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From: "Bourgault, Patrick" <pbourgau@***.CA>
Subject: Wanted !
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:24:00 PDT
>Hi All,
>
>I don?t know if I?m the only one, that considers "Wanted" the most
>annoying card of the set. If played with the right (Troll-) deck it can
>destroy almost every other deck and there is not much, what cone be
>done. The options you have against it are way too weak, IMHO. "Luck of
>the Irish" fails in 50% of all cases, "Lucky Wabbits Foot" and
>"Protective Spirit" are too expensive so there is only "State of
>Confusion" left which is a rare card, so it is very hard to get 4 of
>them.
>If I overlook something, I would be glad to hear a possibility to
>counter "Wanted".
>
>It seems to me in general that strategies, that try to kill the
>opponents runners are to strong, compared to other strategies. Imagine a
>deck consisting of trolls with Harley Scorpions and Katanas, going for
>"Cleanse the Hive". Once there are four or five trolls on the table,
>there is not much what can stop them. And while you wait four the money
>to deploy the trolls you play "Wanted" or "Riots" to eliminate the
>key-runners of your opponent, who is then not fast enough to beat you.
>
>Is there nothing, that can stop such a deck?
>
>Your comments are welcome,
>
>Greetings,
>Michael

Yes there is other ways. You could use bodyguards, or you could find
someone else to play with (this kind of deck was not built for fun, but
for winning at all cost. IMHO, the extensive use of special cards makes
the game, well, kinda dull. It's not fun to play, "Who killed the most
runners" and then pick all rep points easily because there's noone to
stop you. We're not playing Magic here, we're playing SRTCG, the game
that says "Who won the most rep points". This doesn't mean you have to
kill everyone.).

Sure, I have a Wanted! card in my deck, but I usually deploy it to kill
that pesky decker of his. This kind of action only brings more problems
for my opponent because he can no longer Recon/Browse the challenges.

Also, keep in mind that every deck has his weaknesses. Find them,
exploit them (ex.: Torgo is the strongest runner without gear their is
and seems to have no weaknesses, but there is at least one: it cost the
Fixer 2 nuyens per turn. Like Gretsky, Torgo doesn't make the team, but
sure help a lot to make the team win.). If the deck your talking about
is made of trolls, then it cost a LOT of money to bring them so, cut his
money with Sticky Fingers, Ice Queen, or just manage to trash the runners
with Fame. A troll deck can pass through anything IF the fixer has
nuyen.

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