Tournament Report
Bloodlines Prerelease
(15-20)-Person Booster Draft (3 rounds)
Columbia, SC
12/01/01
Draft:
I got sloppy with my drafting as usual, tried to draft 5 decks at once, and ended up with junk. Not only that, I left all 8 40/40 starters at home (grabbed the wrong box on the way out the door). So I was left with a draft full of junk, and one 90-card intercept deck. So I took the top 40 cards from the crypt, made a few hasty revisions, and went a'torping.
First Round:
2vp     ?????: Tremere/Gargoyle Tha/Vis/Flt
0vp     Chris Miller: Weenie Ani/Spi (Gangrel/Ahrimanes)
0vp     Derek Ray: midcap "Skilless" deck (patchwork)
.5vp     Me: midcap aus/obf disguised intercept w/ friends (Malk/Harbingers)
.5vp     ?????: Blood Brothers Pot/San
Body count: 5 torp (4 prey, 1 pred)
Highlights:
     (1)My prey got Brother's Blood on a vampire; it saved another vampfrom being burned.
     (2)Disguised Improvised Flamethrower + Thrown Gate ==
     (3)I bluffed Derek in endgame (after I played 8-10 wakes beforehand) by tapping out.
Second Round
0vp     me
0vp     Jeff Thompson: Gangrel/Ahrimanes Garou deck
4vp     Traci Bitonti: Lasombra/Kisayd Dom/Obt/Myt Toolbox
0vp      Jeff ????: Bru/!Bru Bruise'n'Bleed
Body count: 1 burned (prey), 10 torp (4 pred, 6 prey)
Highlights:
     (1) Traci got her second of three sweeps (12 vp).
     (2) Jeff ??? was ousted first, after running into my wall 'o shooting intercept;
     (3) On Round 2, Dollface used Nose of the Hound to enter combat upstream, then got a disguised Sniper Rifle, punched Rigby (or similar) for one, and lived to tell about it. I had 4 wakes in hand at the time, so Dollface was set for most of the game.
     (4) Critical Mistake: I had an option to influence out Gisela or Bartholomew; I influenced Gisela, who sat and reduced bleeds, instead of gaining a pool per turn. That probably cost me three VP.
     (5) I was ousted after exhausting my library; both Jeff and Traci were down to their last 5 or 6 cards when Traci completed the sweep.
     (6) I think I put every other vampire on the table in torpor, at least once during the game. Some cross-table dealing between prey and grandprey kept both Traci and Jeff T. in the game.
Third Round
0vp Lide ????: Tre/Gar Thaumaturgy ashtray
0vp Joe Churchill: wtf was that deck, anyway? (dom/pot/than)
0vp me
4vp Chris Miller
Body count: 7 torp (3 pred, 4 prey)
highlights:
     M.A.D. in endgame: Agaitas, Gilbert, Justine take the leap w/ Keeper, G.Giovanni, Aurora
     Agaitas in action!: Crows, Bats, Raptor, Legal Manip, Command o/t Beastj
     Lide and Joe got crypt/screwed
Total Body Count: 1 burned, 21 torped. Bring on the Amaranth Flakes!
Last Updated on 09/04/2002
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