London VTES League — Week two

This is the second week of the London league, brief report below — we still need to decide on an end date. Also, the UK VTES nationals are on this weekend at our local haunt. Make it along if you can...

Game one:

Player	Deck	GW	VP	LP
Matt	Scobax + hide the heart	0	0	1
Ke	Auspex Gun Wall	0	2	5
Boris	True Brujah Tap n Bleed	0	1	1
Norbert	Trujah Tap n Bleed	0	2	5
Fernando	Clasic Ventrue Law firm	0	1	3
Maciej	Low cap OBF DBR	0	0	1

The first game turned out to be a 6 player table. Thankfully all the players kept the pace moving along briskly.

Some notable points, my prey (Boris) magic'd a Signet of King Saul vs my Melisande / Joaquin wall deck (so there wasn't much blocking happening there). My grand prey (Norbert's Trujah) bounced some of my preys side kick's bleeds back to me — they promptly ended up in torpor (including another rescuer).

Fernando's law firm earned a deserved VP after tempting his prey only untapped blocker (I had just contested his other — Victoria). Boris washed 3x of my Villeins (and a Haven Uncovered after being torporised — !? :). A first tradition hit the table and my prey went down to 1 pool for the lunge (it failed) although the turn after he bounced 3x bleeds for 1. A giant's blood allowed a severely weakened Norbert to secure a second VP ending the game in a draw by concede — 2 VP's each.

Game two:

Player	Deck	GW	VP	LP
Ke	Council of doom	0	0	1
Fernando	Classic Lawfirm	0	0.5	2
Boris	Mata Hari Ravnos Clowncar	0	0.5	2
Matt	Scobax + Hide the Heart	0	0.5	2
Norbert	Fakir al Sidi block / deep son	0	1.5	4

I knew my prey (Fernando) was playing his lawfirm and I had few masters in hand, so decided I bring out Rafael de Corazon first. When my predator (Norbert) brought Fakir out, I figure I'd have maybe a turn to act. Fernando's lawfirm deck was pressuring Boris' Ravnos hard.  I managed to villein Rafael heavily before he was rushed and torporised. Across the table Matt was fishing for Huitzilopochtli while the Ravnos was "discretely" breeding and staying alive with con-boons.

I influenced Cybele out the slow way and managed to convince Norbert not to rush her, so I could put some pressure on the lawfirm. I villein 8, top deck a giant's blood and she became legendary — not too shabby. She bleed for 5 and was empty in torpor on my next turn.

By this stage Huitzilopochtli was in play and the Ravnos were out of range of the lawfirm. My predator had 4 minions out (3 with +bleed) one was caught by Hell's fury and the rest bled me out. Shortly afterwards the table timed out we were kicked out of the pub...

Don't forget the VTES UK Nationals are this weekend — bring it on!

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