John Walchle (nalan bal) Tournament Report - 2E - Qo'noS Regional 2018-04-22 - 01:00 PM Doing the right thing when no one is watching Introduction Brought my TOS Integrity Solver to a murder party! I'd tweaked the deck against Joel's kill pile, then when I heard he wasn't coming un-tweaked it, only to face lots of murder-death-kill. Love playing against these guys - you never know what to expect and get to see cards that don't get played elsewhere else. Round 1 Pat Bortz ML (+15)View opponent's ReportView original Report The Gentleman Mister Bortz playing Romulan. I was concerned about the new Romulan interference cards, but played straight out. Here's where my ring rust showed - 5 dilemmas under, and I go to attempt with 4 thinking it's an auto-solve. The Gentleman asked me if I'm sure I wanted to do that; I think briefly and say yes. He then politely pointed out his TCS mission and drew/played 6 to kill off my micro-crew. Close game but timed out with Pat ahead in points 75-60. Vs John, OS Feds: Got a late start since I couldn't get a ship. Ended up just using a turn to draw cards to get to a ship. Had so many cards in hand I had to toss 2 Uninviteds (which would have been useful later)and a few Personnel at the end of turn. My Dilemmas Kill a lot of his personnel. One interesting meta play had me use the Casualties Dilemma to kill the same personnel pictured on the card (Angela Martine.) Soul Searching got someone useful and he gave me 5 points to get them back. Time was called during my turn. Time was eaten up by some rules questions. Couldn't use Bridge Officer's Test since Lore wasn't stopped and Casualties was my choice when tied, etc. Managed to prevent the solve on his last mission. Giving me a Modified Win 75 to 60. Round 2 Derek Marlar FW (+95)View opponent's ReportView original Report The Charming Mister Marlar playing Dominion. Got concerned when I saw battle events and the beefy Dominion ship come out, so I hurried to get my space mission done and then do 2 planets. With multiple ships out I could leave the damaged ones at the HQ to get fixed while I attempted, and sped past to win 100-5. Damaged a constitution. Don't remember which one. Round 3 John Paul Veasey FW (+95) Our host the Charismatic Mister Veasey with a creative TOS Intelligence deck. Got lucky with my dilemma draws not putting much under his first mission while stopping him, and my deck being able to recover from the kill pile mayhem to finish 100-5. Closing Thoughts Kill piles are tricky - they can wipe out crews but put a lot of dilemmas under. The ability to play personnel quickly, play the DS9 crew and Tuvok to my ships, and lots of mission skill redundancy kept me in this one. Thanks to John Paul for running a great tournament - great fun was had by all.