Greg Hodgin (tomalak) Tournament Report - 2E - Sector 001 Regional 2017-05-13 - 12:00 PM 2017 Relativity Introduction Well, another Regionals, and I didn't want to run something I'd run recently. So I decided to bring a 2-mission TNG solver deck. Too bad I grabbed the wrong box and was forced to play Relativity instead with a misaligned kill pile. Round 1 David Camp FW (+70) The young man played a Klingon solver deck, but he wasn't prepped for Relativity's speed, the massive skill set, and two Chakotay's out. He did score some points, though: 100-30. Round 2 Mike Camp Sr FW (+70) Mike was playing a Klingon solver as well, but he also wasn't prepped for Relativity; I didn't see a Moral Choice at all. He also scored some points: 100-30. Round 3 Michael Shea FW (+25)View opponent's ReportView original Report Michael made me sweat on this one: it was a very close game as he was playing a Terok Nor solver, which I wasn't expecting. He usually plays a dilemma mill TN deck instead. However, his curse of bad random selections continued: I managed to only kill one person at his first mission attempt, but it was his only command star on the ship: he was destaffed for 3 turns while he searched for what he needed. Even with that, it came down to the last turn but I managed to eke out a victory at 100-70. There are no sushi restaurants in Jefferson, GA. However, you can catch a game at Beef O'Brady's (maybe Clemson will be playing) or sample the excellent country-fried steak at Jefferson House. Greg was also playing a Relativity deck, and this one had all the tricks: Original Thinker, Chuckles brothers, Field Studies, etc. But, I held me own and gave Greg a match. A devastating random selection destaffed by spare ship on an early mission attempt (I was actually out and attempting first this time thanks to destroying Greg's Surprise Party and using the SoO + PP + AWC combo to spend 14 counters in one turn). It took me two turns to recover, and that was enough of a margin to cost me the game. A well-played match as always. Round 4 Nathan Miracle FW (+65) Nathan was also playing a Relativity deck, but it was totally different from mine. He managed to get two missions in, but I was able to destaff him a few times (easier with a Relativity deck; 6 staffing icons is hard no matter what). His dilemma pile couldn't slow down Chakotay/Revised Chakotay, and I had enough events out to just burn through the last mission. Still close: 100-65. Closing Thoughts I did NOT expect to when this one: the dilemma pile was mismatched to the deck and I thought I'd see a lot more Moral Choices. Turns out I didn't see a single one, so I scraped by!