26th January, in the year 2010, Paradigm Infinitum.
Another great night for Vtes. Well, after a couple of days sinking my fingers (and the cash in the wallet) into my iPhone App Store, I was quite happy to have a break from that demonic machine and went down to the store for some welcomed Vtes action.
I was a little late due to work and a game was going on when I arrived. However, I was too engrossed in the Zombeat iPhone game to really care what was going on and hence had no idea what went on for that game (since it didn't involve me), see how devious these little machines are? I swear these iPhones have superior DOM.
Anyway, after dinner, I sat down for some proper Vtes game.
Randomized seating for Game 1, as usual, I was player 1...
My Cryptic Mission deck, bleeding
Shermin's Vote deck, bleeding
G1's Assamite Anarchs, bleeding
Damien's Rutor's Cryptic, bleeding
Ben Sum's !Toreador Vote.
Due to the relative small size of my Vampires, though I did not have enough Information Highway (pretty interesting how rare these are over here, just impossible to get), I still managed to have 2 vampires out by turn 2. I managed to hold on to the Edge for 2 rounds and recruited a Young Blood. Shermin soon had Mary Ann Blaire, but was trapped between my Cryptic attacks and G1's on-board intercept provided by Anarch Free Press. G1 got .44s onto Janni and 2 more Assamites pretty quickly and in the very first round, almost send Damien's Mariel into torpor. But Damien got lucky and slapped a Secure Haven on her, and a long, dragged out battle ensued between his 3 vampires, and G1's Assamites. Relying on the Perfectionists and the Rutor's Hand, Damien managed to hold off the assaults from G1 pretty well, and still managed to grab time to give Ben some bleeds. Ben, on the other hand, probably had a bad draw, and saw Venere Carboni and Jessica not calling many votes nor succeed in much bleeds. Jessica's cap made her vulnerable to the Young Bloods and therefore she maintained untapped most of the time.
Meanwhile, I had Succubus into play and had a spread of 4 vampires, all with superior THA. My Cryptic Mission soon forced Venere to hunt pretty much every round, and a blocked bleed from Brook turned out a Burst of Sunlight which sent Mary Ann into torpor. Shermin brought out Epikasta Rigatos but she was soon bloodless thanks to a backward rush from G1 and some Cryptic help from my vampires. G1 sent his Blood Turnip everywhere and when Shermin was almost down, decided to put it on my Succubus and shot her to death. Just when I was ready to return the favor, Ben decided to throw an Aired Bleed of 3 to me. That attempt reduced my pool to 5 and I was forced to look backwards again. 2-3 rounds later, thanks to a Vessel on Hannigan and the timely ousting of Shermin, my pool was back to a reasonable 12, and Ben's Venere basically didn't do anything after that.
I was stuck at this point because I didn't really have the cards to handle G1. Therefore I made a deal with him and waited for the right time. It was then Damien decided to take out Brook and started contesting her with me. But his gesture in helping Ben wasn't appreciated, and Ben put out a Secure Haven and contested Damien's copy instead. That pretty much signed Damien's death warrent (and all of ours, for that matter). Damien was ousted in 2 rounds after that, and then all my vampires went down in a hail of .44 bullets. Ben had no better luck and soon all his vampires were in torpor too.
We called it a G1 victory.
Final VP count -
G1 - 4 VPs plus GW
Me - 1 VP
We then started another game.
Randomized seating as below -
Damien's Assamite Atone deck, bleeding
My Misery Tour, bleeding
BK's new Malkavian deck, bleeding
Ben Sum's !Toreador Vote, bleeding
G1's Cock Robin deck.
Damien influenced Janni as his first vampire, supported by a WMRH and a Market Square, making her the ultimate Interceptor the moment she slapped an Atonement on her. I called out Pariah, followed by Boss Calihan. Pariah got his PRE discipline card in turn 3, and was able to bleed with Legal Manipulation successfully against BK in round 3. That was a sample of what was to come for BK's new unprepared deck. BK eventually brought out Lutz and successfully called a KRC, but didn't manage to Voter Cap that one. Ben had Jessica on table and soon merged her. Supported by a Powerbase Madrid he was in a good position, but he was intimidated by G1's Cock Robin, and therefore didn't manage to do much with his vampire.
It was a replay of previous round's combat as G1's Cock Robin and Damien's Assamite slugged it out in the open with Guns and Fists, and G1 still came out the winner. But with Hunting Ground and blood supply Damien continued to fight on relentlessly and it took G1 quite a while to eventually put Damien down. But not before I ousted BK with my stealth bleeds. It took me too long as Pariah was unable to be powered by Master card for 3 rounds, or BK would've been gone way earlier. BK was ousted also because he took a great risk and brought out Tryphosa, bringing his pool to 1 while I had 2 vampires and he only had 1 untapped one. I sent Tryphosa into torpor with Pariah's Wolf Claws, and successfully stealth through with Boss Calihan to bleed for 1. Lutz was awakened to Telepathic Misdirect it to Ben, and then, unbelievable, for a measly bleed of 1 while having more than 15 pool, Ben decided to bounce it back to BK. This of course, resulted in BK's demise and given me 6 pool and 1 VP.
After Damien is gone I made a deal with Ben to not send any KRC my way in exchange for an attack against Cock Robin. Pariah went in to fight Cock Robin, and managed to send him into torpor and forced him to burn the Warsaw Station to bring him out from torpor immediately or risked being diablerized. But after Ben's turn I saw that Ben was not doing anything at all against G1 and I would be forced to fight on 2 grounds which I was pretty sure I cannot win. With that thought, and that the night was getting late, I made a deal with G1 to get my VP and then cede the game.
Of course, against 2 combat decks like ours going after his vampires, Ben stood no chance. We called it a day.
Final VP count -
G1 - 3 VPs plus GW
Me - 2 VPs.
(o.o)
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