From:	Quicksilver <qwksilvr@*****.COM>
Subject:	Re: [FASA] Tourney Rules (repost)
Date:	Sun, 26 Apr 1998 21:15:53 -0500

At 04:44 PM 4/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Bull wrote:
>>There is going to be a FASA Sponsored SRTCG Tournament at Origins this
>>July. From what little info I have (And considering that I seem to have
>>been dreafted to run the damned thing, it's VERY little info so far <grin>
>>:)), it will be a sealed deck, one on one timed tournament... Beyond that,
>>I don;t know of any specifics...
>
>When I recieved the Origins booklet last Friday, I was stunned to see
>the closed deck tournament. IMHO Shadowrun is not really built for the
>closed deck format. I have to belief they are going to be alot of
>people complaining that they are stuck with useless cards in their
>sealed decks...

Actually, we've run a couple sealed deck events. They seem to work fairly
well with one deck and one booster. One thing I *might* consider in the
future is to ban the False Mentor from being used. It's just a strong,
unmatched advantage in that situation. Of course, our format uses a running
total of Rep over the course of 5 rounds.

Hg

....an analog person, stuck, in a digital world