State of the 'faux

I got to play two games this weekend and it felt good. I even managed to keep Leviticus in his box. That's right, I played the Viks, TWICE. I even managed to win one of 'em. This was not that game. It was 25ss versus Tim's Sonnia box crew. Shared strategy, flipped Supply Wagon. Actually flipped Reconoitre, but that's what he and I played last, then Line in the Sand which I played the game before, and thought it was against Tim. Anyway, now its Supply Wagon. For some reason I was still thinking Recon when I picked schemes and took Breakthrough. I forget my other scheme, but it doesn't matter. Taelor escorted my wagon forward, a ronin went up the side for breakthrough, but with the corner deployment her chances were slim. I churned through soulstones trying to keep the Viks alive, and then just ran out. He ate my crew, then Taelor alone guarding the wagon. In the end, all I had left was the Ronin and a desperate chance to get breakthrough and knock his hold out. Wasn't worth it, called it 8-0. Not a good showing. I need WAY more practice with the Viks. I'm not at all strong with them and tend to rush to my death WAY to early, if I can hold back, I do really well, as shown by my next game.

Ok, now we flip individual strategies, but both flip A Line in the Sand. Having realised by now I hadn't played Tim this one, I jump in 100 percent. I chose Frame for Murder on my Miss Demeanor, but keep it hidden. My second scheme was Hold Out, a pretty easy one I know. He runs the same thing, I run all 3 Ronin and Miss Demeanor. He says that a pillar should be on the center line, I don't argue. I start with a handful on Rams, but can't get him to shoot Miss Demeanor*sigh*. She gets stomped by Sonnia, making me very sad, but then less sad when I realise that's my scheme. Ronin snags the pillar TNT, Viks another, another Ronin a corner one, last Ronin the other corner, and the first Ronin the last dynamite. He moved Sonnia up a pillar just because he could, and she didn't do much after killing MD, except fall for 6 damage. In the end, he got Bodyguard, failed Assassinate, I killed 2 Ronin sepoku style, won all my schemes, and full points on the strategy, 7-2. Next turn would have been who went first gambles to get Assassinate or break Bodyguard. A loss wasn't even an option for me early on, maybe even at crew selection, I was super fast.
If I can keep my crew together and separate theirs I am set. I just need to learn to control my self and remember I'm not playing Levi.