thereisnotry defeats urbanshmi on Cloud City, 200-48


I won the map roll and Laura set up on the left side, and placed Luke in Gambit, right beside the small door in the long hallway. I had my fellas over on the right side.

Round 1: I blew the 2-square-wide door near Luke and put 30 dmg on him with Vindicated (who pushed Jango forward with his CE). Luke retaliated by hitting Vindicated back. This enabled me to swarm Luke with the rest of my guys, bringing him down by the end of the round. Laura advanced her other guys up, with a bunch of them still somewhat near her starting zone. Jaina in gambit, and Kyp moving up.

Round 2: I won initiative and, with my Resolnare trick, set up so that I could use 3 guys. Mandalore put 60dmg on Octa with a crit (missed the other 2 attacks), and pushed Jango with his CE. Kelborn was able to put some more damage (with Cunning) onto Octa, and then Jango ran a full 12 squares for a Furious Assault that killed 3 ugs, missed Jagged, and finished off Octa. At this point Jango was way down in the bottom of the map, where it really wasn't worth the trouble for Laura to send her people after him. She ran Jaina in to put some damage on Vindicated, and took nothing back herself. Laura ended the round by putting Kyp up there (along with some others too), which made Vindicated nervous.

Round 3: I won initiative again, and moved Vindicated up to base Kyp...in doing so, I gave up a Cunning aoo to Jaina, but it allowed me to take away Kyp's Evade because I was adjacent. It was only afterward that I realized Kyp was disrupted anyway, so this really wasn't all that necessary, but oh well, c'est la vie. I was able to bring down Kyp with Vindicated (hit all 3 attacks, needing 5s) and Jango charging back for another FA. Kelborn tried to put 60 on Jaina with a Cunning Gauntlet Knife, but I forgot that she had Parry, and since she's a boss, she emerged unscathed. Jaina used Force Leap to base Mira and bring her down to 10 health. Then Laura did a sweet move, letting LorSanTekka die to aoos so that Jaina could finish off Mira. I knew that by making these aoo attacks I'd be losing Mira, but I still had a full health Jango and Kelborn (and a half-health Vindicated), so I figured it was worth it. My Mando Demolitionist then avenged Mira by rolling a crit to kill Jaina. At that point, with just support left, Laura resigned.

The Vassal dice were definitely not kind to Laura this game, and were much kinder to me than they were last game.

gandalfthegreatestwizard beats Caedus on Rebel Fortress 2-0

Caedus won map and chose his map, I set up on the left in the Hangar and he above/below the War Room, with his commanders (except Quorreal and Dovin Basal Shaper) in the top right office. Caedus brought in an Executor with the ECS, a Worker and Praetorite Vong Priest with Quorreal, and stole the Senator's cannon shot with the Yammosk.

Round 1: I moved most of my squad to the area between the Hangar and Command Centre, with the Cov Consular in gambit. Caedus moved to the area right of gambit. Gambit to me. 10-0

Round 2: I won init. Caedus opened up the right door with his fodder, then I locked it with my R7, then he Firejellied it with Malik. He moved his guys into the Command Centre, and I stayed back outside except for fodder and the Cov Defender in gambit (I moved the Consular out). Gambit to both. 20-10

Round 3: I won init and retreated the Defender out of gambit with the Consular's CE. I started moving my R7 around below the command centre. Caedus ran in with Tsavong and killed an Ugnaught, and then moved his Aggressive Negotiations Worker and his Dovin Basal Keeper up to block the left door. Raana ran in, taking an AoO for 30 from the Keeper, and managed to hit the Keeper once for 20 then GMA'd out. Caedus moved Shedao up close to the left door. Cov Defender ran around the top of the room and opened the top door, letting Q'Anilia go through with Knight Speed and end next to Quorreal in the top right. Quorreal got cannoned twice, dealing 30 to Q'Anilia with one hit. I ran the Protector around through the top door and ended next to Tsavong with a fp, then cannoned the Protector with the Senator dropping Tsavong to 50HP (failed both VCA6). I also moved the Cov Consular round to the top of the room. Gambit to both. 30-23

Round 4: I won init, moved Raana closer to the top with the Consular's free move, then cannoned the Protector to drop Tsavong to 10HP (failed 1 VCA6). I sacrificed the XT-6 to move Raana who spent a FP to get next to Tsavong and kill him. Shedao killed a Rodian with his Retaliatory Attack, then moved up and killed Raana. Dovin Basal guy hit my Sentinel for 30. In a key move, I ran my R7 way back to Caedus' area and locked the door to the Office, shutting in Nen Yim/Yammosk/Priest/Executor/EC Shaper and therefore any of their unlimited range (not boardwide) abilities and CEs. Q'Anilia put 40dmg on Quorreal, then my Protector finished him off. The Cov Defender used Knight Speed and ran up to Malik (bottom left of the room) and put 20dmg on him (failed VCA11). Malik then (Acrobatic) jumped over the Defender to base my R7. I killed the Shamed One with my Togruta Seer and put 20 on the Dovin guy with Sentinel. My Consular dropped Shedao to 50HP left (failed VCA6). Gambit to both. 101-68

Round 5: Caedus won init, and Shedao killed the Consular and ran over to my Cov Defender. Protector put 50 on Malik with his attacks and the cannon shot (missed one attack, made 2/3 VCA11). Malik hit the R7 once for 10, then ran over next to Shedao. The Cov Defender targeted Shedao but Us-hrok was used to force him to attack Malik, resulting in 2 misses and Malik hitting the Defender for 10. I attacked Malik with Q'Anilia and the Togruta Seer, but wasn't able to finish him off and time was up. Gambit to both. 111-94

FlyingArrow over urbanjedi, 3-0

My reinforcements: Rodian Assassin + Nautolan Soldier (yes, really)

urbanjedi wins map, but we have the same map (Spynet). I choose right side.

Kajidii drops Evazan for Chiss Captain.
Kajidii gives Hostage Shield CE to Rakghoul.
Jabba sets up in gambit.

Round 1: Rancor runs a long way to base Jabba. Then he is dominated to kill Jabba in 2 attacks. Mira shoots at the skiff. Rodian with Accurate puts some damage on Mira (down to 30hp). Hutt Cartel positions to get the Talz Pirate up to take the Rancor down to 20hp. Then the Rakghoul Warrior finishes off the Rancor, creating a Rakghoul. The new Rakghoul rushes off savagely to base Mira, Malakili, and Pollard.

Round 2: Rakghoul tries to kill Mira but only gets her down to 20hp. Nyax kills the Rak, then Malakili heals Mira. Skiff bases Mira to grant Death Strike so that the Rakghoul Warrior can kill Mira. (Needs the Rodian Assassin to combine fire on the kill shot.) Celeste joins the fight. The Talz takes her down. Sith fodder moves in and Hutt Cartel fodder shoots it (after a lot of misses).

Round 3: Hutt Cartel wins init and the skiff blocks the lane. Nyax takes it down to 20hp. Kajidii moves Traps in on Nyax, and then the Hutt Cartel squad lights him up (cover from the skiff but Traps balancing it out).

Round 4: I'm not sure exactly which pieces survived to this round, but it was more of the same until the skirmish was over.

That's the basic gist of the skirmish but I feel like I left something out... I may have missed a round of positioning in there. In the end, only Jabba was killed on the Hutt Cartel side.

Weren't we supposed to get new pairings today?

I'm behind. Essentially been trying to work through stuff. I'll have them out shortly.

Bahahahahahaha! 3rd game... 3rd Covenant OR opponent!

UrbanShmi over TimmerB123, 250-112 on Rhen Var.

I won map, Tim deferred set up. I set up on the left with Luke just inside the center room. First round was everyone advancing, at the end of the round Tim was able to swap Savage up and run adjacent to Luke. Savage hit both attacks, but Luke defensed the second one, then turned around and put 90 on Savage with Bravado (Savage failed his defense). Moved Jaina up with Taco's CE. End of round 1, 10-10. I knew I was in big trouble if I couldn't go first the next round, so I opted to use Foresee the Future, even though the odds of it paying off against Master Tactician were vanishingly small. Tim rolled his two init rolls--a 1 and a 13! i chose to go first and attacked Savage with Luke, killing him on the first swing (another missed defense) and moving eight into the middle of the room. I moved Lor San Tekka up 12 into the room, then moved Jaina eight toward Luke with his CE. Tim moved Mother Talzin, Vongerella, and his Sith Witch up, doling out some lightning damage and killing Luke. The Klat Captain tried to be heroic and take out the Sith Witch, but missed with his blast cannon, putting 10 damage on Octa, but failing to damage any of Tim's pieces. At the end of the round, I moved Jaina next to Vongerella and critted on her which, with the second attack also hitting, finished her off. 88-43. Revan moved into the room and tried to put some hurt on Jaina, but only one got through. Then he swapped out. Tim thought he had Jaina blocked in, but didn't reckon with Leap. Jaina leapt over the Sith Witch and landed next to an unactivated Mother Talzin, putting 60 on her. Tim let out his lightning again, killing Jaina. 88-75. The Klat Captain moved into the room and took a pot shot, but missed, and Tim made his Splash saves again. Kyp and Jag moved into the room. 98-75. Revan moved away, taking and AOO that missed. I killed the Sith Witch and continued moving my pieces into the room above the center. 124-75. Revan killed Jag, then moved away. 124-85. The Klat Captain finally had his moment of glory, killing Mother Talzin with his Blast Cannon. The Splash also killed a mouse droid. 158-91. Darth Wyrrlok moved up and attacked the Klat, but rolled a 1. Kyp moved across from the stairs, where Revan was waiting. Next round, the Klat killed Wyrrlok, then Kyp ran adjacent to Revan and used Lightsaber Throw 2 (effectively a double twin), putting 120 damage on him. I ran Octs Ramis in and rolled another crit (which I didn't need), finishing Revan off. 250-112.

This was a pretty tight, fun game, and if the dice had just gone Tim's way at a couple of critical junctures, the outcome could have ben very different. Thanks for the game, Tim, and good luck the rest of the tourney!

I am stunned looking at the results so far. Only 3 players have gotten a 3pt or 1pt in both of their first two games. (And 2 are undefeated!)

The other 14 players have lost out on a point in either a win or a loss in one or more games (out of only 2 so far).

This means either lopsided matches, or games go to time. It looks like there’s been a healthy amount of both.

Are we regressing as a game?

All fair points