Renaissance in half the time
Let me begin by thanking all of
the players in this year's tournament. We used the errata posted
at http://www.mcs.net/~tool/vincierr.html
and the house rule that if two identical civilization traits
are drawn, both are returned to the pool and two new counters
are drawn.
The first round saw a total of seven boards; four of five players
and three of six. Two of the first round games exceeded the three-hour
limit and required adjudication, the other five preliminary games
and those that followed were played to conclusion, with one finishing
in less than 90 minutes. The semi-final consisted of two five-player
boards. The final Sunday morning was played with six players.
First to play in the final was Robert Hooper, who began the
game by paying two VP to acquire 1) Mining and Medicine for his
starting empire. His later empires had 2) Agriculture and Astronomy
and 3) Slavery and Livestock. Second, was Daniel Karp, who paid
two VP for 1) Rebirth and Port Building and promptly went into
decline at the end of his turn and picked up four VP and a new
empire 2) Diplomacy and Livestock. Later empires had 3) Forts
and Port Building and 4) Slavery and Medicine. Brandon Bernard
went third and chose the slot 1 empire with 1) Revolutionaries
and Currency. His later empires had 2) Mountaineering and Espionage
and 3) Diplomacy and Weapons. Chris McDermott played fourth and
took the top combination of 1) Weapons and Mining. Next up for
him was 2) Agriculture and Livestock, followed by 3) Agriculture
and Militia. Jason Levine was fifth and paid two VP for 1) Medicine
and Astronomy. His further empires were 2) Livestock and Agriculture
and 3) Currency and Mountaineering. Jason won the game on his
last pickup by declining the empire with Currency and Mountaineering
and picking up the Slot 1 empire and the 4 VPs with it to go
to 100 points exactly. Number 6 at the table was Roy Gibson who
began with 1) Heritage and Revolutionaries. Next for him was
2) Field General and Messages and 3) Barbarians and Mining.
Final point count was Jason 100, Brandon and Chris 97, Daniel
93, Roy 86, and Robert 81.
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