Reply: Android: Netrunner:: Sessions:: Re: HB vs. Anarch Play-by-Play

by argus88

I did think it was funny that the Parasites were going down on Ice and trashing the same Ice off of R&D :)

Great game guys, and interesting one to see, and it's especially cool that you've done all the card draws for both players as well as keeping the running total of credits. Format here is really superb, great way to see a game play out! :thumbsup:

IirionClaus already commented on all the archives runs, which is fair enough, though I would probably have run it a bit less early on personally. Turn 1 though, this was certainly a mistake:

Install Parasite, ICE1 RS1, Wall of Static
--Trash card, Wall of Static
Run Archives
--Successful run, no score

With no Ice on R&D you definitely should have run it given that the chance of hitting an agenda is equal for both, there is a good chance the card in archives will still be there for you to look at on future turns, if it isn't an agenda it's more useful to know the next card he'll be drawing than a card he has in the trash.

Precognition
Draw Priority Req
Advance RS1

3 Credits
Draw Easy Mark
Run HQ
--Successful run, access Melange, trash
Run HQ
--Successful run, access Priority Req, score

This made me laugh. looks like he's got you figured out FileAccess :) I'm guessing this isn't the first time you've pulled agendas into HQ after a precog when playing him?

Score RS1, Beta Test
--Install ICE2 R&D Ichi, Install ICE3 R&D heimdall, Install ICE4 RS1 Heimdall

Yeah, this seemed to big the big mistake for you as you noted (how can you say your forgot about protecting archives and Noise's ability?? He'd only run Archives about 10 times lol) With Heimdall, Ichi, and Archer all installed, rezzed and parasite free on RS1, and him without a single breaker installed there was zero chance he'd be getting in there any time in the remote future. You definitely needed one Heimdall at the least on R&D, probably the Ichi as well, but then the Heimdal should have gone on Archives, and then the Archer you installed should go there as well (though it would be much nicer if you'd installed the archer first and could put the Heimdall outside it, as he'd have to spend a full turns worth of clicks, and you could rez the archer if an agenda were in archives or if it was worth it to trash programs, or keep it unrezzed otherwise)

Anyhow, great game, thanks for sharing!