Originally published at: http://gomorragazette.com/2015/06/10/doomtown-at-kublacon-2015-an-after-action-report/
Kublacon 2015 was held over Memorial Day Weekend at the Hyatt Burlingame near San Francisco, California. Amongst the games and events of the weekend, I attended or hosted several Doomtown events over two days. The fun began with Rich Carter’s Classic showdown:
Rich Carter – Sioux Spirit Warriors (non-brawler)
Jon Del Arroz – Sweetrock Gommora Limited Rails
David Orange – Law Dogs: Mob Justice
Chris Holm – Texas Rangers
Round 1 – David defeated Rich, Jon defeated Chris
Round 2 – David defeated Jon
I ran a Wanted tech deck that featured Simon McPherson xp and useful miracles and the standard LD:MJ shenanigans – Lynch Mob, Confessions, etc. I was able to hammer away at Rich, and versus Jon, keep my influence mobile and camp his deeds and shoot his dudes as fast as he could play ‘em. I was hindered by a Den of Eastern Delights nerfing my Earthquakes major and minor, and McPherson got stuck out of town. Still, I was able grind my way to the win and earn the coveted Kubla winner’s pin.
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Jon Del Arroz and Mike Welschmeyer engage in a pre-tourney friendly.[/caption]
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Doomtown: Reloaded demos at KublaCon 2015[/caption]
There were two demo sessions that saw the crew led by David Orange, Rich Carter, and Jon Del Arroz teaching the game to eight new players. In addition, several other players enjoyed casual play or the opportunity to tune their decks for the Saturday tourney.
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Swag closeup[/caption]
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David Orange at Kublacon 2015 with Lyris Laser Studio’s Barry Figgins[/caption]
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Participant Tokens - “Shan Fan Showdown” provided by HEG for KublaCon 2015[/caption]
The Doomtown:Reloaded tourney highlighted the weekend. Ten players competed for swag provided by Harrowed Entertainment Group. A very special shoutout to Barry Figgins of Lyris Laser Studios lyrislaser.com
who produced the dealer tokens that we gave out to all participants. Other contributors were Alex Wirges of Gomorra Gazette for designing the playmats and Thom Goodnow of Harrowed Entertainment Group for the Promo Cards given out to the participants.
I tested out an Oddities of Nature Dead Man’s Hand shooter. The deck usually won lowball and shot well (hitting at least one DMH per match). Each of the three contested matches were hard-fought, but I ran into consistent issues with mobility and lack of hard influence.
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Rich Carter and Mike Welschmeyer battle it out for the title.[/caption]
Mike and Rich fought it out for the title, with the bounty-laden Sloaners of Desolation Row finally carrying the day.
And now, without further ado, here are the results of our lil’ ol’ Tourney:
- Mike Welschmeyer (TSG:DR) 4-0
- Matt Thatcher (4th Ring) 3-1
- Rich Carter (MCC) 3-1
- Jon Del Arroz (LD) 2-2
- Josie Huang (4th Ring) 2-2
- Ed Su (TSG:DR) 2-2
- Justin Bialo (MCC:Gadgetorium) 2-2
- David Orange (4R:OoN) 1 -3 (win via default)
- Chris Holm (LD) 1-3 (win via default)
- Ronneal Santos (LD) 0-4 (only had time to play two matches)
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Mike Welschmeyer - Kublacon DT:R champ[/caption]
