Amber Van Breemen (Marquetry) Tournament Report - 2E 2012-05-27 - 12:00 PM Re-Inventing the Warp 5 engine Introduction Description says it all about why I played Starfleet again, now that RttAQ tourneys don't count I'm trying to re-achieve my gold Starfleet x10.. but I do like them as well. Worked out well, had Samuels in my opening hand two out of three games. Also, got 50 points from solving Eliminate Sphere Network each time, leading to awesome At What Cost usage. Round 1 Corbin Johnson ML (-5)View opponent's ReportView original Report Playing a Tongo build in which Kai Winn kept putting 7-cost Chakotay back on top. I used what I could (Lustful, GPT) to keep them away; although before Chakotay was in the mix I won a couple Tongo's and got to use those points for AWC. Came close at the end, another turn or two and it could have gone either way. ML, 55-50. I Truly feel bad about how the game ended. Maggie (TD) called 2 minutes left and I had gone second. I was organizing my two away teams for Risa as I thought I had to solve to win. Amber pointed out to me that I did happen to have 5 more points than her at the time (and we both had only solved one mission) so I didn't have to solve the mission to win. That meant that I should hurry up so that Amber should get another turn. Unfortunately, before I had figured out my away team(s) time was called. I still attempted the mission and did not solve but it didn't matter. Ugh. I'm sorry to amber as she would have probably solved another mission on her next turn. Amber did get 10 or 15 points early on from tongo. I learned that game to not give away tongo points if possible (especially to starfleet!) Amber had a really good build. My dilemma deck hates Archer, Lorien and Karen Archer. They are the trio that make me think way too hard when playing 2E. Perhaps I should stick a few minor difficulties in my deck for the Future Enterprise... Arg! Good game though Amber! Round 2 Jason Beyer FW (+35) He had Historical Research, and as we were rolling to see who went first, he got a 19 and seemed resigned to no download.. and then I went & rolled a 20. Umm.. woohoo? Was able to keep some bonus points off the table to avoid his 2-mission win.. but I have to say, seeing Battleship Guinan's usefulness makes me want to try her. FW, 100-35? ( I think I'm remembering that correctly) Round 3 Mike Burke FW (+70) He seemed to get off to a slower than expected start, and I had a lucky jump getting Samuels right off the bat again. Also, the Damaged Enterprise is great against Killing/Consume piles, as you can just play more people to the ship! Of course Archer got SI'd out at the first attempt, but the remaining crew held their own for the necessary turns while my dilemma pile did it's work - including a mission stop with one of my favorites, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. FW, 100-30.