Kris Sonsteby (LORE) Tournament Report - 2E - Andoria Regional 2016-04-16 - 11:00 AM Stay With the Smoke, Rick... Just Go After 'Em Introduction MinnMania 2016 went live from the V.I.P. room at Fantasy Flight Games Event Center, and as usual the 2E Battle Royale was a crowd pleaser. As another batch of invaders comingled with The Land of 10,000 Champions' finest, on this day the old guard once again turned back all challengers. Round 1 bandana8472 FW (+35)View opponent's ReportView original Report The Original Champion was kicking it with his timeless TNG cadet build, and loaded up on Biology / Exobiology for my primary wall early. Changing gears to total slaughter mode, it took a fully loaded Preventative Repercussions and a triple shot of The Dal'Rok to eventually grind out the win. FW 100-65. iamd helped... not drawing outclassed in space didn't Round 2 rakesubrocket FW (+40) The Chosen One was rocking DS9 diversity, but was hammered by Telepathic Deception from the onset and couldn't quite recover. After the ALC bomb put him back to square one, I methodically worked my way through his Moral Choice x3 dilemma pile to win a nail biter at the wire. FW 100-60. Round 3 Barry Windschitl FL (-35)View opponent's ReportView original Report The Genius was once again administering Borg assimilation, and exploited Knowledge & Experience a handful of times to score easy mission solves. With the gamesmanship at a fever pitch and time running short, he side-stepped both of my remaining copies of All Consuming Evil to take the match in overtime. FL 100-65. Kris was packing his good old TOS ALC deck, and was able to hit me early with an ALC bomb. Even with that (I recycled some guys I would want to replay, or just didn't need), I was still able to get out and spring the trap on him. The rest was academic as I did my thing while he then chipped away at IAP and hit the End Game first. Good Game, Kris, and You got your revenge for this in 1E. Round 4 Jeremy Huth FW (+65) Hardcore was testing out Relativity, but lost a handful of Temporal All-Stars at Navigate Xindi Corridor due to The Clown: Guillotine and a double dose of Uninvited. Dismissing Richard Galen and Beverly Crusher left him without access to Exobiology, and I cruised to victory on the heels of the Telepathic Deception lockout. FW 100-35. Closing Thoughts Greater MN Land has never fallen victim to Flavor of the Month ™ hype, and this tournament was no exception. While the winningest builds were largely classic designs, new cards were sprinkled in where appropriate and each competitor was keenly aware of the strengths / weaknesses of all the latest creations.