After the quick game we still had some time. Though Bann decided to sit out the next game, we gathered a new Methuselah Sining, whom was free because his RPG session got cancelled. He took Patrick's Potence combat deck and joined us in the new game.
The random table position was-
Dzaki's Gangrel as player 1,
bleeding Sining's Brujah Potence,
bleeding my Foul Magnetism,
bleeding G1's Alastor Guns.
Early Game
Things went very well for me, with a Zillah's Valley and a Nosferatu Kingdom in hand. I made some careful calculations and deposit Ysador the foul in the Zillah's Valley, and then spent my 3 transfers to influence Stick onto the table on round 1. I was very lucky to draw into another Zillah's Valley. Playing the Zillah's Valley again in the second round I had Ysador on table by round 2. After some networking in the Nosferatu Kingdom I soon had the service of Greensleeves too, holding the vote superiority firmly in hand.
Sining was a new player, and unfortunately his Potence combat deck had very little means of tackling Ysador. I simply slapped a Raven Spy on Ysador and relied on her ability and Aid from Bats and Crows to thwart any attempt from his Brujahs to disturbed my Famous Stick; Stick and Greensleeves were then free to call KRCs after KRCs against G1, who didn't manage to get anyone out till turn 3 (Lucas Halton), by then he was in deep trouble.
Dzaki was therefore left quite alone to do his stuff, and his combat was also capable enough to damage and torpor Sining's Brujah, putting him in a very bad position.
Mid-Game
Due to Sining's inexperience in the game, both Dzaki and me tend to go easy on him. I did not go to the extent of removing his capability to continue the game (which in retrospect, actually did a lot of good to me in the long run), and Dzaki didn't press his advantage too enthusiastically. Meanwhile, Lucas has got himself a .44, and was ready to shoot my minions to death. Ysador drew a Canine Horde and ended his only hope of getting back into the game.
Soon Lucas was lying face down in a dark alley surrounded by Stick's Bats and Crows. I ousted G1 pretty quickly after that.
Late Game
Sining's Tension in the Ranks did a lot of work for me. He was going after Dzaki's Vampires again and again, since he couldn't do anything to Ysador at all. I showed him how typical Animalism Vampires remained untapped to block repeatedly with Cat's Guidance, and he was very convinced that he shouldn't look my way at all.
Soon, all Dzaki's 3 Vampires were in torpor, and Sining had 1 Brujah left standing.
He declared a hunt, and I was stupid enough to block and torpor that Vampire, forgetting that Tension in the Ranks was in play, and Sining only had 1 pool left...
I gave 1 VP to my prey when he had absolutely no Vampires left standing to do ANYTHING!
We laughed ourselves to the end game.
Final VP count
Me - 3 VPs + GW
Dzaki - 1 VP (no, he didn't deserve it)
(o.o)y
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