220 Fiona vs Reznik
23.08.2023
Fiona
- Galleon
- Swabber
- Mariner
- Mangler
3x River raider
3x Powder monkey
Ayana & Holt
2x Riflemen
Commodore Cannon
vs
Reznik
- Judicator
- Scourge of Heresy
- Redeemer
2x Cinerators + UA
2x Warder
Vengers
Gravus
Choir
2x Vassal Mech
Deployment
Protectorate gets first turn
Turn 1A
Everything stays out of range
Turn 1B
I crawl up and stay out of all threat ranges.
Turn 2A
Judy stays out of 10” of the galleon and choir sings shielding. Scourge is powered up with three focus for Arcane Vortex.
Turn 2B
Fiona feats and Chastens Death March away from the Vengers, killing one in the process. The Mariner fails to kill any more Vengers. The Cannon kills a Cinerator on the left side. Galleon walks up and shoots Judy with magical weapons from Ayana.
I run in Dougal to contest the left zone since the Riflemen are still jammed by the Vengers. In hindsight it would have been better to spend the Break Through card so they could have ran.
Score 0-0
Turn 3A
Judy moves out of 10” of my Galleon and shoots out the objective. Cinerators clear the left zone.
My opponent points out that I should have placed the Mangler in front of the Galleon instead of the Swabber. That way I would have threatened Judy a lot more and possibly forced him to trade Judy for the Mangler. Of course the danger is that Judy could one-round the Mangler, which would leave me empty handed. A better play would probably have been to feat and run with Fiona instead of nuking the one Venger.
Score 0-2
Turn 3B
I am looking for a drag play on Scourge, but with a shield guard in the back and three Arcane Vortexes there is not much I can do. I settle for killing the Cinerators with nukes and take Scourge down to ⅓ health with Galleon. In hindsight I needed to focus on the objective to buy myself another turn.
Score 0-2
Turn 4A
Opponent kills the Galleon to clear all three zones and win
Score 0-5
Sadly, a loss for the Pirates…
:: Evaluation ::
This game was mostly to get back into things after a long break. Misplays are to be expected. I threw the Galleon into the list just to test. I realized quickly that it would have been much better to upgrade the Swabber to another Mangler. Ultimately I will most likely end up with Magnus4 instead of the Galleon.