MECCG in Vegas (III)
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 2:32 am
Event Date: 2019/11/19
Hey Dudes!
Just wanted to post an update to how the weekend out in Vegas went!
Things were pretty cool, except I really wanted this PIRATE FIZZ SODA ANNE BONNY BLACK CHERRY:
https://www.redstonefoods.com/products/ ... ack-cherry
The stuff is $7.50 a bottle from the store fridge and is so LEGIT!
They had some smaller $2.50 bottles of Diet Black Cherry, so that had to do.
A couple months ago Goblin King was in town and we went thru 3 of these bottles! Couldn't believe they didn't stock-up!
ANYWAYS (ENOUGH OF THE COMEDY)
---=== GAME 1 ===---
The day started pretty nice weather-wise, four of us gaming, Justin, Gandalf-Gene, and Tradewind Rider, and myself.
I ended up playing Gandalf-Gene, two games from 12-6pm. The time was CRAZY, during our first game I looked and we had about 2 turns each (4 total) left, and boom 3pm. I was going DAMN time goes by quick when you are having fun with this game. But here the game details:
I played my Adûnaphel Haradrim Mordor Guardians deck versus Gandalf-Gene's tried and True Aiglos Dragon Helm, Late Game Alatar Hunt Deck (which this time he didn't get around to doing, whew).
Alatar stayed at Rivendell for the most part or Grey Havens while Glorfindel II, Aragorn II, and Gildor Inglorion went to Angmar and then Down to the Under-deeps. I screwed up because I played Baduila on him with Inner Cunning, stalling him, a turn which was nice, but then in my haste discarded my trusty Umagaur the Pale while having Tuma in hand, and then two turns later of course he goes to the Under-deeps. I don't know? Would that have been too long to hold onto? Just was a bummer...
On my side Adûnaphel showed up turn one and the team was rolling great for factions (except for my 1st), and after I got a Cave Troll with Gothmog, Lt. of Minas Morgul, went with Uglúk and posted up at the Teeth of Mordor, Cirith Gorgor, and started recruiting.
The game was fun as Gandalf-Gene usually finds a way to scare the hell out of you droping Hazards constantly, sometimes finding a way to stick one even if you avoid the heck out of them. I did get lucky by not having to face his Nameless Thing Summons from Long Sleep setup, by Voices of Malice! That had to gut punch him haha.
I tried to Stormcrow him, but a Bûthrakaur the Green at Mt. Gundabad wrecked him more so, because he teleported with Alatar, and ended up losing Thrain II, but unfortunately I couldn't call the game one turn sooner, because I might have won 30 to something (with Double Faction Pts) but like the saying goes, paraphrasing: "Not the Elves of Lindon again!"
He put Alatar in play the following turn and then passed his influence check, for his one faction.
---=== GAME 2 ===---
This game was a little fustrating due to "Kine Resources Contested". I stalled out his Dwarf at Wellinghall for one turn, and then ran the hell over there and got Quickbeam. He didn't like that and so Pallando went to Wellinghall and sweated my Thranduil who had Quickbeam as an Ally, and he influenced him away from Thranduil and Quickbeam followed Pallando. BUMMER!!
We went back and forth I racked up some factions, but the real fun I had with this was, I had a pretty smooth chararcter draw from turn one, and ended up getting Thranduil with one of Elrond's sons Elrohir, they went to his home, at Thranduil's Halls and were fighting the Spider of the Morlât, which was fun they were cutting those 2@10 (3@10) spiders up, and then I drew a Hauberk of Bright Mail (major item), and in the corner of my mind, I was like "Hey wait!, I think Sarn Goriwing (Hero) allows the play of Major Items, and yep for sure, and then they went south and fought the Spiders nabbed the Mail, went back North and influenced Wood-elves in the end. Really cool CUTE stuff!
I was happy!
All in all I got some real life gaming in and got me pumped again to start buidling decks for January, Feb, or March, 2020! (and to do some final updates for cardnum.net)!
Laters... Happy Thanksgiving! (USA)
Hey Dudes!
Just wanted to post an update to how the weekend out in Vegas went!
Things were pretty cool, except I really wanted this PIRATE FIZZ SODA ANNE BONNY BLACK CHERRY:
https://www.redstonefoods.com/products/ ... ack-cherry
The stuff is $7.50 a bottle from the store fridge and is so LEGIT!
They had some smaller $2.50 bottles of Diet Black Cherry, so that had to do.
A couple months ago Goblin King was in town and we went thru 3 of these bottles! Couldn't believe they didn't stock-up!
ANYWAYS (ENOUGH OF THE COMEDY)
---=== GAME 1 ===---
The day started pretty nice weather-wise, four of us gaming, Justin, Gandalf-Gene, and Tradewind Rider, and myself.
I ended up playing Gandalf-Gene, two games from 12-6pm. The time was CRAZY, during our first game I looked and we had about 2 turns each (4 total) left, and boom 3pm. I was going DAMN time goes by quick when you are having fun with this game. But here the game details:
I played my Adûnaphel Haradrim Mordor Guardians deck versus Gandalf-Gene's tried and True Aiglos Dragon Helm, Late Game Alatar Hunt Deck (which this time he didn't get around to doing, whew).
Alatar stayed at Rivendell for the most part or Grey Havens while Glorfindel II, Aragorn II, and Gildor Inglorion went to Angmar and then Down to the Under-deeps. I screwed up because I played Baduila on him with Inner Cunning, stalling him, a turn which was nice, but then in my haste discarded my trusty Umagaur the Pale while having Tuma in hand, and then two turns later of course he goes to the Under-deeps. I don't know? Would that have been too long to hold onto? Just was a bummer...
On my side Adûnaphel showed up turn one and the team was rolling great for factions (except for my 1st), and after I got a Cave Troll with Gothmog, Lt. of Minas Morgul, went with Uglúk and posted up at the Teeth of Mordor, Cirith Gorgor, and started recruiting.
The game was fun as Gandalf-Gene usually finds a way to scare the hell out of you droping Hazards constantly, sometimes finding a way to stick one even if you avoid the heck out of them. I did get lucky by not having to face his Nameless Thing Summons from Long Sleep setup, by Voices of Malice! That had to gut punch him haha.
I tried to Stormcrow him, but a Bûthrakaur the Green at Mt. Gundabad wrecked him more so, because he teleported with Alatar, and ended up losing Thrain II, but unfortunately I couldn't call the game one turn sooner, because I might have won 30 to something (with Double Faction Pts) but like the saying goes, paraphrasing: "Not the Elves of Lindon again!"
He put Alatar in play the following turn and then passed his influence check, for his one faction.
---=== GAME 2 ===---
This game was a little fustrating due to "Kine Resources Contested". I stalled out his Dwarf at Wellinghall for one turn, and then ran the hell over there and got Quickbeam. He didn't like that and so Pallando went to Wellinghall and sweated my Thranduil who had Quickbeam as an Ally, and he influenced him away from Thranduil and Quickbeam followed Pallando. BUMMER!!
We went back and forth I racked up some factions, but the real fun I had with this was, I had a pretty smooth chararcter draw from turn one, and ended up getting Thranduil with one of Elrond's sons Elrohir, they went to his home, at Thranduil's Halls and were fighting the Spider of the Morlât, which was fun they were cutting those 2@10 (3@10) spiders up, and then I drew a Hauberk of Bright Mail (major item), and in the corner of my mind, I was like "Hey wait!, I think Sarn Goriwing (Hero) allows the play of Major Items, and yep for sure, and then they went south and fought the Spiders nabbed the Mail, went back North and influenced Wood-elves in the end. Really cool CUTE stuff!
I was happy!
All in all I got some real life gaming in and got me pumped again to start buidling decks for January, Feb, or March, 2020! (and to do some final updates for cardnum.net)!
Laters... Happy Thanksgiving! (USA)