Nathan W (Naetor) Tournament Report - 2E Standard 2011-02-13 - 01:00 PM Borg - 02/13/11 Introduction Kyle, Matthew, and I decided to make a trip to Atlanta to meet some new players. A few guys couldn't make it, but we met Nick, Kevin, and Graham who all recently started or re-started. They are all Star Wars players, and even convinced Kyle to play Star Wars with them sometime. I had to resist the urge of the Dark Side. I played Borg assimilation, because I thought it would be something they hadn't seen before. The dilemma pile and draw deck work on trying to filter or remove a few key skills to allow my bigger dilemmas to hit. Round 1 macgyver FW (+100) Nick played Vintner with 4 planet missions. Unfortunately for Nick, he did not draw Vintner or McCoy in the first 20 cards of his draw deck. When he attempted Genesis Planet I got a terrible dilemma draw (3 Hard Times, Polywater, Timescape, Dreamer, Gomtuu, and Personal Duty); but got lucky hitting 1 of his 2 Science with Hard Time making him fail the mission and losing his hand to Dreamer. On my turn I abducted his other Science, then finished my other mission, assimilated more dudes -- getting Unrelenting to actually work, and got more points. Nick conceded with his crew now serving the collective. Round 2 Matthew Scruggs FW (+100) Matthew was also playing Borg assimilation, which meant I knew everything he was trying to do. I got out early like I always do with this deck (attempting with Queen + her sphere and 6-7 other dudes by turn 4). Well, somehow Matthew forgot that I played the Queen. When I Queen-swapped out on the first dilemma, Matthew realized his mistake. He ended up playing Show Trial (I stopped Locutus) followed by Dignitaries and Witnesses. Which I walked through, and solved the mission. Matthew is a good player, and in less competitive environments he always gives me a good game -- win or lose. However, in tournaments I think I'm just in his head. He conceded after my dilemmas smacked him in space and I came over and assimilated and destaffed his ship. After this game we played another with this Bajorans against my Cardassians. In an epic game, Matthew sneaked out a 100-95 win. Round 3 Kyle Matusevic FW (0) Kyle was playing Bajoran integrity -- similar to the deck he played yesterday. The big difference was Transport Crash Survivor didn't let him microteam. I had the dream opening hand: Fourth, Quintessence, and Energize. That let me get Party Atmosphere and At What Cost? turning this interactive deck into a speed machine. I think I could've attempted on turn 3, but waited to get the perfect crew because I know Kyle loves his Gomtuu. Well, that turned out to be the right play when Kyle's Old Differences hit my low cost guys, and I Queen-swapped to get around Dal'Rok and complete Assimilate Resistance on my first attempt. When Kyle went out, my dilemmas hit him hard and my Borg came over and I used One With The Borg to hit 100 points.