also the only downside to a tournament is that i didnt get to watch a bunch of these games. from what i have heard and read there was a bunch of really good games.

Yipe said:

Woo, called it!

dboeren said:

Sounds like a great match, the trap was baited and the prey stepped right in - but it came down to the final play and could have gone to either man.  Bravo!

There's just something so cool when you find a devious way to solve a problem and it works :)

Fugitive Scientist I think is the best of that "set" of Syndicate characters that contains him, Brazen Hoodlum, and Arcane Grifter.

Yep, I fell for it hook, line and sinker.  What a sucker!

Fugitive Scientist is by far the best of his type.  When combined with Mr. David Pan or Parallel Universe, it's brutal.

I also realized - after the fact - that if I had simply kept Marcus Jamburg in play, I would've matched Gavin's investigation and his skill with Fugitive Scientist at the story.  Doh.

Yipe said:

lol yeah i was really hoping you would get rid of jamburg. i had all my chickens in that basket.

Next time, bricks, next time…

Which reminds me, I've got to set a date for the next "Mythos n' Micros" meet up.

 All black border cards are allowed yippee Yipe which is a play on words. I just doubled my card pool!

Yipe said:

great match !! and good tournament.

i just have to ask the question and i'm pretty sure it was discussed somewhere on here a while back. is was my understanding that the village of ash and the well are both 'each player must choose' activations, and if 1 player has no valid stories to choose then the effect cannot be resolved ?? if someone could clarify that'd be great.

but yes. congrats on the day. congrats to the winner and placers.

COCLCG said:

Yes, that's my understanding as well - both players must have at least one other won story for the effect to be able to resolve.

dboeren said:

I'm also quite pleased with my other guesses for the 4th round: 5 out of 6 correct! In total I predicted 16 of 24 (or 2/3) correctly. Clearly better than tossing coins

Thanks Yipe (and thanks to everyone of the participants for chiming in and giving their personal reports about the matches) - this was very fun and definitely the most entertaining tournament report I've read in a while

Oh, and congratulations to Gavin for winning the tournament!

hahaha thanks, it was a nail biter. its crazy how much of an advantage i had in the beginning then boom neck and neck, then comes down to 1 turn all or nothin. was an awesome game and thanks yipe for hosting. 

dboeren said:

I'd like to say I resolved this story correctly and that my tournament AAR is incorrect, but I can't honestly remember.

At this late in the day I was buzzing pretty hard.  The venue was also hosting a 40K tournament in the back, so we weren't playing in the bar as usual.  In between rounds I had to slam my beer in order to go out to the regular gaming area to get the next turn rolling.  That's why my memory of events is a bit muddled.

What's less than a lightweight?  Flyweight?  Yeah, that's sounds about right.

Anyway, in the end Gavin won and that's what matters.

jhaelen said:

You're welcome, jhaelen.  I'm glad you enjoyed the report.

Honestly, it's a lot of work and I was debating whether I would do something like this again.

I plan on organizing 4 different tournaments a year - Highlander, Triple-Faction, Multi-Player, and then Regionals - and giving each of them the same "guess who won" treatment.  However, I was a little disheartened by the lack of interest in these posts and figured it might not be worth my time.  Comments like yours make me reconsider.

Thanks.

 i should mention that i'm trying to set up a booster draft game day with a box of eldritch edition black-bordered cards i picked up off ebay. portland cthulhu group rocks!