Kris Sonsteby (LORE) Tournament Report - 2E 2016-03-12 - 10:30 AM I Float His Boat... And He Sinks Mine Introduction The T2E Tough Enough League playoffs reached new heights as three contenders descended on FFG for one final 1E and 2E double feature in order to crown our latest off-season champion. Despite most participants bringing B-side designs to earn league bonus points, the competition as usual was anything but soft. Round 1 Bye BY (0) The BYE was spent test drawing the makeshift Voyager build I was planning on running, reading a chapter of my current library book, and generally trying to avoid scouting the two matches being played near me as I would undoubtedly be paired with one or both of the first round victors. Round 2 Barry Windschitl ML (-30)View opponent's ReportView original Report The Genius was once again orchestrating Dominion point loss, and stacked 2 copies of Casual Recursion in my core before I could even get on the scoreboard. With solid dilemma play on both sides throughout, the match and ultimately the league title turned on an inopportune random selection of Odo for Dal'Rok. ML 75-40. This was a close game that saw Kris' dilemmas keep him in the game until the last minute. All space means that I get numerous shots to drop Causals into his core, and he had two by the time it was over. I was also hitting him with Cripplings when tactically possible to slow his progress. On his last turn, he had one shot to Mega team his System J-25 mission, but that gave me Plenty of options to stop his crew. On my last turn, I returned the favor, and mega-teams my Torga IV-Ga, and was fully able to solve with the Integrity reqs thanks to Papa Odo just saying "No" to dilemma stoppage. Round 3 Jeremy Benedict FL (-55) The Razor was employing Ferengi with an Acquisition dilemma theme, and tagged me with Pawn Against Pawn and Unwanted Guests ad nauseam. With Timescape seemingly everywhere and Zek turning my copies of An Issue of Trust into blanks, he knocked out the win at Encounter at Farpoint before I could get rolling. FL 100-45. Closing Thoughts Having finally played this build myself, I truly have no idea what makes 5-Space Voyager the huge threat that many in the World at large claim it to be. Homeward Bound is useless against Timescape, and in a thinking man's game that goes the distance the deck flat out can't win.