cosmic encounter [updated October 2003]  

2003 WBC Report  

 2004 Status: pending December Membership Century Vote

Tom Stokes, NJ

2001-2003 Champion

2nd: Tim Swartz, MD

3rd: Jim Garvey, NY

4th: Dan Hoffman, MD

5th: Richard Irving, CA

6th: Roderick Lee, CA

Event History
2001    Tom Stokes     28
2002    Tom Stokes     21
2003    Tom Stokes     15


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 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1. Tom Stokes

NJ

03
70
 2. Tim Schwartz

MD

03
36
 3. Laurel Stokes

NJ

01
18
 4. Trevor Bender

CA

02
12
 5. Mark Geary

OH

02
12
 6. Neil Zuckerman

PA

02
  9
 7. Greg Crowe

VA

02
  6
 8. Paul Weintraub

MD

01
  6
 9. Jim Garvey

NY

03
  4
10. Dan Hoffman

MD

03
  3
11. Dan Dolan Sr

NJ

01
  3
12. Richard Irving

CA

03
  2
13. Roderick Lee

CA

03
  1

Past Winners

Tom Stokes - NJ
2001-2002
 


That's one lucky guy ...

Many people think that Cosmic Encounter is largely luck, but the WBC results suggest otherwise. Tom Stokes has won for the third year in a row. Tim Swartz has placed second or third all three years. Unfortunately, participation has continued to drop. A number of people commented to me that they preferred one of the earlier editions. Next year, the Mayfair edition will be preferred as the default option, with the Hasbro edition--and possibly the Eon edition--used if not enough Mayfair sets are available.

Altogether, ten games were played. Eight of these ended with a solo victory. Tom Stokes was the only player with two solo victories. Last year there were considerably more shared wins. Healer is the only power that stood out, winning three of the eight games. The Healer led in the average number of points gained, at 17.5 per game. The Sorcerer and The Virus followed with averages of 11.7 and 11.3 points per game respectively. Two of the games ended with a two-player victory. I'm not surprised to see that both of these victories involved the Empath.

The Healer was also the blodiest of the powers. Healer players killed an average of 26 ships per game, half again as many as Chronos, the closest rival at 17 ships per game. The more ships resurrected, the more available to be killed. Philanthropist was the kindest power, with an average of only four ships killed per game.

Virus was the most efficient at gathering points, with .87 points per ship killed. Healer, Philanthropist, and Empath followed with .67, .65, and .60 points per ship killed, respectively.

 GM      Mark Geary  [1st Year]  630 Morning St., Worthington, OH 43085 
    geary@acm.org   NA

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