Section 1: The Cards:
Aftermaths:
Personal Involvement *2, Crisis of Self *2, Reverse Advances (to remove
those annoying conflict/aftermath cards)
Total
# of aftermaths: 5
Agendas:
Growth in Chaos, Forced Evolution, Knowledge is Power
Total
# of agendas: 3
Characters:
Londo Mollari, Lord Kiro, Vir Cotto, Lady Morella, Lord Refa, Morden, Mary
Ann Cramer.
Total
# of Characters: 7
Diplomacy
Conflicts: Consolidated Position
Total
# of Diplomacy Conflicts: 1
Intrigue
Conflicts: Witness Protection, Precision Strike *2
Total
# of Intrigue Conflicts: 3
Military
Conflicts: Shadow Assault *2
Total
# of Military Conflicts: 2
Enhancements:
The Eye
Total
# of Enhancements: 1
Events:
Confusion in Chaos *3, Forces Collide *2, Shadow Strike *3, What Do You
Want? *3, Contact with Shadows *3, Carpe Diem *3, Recalled to Service *2,
Meditation *3.
Total
# of Events: 19
Fleets:
None
Total
# of Fleets: 0
Groups:
Imperial Telepaths
Total
# of Groups: 1
Locations:
Sleeping Z'ha'dum
Total
# of Locations: 1
Total # of cards in deck: 49
Sidebar
- 11 cards
Characters: Adira Tyree, Lord Valo, Soul Hunter
Additional Characters: 3
Conflicts: Witness Protection
Additional Conflicts: 1
Events:
Not Meant to Be *3, Knowledge of the Soul *3, Recalled to Service.
Additional
Events: 7
Section 2:
Strategy
Opening Hand: Londo Mollari, Mary Ann Cramer, Sleeping Z'ha'dum, What do you Want?
Opening Strategy:
The
first thing you want to do is get out Sleeping Z'ha'dum, so that way you
can begin the fierce building of Shadow marks. Next build up to eight influence
so you can bring Mary Ann Cramer up to your Inner Circle in two turns.
I've noticed that she's a quick target for Accidents and Extreme Sanction
so be careful! Once Mary Ann is in the Inner Circle, play What Do You Want?
to start the Shadows on their way!
Note:
If you pick up any Contact with Shadows, save them for Morden. Also every
turn make sure that the first, or next to first thing you do is use Mary
Ann Cramer to reduce somebodies tension towards you.
Midgame
Strategy:
There
are two things that can stop you dead in your tracks and they are Forced
Impairment and if another person is playing Vorlon. if they use the Forced
Impairment on your major agenda, don't panic, you've got two more options.
One, Growth in Chaos: The highest amount of shadow
Marks you can build is thirteen, giving you six influence. Two, Knowledge
is Power: now aren't you glad you gave six extra Shadow Marks to Morden
:-) (he becomes a TWELVE intrigue!!)
If you've got the Vorlons meddling
about in your business, you might consider using the Not Meant to Be's
that are in your sidebar. Also, if you have them you might consider doing
a little Forced Impairments yourself targetting Kosh Nanarek, Fixed in
Their Ways, and Order Above All. (BTW Fixed
in Their Ways and Kosh make a great Vorlon card-getting combo.)
If you aren't worrying about these
things, then this is what you do. Make sure you have Morden out primarily
before attmepting any of this. Using Shadow Assault without any fleets
may sound stupid, but if you've got Growth in Chaos and Morden out and
Confusion in Chaos in your hand, you can stop the action round immediately
into the turn so they don't have a chance to oppose it, one Minor thing,
do it when Shadow influence is higher then the Military of the planet you're
targetting, just in case you have to wait to play Confusion in Chaos. Precision
Strike can help in any situation when a person
has a large hand and you just want a quick peek at the entire thing. If
you are using the side bar with the Soul Hunter and the Knowledge of the
Soul, keep in mind that hecan no longer hide his good characters that were
lost in the battle by kamikazeing a agent or an aide, Knowledge of the
Soul will put them back on top. Right now is when you are going to want
to build the Shadow influence like there is no tomorrow. The Carpe Diems
and the Shadow contact cards are extremely crucial for quickly adding it
higher. Also keep an eye on the other competitors influence. Odds are that
if Power Politics is out, your a dead man. Once you've got the major agenda
out, your into the final stretch!
Endgame
Strategy:
By now you have your Forced Evolution out and should be transferring one
influence per turn to the Shadows, if you somehow are being harassed by
fleets, the agenda's Shadow marks should target your ambassador's maks
first, then Morden's. The Shadow Strikes are also there in case you need
them. If you
have to worry about the Babylon 5 agenda for the humans or Order Above
All for the Vorlons, just remember that you have Sleeping Z'ha'dum! (You
might want to add Babylon 5 Unrest to slow down the humans a little) Play
Shadow cards for no reason then to build Shadow influence Forces Collide
the Eye, whatever is neccesary, you can come out triumphant!
Weaknesses:
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Section
3: Variations
(Moderator's Note:)
See note in Weaknesses..
I'd also recommend
putting the sideboard in standard. You need more characters and the
cards to keep alive in a long game. I might be wrong, though.