carcassonne 
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Updated
Nov. 23, 2013
2013 WBC Report  |
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2014 Status: pending 2014
GM commitment |
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Joe Millovich, PA |
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2013 Champion |
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| Euro Quest BPA Event History |
| 2003 |
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Scott Buckwalter |
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37 |
| 2004 |
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Ted Mullally |
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22 |
| 2005 |
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Steve Boone |
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20 |
| 2006 |
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Steve Crenshaw |
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19 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Robbie Mitchell VA 07 69
2. Legend Dan Hoffman MD 10 59
3. Arthur Wines PA 11 48
4. Scott Buckwalter MD 04 42
5. Olin Hentz CT 08 36
6. Eric Monte NY 12 33
7. Debbie Gutermuth TX 03 33
8. Joe Millovich PA 13 30
9. Carolyn Strock PA 10 30
10. Katie McCorry VA 06 30
11. Jennifer Visocnik IL 05 30
12. Richard Jones uk 03 30
13. Rob Kircher RI 10 29
14. Meredith Mattingly PA 09 26
15. Jeff Mullet OH 11 24
16. Lisa Gutermuth TX 09 23
17. Laurel Stokes NJ 05 21
18. Steve Crenshaw VA 06 20
19. Steve Boone MD 05 20
20. Ted Mullally NJ 04 20
21. Chris Kreuter NY 13 18
22. Dusty Usner PA 12 18
23. Ryan Houman NJ 11 18
24. Rebecca Hebner CO 04 18
25. Jay Fox NJ 03 18
26. Michelle Hymowitz MD 03 18
27. Bob Stribula PA 02 18
28. Michael Crescenzi NC 13 12
29. Dave Blisard PA 13 12
30. Cliff Ackman PA 12 12
31. Dan Strock PA 10 12
32. Ken Gutermuth NC 08 12
33. Steve Oksienik NJ 07 12
34. JP Roberts MD 07 12
35. Karl Henning CT 06 12
36. Sean Vessey VA 05 12
37. Tom McCorry VA 04 12
38. Ray Stakenas II MI 03 12
39. Eric Hymowitz MD 03 12
40. Ken Dunn MD 02 12
41. Ed Beach MD 13 9
42. Barrett Straub MD 11 9
43. Kevin Wojtaszczyk NY 08 9
44. Dan Henry IL 07 9
45. Jonathan Fox IL 06 9
46. Andres Dunn MD 05 9
47. Doug Williamson VA 04 9
48. Matt Miller NJ 02 9
49. Thomas Stokes NJ 06 8
50. Ilan Tadmor NY 04 8
51. Sean McCulloch OH 13 6
52. Brandon Bernard PA 12 6
53. Patrick Monte NY 11 6
54. David Mattingly PA 10 6
55. Marilyn Flowers VA 08 6
56. Robb Effinger on 07 6
57. Mike Fox IL 06 6
58. Kate Taillon SC 06 6
59. Tim Packwood MN 05 6
60. Lee Sensabaugh VA 04 6
61. Tom Rhoads MD 04 6
62. Gwen Alvian MD 03 6
63. Verity Hitchings DE 03 6
64. Thomas Robinson NC 02 6
65. Jonathan Gemmel MD 09 4
66. Bill Crenshaw VA 06 4
67. Hal Haag MD 04 4
68. Shane Yeager MD 12 3
69. Dan Mathias MD 08 3
70. Mike Wojtaszczyk NY 07 3
71. Charlie Hickok PA 06 3
72. Derek Landel NJ 05 3
73. Luke Kratz ID 04 3
74. Ewan McNay CT 02 3
75. Keith Levy MD 05 2
76. Mark Guttag VA 02 2
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2013 Laurelists
Repeating
Laurelists:  |
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Chris Kreuter, NY
2nd
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Michael Crescenzi, NC
3rd
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Ed Beach, MD
4th
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Sean McCulloch, OH
5th
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Dave Blisard, PA
6th
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| Past Winners |
Debbie Gutermuth, TX
2002 |
Richard Jones, uk
2003 |
Legend Dan Hoffman, MD
2004 |
Jennifer Visocnik, IL
2005 |
Katie McCorry, VA
2006 |
Robbie Mitchell, VA
2007-08 |
Lisa Gutermuth, NC
2009 |
Carolyn Strock, PA
2010 |
Arthur Wines, PA
2011 |
Eric Monte, NY
2012 |
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Bob Stribula, Mark Love, Rod
Spade and Curt Collins II |
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Ladies are much in evidence at Carcassonne
... 39 of 'em - but they were still outnumbered 4-1 |
Reigning Caesar Randy Buehler heads
a row of Carcassonnians in a Heritage room full of them. |
The Crowds Return ...
A plethora of Carcassonians entered the tournament this year!
We saw an increase in participation of 34% over last year's attendance
as the return to multi-player games and heats drew a record crowd.
Of notable mention, Destry Usner won all three qualifying heats
only to fall to Ed Beach in a very odd semifinal game. There
is a picture on the WBC Facebook page of the bizarre opening,
which caused two cloisters to be discarded!
The Final was closely contested with only one point separating
the top three players at 61-61-60.
In a 4-player game, the fourth player gets one less tile to
play than the rest. In a 5-player game, the first player gets
one extra tile. At this time, we will not be adding any play
balance provisions. The 2013 statistics do not merit adjusting
the rules, but we will continue to monitor the data from year
to year. With regards to 4-player games, players starting fourth
won as often as players going first.
33% of players in 4-player games had no meeples left at the end
of the game. These players won 51% of the games. In conclusion,
"People, people who need meeples, are the luckiest people
in the world." So...... use your meeples!
In 2014, the semifinal will be limited to 16 participants. Qualifiers
will be ranked using a new tiebreaker that will be inserted after
"Most wins" and before "Win in first heat entered"
that will be based on a "points" system. Participants
will receive 1 point for each heat entered, 1 point for each
player you finish ahead of in each heat, five bonus points for
finishing 1st, two for finishing 2nd, and one point if you bring
the game and it is used. We would like all 4-player games, but
if we are limited by game supply, we will have 5-player games
as needed. Please note that 5-player games will score an additional
point for each place. Make sure you bring your copy of the game
and enter early! More copies of the game mean more 4-player games
and less 5-player games. The more heats you enter, the better
your odds of qualifying for advancement.
We will schedule the semifinal/Final for later on Saturday so
results of the qualifying heats can be tabulated and posted on
the kiosk.
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Ray Stakenas is a many of many talents
... Up Front, Football Strategy, Carcassonne ... the very
definition of jack of all trades ... |
Dan Strock and Romain Jacques play
the gateway game. Dan takes strategy lessons from his daughter
Carolyn, the 2010 champ. |
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Sean McCulloch - not Caesar Buehler
- advanced from this semifinal but that won't cut him any slack
back in Columbus. |
GM Jennifer Visocnik with her finalists
which include CDW designer Ed Beach ... who knew he was a closet
Euroweenie? |
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Jennifer Visocnik [1st Year]
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