Dan Hamman (SirDan) Tournament Report - 1E Modern 2011-11-26 - 03:00 PM Gamma Quadrant Assimilation Introduction With the addition of A Willing Companion, it is possible to play an all-gamma quadrant Borg deck and still benefit from Service the Collective at all missions. I decided to finally pull out the Weyoun of Borgs and give it a shot. I also thought it would be interested to try the Scout Ship drop deck, so I eliminated facilities and associated cards and got down to 6 non-dilemma seeds. To compound the dilemma torture, I used downloader dilemmas to make some 4-card combos into potentially 6-card combos. Round 1 Matt Kirk FW (+60) Matt was playing with the new Launch the Phoenix, so I was immediately glad I didn't try to Stop First Contact. He set up in the alpha quadrant and I set up in the gamma, getting strange looks when I passed in the facilities phase. I dropped a Scout and immediatly flipped Establish Gateway and started scouting. That kind of fast start let me churn through dilemmas. I moved on to Assimilate Planet, used Data of Borg to fetch a Resistance is Futile, then moved over to the Founder Homeworld and Assimilated it for the win. Round 2 Rogue Shindler ML (+40) Rogue missed the memo about RiF cards being legal, and was playing a Son'a/E-E deck without any of the new cards. He lost his crew early on to a Plague ship, but was able to rebuild and go on to Harness Particles and score a double turn. There was a lot going on, much unstopping, and time ran out before either of us could get to 100. He had more though, and scored a mod win. Round 3 Charlie Plaine MW (+20)View opponent's ReportView original Report I heard Charlie talking about what he was doing, and I was not looking forward to it. Evil Terrans with Tantalus Field are a problem for Borg, as they can pick off a counterpart and render Assimilate Homeworld a loss. Also, Charlie was playing with a Bajoran Wormhole, so he could get to where I was and mess with me. Turns out there was another tact he could do: blow up my scouts. He did that twice, scoring 5 points each. My dilemmas did their job though, and I was able to hold him off while scoring my two basic objectives for 50 points, and another 10 for Resistance is Futile. I couldn't finish Assimilate Homeworld on my last turn, but won on higher score. Dan was playing a really cool Gamma Quadrant Borg Deck based around the Scout Vessels' report with crew and Establishing Gateway. Ironically, I finally had a use for the Gamma Quadrant end of the Bajoran Wormhole! I sent the I.S.S. Enterprise into the Gamma Quadrant, hoping to Tantalus some of his key Borg into obliviousness, but instead Dan kindly split up his fleet and the Evil TOSers went Borg hunting instead, blowing up two Scouts for 10 points. Meanwhile, his dilemma combos kept me stalled and locked down and were enough to give him a modified win.