Santa Barbara Tournament Report 12/13/08

[cartesiandoubt]

Hello All!

So we played a back to basics tournament again this week. Excitement abounded as the contestants once again gathered on Anapamu to do battle with only weapons of choice and personas at their disposal for pregame. This time around the players were as follows:

Brian- Kastagir
Cat- Corda and Reno
Chris- Nefertiri
Jon- Ramirez
Luke- The Kurgen
Ryan- Duncan
Wilson- Mako

Round 1

Brian def. Luke
Wilson def. Jon
Cat def. Ryan
Chris- Bye

In this round I played against Luke playing the Kurgen. This was Luke's first 2ed Highlander tournament and he had me on the run for a while when early on he got in a 5 point hit with an Ambush. In the end, however, my guards did their job and kept me safe from his hacking power blows.

Round 2

Brian def. Chris
Wilson def. Cat
Luke def. Ryan w/ a HEAD SHOT!
Jon- Bye

This time I was playing Chris as Nefertiri. This was a grueling match up with Chris and I both getting in some damage here and there. Despite Chris seducing the pants off me every chance he got, I did manage to pull out a very close victory when I hit a back away against his master's attack on the river. At this point we were both at one and end game had been called. It was the end game damaged that finished him off in the end.

Round 3

Brian def. Wilson
Chris def. Luke
Jon def. Cat
Ryan- Bye

In the final round I was once again playing Wilson this time playing Mako. I was going first and threw out a Whirling Blade with 4 (yes 4) Boom Booms. My attack didn't get through but I was still off to a good start with the 4 damage from the Boom Booms. Wilson's first turn he played Master of the English Long Sword which is a potentially fatal card for my deck. After I Policed that, I managed to Disarm Wilson. He then put out Under the Color of Authority. With the last special card I would get to play for who knows how long I played a parking garage with the hope that it would force him to play another special card to regain his weapon. Unfortunately for Wilson we never got that far. After losing several extra weapons to hard exertions for defense Wilson scooped. Taking a page from his Big Book of Tough Love Wilson smacked his deck to the ground and left it there on a time out until it learned its lesson. We will see if it learned anything during its time for reflection next time Mako makes an appearance.

The final results were:
1st- Brian
2nd- Wilson
3rd- Chris
4th- Jon
5th- Luke
6th- Cat
7th- Ryan

So the story of another successful tournament at Metro Comics has been unleashed upon the world. Stay tuned for more tales of interest from SB!

[barenakedladies]

Fantastic report! My deck had to sit on the floor and think about what it did. Maybe next time it won't exert away both the extra weapons.

Either way, yes, amazing report!!

[headswillroll]

Ha ha ha!!!!!!

I love it!!!!!

I have never heard of anyone putting their deck in "time out" before, that is classic. It sounds like everyone is enjoying this back to basics idea you guys have created. Personally, I can't wait to try it out myself. Good gaming in my opinion.

[Static Cat]

Greetings people . . . . I'd like to once again congratulate Brian on his win in the Back to Basics tournament. It's indeed a lot of fun and playing Corda & Reno was fun too, but now I can put them away and focus on my new deck *rubs hands*

But, here's a picture of the winner:



And the group without the winner because someone had to take the picture:



(left to right - using their heads as the left to right marker )
Wilson, Cat, Ryan, Jon ( standing ), Chris ( kneeling ) and Luke

We do have a few more players, but they couldn't make it so hopefully next time it will be even better.

Thanks for the new cards.
Cat

[swisherfan]

Back to basics rocks...completely changes deck building. With little direct damage and healing (no hunters or watchers), you get some very innovative decks that really fit the highlander theme.

Congrats to Brian who piloted Kastagir to a very impressive day. We had a great game that ended 1-0 his favor.

Thanks to Cat for using his iphone to take pics. It also made us all dinner, shuffled our decks, and gave us advice on various subjects inbetween rounds. Technology is amazing!!!

-Chris

[Tim Small]

If you can post the deck construction rules in a good format I would like to see if we can get these types of tournaments going at Gencon next year, they sound fun and exciting!

[Static Cat]

Tim,

I'm sure someone will post them - but seriously all you can use is your Pre-Game Immortal and a Weapon of Choice ( or two if your using the Wakazashi or Kanzashi or Shield )

No other rules, since you can't play Watchers ( without a Watcher Pre-Game or Hunters for the same reason ) there's nothing different really.


Chris & Wilson - however we should take out that Nexus card - that gives an unfair advantage to people who don't have it or have access to it . . . We should get rid of that card ( unless Jon and I can get one for EVERYONE else that plays )

Just a thought and off to sleep now
Cat

[barenakedladies]

Man, I totally look like someone who would whine and moan about every little detail about this game.

Cheers,
Wilson

[dbaker]

I didn't want to bring that up , but since you mentioned it, yes you do look like someone that wines about everything ;D
Maybe, since Cat's phone shuffled your deck, it could have set it up so you would not win.

[tiphus]

Oh god I look aweful in that picture, I should sleep more instead of toiling over deck Ideas.

--Ryan