From:	Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject:	I was slaughtered
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 1997 09:04:19 +0000

Okay guys, my one friend and I played for 6 hours yesterday (when I
woke up, I seriously thought that conciousness was an Objective and
the Alarm Clock a challenge). He kicked my butt for all 6 hours
(which was only two games....)

Details: We are the only ones in the area playing SRTCG. I play a
Mage-Shaman deck with lots of guns :) and he plays a Decker-Rigger
deck with Ravage and Lord Torgo.

My main problem was that he kept my guys at bay....I could never get
enough guys out, because he did Riots to hurt everybody (and finish
off anyone hurt by a run) and DriveBy to take away his choice of
guys. (to make this worse, he played three Sabatoged Controls, and
me with only Ajax, so not enough piloting to sleaze it)

After a while, he'd pull out Lord torgo (he had enough Fame to not
worry about upkeep) who granted him enough skills to Sleaze anything.
He has a Caesar with Browse, so he knew exactly what challenges
there were, and would never try for them until he could sleaze by
them all anyway.

Now I know I can tune my deck up a few ways, but he murdered me. The
main reason our games took so long is because he just sat and built
power....I couldn't touch him. I caught his decker once with my
Security Decker (I was so smug) but he rolled a three and his decker
was fine, Trash my Sec Decker. (That sucks!)

When he didn't have Lord Torgo out., I could deal with him fairly
well, but afterwards I didn't stand a chance (that Browse is annoying
too). My questions are:

Q: What can I do to kill Lord Torgo?
-I haven't the pilots for Driveby, and he never gets hurt anyway
-with his Browse, Torgo never pulls out of a run, and even if he did,
I'd have to spend a fortune for a CHANCE of using bounty hunter.

Q: The Rapier says "Outdoor". Does this mean it can ONLY be used on
Outdoor Challenges, or CAN'T be used on Indoor Challenges?

Q: What can I do against browse that doesn't involve Rare cards (like
my Sec Decker) and gives me more than a 50% chance?

Q: Does the Ally spirit count against the number of Spirits a Shaman
can use?

Q: Who has spells they can trade with me? :)

-=SwiftOne=-
Brett Borger
SwiftOne@***.edu
AAP Techie