Conveyex Train
There was absolutely no break between the first and second games since it was already 10PM. Fortunately Curtis and Grant whipped up a second batch of Padawans in a Blanket to fuel us with the snacks we'd need to carry into the night. That, and the case of Dr. Pepper in the fridge, got our brains re-stimulated...
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| Loco on the space locomotive... |
This game started hilariously when Ian/Captain Phasma New Recruited one of Atticus' Knights of Ren, meaning the minor now belonged to Phasma and not Kylo. From there alliances began to form with a split roughly between the middle of the train. Grant D. tried to go big with a Bowcaster right out of the gate too, but Rob's Yoda had a 15 defense card ready for it and yes, you read that right. Grant got Han again!!! So funny for 11 of us, so frustrating for Grant...
Bekah's Emperor and Atticus' Kylo, with their exposed spots on the train, were getting banged up early. Rob had made overtures to Riley B.'s Luke Skywalker to flip earlier in the match, but when Riley tried to kill one of Yoda's Clones to make a path for a Children of the Force escape, Rob got cranky. He comboed a Force Lift & Push to send Luke to the far end of the board into a kill box. Elliot/Jyn, Jackson/Mace, Curtis/Snoke, and Riley E./Boba were all willing to take shots and Riley B. got stuck with the Jar Jar after almost winning the Jango in Game 1 of the evening.
Parker's Rey was eager to help save his declining alliance and Backflipped to attack Riley E's Boba after she was blackmailing him with a Thermal if Parker didn't finish off Bekah's Emperor. (Can I just take a pause real quick and have a dad moment - I'm so proud of my daughter that I got to type that sentence lol...) Parker ended up overextending himself, however, as he got too deep into the alliance and had little cover from the combined attacks. Ian used On My Command to park Parker in eleventh.
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| New strategy: align with the person who drove you. |
Bekah was still near death but had fallen back far enough the enemy alliance couldn't reach her. Fearful she'd start pulling Force Lightning, Meditation, or even You Will Die, Curtis' Snoke eliminated the risk by using Tied to a String. That was enough to end Bekah's night in tenth. What a crazy first two games of Bekah's Dueling career - let's hope she comes back out again soon!
Atticus was still pretty fired up with Ian's Phasma kidnapping his minor, and landed hits on her. He also used a Force Freeze on a Greedo attack that killed one of Rob's Clone Troopers when Kylo moved out of the way! But Atticus couldn't anticipate his alliance partner Evan/Reva - The Third Sister (making her Duel debut!) flipping on him! Reeva dropped a five point attack and poor Atticus was done in ninth for the second time that night.
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| Updated Conveyex board courtesy of our friends on Discord! |
Ian's Phasma had retreated deep in his alliance after getting roughed up by Kylo. That's when Curtis/Snoke realized Ian only had two cards in his hand. That was easy pickings for Snoke - Phasma was gone in eighth before the rest of the alliance could even help!
Elliot/Jyn, Riley E/Boba, and Rob/Yoda started moving in on Jackson's Mace. Even though they had all been working together, Jackson was fully carded and that made Mace particularly dangerous. Curtis wasn't excited by that, though, and went after Riley's Boba instead. She had hoped nobody would notice how low carded she was, but nobody asks for card counts as frequently as Curtis does. Riley was thrown into the sarlaac in seventh.
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| Jackson sizing up his options. |
Jackson's Mace looked like he might have been able to avoid being next, but Evan's Reva, fresh off flipping from the enemy alliance, swooped in with multiple attacks, including Grand Ambition, and Jackson was out in the top six, also for the second time that night. #symmetry
This game was moving a bit faster than the first, but we were well past midnight. Somehow Grant's Han was still on the board. Rob's Yoda made the safe play and started attacking him. The greatest Dueler/Character combo in league history glided into fifth place. Well done as always, Grant!
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| The Cassian tug of war. |
There were only four Duelers left, and Rob/Yoda became the consensus target for the other three. However, Rob pointed out to Curtis his Snoke would almost assuredly be the next target after that. They eventually decided to partner together to take down Evan/Reva and Elliot/Jyn. It's not every day you see a 2 v 2 in the final four! Rob was a bit low carded, and Curtis was initially stuck with a hand full of defense. Still, they managed to force Elliot to switch his main character status to Cassian and kill Jyn.
Though Rob had promised final two with Curtis, he was down to six cards and four of those were Clone Troopers. He had one Clone left, barely, as it was down to its last health point. In a Hail Mary play, he started shooting Curtis' Snoke, much to Curtis' chagrin. Elliot and Evan welcomed it, but Curtis Force Lightninged Evan in fourth...which was HIS second fourth of the night!
I'll spare you all the details, but Curtis and Rob lobbied AT LENGTH with Elliot to side with one of them against the other. Those sides changed a couple of times, but eventually Elliot and Rob partnered to take down Snoke after Cassian played Looks Like a Killer. Elliot had a nearly impossible task of winning with his normally designated minor character. He played his heart out but Rob's Yoda was able to attack Cassian into the fatal damage range of a Force Push. Elliot got second place and Rob, for the first time in league history, finally won with Yoda! He's now won with 11 of the 12 original characters in the game. The win also makes Yoda the sixth character with double digit wins.
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| Yoda Soda for the Yoda victor! |
The final order of finish:
12. Riley B./Luke Skywalker
11. Parker/Rey
10. Bekah/Emperor Palpatine
9. Atticus/Kylo Ren
8. Ian/Captain Phasma
7. Riley E./Boba Fett
6. Jackson/Mace Windu
5. Grant D./Han Solo (!!!!!!!)
4. Evan/Reva - The Third Sister
3. Curtis/Supreme Leader Snoke
2. Elliot/Jyn Cassian
1. Rob/Yoda
Well...by 2AM...we were all done! Thanks to everyone who played! Our September Duel, The Fall Brawl, will take place later September. More details coming soon on that one.
Good night!!!
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