Play report...
My squad:
http://www.bloomilk.com/Squad/118598/sith-regionals--Sith Regionals: RevanMaul HauntJaq--
62 Darth Revan, Sith Lord
57 Darth Maul, Sith Infiltrator
36 Atton "Jaq" Rand
27 Lobot
14 Exar Kun, Dark Force Spirit (Haunting Jaq)
3 Mouse Droid
Preferred Reinforcements:
(Lobot) 8 R7 Astromech Droid
(Lobot) 6 Mouse Droid x2
(Lobot) 6 Rodian Brute x2
(199pts. 11 activations)
Round 1: Versus HinkbertSquad: Republic
GOWK
Mace Legacy
Shieldbearer
R2 AM
Foul
Lobot
Evazan
Some filler
Map: Peaceful City
My reinforcements: Wicket, 1 mouse, 1 ugnaught, 2 brutes
Lost pretty handily here. Bad move of the game - Maul based Mace and they each took turns attacking. Maul was nearly dead and Evazan was approaching. What I should have done but didn't do: Use Revan and swap Revan into Maul's place to save Maul. (Needed to move a mouse droid near him first - that may not have even been an option at that point - I don't remember if I had one left unactivated.) What was going through my head: "Oh - he's going to heal Mace." Of course Evazan auto-damaged Maul and he died. With Maul only getting one swing at Mace, that was pretty much the game. Eventually I did kill Mace somehow. It ended with R2 towing GOWK around while Revan (with less 30 hp left) tried to stay out of push range. Through a positioning error, Hinkbert left an opening where Revan could have killed GOWK - but he needed both attacks on the Assault to land. One missed and one was Soresu-ed. GOWK pushed leaving himself with 10hp and the win.
Round 2: Versus emtjoeSquad: Old Republic
Bastila
Jaq
Cad Bane
JBM
Senator
Lobot
Evazan
Filler
Map: Cantina
My reinforcements: Salacious Crumb, 2 Mice, 2 Brutes, 1 Ugnaught
About six hours after this game, all of a sudden it hit me. I made a huge illegal move that was the turning point of the game. I had run Revan up the outside edge of the cantina to reach Bastila in round 2, then swapped in Maul who took out Bastila in one activation with Sith Rage 2. But ABM was active when the swap happened.
I don't know if it was his responsibility to remind me or my responsibility to not 'cheat' (even accidentally), but that's what happened. (Not sure if there's some correction that happens after the fact, either.) At any rate, after that Maul worked his way back toward the center of the squad while my Jaq traded shots with his Jaq. Eventually, my Jaq died along with quite a bit of my filler, but Revan and Maul were barely scratched at the end. Win? Hard to call it that. False start more like it.
Round 3: Versus LeftiesWillRuleSquad: Old Republic
Bastila
Master Thon
OR Trooper (the new Triple Attack one)
Jaq
Greedo BH
Lobot
Filler
Map: Ravaged Base
My reinforcements: 1 R7, 2 brutes, 2 mice
This is the one where I'm kicking myself the most. I chose to set up outside. Using swap, I reached gambit first round and used my 3 overrides to lock him out. He came in through the commander's office. This was very slow to start. I kept the door locked - he was hesitant to open it. At one point he put a couple of Brutes in front of the door. I used an R7 to open the door, then Jaq killed both and closed the door again. Later he opened the door. I proceeded to lock both doors of the commander's office. I had brought in an R7 with reinforcements, so I had an override advantage, plus after killing the Brutes I equaled him in activations. I had 3 rounds of gambit to his zero, but I blew it.
Mistake #1: I opened the door for him. I should have made him open the door.
Mistake #2: If I was going to open the door, I should have just used Jaq to shoot and then close it again immediately. With 2 hits, I could have killed the trooper on Thon's back. Instead, I opened the door and charged in with Darth Maul so he could use Ambush+SR2.
Mistake #3: If I was going to charge in with Maul, I should have killed the Trooper mounted on Thon's back before trying to kill Thon himself. The trooper was able to attack 3 time to Thon's two, and being non-melee, Maul didn't get Teras Kasi versus the trooper.
So, yeah, I made all 3 of those mistakes in one phase... Maul rushed in for 4 attacks versus Thon at 40dmg each. Without Loner, 2 of the attacks missed. One was lightsaber defensed. All that for a whopping 40 damage. Maul was skewered pretty easily after that. Greedo (with a Force point) got rid of Exar Kun before Kun could start stealing force points from Thon. Revan and Jaq fell pretty quickly, too. I don't know if I killed anything besides filler.
Overall, it was a lot of fun. And LeftiesWillRule made some great customs as prizes.