Unearthed Games. Teesside, A Game of Thrones Tournament.
Our small scene has decided to do our first melee tournament. With nine players we decided to do three tables of three, with the final table being the top four players.

Our players and their decks are as follows:

Mr K Gething – Dothraki Heir
House: Targaryen. Agenda: Heir to the Iron Throne.
Plots: Muster the Realm, Building Season, Mad Kings Legacy, The Red Wedding, Search and Detain, Mutual Cause and Spending the Winter Stores.

Characters
Viserys Targaryen (Core) x1
Drogo’s Horde x2
Ser Jarah Mormont x1
Rakharo x1
Killer of the Wounded x3
Horseback Archers x3
Dothraki Honour Guard x1
Rhaegal x1 (qod)
Daario Naharis x1 (core)
Horseback Hunters x3
Jhogo x1 (osas)
Daenerys Targaryen x2 (gotc)
Khal Drogo x1
Drogon x1 (qod)
Dothraki Handmaiden x1
Black Hatchling x1
Brown Ben Plum x1
Viserion x1 (qod)

Locations
Khal Drogo’s Tent x1
Astapor x1
Xaro’s Home x1
Lady Daenery’s Chambers x1
Kingsroad Fiefdoms x3
Eastern Fiefdoms x3
Vaes Dothrak x1
Summer Sea x3

Attachments
Poisoned Wine x1
Flame Kissed x1
Unburned x1
Crown of Meereen x1
Aggo’s Bow x1
Sun Stroke x1
Bones of a child x1
Rakharo’s Arakh x1

Events
Ambushed from the Plains x3
Maegi’s Promise x2
Forever Burning x1

Mr M O’Farrell – The Martell Maesters
House: Martell, Agenda: The Maester’s Path.
Plots: The Breaking of Oaths, Outwit, Forging the Chain, The Prince that was Promised, To the Spears, Loyalty Money can Buy and At the Gates.

Characters
Archmaester Ebrose x2 (cbtc)
Maester Aemon x1 (core)
Maester of War x3 (w5k)
Advisor to the Crown x2 (qod)
Oldtown Raven x3 (ior)
Oldtown Advisor x2 (gotc)
Archmaester Marwyn x1 (mota)
Leyton Hightower x2 (gotc)
Maester Creylen (ftc)
Maester of Lemonwood x1 (btw)
Maester Luwin x2 (ftc)
The Conclave x3 (cbtc)
Refugee of the Citadel x3 (row)
Maester Murenmure x2 (cbtc)

Locations
Water Garden x3
The Isle of Ravens x1
River Row x1
Shadowblack Lane x1
Lord Doran’s Chambers x2
Dorne x1
The Citadel of Oldtown x2

Attachments
Apprentice Collar x1
Steel Link x1
Iron Link x1
Pale Steel Link x1
Bronze Link x1

Events
Tin Link x1 Fights no Sword can Win x3
Old Intrigues x2
Citadel Custom x3
We Light the Way x3
Red Vengeance x3

Miss K Eason – Baratheon Rush

House: Baratheon. Agenda: Knights of the Realm. Restricted Cards: Narrow Escape.

Plots: Summoning Season, Stoic Resolve, Tourney for the Hand, Battle of Oxcross, Lineage and Legacy, Loyalty Money can Buy and The Red Wedding.

Characters
Hedge Knight x2
Knight of Rainwood x1
Vanguard Lancer x3
Veteran Knight x2
Marya Seaworth x1
Devan Seaworth x1
Ser Emmon Cuy
Ser Parmen Crane x1
Brienne of Tarth x1 (core)
Knight of Flowers (core)
Ser Axel Florent x1
Ser Guyard Morrigen x1
Ser Cortnay Penrose x1
Ser Davos Seaworth x1
Salladhor Saan x1
Melisandre x1 (ror)
Ser Eldon Estermont x1
Ser Gerold Hightower x1
Robert Baratheon x1 (core)
Stannis Baratheon x1 (core)
Renly Baratheon x3 (kos)
Knights of the Storm x2

Locations

Great Hall x3
Crossroads x2
King Roberts Chambers x1
Smugglers Cove x3
Stromlands Fiefdom x3
Street of Steel x1
Narrow Sea x3
Den of Wolves x1

Attachments

Lightbringer x1
Milk of the Poppy x1
Formal Petition x1

Events

Narrow Escape x2
Heart of the Stag x3
See who is Stronger x2
Superior Claim x2
Make an Example x2
Muster x1

Mr M Elliot – Greyjoy Mill

House: Greyjoy. Agenda: Kings of Winter.

Plots: A Time of Ravens, Wildfire Assault, The Kings Law, Rise of the Kraken, Battle of Oxcross, The Winds of Winter and Feast or Famine.

Characters
Euron’s Enforcers x3 (bwb)
Mercenaries from the Pyke x1 (dofn)
Euron’s Mongrel x3 (bwb)
Euron Crow’s Eye x2 (kots)
Ambitious Oarsman x 3(bwb)
Bloodthirsty Crew x3 (bwb)
Cragorn x2 (bwb)
Drowned Disciple x1 (kofs)
Maester Wendamyr r x1 (kots)
Godswood Attendant x1 (kots)
Overzealous Scout x1 (acoa)
Raiding Fleet x1 (dofn)
Maester Aemon x1 (core)
Victarion Greyjoy x1 (kots)
Balon Greyjoy x1 (kl)
Dagmer Cleftjaw x1 (kots)

Locations
River Blockade x2
Frostfang Peaks x3
Winter Armada x3
The Searoad x1
Aeron’s Chamber x1
Iron Islands Fiefdoms x1
Kingdom of Shadows x1
Street of Steel x1
Bloody Keep x1
Longstrip Silence x1
Crossroads x1
The Iron Mines x1
Gatehouse x1
Refurbished Hulk x1

Attachments
White Raven x2 (ator)
Pulled under x2 (dotn)
Formal Petition x1 (pots)
Veteran Marauder x1 (kots)
War Horn x1 (ator)
Horn of Dragons x1 (bwb)
Support of Harlaw x1 (kots)

Events
We take Westros x3 (bwb)
River Raid x3 (bwb)
Make an Example x2 (pots)
Assault of the Kraken x1 (kots)
Risen from Sea x1 (kots)
The Price of War x1 (kots)
Assertion of Might x1 (kots)

Mr R Sampson – Martell Gambit

House: Martell. Agenda: Knights of the Hollow Hill.
Plots: Condemned by the Realm, To the Spears, Wildfire Assault, Burning Bridges, Let my porridge fly, Forgotten Plans, Fleeing to the Wall.

Characters
Darkstar x1
Dornan Martell x1
Arianne Martell x3
The Vipers Bannerman x3
The Red Viper x3
Ellaria Sand x1
Southron Scavenger x3
Orphan of the Green Blood x3
Carrion Bird x3
House Messenger x3
Areo Hotah x1
House Dayne Skirmisher x2
Paramour x3

Locations
Dornish Fiefdom x3
Summer Sea x3
Dorne x1

Attachments
Formal petition x1 (pots)
Rusted Sword x3
Locked Away x2

Events
Wars are won with Quills x2
He calls it thinking x3
Scheming on Sands x1
The Dragons tail x3
Make an Example x3
Fights no swords can win x3
Distinct Mastery x2
Red Vengeance x3

Mr B Glover – Bolton Winter

House: Stark. Agenda: Kings of WinterPlots: Valar Morghulis, A Time for Ravens, Building Season, The Power of Arms, Mutual Cause, The Winds of Winter, Fear of Winter (Restricted)

Characters
2 x Roose Bolton
3 x Flayed Men
3 x The Bastard's Elite
3 x Bolton Loyalist
3 x Ranger of Winter
3 x Northern Cavalry Flank
3 x Carrion Bird
1 x Steelshanks Walton
1 x Reek
1 x The Bastard of Bolton
1 x Maester Luwin
1 x Hodor
1 x Arya Stark - Core
1 x Catelyn Stark - Core
1 x Eddard Stark - Core
1 x Ser Rodrik Cassel
1 x Theon Greyjoy - PotS
1 x Ser Jorah Mormont - PotS
1 x The Hound - PotS
1 x Brienne of Tarth - PotS

Locations
2 x Great Keep
3 x Northern Fiefdom
3 x Narrow Sea
1 x Dreadfort
1 x Abandoned Fort
1 x Lord Eddard's Chambers
1 x Street of Steel
1 x Street of Sisters
1 x Shadowblack Lane

Attachments
1 x White Raven
1 x War Horn
1 x Freezing Rain
1 x Bloody Scourge

Events
2 x Seductive Promise
2 x Winter is Coming
2 x Lethal Counter Attack
3 x Winter Reserves

Mr D License – Martell Sand Snake

House: Martell. Agenda: Knights of Hollow Hill
Plots: Retaliation, Counting Favours, Loyalty money can buy, Valar Morghulis, Bungled Orders, Summoning Season, To the Spears.

Characters
Obella Sand x2
Obara Sand x1
Nymeria Sand x2
Tyene Sand x2
Sarella Sand x2
The Red Viper x1
Doran Martell x2
Arianne Martell x2
Ellaria Sand x2
Areo Hotah x2
Darkstar x1
Harmon Uller x1
Varys x1
Bastard Daughter x3
House Messenger x3
Paramour x2

Locations
Summer Sea x3
Dorne x2
Palace Fountains x2
Dornish Fiefdoms x3
Lord Dorans Chambers x1
River Row x1
The Spear Tower x1
Tower of the Sun x1
The Old Palace x1
Kings Road Fiefdoms x1

Attachments
Taste for Blood x3
Sun Stroke x3
Blood of the Viper x3
War Scorpion x3

Events
Narrow Escape x2
No use for Greif x2
Red Vengeance x3
Blood for Blood x3

Mr M Leadbitter - Martell Game
- No Deck list submitted

Mr P Lowther - Big Money Lannister
- No Deck list submitted

Top Table

Mr D License – Martell Sand Snake
Mr R Sampson – Martell Gambit
Miss K Eason – Baratheon Rush
Mr B Glover – Bolton Winter

Winner on 3rd Turn Miss K Eason – Baratheon Rush

Thanks for sharing, Cowboy... We don't get enough local tournament reports, especially not with decklists. How long have you all been playing for?

How did you determine the "top fourth?" The highest power total in 2nd pace?

No so much a report as a list of entrants and winners. Was the first tourney tho.

As one of the players in that tourney (which was actually a few weeks ago... we've had another since then!), I can say that the bulk of us have been playing for around 5-6 months.

Places 1-4 were determined by the usual power method. The tournament guide recommends a final table of only three players when you have 12 or less. Oddly enough, we didn't notice this during the first tournament and opted to go with a final table of 4. As this was easy enough to work out from the three scoring rounds before the final table, we decided to stick with it for the second tournament when we had 10 people involved. This may be contrary to the official format, but the format does prioritise table size at 4 players apiece so I don't understand the need to keep this down to 3 for the final table?

Oh, and Mr R Sampson... I'm pretty sure that K Eason won on round two, not three :-)

Maester_LUke said:

Oh wait, I misunderstood what you meant. Thought you'd rumbled the fact that our final table was larger than it should have been.

We played three rounds before the final table. After three rounds the points were totalled. Three players were tied on 15 points apiece for the final spot, so we used strength of schedule to break the tie. The winner of this tie breaker was actually the winner of the final table and became the (former) Teesside champ

Well, it was my bad, I somehow read that you only played one round (at 3 tables of 3) before cutting to the final top table of 4, rather than playing 3 rounds of the 3 tables of 3.

Cheers for that Nitro, honestly thought it was turn 3, but then even Miss Eason couldn't remember herself

As for the "report" yeah sorry it was a while ago and the details were pretty hazy All I can really remember was Mr Glover crying about sand snakes and banner men

From what I've read on the forums tho a lot of people put up personal reports of how they did, why don't you do one telling everyone how you didn't get to the top table

Cheers for taking an interest Maester_LUke, as Nitro says we've only really been playing for about 6 months but our player base is steadily growing, we're looking forward to running some more events in the new year and hopefully travel to some others elsewhere