From: owner-brotherhood-digest@flwyd.dhs.org (Brotherhood Digest) To: brotherhood-digest@flwyd.dhs.org Subject: Brotherhood Digest V1 #156 Reply-To: brotherhood Sender: owner-brotherhood-digest@flwyd.dhs.org Errors-To: owner-brotherhood-digest@flwyd.dhs.org Precedence: bulk Brotherhood Digest Sunday, July 8 2001 Volume 01 : Number 156 Today's subjects from the Brotherhood: Re: [Brotherhood] Soul of Seikua Re: [Brotherhood] CALIFORNIA KOTEI [Brotherhood] Kotei Duelling Deck... Take 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 09:17:33 -0400 From: Brent Keith Subject: Re: [Brotherhood] Soul of Seikua Quoth Mustafa: >I assume you mean 'Seikua' not Suana... though it would be good to see Suana >back to help get RoW out!! Er, yes. Sorry, I was afflicted by a passing brain fart. >As for Seikua, I've never used him as I found him too expensive for what you >get (even before the MRP). I was never under the illusion that it was a great card, even before the MRP. However, I really like the flavour of the ability, and I did make good use of it in the early days, even before there was a Monk faction. (I've been playing enlightenment decks for a _very_ long time.) >I'd be curious to know what kind of decks Seikua would go in? Generally, I used him in enlightenment decks with a focus on dueling. Of course, after the misprint MRP, he rarely showed up anymore. Shosho Mercenary & Mujina Wrangler * You received this message because you're subscribed to brotherhood * To send a message, mail brotherhood@flwyd.dhs.org To unsubscribe, * mail brotherhood-request@flwyd.dhs.org with a body of unsubscribe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 21:27:40 EDT From: LOCO916@aol.com Subject: Re: [Brotherhood] CALIFORNIA KOTEI - --part1_118.146956c.2877bf8c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Just to confirm =C5=A0 The California Kotei will be held on July 14. It is 40/40 open. The new MRPs and rulebook will be in effect. The original version of the Imperial Favor will be used (no winds). For more information, go to ht= tp://www.a-1comics.com/kotei200 1/information.htm ISAWA TOKU - --part1_118.146956c.2877bf8c_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Just to confirm =C5=A0

The California Kotei will be held on July 14.

It is 40/40 open.

The new MRPs and rulebook will be in effect.

The original version of the Imperial Favor will be used (no winds).

For more information, go to http://www.a-1comics.com/kotei200
1/information.htm

ISAWA TOKU - --part1_118.146956c.2877bf8c_boundary-- * You received this message because you're subscribed to brotherhood * To send a message, mail brotherhood@flwyd.dhs.org To unsubscribe, * mail brotherhood-request@flwyd.dhs.org with a body of unsubscribe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 09:49:38 +0100 From: "Mustafa Bharmal" Subject: [Brotherhood] Kotei Duelling Deck... Take 2 Hey all, Thanks for the advice and ideas you all gave, As a result I made a couple of changes, which do seem to make the deck quite a bit faster. I then played it in the tournament I run in Crawley, UK yestereday, and it seemed to go much better (though it still pains me to have to take out Tetsuya... I think he's my favourite art work/personality in the game!). I'd appreciate more help/opinions if you can spare the time. (I'm also keen to get this list going for a while too :-) Anyway, the deck is as below, with the following changes. Restoring the Doji Treasury taken out - appologies to Whitecat, you were right about monastery, and I should read the Accum Rulings more often (especially as I judge my tournaments!!). Monastery taken out - paying 2 gold holdings to get out one was too inefficient, esp. as Takao xp2 and Tetsuya were the only things in the deck that cost more than 2 holdings!!. Tetsuya taken out - it wasn't worth 2 biggies without the Monastery, and Takao is stronger over all (even if Tetsuya is nicer!!). Also this allows me to put Shiryo no Tetsuya back in (which is great with Hoshi Maseru x1, and Takao, and even Gekkai). Added 3 Merchant Caravans - in place of the 3 dynasty cards I took out. Again, I think Whitecat (sorry I missed your real name, so I'll have to keep calling you Whitecat :-) was right. This speeded up the deck more than I'd expected, and it let me get the Ring of Void out more often/ faster (useful with Prayer Shrines, H Maseru xp, and especially Enlightened Ruler!). I'm still weary of Bandit Attacks though. Also I managed to obtain 2 more Snow Crane Tattoos to replace Strike Without Striking. This was a much more useful card!! Overall I came 4th of 9 yesterday. >House of Tao (+ Hantei Sensei) > >Dynasty: 40 >Inheritance >Death of the Kirin >Kisada's funeral >Wisdom Gained >Enlightened Ruler >Blessings of Isawa All the above were generally useful, though Blessings was slightly less so due to 'Facing your Devils' often being named with Hantei. >Restoring the Doji Treasury----> Merchant Caravan >2 Temples of Osano Wo >1 Temple of Shinsei Temples of Shinsei definitely slowed down the Spawning Grounds Player (though it came out after I'd lost to provs!!). It is definitely a stronger card than Iris festival (in the main game he could only take my last province with my Kolat Mastered Takao and Yoshun (Mastered to pump Takao!!). However his Moetechi's and ability to refuse/lose most duels together with his Shoju Sensei meant that I found it very difficult to win. Also having Shinsei's Temple generally meant I had less Double Chi peeps than I generally had with 3 Osano-Wo Temples. I am therefore considering changing back to 3 of the first, and accepting loss to any Shadowlands I meet (though I obviously would never concede... just expect to get pummelled!!). What do people think?? Perhaps Todo's experience would help (though he may not want to help me kill Shadowlands :-). >3 prayer Shrines >3 Temples To Shinsei >1 Vows of the Brotherhood >1 Monastery (only own 1)---> Merchant Caravan I generally seemed to have enough gold. >1 Prophets Tower >1 Fortress of the Dragonfly These were much more useful than I'd expected (esp. the Fortress!). >1 Grove of the 5 Masters This was generally less useful than expected. I'm considering putting in another Fortress in it's place. These are cumulative right? Opinions? >3 Gekkai >3 Shioda >3 Yoshun >3 H. Maseru >3 H. Wayan >1 H. Maseru exp >1 H. Wayan exp >1 Takao exp2 The personality base seemed pretty solid. I wouldn't make any changes :-) >1 Tetsuya---> Merchant Caravan >Fate >Hantei Sensei >all 5 Rings I found Ring of Earth better to start with than Ring of Water quite often. I even considered taking it out, but the touch of having all five rings, and focus value seems nice to me. Don't know how worthwhile it is as a bluff? The main reasons for starting RoW are to be able to assign attackers to the corresponding Duel Bait for the duels I have in hand- Show me your stance, Test of might, Duel, etc. However, I found myself rarely attacking, rather than Counter attacking. Also, I have no way to put RoW into play from my deck, so if I start with that, and then play RoE I have 2 rings in play (for reasons above). In fact mine was the only non military deck yesterday, so perhaps RoW might be necessary against someone who won't attack me?? What do you think? Should I ever start with RoW? If so, against who?? Should I drop it from my deck? >3 I. Challenge >3 I. Art >3 I. Duel >2 Test of Might >3 Show me your Stance >3 Focus >3 Chi Strike >1 Snow Crane Tattoo (only own 1) >2 Strike Without Striking----> Snow Crane Tattoo These all seemed useful. However I sometimes found (esp against Military Crane) that I couldn't duel him, as he had all 3chi peeps with Kenjutsu School so he would just react/strike. I beat him 1 game out of 5 in friendlies (it was only ever close when I started RoE). He had no Kharmics or Poisoned weapons, and was playing pure military, so I don't know how well to gauge my deck against 'normal' Crane. Perhaps I'll stick in Bend like a Reed instead of Snow crane (if I can get any before the Kotei... as I currently own none!!) >1 Sun in Shadow (ditto) Again, no other monks or Phoenix, so this may be more useful than it seemed. >3 Come one at a time >2 Counter attack > >3 The Winds Truth >3 Faciing your Devils >2 Purity of Spirit >1 Revealing the Ancient Wisdom >2 Dharma Technique >2 Shame These were all good, though Revealling was mainly used for focus due to fewer Double Chi guys than normal. I some P-kill is definitely needed though vs Shoju Sensei. So, once again, all help advice you can give this Simple Monk would be gratefully appreciated (even if I previously told you that you don't get my deck :-) Thanks for listening, Mustafa Bharmal, A Simple Monk. * You received this message because you're subscribed to brotherhood * To send a message, mail brotherhood@flwyd.dhs.org To unsubscribe, * mail brotherhood-request@flwyd.dhs.org with a body of unsubscribe ------------------------------ End of Brotherhood Digest V1 #156 ********************************* * You received this message because you're subscribed to brotherhood-digest * To send a message, mail brotherhood@flwyd.dhs.org To unsubscribe, mail * brotherhood-digest-request@flwyd.dhs.org with a body of 'unsubscribe'