Careless Musketeer
Nautical Dog
Charge
Bloodrage Ogre
Scorch
WORKERS
Bloodburn
Scorch
Next Hand
Careless Musketeer
Mad Man
Charge
Gunpoint Taxman
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Build Tech I - ($3)
Recruit the Nautical Dog! - ($2)
Recruit Bloodrage Ogre - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 2, reshuffle, draw 4
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Bloodrage Ogre (3/2+a)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Nautical Dog (1/1) (Frenzy 1)
[I]Technician[/I]: Bombaster (2/2)
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Garus Rook Lv. 1 (2/4)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 4
Deck: 3
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 7
[details=Thoughts]Right now I just want to get enough bodies on the board that he can’t be completely safe sniping Rook with Cala stealth. Looking long-term, since this is the first codex I’ve gone against in a while without any upgrade removal, I’m looking for MoLaC this game. With that in mind, Bird’s Nest for recurring attackers that are hard to kill and Taxman as a cheap unit with decent stats (and a couple abilities that might help at some point) seem good. I doubt he’ll give me a chance for early Tech II, but we’ll see. [/details]
EDIT: I realized that I couldn’t use Forest’s Favor on Spore Shambler, since it already had runes on it. So, I played Rampant Growth instead. Since this didn’t change anything on the board (besides giving Spore Shambler -1/+1) and didn’t change my handsize or gold, I didn’t redo my draw, although I guess I could if it’s still necessary.
Tech StartingHand Workers
TECH
Behind the Ferns
Bone Collector
STARTING HAND
Gunpoint Taxman
Forest’s Favor
Playful Panda
Verdant Tree
Rampant Growth
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
NextHand
Tiger Cub
Bone Collector
Forest’s Favor
Young Treant
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($6)
Worker - ($5)
Exhaust Prospector - ($6)
Play Rampant Growth on Spore Shambler - ($4)
Spore Shambler kills BRO
Calamandra kills Bombaster
Midband Calamandra - ($2)
Play Gunpoint Taxman - ($0)
This is probably a bad idea, but I don’t see any other that would work as well (as an aside, if anyone has suggestions for alternate plays after the match, I’d love to see them). Teching up and threatening immediate MoLaC is something that he has to respond to. I’m patrolling with Rook to ensure the maximum chance of Tech II staying up (and also to maximize the odds of drawing MoLaC if he dies). I’d love it if Rook lives, since I could probably play MoLaC + Bird’s Nest or something, but getting MoLaC online is priority #1.
STARTING HAND
Young Treant
Bone Collector
Tiger Cub
Forest’s Favor
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Tiger Cub
NextHand
Rampant Growth
Bone Collector
Playful Panda
Discard
Forest’s Favor
Spore Shambler
Young Treant
Lich’s Bargain
Lich’s Bargain
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($7)
Worker - ($6)
Exhaust Prospector - ($7)
Play Forest’s Favor on Calamandra - ($5)
Calamandra kills Taxman
Spore Shambler kills Dog
Move a rune from Spore Shambler to Taxman - ($4)
Taxman kills Rook, Calamandra maxbands
Play Bone Collector - ($2)
Build a Heroes’ Hall - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 1, draw 3
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Bone Collector (3/3+A)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]:
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Merfolk Prospector (1/1)
L5 Calamandra (5/6)
Gunpoint Taxman (4/2)
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Heroes’ Hall HP: 4
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 3
Deck: 1
Disc: 5
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 8
Thoughts
I could have tried to break his Tech 2 to keep MoLaC from going up, but my chances weren’t very good. I would have either needed to play Young Treant and drawn into Behind the Ferns (a 25% chance that I didn’t want to take), or maxbanded Calamandra + play Forest’s Favor, then discarded 2 to give her stealth, which leaves me empty-handed. I think I’m better off this way, by wiping his board and trying to base race.
Makeshift Rambaster
Pillage
Mad Man
Bombaster
Bird’s Nest
Might of Leaf and Claw
WORKERS
Bloodburn
Scorch
Careless Musketeer
Pillage
Next Hand
Charge
Surprise Attack
Bird’s Nest
Nautical Dog
Bloodrage Ogre
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid + scavenger - ($9)
Worker - ($8)
Research Might of Leaf and Claw - ($5)
Recruit Bombaster - ($3)
Summon Argagarg and Wisp - ($1)
Build an Anarchy Tech Lab - ($0)
Float ($0)
Discard 3, draw 3, reshuffle, draw 2
[B]Board Info:[/B]
[B]In Patrol:[/B]
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: Bombaster (2/2+a)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Wisp (0/1)
[I]Technician[/I]: Argagarg Garg Lv. 1 (1/3)
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[B]In Play:[/B]
Might of Leaf and Claw @0
[B]Buildings:[/B]
Base HP: 20
Tech I HP: 5
Tech II HP: 5 (Growth)
Tech Lab HP: 4 (Anarchy)
[B]Economy Info:[/B]
[B]Cards:[/B]
Hand: 5
Deck: 5
Disc: 0
[B]Gold:[/B]
Gold: 0
Workers: 9
Thoughts
Yeah, I’m probably dead. Going to try to get enough hasty damage to activate MoLaC, but I’m not optimistic. At the very least I can Surprise Attack next turn, and if the Tech Lab stays up I might be able to get a Disguised Monkey in there too (assuming I draw one).
STARTING HAND
Playful Panda
Rampant Growth
Bone Collector
WORKERS
Ironbark Treant
Rich Earth
Verdant Tree
Tiger Cub
NextHand
Forest’s Favor
Rampant Growth
Young Treant
Behind the Ferns
Tech 2 card(s)
Get Paid - ($8)
Bone Collector kills Bombaster and makes a Skeleton
Prospector kills the Wisp
Play Garth - ($6)
Taxman kills Arg, Steals Scav gold, Garth to L3 - ($7)
Calamandra breaks Tech 2
Play Bone Collector - ($5)
Maxband Garth, get a Centaur - ($1)
Summon a Skeleton - ($0)
Update for @cstick and @Penatronic: I’m feeling better than when I first got sick Thursday evening, but I did just throw up again an hour or so ago (first time since midnight Thursday night). I think it was just my stomach reacting badly to dinner, rather than a relapse, but I may not be able to take another turn in my ongoing games for a day or two more… At least, I hope it won’t be longer than that.
@EricF, I don’t know how your rules handle situations like this, but feel free to give cstick the win if delaying for me would keep the tournament from running smoothly. I’m expecting to lose anyway, though I’d like to see how the game pans out.
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: L1 Calamandra (2/3+A)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Merfolk Prospector (1/1)
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
[I]Squad Leader[/I]: L1 Calamandra (2/3+A)
[I]Elite[/I]:
[I]Scavenger[/I]: Merfolk Prospector (1/1)
[I]Technician[/I]:
[I]Lookout[/I]:
Base HP: 20
Base HP: 20