Al Schaefer (ltkettch17) Tournament Report - 2E 2019-01-27 - 12:00 PM Dilemma Discard 4th time Introduction I actually spent a little time tweaking the TN Dilemma Discard deck this month. I think I made some improvements to the draw deck, but the dilemma pile still needs a lot of work and maybe a full redo. Round 1 Maggie Geppert MW (+30)View opponent's ReportView original Report Maggie was playing all the new AU personnel and had a pretty slick dilemma pile to match which really hit my interrupts early in the game. I had a terrible time trying to get any dilemmas out of play, Damar was the ONLY card that showed up to get a dilemma to go away until very late in the game. I missed an opportunity to de-staff her NA Defiant using Weyoun, but I think she could have staffed a Cardassian ship again pretty easily. I needed just one more attempt to complete Betazed but time was called and I didn't get the chance. I was worried about this matchup as soon as I saw Betazed, because my dilemma pile isn't that big and milling would soon become a problem. I started with Bareil and Gint in hand. I think I drew into Brunt early and used him to get Sisko, whose presence discounts both Bareil and Gint. This gave me extra counters. I drew into Common Purpose, but didn't get those extra counters because of Al's Our Death Is Glory to the Founders. That's alright, because on his next attempt, I used Swashbuckler to put another one of those on his draw deck, then triggered off those interrupts to stop folks with Reflections. Good times! However, his dilemmas slowed me down and I never really got off the ground. Round 2 Eric Bieche FL (-100) By the end of Eric's first turn I had as many dilemmas out of play as I did in the entire game against Maggie and I thought this would be a great game. Unfortunately, my dilemma pile had other ideas and I couldn't do much with the dilemmas that had been placed out of play. I had a bad random pick with Chula The Chandra; I selected his Lore first, but the next pick was NA Bashir - DOH! Eric steamrolled through my dilemmas and I didn't have enough to stop his skill gaining androids. Round 3 Brian Leonard FW (+30) The game against Brian was a good mix of the other two games. I got dilemmas out of play, got to use the interrupts that benefited from them, and generally felt like the deck was 'working'. Brian still made a good effort with tons of bonus points and a scary amount of good personnel on his Voyager. Closing Thoughts I still think this deck is a few cards short of being able to really be a threat. Maybe a personnel to download War of Attrition, and another to download Inevitable Triumph and/or Untapped Influence. It would be nice if there were more Alpha Jem'hadar that reported to TN as well. A dilemma that gets reduced cost for the number of dilemmas out of play and/or a dilemma that has progressive consequences for the number of dilemmas out of play, and/or a dilemma or event that prevents putting your own dilemmas out of play. I know that's asking a lot, and I really need to do something with the dilemma pile as it stands. There's not much that seems to integrate well with the draw deck. I want to have something that's larger than usual, but it can't hinge on a single card like Chula The Game, or All Consuming Evil. It seems that however many dilemmas I can mill of my opponent, I lose about half that amount every game as well.