Florence After Dark

It was supposed to be a Dark Heresy Night, but several players were unable to make it, so we made it a VTES night. We had several interesting games, though the first one lasted almost 3 hours.

First round we were all playing vote decks. Benton was playing !Brujah vote, Billy was playing the KoT Ventrue starter, and I was playing a Gangrel vote deck. Benton got out Armin Brenner, Billy got a out a 6 cap venture, and I got out Stanislavia and Chandler. I was able to call a Gangrel Justicar on Chandler as well as dropping a legendary vampire on Stanislavia to get an early vote lock with 9 votes. However, Billy played a Esgrima which helped to level the vote field once he got out Hardestadt. Benton then brought out Hecktor and another weenie. Only votes that were passing at that point were beneficial to all. I brought out Danielle Dion giving me another vote, Billy Brought out Gustav giving him 2 more votes and Benton brought out Antonio Veradas giving him one more vote. Votes currently: Jason 10, Billy 6, Benton 6. Benton with Billy's help plus the Esgrima famed my Danille and called a successful Dog of War. I was able to S:CE end his attempts to put Danielle into torpor. At this point I managed a successful Gather and brought out Ingrid Rossler for 2 pool! Next master phase, I giant blooded her. I was able to get rid of the Dogs of Wars because Billy was worried about Hecktor rushing his vamps and doing 5 agg damage. I gathered again successfully and brought out Katarina giving me a total of 14 votes! Additionally, I played a Elysium: The Palace of Versailles so I could get a total of 18 votes if needed. I was able to banish Armin and Hecktor giving me vote lock and proceeded to parity shift and bleed Benton out. Billy fell shortly after.

Next game I played a Tremere/!Tremere wall deck, Benton played a Arhmines combat, and Billy played !Toreador gun deck.  I brought out Valerius, Benton brought out Howler, and Billy brought  7 cap. Intitially nothing was getting out because Billy and I were blocking everything. But my deck staled and Benton and Billy proceeded to trade blows. The Ahrimines hitting for 3-4 damage and the !Toreador using 4 mags while I twiddled my thumbs. Benton was able to oust Billy and proceeded to do the same to me shortly.

Next game I played my Club Set(corruption bleed), Benton a !Malk gun deck, and Billy I forgot what deck he played. I was able to get a midcap FoS out and got a quick 3 bleed on Benton. I proceeded to corrupt and bleed Benton out pretty quickly. Billy was ousted a couple turns later.

Final game was Benton playing the same deck, Billy playing a Blood Brothers wall deck, and me playing Brenda's weenie Brujah bruise deck. Benton got out White Lilly and equipped her with a flame thrower torporizing a couple of my weenies. Billy had out 3 BBs and blocked a couple of Bentons actions getting his vamps torporized also. I Haven Uncovered White Lilly, but Benton made all my weenies Totally Insane, limiting my rush actions to White Lilly only. After a few turns, I was able to rush normally and use computer hackings to oust Benton. Billy conceded at that point due to the lateness of the hour.

All in all, a good night for VTES!