I went into this regular monthly tournament undecided on which deck I was going to play. I had a Borg Assimilation deck (sounds really newbie-ish and corny, but it was actually quite good and thoroughly playtested) and a Bajoran/Cardassian Rogue Borg deck.  I thought the Baj/Car deck was quite capable of bringing down most decks from the local meta even if they had Reactor Overload.
After managing to trade for another queen before hand, I decided to play the Borg deck.
The turnout for this tournament was pretty low, however the tournament foils (DOSTC and Chula: the Dice) were still up for grabs.

Game 1  Borg 111 card monstrosity vs Scott (Klingon)
Scott starts out kinda slow until he gets his Red Alert and Traveler out (around 4th turn), however I got an excellent draw and had a staffed cube (w/ the queen) at his outpost on the 2nd turn. I then went on to assimilate about 8 of his people (including a counterpart). Unfortunately for Scott, he lost most of his remaining people to a Hazardous Duty – Borg Ship combo. I then went on to complete an Assimilate Planet and Establish Gateway on two of his missions.

FW 2 (+100) cumulative 2 (+100)
 

Game 2 Borg thingy vs Robert (Bajoran Pire for Hire)
Robert did a pretty standard start with Morn at the bar and Return Orb to Bajor on Kira for a first turn Orb. I also started out well, getting a cube to Bajor (where DS9 and Chamber of Ministers were) on about the 2nd turn. He continues to get out a lot of people, however an Assimilate Counterpart and 3 Talon Drones later, most of his people are now serving me. I then go on to Assimilate Bajor, taking away all of his facilities. He slows me down with a Q’s Planet, but I complete a couple more objectives on his missions for the win.

FW 2 (+100) cumulative 4 (+200)
 

Game 3 Borg whatdyacallit vs Bernie (Romulan PNZx6)
I was kinda prepared for PNZ, and I was pretty confident I could get a Cube into the Neutral Zone turn 1, however things would turn out differently. Bernie got off to a very quick start, he attempted first turn with about 7 people and went through a Q-Flash and Chula: the Chandra to get stopped at a Friendly Fire. On my turn, I attempt to get the cube out, except my hand just wasn’t good enough and Bernie seemed to have all the answers. I didn’t draw a queen until about the 2nd turn and when I tried to Awaken the drones I needed he responded with a barrage of amandas. As a result of this it wasn’t till my third turn (when the Friendly Fire had gone and he had solved his first PNZ) that I was able to enter the Alpha Quadrant. After I got into the Alpha Quadrant and downloaded an AU Door to my hand, there was nothing he could do. I solved one Establish Gateway on a PNZ but I was too afraid he’d win with a feedback surge if I did another one so I went on to solve (with a different cube) three more objectives in the Delta Quadrant. At one stage I also lowered his score with an Oof!.

FW 2 (+55) cumulative 6 (+255)

Lunch break – wooohooo!
A plate of chips contains all the essential food groups – Sauce, Salt, Grease, Fat and ...Chips.
 

Game 4 Borg Deck of Doom vs (SORRY? – I forget your name)’s Klingon Alpha Deck
This game was VERY similar to the first one except that I took too long doing objectives and ended up with a timed win by about 70.

TW 1 (+70?) cumulative 7 (+325?)
 

Game 5 We are the Borg vs Adam (Romulan/Klingon Guardian of Forever)
I started off as usual, getting a Cube out to the Alpha on about the 2nd turn and he started off sending back a group of Archaeology/Anthropology people to 2267. He’d only played one GoF when I assimilated Historical Research (Friendly Fire prevented him from doing it – however it doesn’t stop the Borg from probing). He was very hesitant from there on. I’d playtested with him a lot the week before and he knew that if he had a large group of people ANYWHERE I’d assimilate them. I went on to assimilate most of the Blood Oath group after a Hazardous Duty stopped them and completed a couple of objectives in the Delta Quadrant for the win.

FW 2 (+100) cumulative 9 (+425?)
 

Game 6 – I get the bye
Well I don’t know how that happened, but oh well, it guarantees me a victory.

Well I finish the tournament on top and receive a DoSTC tournament foil – hopefully I can trade that for a bunch of RefIII when that releases. I was also able to trade for a Reginald Barclay (TB) leaving me with only one card to complete my Borg set.

Now for the traditional………..Props and Slops!

Props
Adam, for trading me Reg
Everyone I played, for giving me some GREAT games
Robert, for trading me another Borg Queen
Decktech and WNOHGB, for helping heaps with the playing communities of both ST and SW
The TD – unconditionally
The Canberra Games Society and Wests Rugby Club for the venue

Slops
Jardy and Tommo for not showing up
My Draw Deck in game 3 – for not giving me a queen
 

That’s about it

Lee ‘Q son of Q’ Clarke