trouble during the third round, in which he was accused (I don't know if either fairly or unfairly), of having made an illegal deal. Discusions and deliberations made his morale sink. And my way of intimidating him during the final round (which, under normal conditions, would have made him laugh) had a sad effect on him. Well, Xavi, I owe you a final.
XAVIER BIBILONI: I surrendered because of a couple of reasons. According to most spectators, I said that when I ousted Iñaki, I would concede (something I never said). I had also reached the final after a controversy, and I was very tense. I don't want to get angry with fellow players because of a fucking card game.
XAVIER ABAD: A very interesting game that proved that the player qualifing 5th for the final round has the same chances to win as the player qualifing 1st after sweeping 3 tables. See you next year!.