After many more weeks of frustration on waiting for the Core sets to arrive, we've finally got around to create proper decks with proper resources now that all our stuff are mostly in. Core sets are still lacking over here, creating a problem in getting new players, but the core group of us is now having pretty regular (and many impromptu) skirmishes on AGoT.
I went down to PI yesternight mostly to meet our new TO- Colin, and most of the fellas were saying that they couldn't make it since we already had a battle yesternight. However, pretty much everyone turned up (except G1), so we did had quite a few games.
Before people turned up, I was introducing AGoT to Elliot, and hopefully, as an experienced L5R player he might bite into the game. I think he likes the game, but might take a while for him to research into this before committing fully - and it definitely didn't help without any Core Sets available for sale~
I played a introductory Joust game with Elliot, he using my Deep Fear Greyjoy deck, and I trying out my brand new We need a Home Neutral Refugee deck.
Since this was the first time both of us were tempering with the deck, things weren't that smooth throughout. I had Dorne in my opening hand after a mulligan, and proceeded to get The Iron Throne with my Building Season. Elliot had Balon on table and slapped a Dragon's Horn on him right away, supported by a Scouting Vessel while I threw down a good number of free refugees.
The game was actually pretty close despite Elliot's inexperience - my Refugees continually worn down his character count, while Balon's attack simply meant that I can't block with anybody I know in my deck. The round before I could close in with my killing blow, Elliot ran away with the game by using an Assertion of Might after Balon's Power Challenge, with Asha paying the kneeling price. Oh well. It was close.
After the guys settled in, I sat out to observe the first game that they played. Fadzulli was playing his Lannister Joffrey deck, John his Lannister too (I think, he was too far for me to see clearly), YY his Martell (probably not the old one since his Red Viper was the kill everyone version) and Bann his Bolton Stark.
Bann started the game with Roose Bolton stacked up to the sky, with duplicates, Nymeria, and a Bloody Scourge. John's very first plot was Condemned by the Realm, and Bann chose to eliminate Fad's Joffrey (he dies everytime!). The battle went on for a while, and from my angle (which was closest to Fad), the Lannister was getting it hard as everything he had was either killed or destroyed without mercy.
I went down to dinner before the game ended, and Bann told me later that he would probably win the game but YY needed to leave, so the game was pretty much a draw (sorta).
I then sat down for my first melee game of the night.
I was pit against Colin's Baratheon deck (John's, since Colin didn't have a deck), John's Lannister Brotherhood deck (strangely effective, if you ask me) and Fad's Lannister. I played my I need a Home Neutral Refugee deck to test it out further.
John and I were getting the better side of the bargain most of the game, though Colin pretty much stroke a semi-permanent alliance with Fad, and was attacking me (most of the time, since I almost always had the largest number of warm bodies on table.) The Lannister was kneeling people left and right, and I got Lion's Gate all the time!
Anyway, I started the game with an ok draw after a mulligan, placing the Iron Throne down during setup, and drawn Dorne during replacement. I therefore chose to play A Time for Ravens, and dropped down the Black Raven (since I was the last player, no one else benefit from the extra gold this round) and summoned Gilly.
I only Valar Mroghulis at the 3rd turn as I saw John having a very good number of Lannisters gold people on the table (he even outnumbered me), and the game sorta reset a little bit. Colin was having a good time rushing his House power to about 7 or 8 before John and me smacked him down a little and eliminated everyone he had on table. When John summoned Beric and gave him the Head of a Dwarf, I knew I had problem, especially after he so strategically dropped my only copy of Milk of Poppy. Fad came to the rescue by sending Beric back to hand.
Fad was not doing badly at that time either, with Joffrey on the table and pretty much immune to anything I could do to him. I attempted a Westeros Bleed to reset the table again, and straight after that, Fad Valar Morghullis one more time.
The game time had exceeded 2 hours by then and we decided to call it a day. John would probably win the game, despite me having 10 power on my House, since he played Fear of Winter, and was the only one with characters on table after the Valar. On hindsight, I should've just discard my whole hand of (8 cards, I think) to save all my characters when Fad played Narrow Escape after his Valar.
Oh well.
(o.o)
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