The Cambridge Corrupter

Editor: Andy Brown, VEKN Setite Ruler of Cambridge

In this Issue:

A message from the editor.

A timetable of planned Temple meetings.

New SET details

Decklist

A Message From the Editor:

Hello.

It was great to see a good turnout for Free States Cambridge on the 23rd and 30th of April. 8 of us turned up to play for the signed Swiftness of the Stag print by Ron Spencer. The event was fun, even though everyone decided to jump on me in the final. The print was won by Brian White with his Ventrue/Gangrel deck 3am Eternal. It is listed below.

Also, on Mayday Bank Holiday we held a tourney at MSO Cambridge 2002. We again had a good turnout, 8 Methuselahs, with Martin, Adam and Barny coming from outside of the area.

There probably won't be a sanctioned tourney this month, as we need a bit of a break in order to arrange prizes and stuff. However, I want to run an Antediluvian Tournament. These are using oversized cards which give certain clans advantages, you advantages and some disadvantages. More in the next issue.

I think we are doing well in Cambridge now, with a healthy number of regular and casual Methuselahs. I hope that we can just go from strength to strength, and that the new expansion will aid that.

May the night be yours!

Andy

A Timetable of Planned Temple Meetings:

Regular meetings are held on Tuesdays, 7.30pm at The Graduate Pub, Mitchum's Corner.

Next meeting: Tuesday 14th May 2002. From 7.30pm.

UK EC Qualifier.
On the last Sunday in June, Dave Hammond and Mike Nudd are co-hosting the EC qualifier for the UK. This event is likely to be the largest turnout this year aside from the National Cup in August. If you finish in the top half of the tourney, you will qualify to play in the EC in December in Austria.
The event is being held in Watford at The Flag, 12pm on Last Sunday in June.

Jyhad Set Tourney.
Possibly being held in July, this set will be run in Watford by me, and will have a complete set of Jyhad as the Grand Prize. More details when I can sort out my Diary.

New Set Details

In August, the much anticipate Camarilla Base Set is released. This is scheduled to be over 400 cards, with over 100 new vampires. It will feature some reprints, and will have 6 pre-constructed starters, one for each of the clans in the Camarilla.

"Hold on," I hear you cry, "what do you mean 6 clans?"

It turns out that in clanbook Gangrel, the Inner Circle member removed the entire clan from the Camarilla, so they are now all independent.
I don't know what this means for all the existing ones but a further expansion for next year (The Anarchs) will feature them.

Conversing on the Princes mailing group, It should be possible to have more than one pre-release in the country, so all being well, I should be able to hold a pre-release event for this one. More when I find out.

A Decklist:

3am Eternal.
This was Brian's winning deck for Free States Cambridge. He called it 3am eternal, as the guy doesn't sleep and he built it at about 3am in the morning before the tourney. Basically, an agropoke deck, with fortitude for defense, Political to ensure he is No1 and Dominate for Deflections.
It swept the first table, I ousted it on the second and then he got 3 points in the final to win. Well done Brian, here is your deck in all it's glory.

Deck: 3am Eternal
Created by: Brian White

Crypt:
Rufina Soledad
Roland Loussarian
Courtland Leighton
Melissa Barton
Sir Walter Nash
Democritus
Arika
Ricki Van Demsi
Ramona
Roman Alexander
Raven
Samat Ramal-Ra, Archon

Library:
Master:
Blood Doll
Dominate
Guardian Angel x2
Minion Tap
Presence
Powerbase: Chicago
Powerbase: Washington D.C.
Uptown Hunting Ground
Ventrue Headquarters
Zillah's Valley x2
Zoo Hunting Ground

Actions:
Atonement
Bums Rush x3
Enchant Kindred x2
Far Mastery x2
Grave Robbing x2
Gocern the Unaligned x2
Restoration x3
The Fifth Tradition
The Fourth Tradition
The Summoning

Action Modifiers:
Bonding x3
Conditioning x2
Foreshadowing Destruction x1
Threats x2
The Kiss of Ra

Combat Cards:
Amaranth x2
Claws of the Dead x2
Fake Out x3
Majesty x4
Mythic Form
Resilience
Rotual of the Bitter Rose x2
Skin of Rock x2
Skin of Steel x2
Superior Mettle

Political Actions:
Archon
Consanguineous Boon x2
Disputed Territory x2
Honor the Elders x3
Kine Resources Contested x3
Reinforcements x2
Sabbat Threat

Reaction:
Deflection x4
Wake with Evenings Freshness x3

Equipment
Ivory Bow
Leather Jacket x2
Sports Bike
Starshell Grenade Launcher x2

Ally
Anam, the Devourer (Bane Mummy)

The winner of MSO Cambridge was Martin Cubberley, who is ranked 2nd in the country and 8th in the world. He played a Setite deck, which now follows.

Deck Name: And you thought they were dirty before...
Created By: Martin Cubberley, with a little help from Mr Green
Description: Corrupt as many vampires as possible - use Mind Rapes and Temptations to steal minions, and once you have them, move all their blood to your other vampires with Heidleburg Castle. Combined with Minion Taps for mucho pool gain.

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 19, Max: 39, Avg: 7.33)
2 Count Ormonde dom OBF pre ser 5, Followers of Set
1 Dedefra nec obf SER 5, Followers of Set
1 Hesha Ruhadze ani obf pre SER 6, Followers of Set
1 Kephamos dom obf pre SER 8, Followers of Set, 2 votes
2 Khay'tall aus DOM OBF PRE SER 9, Followers of Set
3 Nefertiti cel DOM OBF pot PRE SER 10, Followers of Set
1 Nepata obf pre ser 4, Followers of Set
1 Qufur am-Heru cel OBF PRE SER tha 7, Followers of Set

Library: (85 cards)
Master (17 cards)
2 Dominate
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
3 Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1 Khobar Towers, Al-Khubar
7 Minion Tap
2 Opium Den
1 Sudden Reversal

Minion (68 cards)
2 Catatonic Fear
5 Cloak the Gathering
3 Conditioning
5 Deflection
5 Ecstasy
2 Elder Impersonation
3 Forgotten Labyrinth
2 Form of Corruption
3 Legal Manipulations
4 Lost in Crowds
6 Majesty
5 Mind Rape
5 Obedience
2 Social Charm
3 Swallowed by the Night
7 Temptation
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness

I will print some more of the decks from Free States Cambridge next issue.

Final Word:

Keep up the corrupting!