Last Saturday we had another ad hoc Doomtown tournament, happily hosted by Scott. Rhonda played her usual Blackjacks deck, Scott was testing out a Dead Man's Hand-based Law Dogs deck, Mike played his Sweetrock Influence Reducer, and I fielded my predictable Whateley Fear deck.
Mike ended up with the most wins, with his deck packed with Rumors and the various Phobias, not to mention the reduction abilities of his starters. It's a tough decktype to work around, especially when he pulls a Christmas Day. Later in the day, Mike showed off his new Collegium Turtle/Lion deck, which uses the Experienced Xemo to drop a Mountain Lion on the top of his draw pile. Ugh.
Scott ended up faring the worst, but when we examined his deck at the end of the day, it seemed very solid. He just had some bad draws... and it's very tough to shoot for Victory Points as opposed to regular old Control Points, if only because the lack of Deeds means a lack of money.
Rhonda schooled me hard in our first match, including a ridiculous shootout between six of my guys and two of her 0-Draws. She pulled a Dead Man's Hand. I should probably expect that sort of thing by now, but my overconfidence always does me in. She has a really great poker face in situations like that.
As usual with my Whateley deck, it's just me waiting to get Lord Grimeley's out, which almost always pushes the Fear Level to 10 and ups me 9 Control Points. Grimeley's is a terribly cheesy card. I have won several games without it however, as the deck's secondary feature is lots of nameless rabble dudes to shoot up the town and absorb trouble: Walkin' Deads, Bone Fiends, etc.
We all considered this our first warmup for the Doomtown World Championships at Origins in June. See you there.
