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Saturday, March 1, 2008

The Winner's List

Here is the news you have been waiting for!
Game Winner Runner-Up Players
1776 Robert Frisby Mark Miklos 4
1960 Keith Schoose David Platnick 16
18XX Paul Hakken Bruce Beard 10
2-Player Titan Kevin Hillock XXXXXX 20
Acquire David Fritsch Ken Gillespie 25
Advanced Civilization Doug Galullo Chris Trimmer 17
Afrika Korps Bert Schoose Greg Smith 8
Age of Renaissance Chris Trimmer Kevin Yowells 18
Air Baron Scott Fenn Don Greenwood 18
Alhambra Nathan Twigg Kevin Brown 28
Athens & Sparta Fred Bauer James Miller 10
Atlantic Storm John Elliott Billy Fellin 28
Axis & Allies Joe Collinson Malcolm Smith 17
Battle Cry Jim Stevens Greg Gordon 21
Battle line David Platnick Bert Schoose 14
Battlelore Steve Lollis Bill Powers 8
Battles of the American Rev. Bruno Sinigaglio Mark Miklos 14
Bitterwoods Bill Morse Marty Musella 14
Britannia Mark Smith Barry Smith 14
Carcassonne Dan Strock Art Wines 51
Caylus Chris Trimmer Kevin Walsh 17
Circus Maximus Kelsey Codoley Lee Sensabaugh 42
Clash for a Continent Stan Hilinski Grant Wylie 7
Combat Commander Jay Laughlin Bill Powers 20
Command & Colors Rick Young Andy Joy 20
Cowboys Joshua Slaughbaugh James Jordan 8
Daytona 500 Bruce Reiff Bert Schoose 14
Detroit Cleveland Grand Prix Greg Gordon Brian Gresehover 10
Diplomacy Andy Bartalone Tom Kobrin 21
Down in Fames Chris Janiel Mark Yoshikawa 18
Empire Builder Tedd Mullally Olin Hentz 14
Fab: The Bulge Kevin Garber Nathan Trent 15
Football Strategy Bob Haden Josh Cooper 11
Formula De Luke Koleszar Doug Galullo 29
Formula Motor Racing  Steve Lollis Mark Mitchell 38
Formula Motor Racing Jr. Thomas Strock Kaleigh Jaeger 5
Gettysburg 125th Edition Greg Smith Matt Burchfield 6
Greed Josh Githens Sybil Buckwalter 22
Hammer of the Scots George Seary Kevin Garber 24
Here I Stand Justin Rice Kaarin Engelmann 14
History of the World Jon Hagmaier John Elliott 18
Imperial John Weber Keith Altizer 17
Kingmaker Ed Prem Sean Smallman 14
Liars Dice Josh Githens Jeff Bakalchuck 47
Liberty Joe Pabis Bill Thomson 8
Lost Cities Ivan Lawson Carolyn Strock 39
Manifest Destiny Bill Crenshaw Eric Wrobel 20
McGartlin Motor Sports Steve Hughes Bill Beckman 36
Medici Arthur Field Mark Smith 11
Memoir '44 Scott Gibson Derek Croxton 10
Merchant of Venus Brian Carr Kathy Stroh 17
Monster Menace America Jim Krug David Denton 17
Napoleonic Wars Josh Githens John Emery 15
Panzer Blitz Bill Thomson Marty Musella 4
Paths of Glory Scott Moll John Clarke 14
Pirates Cove Bill Crenshaw Dan Mathias 9
Power Grid Eric Wrobel Bill Edwards 41
Prussia's Defiant Stand Stuart Pierce James Miller 8
Puerto Rico John Weber Michelle Hymowitz 66
Queens Gambit Carolyn Strock David Platnick 18
RA  Arthur Field Bill Eldard 54
Railroad Tycoon Ray Alderman Kevin Brown 11
Risk Dan Strock Carolyn Strock 26
Robo Rally Bill Navolis Marc Houde 34
Royal Turf Bill Eldard Bill Powers 16
Settlers of Catan Thomas Tennefoss Mark Beckman 70
Shifting Sands Derek Miller Bob Jamell 7
Speed Circuit Brett Turner Gerald Leintz 16
St Petersburg Arthur Field Luke Koleszar 58
Star Wars Miniatures Bill Morse Josh Githens 13
Table Top Aces Thomas Wagamon Federico Venegas 23
Tempus Beth Raphal Ed Prem 3
Texas Hold em Scott Gibson George Seary 67
The Russian Campaign Bert Schoose Tom Gregorio 11
Thurn and Taxis Katherine McCorry Ivan Lawson 19
Ticket to Ride- Marklin Stuart Pierce Luke Koleszar 34
Tikal Arthur Field Chris Terrell 18
Titan Steve Koleszar Art Wines 30
Titan the Arena Charles Minter John Jacoby 36
Twilight Struggle Keith Schoose Phil Rennert 24
Union Pacific Shane McBee Paul Hakken 18
Up Front John Emery Derek Croxton 16
Victory in the Pacific Rick Kirchner Mark Booth 8
War at Sea Mike Brophy Jonathan Lockwood 8
War of 1812 Stuart Pierce John Teixeira 5
War of the Ring Michael Sosa Brian Muller 21
Waterloo - The Fate of France Rob Beyma Marty Musella 9
We The People Mark Miklos Joe Collinson 9

Ironman Track Winners Winners
Parlor Josh Githens
Tactics Carolyn Strock
European Arthur Field
Strategy Paul Hakken
Horsepower Kelsey Codoley
Classic Wargames Bert Schoose
Wargames Scott Moll
RevCon Mark Miklos

Team Champions Winners
Possum 2 Joe Collinson Dan Collinson John Elliot

Out in 2009 Track 2008 Attendance
1776 RevCon 4
Battlelore Tactics 8
Cowboys Parlor 8
Detroit Cleveland Grand Prix Horsepower 10
Medici Eurogames 11
Panzer Blitz Classic Wargames 4
Pirates Cove Parlor 9
Railroad Tycoon Strategy 11
Shifting Sands Wargames 7
Tempus Eurogames 3
War of 1812 Wargames 5

New In for 2009 Track GM
Race for the Galaxy Eurogames Brian Carr
Pacific Typhoon Tactics Open
Wars of the Roses Wargames Open
????????????? Horsepower Open
????????????? Classic Wargames Open
????????????? RevCon Open
????????????? Parlor Open
????????????? Parlor Open
????????????? Eurogames Open
????????????? Wargames Open

Monday, March 3, 2008

Tom Gregorio's PrezCon Experience!

PrezCon Summary


The Third Annual PrezCon TRC event has just concluded and Bert Schoose is now on a roll as he added the crown for this tournament as a nice follow-up to his WBC win. There were eleven stalwart participants who got nineteen games of the TRC 5-turn scenario in. Games started on Wednesday and the finals took place on Saturday. Bert Schoose, Tom Gregorio, John Ohlin, and Forrest Paffenberg qualified for the semi-finals. The free-form format took the three best games each participant played to determine qualification; two semi-finalists qualified with 3 wins and two qualified with 2 wins. (“Strength of Schedule” was the tiebreaker.)

I matched up against Bert in the finals and was rolled, Sep/Oct 41 saw my Russians risking a 1-2 against a stack of three surrounded Panzers and rolling the dreaded “Attacker Eliminated” which led to my resignation. Bert did a good job on providing the game details, I think he wants to surprise a few more folks before revealing the details of his new ‘approach’ to the game. Well done, Bert!

Here are a few more anecdotes from PrezCon:
Seemed a bit busier than last year, there always seemed to be something to do. I missed the auction entirely, not sure if that’s not really a good thing! Food selection was so-so but I did like the restaurant burgers, overpriced though they were. Accomodations were excellent, as they were the past few years, and I really had no reason to leave the premises. Managed to get in at least 6 hours of snoozing each night so I was in fine fettle throughout my stay. Justin runs a good event and I’ll be there again.

Met a few new people and re-energized relationships with old gaming acquaintances. Bruno was getting more excited as the week wore on, I’m glad the weekend ended when it did. The John O. and John R. duo from Florida were there again and got in a ton of TRC games. (The professor scored some free drinks from some women, again, I’ll have to pay more attention to his technique.) Bill and I talked about day trading, Paul C. failed to convince me on the merits of having a 56k home internet connection, and the Schoose brothers were entertaining as always. Marty was as calm as ever and Rob B. also made an appearance. (I always seem to get in a game of ‘something’ with him that ends early, this year it was BWD.) Played Martin S., I thought I recognized the name but the ‘mental picture’ did not match the real life person.

Despite never having played hold-em poker before, I surprisingly won the second heat to make it to the finals. (Where I got blown out, early.) Bert gave me a few tips going into the heat and I made good use of them. Before I play again, I’m going to have get a book or something to review poker stats because I had no clue as to what I was doing in terms of the hand probabilities.

FAB: The Bulge, from GMT, seemed to very popular. Too popular, I felt obliged to buy a copy. It’s a block game, and probably not really suited to PBEM play, but my son loved Hammer of the Scots so figure this will be a good entre into the dark woods of the Ardennes. Top notch components, rules seem to be clean. Stay tuned.

Bitter Woods had a good showing. Forrest Paffenburg, my gaming nemesis, spanked my Americans handily but I went undefeated otherwise. My decision to not participate in the finals, a team campaign game, was purely a result of my inability to work well in a team, I know I’d be hard pressed to relinquish any decision-making or cardboard caressing to a team-mate. Had a memorable match with Bill Morse. Another one of those games that I deserved to lose but Lady Luck bailed me out in the end. (Shades of the BWD WBC ’07 finals!)

For next year, assuming I run TRC again, I’m going to really focus on bumping up the participant count. Given the folks who show, this really should be a 16+ event, I just need to figure out how to more effectively recruit for this regional event.


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2010 : Feb. 24-28
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