Janne reports on the results of the Rage Across Helsinki tournament:

Date:  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 10:06:11 +0200
From:  Janne Lönnqvist (lonkka@fantasiapelit.fi)
To:  ralvccg@azraelproductions.com
Subject:  Re: [Rage] 7th Gen dead?

            
    Hiya all!
    I finally managed to allocate my time so that we had our first Rage
    tournament, Rage Across Helsinki I, yesterday. Ha ha, who´s Da Man, now?
    Actually Thorwald, as Jere´s Get of Fenris -pack managed to elect him as
    the Leader of the Pack at least twice (and in the beginning of the game
    too). Having a definate date (First day of Winter, of course...) helped a lot.

    Anyways fun was had, although only 6 people were able to participate
    (because of the Holidays some had already gone "back home" to meet the
    Elders...). We played three games and a finale in ~5 hours. Most players
    had not played for a while, so we might´ve played little faster if people
    hadn´t been a bit rusty. In the end Petri "Orava" Wessman managed to
    triumph over Jere´s Get of Fenris -pack´s lead (and Juhani´s Shadow Lords
    -pack) and won the tournament with his Children of Gaia deck streamlined to
    lower the Umbra and kill the Wyrm.

    More details (decks etc.) than you can shake a Glaive at after the Holidays...

    Happy Holidays to everyone on the list (especially all the nice people I
    met while at GenCon)!
    Janne Lonnqvist

Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 09:52:05 +0200
From:  Janne Lönnqvist (lonkka@fantasiapelit.fi)
To:  ralvccg@azraelproductions.com
Subject:  Yadda yadda revisited

      
    Rage Across Helsinki results etc (apologies for repeating some of the stuff):


                            wyrm kills/             (total points)
                            points of round
    ROUND ONE:      
    Janne (Wendigo)         10/22
    Suvi (Ahroun)                   13/13
    Orava (Children of G)   10/11
    WYRM                            12

    Samuli (Shadow Lords)   6/26
    Jere (Get of Fenris)    2/18
    Juhani (Wendigo)                5/5
    WYRM                            0


    ROUND TWO:
    Orava (Children of G)   11/22           (21/33)
    Janne (Wendigo)         5/5             (15/27)
    Samuli (Shadow Lords)   0/5             (6/31)
    WYRM                            1

    Jere (Get of Fenris)    13/21           (15/39)
    Juhani (Wendigo)                12/12           (17/17)
    Suvi (Ahroun)                   0/0             (13/13)
    WYRM                            9


    ROUND THREE:
    Jere (Get of Fenris)    23/23           (38/62)
    Orava (Children of G)   0/6             (21/39)
    Samuli (Shadow Lords)   0/10            (6/41)
    WYRM                    0
            Samuli´s Chameleon Spirit drops Thorvald!

    Juhani (Wendigo)                9/20            (26/37)
    Suvi (Ahroun)                   4/6             (17/19)
    Janne (Wendigo)         0/11            (15/38)
    WYRM                            1


    FINALS
    Orava (Children of G)   0/28            (21/67)
    Jere (Get of Fenris)    0/0             (38/62)
    Samuli (Shadow Lords)   0/0             (6/41)
    WYRM                            0               (total of 23 in all seven games)



                                            Percentage              Number
                                            of Wyrm kills           of wins
    SCORE:
    Orava (Children of G)   (21/67) 31%             2
    Jere (Get of Fenris)    (38/62) 61%             2
    Samuli (Shadow Lords)   (6/41)          14%             1
    Janne (Wendigo)         (15/38) 39%             1
    Juhani (Wendigo)                (26/37) 70%             1
    Suvi (Ahroun)                   (17/19) 89%             0

    GLORY AWARD:    Orava   For most kills
    HONOR AWARD:    Suvi    For highest percentage of Wyrm kills
    WISDOM AWARD:   Jere    Voted among players.

    Actually Orava (ie. Petri "Orava" Wessman) was tied for the Wisdom Award,
    but as he already had one award, it was decided that Jere should be
    awarded. Reason for the award: Repeatedly attacked target #1 with
    determination, which also usually was Wyrm, again and again.

    Games that had Jere´s Gets (just the Thorvald & Gillian -duo) amd Juhani´s
    Wendigos didn´s take that long to play. However Janne´s Wendigo cubs and
    Orava´s Children of Gaias on the table meant at least double playtime.

    In the finals Orava´s Sharp Ears kills Jere´s Thorvald (who attacked Sharp
    Ears twice with Halt the Coward´s Flight) and after that kills Samuli´s
    Paint-your-Nightmares, that attacked badly wounded Sharp Ears after
    Thorvald, even though Samuli had repeatedly said that the Lord´s and
    Children would have to co-operate together against the Gets. Sharp Ears
    attacks Corrupted Blight Child, that turns out to be Samuli´s Janus behind
    a Mask of Imitation. This is to no avail, as thealmost mortaly wounded but
    incredibly spirited Sharp Ears kills Janus. In the next round Jere´s
    Gillian attacks Orava´s alpha (if I remember correctly, still Sharp Ears
    for some reason) who finishes the Get and thus wins the tournament
    beautifully with Go fo the Throat. As Orava said after the game: "Having
    insight of +4 to +5 rules!"

    Shadow Lords really got into character in the finals and managed to honor
    their traditions by getting the CLEARLY lowest percentage of Wyrm kills.
    Well done Samuli! Hssss!

    Hopefully other players besides Orava will send me their a list what was in
    their deck so I can post them here.

    Cheerio,
    janne