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The Bankruptor

by Chris Wagner

cwagner@cwo.com


The Stack

PROGRAMS:
AI Boon (x2)
Butcher Boy (x2)
Dupre (x1)
Raffles (x1)
Ramming Piston (x2)
Poltergeist (x1)
HARDWARE:
HQ Interface (x4)
Tycho Mem Chip (x2)
RESOURCES:
Back Door to Hilliard (x2)
Broker (x2)
Junkyard BBS (x2)
The Short Circuit (x2)
PREPS:
Edited Shipping Manifests (x4)
Mantis, Fixer at Large (x2)
Priority Wreck (x3)
Romp Through HQ (x4)
Score! (x4)
Weather to Finance Pipe (x3)
TOTAL CARDS = 43

Runner Strategy

This is a variation on the standard HQ Access concept (you know, lots of HQ Interfaces, Romp Through HQ, etc..). This version should catch most Corps off guard, allowing you to Wreck their decks.

The idea here is to control HQ and to keep the Corp broke. The Junkyard BBS is only here to recycle the Priority Wrecks and Weather to Finance Pipes. Dupre should be used if you can gain control of HQ early. Late in the game when the Corp knows what you are doing, switch to Raffles to gain the freedom to run any fort without difficulty. The occasional run on R&D helps this deck keep ahead of the Corp.

Use the Brokers to pay for your own expenses, and if you can, store up extra cash on one or both to help pay for the Priority Wrecks. Its really cool when you have a Butcher Boy or two installed and then you run HQ 2 times every turn. Guaranteed income every turn!

The Poltergeist is optional, but if you really want to keep the Corp broke you must be able to trash the Nodes generating money. Poltergeist makes this more cost effective.

The one loss this deck has suffered so far was due to a Corp with lots of very cheap ICE that got rezzed up early. My draw went horrible and I got no Wall Breaker or Short Circuit until the Corp already had 6 Agenda scored! The strategy had been ruined due to my inability to gain access to HQ. Watch out for these decks! Tag & Bag should be no problem because the Corp will be perpetually broke! :-)

"Transfer all funds into the security account. Now."

"Uhh. Sir? The account seems to be empty..." POW! Thud.

"Replace that idiot. Now."


Created on: August 1, 1998
Last updated on: August 1, 1998
Created by: Scott Dickie <codeslinger@mail.com>