Despite the worst economy anyone could recall, the seventh
rendition of Euroquest managed to gain attendance with SRO conditions
on Friday and Saturday as the Holiday Inn was bursting at the
seams with gamers. Top individual honors for the weekend went
to Sceadeau D'Tela. The North Carolinian who made his first appearance
at WBC in 2008 won the Harold Siegelman Award as the top gamer
of the convention with 27 points, besting WBC regular Eric Brosius
by four points. Scadeau won 18 games overall spread over five
events while winning Agricola and Dominion outright.
Eric won 16 games while participating in eight events but failed
to win a tournament, falling four points short of first place.
Robert Kircher (the 2007 Siegelman winner), and Alex Bove (the
reigning BPA Caesar) tied for third with 21 points each. Rob had
a convention-best 19 wins (an alltime Euroquest record) spread
over five events without a tourney win while Alex won nine games
but tied Brosius with the most events entered at eight apiece.
Bill Zurn finished fifth with 19 points on ten wins. There was
a three-way tie for sixth at 18 points between Tom DeMarco, Cliff
Ackman, and Richard Shay.
Overall, tournament participation was up 15%. Brian Reynold's
victory in Settlers made him the first three-time winner of a
Euroquest tournament. However, the biggest winner of the weekend
may have been Greenville Mafia's Josh Githens who won Ticket
To Ride in a Euroquest record 68-player field and thereby
qualified for Days of Wonder's 2010 North American tournament
and a chance to travel to Paris for the World Championship contest.
The winners and laurelists for all events will be listed on
their respective event AAR pages.
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Sceadeau D'Tela
NC •
27 pts
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Eric Brosius
MA • 23 pts
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Rob Kircher
RI •
21 pts
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Alex Bove
PA •
21 pts
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Wild Card specialist Eric Freeman became the first four-time
Euroquest Champ in the same event but Eric's margin of victory
was much closer this year. He was hard pressed by BPA 2008 Caesar
Raphael Lehrer, and indeed, had to win his last game (Goa)
in a head-to-head confrontation with Raphael and Robert Kircher
to pull out the win. Each of the three had had the lead in the
standings at some point on Saturday and the issue was not decided
until the final game in which they all participated. The final
wild card standings were: 1. Eric Freeman 334; 2. Raphael Lehrer
304; 3. Robert Kircher 275; 4. Sceadeau D'Tela 157; 5. Patrick
Barringer 152; and 6. Eugene Yee 137.
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Sceadeau D'Tela
NC •
37
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Sceadeau D'Tela
NC •
52
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Kevin Garber
VA •
55
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L. Dan Hoffman
MD • 35
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Richard Shay
MA • 39
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Kirk Harris
NJ • 37
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Doug Faust
NJ • 44
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Ted Bohaczuk
PA • 46
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Brian Reynolds
MD • 55
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Cliff Ackman
PA • 47
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Josh Githens
SC • 68
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Eric Freeman
PA • 149
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As usual, the highlight of the convention was the return from
Euope of globe trotting Tom McCorry with copies of the new Essen
releases. Open Gaming remained busy throughout with enthusiasts
trying the latest Euros. Congratulations to GCOM Convention Directors
John Weber and Michele Mazzola for another fine weekend of gaming
and to GCOM President Keith Levy for his always valuable assistance.
View Eric Haas' photos from EuroQuest.
View John Weber's BoardgameGeek Geeklist.
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