Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 07:40:39 -0700 Reply-To: rak@gene.COM Sender: Netrunner Discussion List From: Rob King Subject: Re: Ed Chen wins Slugathon tournament In-Reply-To: Stephane Bura "Re: Ed Chen wins Slugathon tournament" (Nov 10, 2:20pm) On Nov 10, 2:20pm, Stephane Bura wrote: > Could Rob or yourself tell us what kind of bit engine allows him > to gain so many bits and how can he install so many moles before > you can even score an agenda? > I'm very curious. Here's the deck I played. It's pretty self-explanatory. 10 R&D Moles 1 Kilroy was Here 4 Top Runners Conferences 6 Loan from Chiba 1 AI Boon 1 Piledriver 1 Codecracker 8 Bodyweight Synthetic Blood 1 MIT West Tier 2 Time to Collect 2 Fall Guy 1 The Deck 3 Militech MRAM 1 Misc-for-sale 1 Broker (Never did use it much, deck takes to many actions) and 2 more cards I can't remember at the moment. Basically, it's a one shot deck. I setup, run R&D, blow everything up, and hope I win. I play everything I draw when I draw it. So if I get the TRCs early, the bits add up. And, if I play a Loan, I don't lose very many bits. After everything is set up, I Misc-for-sale everything but the Moles, the Deck, the programs, and the Loans. I get about 30-36 from the Misc, anywhere from 10-40 from the Top Runners (depending on when they came out) and 48 from the Loans (2 of the loans are used to install the AI Boon and The Deck). When I ran on Frisco, I had 85+ bits. It took me about 10 or 12 turns to get to that point, and pretty much left me helpless afterward. But, that's how the decks designed. That's why I call it "Rob's Last Gasp". It's not meant to win if I don't win on that 1 run. I got >incredibly< lucky pulling that last agenda out of HQ. The new, improved version swapped a broker for an Enterprise, Inc. because I got flatlined after hitting a Setup and 2 Traps in my run on R&D, and swapped a Loan for another Top Runners Conference.