| From: | Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: The Ultimate Shadowrun Deck |
| Date: | Fri, 26 Dec 1997 15:55:46 -0800 |
> > One FastJack, one Fairlight, one Black Hammer. Game over.
> Well, not necessarily-if Crane gets his Sticky Fingers + Nerps going first,
> all your income will be spent maintaining Fastjack. And don't forget Cherry
> Bomb, to take care of Fuchi. Saeder-Krupp could also be used, to keep
> anyone from winning.
Actually, this "I've got Sticky Fingers so everyone else is broke" is a
very flawed line of thought, and even moreso in this particular deck.
Sticky Fingers (and Ice Queen) are only usable by an opponent *on the
opponent's turn*. This means if I have four Thrashes and a Glitz in
play (and choose yen over cards) I get my nine nuyen, and can spend it
any darn way I please, including upkeep for Prime Runners. Add in a few
Moonlightings, or a Troll Bouncer, or, or, or, and it should be
obviously that even four Sticky Fingers and four Ice Queens isn't the
lockout everyone thinks it to be. (I know, I've played the deck for
three months now!)
Nine nuyen, of course, is just enough to play Fastjack and the Fairlight
(and the Black Hammer comes courtesy of the 'deck). Once one "thief" is
gone, the rest just come off easier, as more and more resources are
freed up. And while I'd liek to say something like "even in a
low-income situation, you;d be able to..." I won't -- but only because
you're unlikely to run into a low-yen situation if you're using Prime
Runners.
Oh, and thief-decks -- like every anti-Resource deck -- really, really,
really suck wind in a three- or more player game, as all you is make
more enemies.
-Mb
