State of the Cantina Address

(J. walks in, flips on the lights.)

Hello, anyone here? Man, it's been too long. There's dust bunnies mating in the corner, it looks like...

I guess this is what happens when the Gamers Lounge has its own message board. A site like this becomes slightly unnecessary.

To that end, I hereby reinstate the Anachronism Cantina with a new purpose: a place where I can wax verbose about the game. I figure most of my readers have an interest in Anachronism, but those couple that do, this Bud's for you. (Actually, it's a Leinenkugel's. Fine Wisconsin brew.)

I decided to resurrect this site after tonight's Five-Warrior tourney. It was a good time: a mix of new faces and Anachronism vets, some surprises, a lot of Romanian cards, and even a Set 7 tease.

Here are my random ruminations from the last month of tourneys:

• Savasi Nicopolis is the new Mercury. By that, I mean, it's a 9-initiative support card you play when you want to go first round 3 (assuming your warrior has high experience). This is especially true if you use decks with attack-roll bonuses. So far this month, it's happened twice that players have revealed Savasi Nicopolis on the same round. -4 to defense rolls? Ouch.
• Romanians are hardcore. There's no way around it. I've seen them all over the place, and used to deadly effect.
• I got to play an Achilles vs. Hector out-of-the-pack game with, well, Achilles (the '06 world champ). Hector's got a pretty sweet pack. His ability can be janky. And I got a few hints on the Aeneas pack. Set 7's lookin' pretty cool.