©Zak Plucinski 	


  House of Terror


        by Richard Hardy
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/ As I cruised through the data fort known as The House of Terror, a
Zombie jumped out and tried to bite me. I slipped by, because this was a
inside job. As I forged on, a Corpse sliced at me with his scythe,
chopping at my head. I laid him to rest with my best breaker. Right as I
was about to get through, a Liche merrily looked at me and I melted into
a small mound of gray matter. /

/The Systems operator said, "Man that was scary" in a hint of laughter. /

/ Richard Hardy - 1998
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      The Deck

    * Agenda
          o 3x Priority Requisition
          o 2x Ice Transmutation
          o 1x Security Net Optimization 
    * Ice
          o 7x Zombie
          o 5x Code Corpse
          o 5x Liche 
    * Operations
          o 6x Accounts Receivable
          o 3x Project Consultants
          o 1x Chance Observation 
    * Nodes
          o 5x Rockerboy Promotion 
    * Upgrades
          o 3x Bizarre Encryption Scheme
          o 3x Olivia Salazar
          o 2x Antiquated Interface Routines 


      Commentary

This Deck has been very good to me. Its main theme is to let you set up
very strong forts that are very hard to get through, and at the same
time not as expensive as one might think to rez.

First ice R&D and HQ with a Zombie. Then if the runner has a deck that
targets R&D or HQ, put the big ice on it. You can put an Olivia Salazar
on R&D or HQ so that you can rez that big ice for half the cost. Use
this only in a tight situation though, since it does get unrezed at the
end of the run.

Now lets make the House of Terror. First you put a piece of ice down. I
usually put down a Liche. This way the runner can?t use a inside job to
get by a big piece of ice. Next I put down a Code Corpse in front of the
Liche. Then one or two more pieces of ice of your choice. You put an
Olivia Salazar in it for those tight spots. Then you put a Bizarre
Encryption Scheme in it.

Now this is the key to making the ice less expensive. In one turn put a
Priority Requisition in this fort then put two advancement counters on
it, or use Project Consultants, then put one advancement counter on it
and score it. Or you can choose to put two down then put three on the
next turn. Either way when it is scored rez the Liche. This makes it
much cheaper. Make sure you don?t make a major mistake by putting
something in the fort without enough bits to rez the ice if the runner
runs.

This deck is a little expensive but there is plenty of money in it. The
Scores and Rockerboys should be enough.

Some have told me that it might not work against a Forward's deck but I
think that it would take a lot of clowns to make sure a Forward's would
get by a piece of ice with strength of 9 which it will have after a Ice
Transmutation and 2 antiquated interface Routines. That is a lot of
Drain Bamage if the dice does not roll in his favor.

There is one very scary thing for the corp in this deck. If a Runner
pulls out a Flak then you are toast. "Now that would be a true House of
Terror."