Hell Rising (Homework 2021)

Description: unnamed + The Rising WoN 2021 Homework Assignment: Darby Keeney, Kelly Schultz, and I discussed how to make an unnamed plus The Rising module work. I played this last year at Origins and had 2GW, but a bad final. This year with a slightly tweaked deck, I managed 2GW in the prelims and another in the finals. Me: 2.5vp -> Andrew: Tremere toolbox 0vp -> Marshal: Valkyrie bleed 0vp -> Darby: G6 Gangrel wall 0.5vp -> Ben: my Angelique Shamblers + Legionnaire deck 0.5vp My opening hand was strong: Enkil Cog, Thirst, The Rising, stealth, and Instantaneous. I drew into Mylan, Homunculus, and Blithe Acceptance early. I managed to land my first bleed and drop the Enkil Cog only to have Ben DI the Cog! With my own deck! Then, he bled me with Trochomancy to remove the possibility that I would recur the Cog into hand with Tablets. The game turn real slow for me as Ben managed to get some Shambling Hordes and I had to fight with Tremere intercept to get even bleeds of one through (which were almost always bounced). No one drops a second event; The Rising is looking less good in my hand as time moves on. I finally get the chance to drop it and another Cog shortly thereafter. After about 75 minutes of trying to cycle cards, we're back in "go" mode with a fully operational unnamed. It takes a bit, but I get a lunge in at around 20 minutes left to get my prey. The following turn, I get Marshal. I manage to pop the Tablets and recur my Pentex, Elder Impersonation, Psychomachia, and stealth, taking the Pentex to hand. I was hoping to bleed Darby on his turn after my next one, as I needed to filter out some useless cards. We never got there unfortunately. TBH, the DI of the Cog probably gave me this game by making it much slower for me. If I encounter Darby earlier, I probably run into problems with the wall. The Rising played a key role in the final as I prevented several Villeins from hitting the table (including two from my prey; they were in hand when I ousted) and removed Darby's pool gain engine.