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This Strategy-Note was written by openCards user thsch and was published first on "The Continuing Committee (trekcc.org)" at Sep 24th, 2010.

Using a straight solver in a Multiplayer Tournament sounds dangerous, taking into account that in the worst case you have to face two bloodthirsty, hunting, assimilating and sabotaging opponents. And believe me, if you just combine two of your best single-player solvers, it is! On the other hand, if you prepare for the possibilities this format has to offer, you can survive (and win).

This Strategy-Note was written by openCards user zippercommander and was published first on "The Continuing Committee (trekcc.org)" at Sep 22nd, 2010.

This year, a great format will celebrate its premiere at the World Championship – the Multiplayer Team Tournament. Maybe some of you already enjoyed a game of multiplayer together with some friends, but this new format will combine the fun of multiplayer sessions with the responsibility of a team competition.

Two players will form a team and will play against another team of two players at one table. The winning conditions can only be fulfilled by both players of a team, so there is a great variety of ways to victory. On the surface, the possibilities include two straight solvers (very boring), two interactive decks (whether capture, battle, assimilation, sabotage – it’s your choice) or a smart combination.

This Strategy-Note was written by openCards user Hoss-Drone and was published first on "The Continuing Committee (trekcc.org)" at Sep 3rd, 2010.

Recently, Nathan talked about traditions in the game. Well every tradition starts with a first time and as far as I'm concerned, I started a new tradition of writing an article predicting the decks that I thought have the best chance of taking worlds a little more than a year ago.

I'll give the same (top 5) caveats for this article as I did for the previous article:

This Strategy-Note was written by openCards user thsch.

(with assistance from Sebastian Kirstein and Tobias Rausmann)

Two days, three tournaments, thirty-four players, seventy-two decks, a total of 978 played cards. Here are the 22 that have been used the most:

This Strategy-Note was written by openCards user thsch.

Last time we spoke about the most played cards in Europe, but it is not the quantity of copies of a card used that will count in Potsdam, it is the quality. So which cards have proven that they have the quality to be in a winning deck? And which ones make a losing deck? Today we will have a look into the differences between the Top 3 decks and the rest. Which cards appear mostly in winning decks? And are there cards were the only advice could be to not play them if you want to win?

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This Strategy-Note was written by openCards user thsch.

With the European Championship only a few days away, it is about time to prepare the decks to face the finest in European Trek play. But prepare against what? What is played in Europe, what will you have to face in Potsdam?Let's open the Gamma Files and take a look into the decks used at the highest ranked tournaments we had in Europe so far to answer these questions. Collecting every available Decklist from the Regionals gives us a total of 40.5 Decks to work with.
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This Strategy-Note was written by openCards user RedDwarf and was published first on "The Continuing Committee (trekcc.org)" at Jul 22nd, 2008.