Zach Magnuson (MrOberth) Tournament Report - 2E 2013-10-18 - 06:30 PM How does slipstream work again?........ awww, crap Introduction I thought Slipstream Format was 50 points and a Space and Planet Missions complete, so I played a modified version of a deck I had sitting around. The idea, being if you had to solve 2 missions, you might as well make them as easy as possible. TOS Integrity lends itself to that goal. Hence, the following... Round 1 Kevin Jaeger FL (-20) After sitting down, I discover how slipstream really works. Crap. I'm screwed. My dilemmas, designed to take down weenies worked pretty well. I was sitting with both +10's in my core (and unable to get to Old Diffs), I made a bone-headed play with Giatto, and Kevin Santos'd a 5th card in his discard to pass Casual. And then, for the win, he SI'd in Grathon Tolar??? for my pick of Persis (seriously, who plays with Grathon??) Round 2 Nat Kirton FL (-45) By this time, I knew the rest of the night was going to be a waste, so I made the best of the next games. I had fun. The anti-weenie part of my dilemmas was working, but I was stalled out with cards under a couple of missions. I got 5 points from the Ent-D though! Round 3 Preston Holida FW (+50) Bajorian Resistance, haven't seen them in a while. I was thinking about this deck, and how it goes well with Slipstream, and Preston played it pretty well. Arena got someone who, next turn got punched in the face for 15 points, but there wasn't enough range to get back to the mission. I then had an extra turn to brute my way into Farpoint, and a bad dilemma draw gave me the game. I'll take it. Round 4 Missed Game MG (0) Had to ditch after round 3, so I missed this one. Closing Thoughts next time, read the rules. I think an all space/dual pile might do well, as people seemed to do space missions plus bonus points. A fast solver doing a 40 point planet might do well in this format.