The Philadelphia Contingent represented nearly half of the participants in this year's battle for the third-world country of Avalonia. The rebel faction took two of the three Preliminary games by substantial margins. The top two players from each of the three six-player first round games advanced into the final, two-deck, six-player game.

The final game of six players (three from the Philadelphia Contingent) was played with two government, rebel, and mercenary faction chits. The government only managed 8 (vs. 26 rebel) scoring opportunities in the entire game for only 52 VP's. The 142-rebel VP margin is the largest recorded government loss in ten years. The government and mercenary players were asleep throughout the entire game. At one point late in the game there were no government installations or forces in play.

Final round play began as each player tried to redress their hands by discards and draws. Gordon Rodgers (GR) scored first with his successful 13-point rebel attack to capture the TV Station. Jim Marousek (JM) assassinated Randall MacInnis' (RM) 3+3 leader on a DR of 9. This set the tone of the game for Randall and he never fully recovered. His remaining game play was marred by a series of unsuccessful attacks (due mainly to the timely play of Ambush cards) that left him with few troops and leaders. At one point he deployed the U.N. on himself just to stay out of harms way. Blair Morgen's (BM) first score came as he crushed Mike Wojke's (MW) rebel group by +8. John Kilbride (JK) fought several unsuccessful attacks finally capturing the Bridge using a substantial rebel group. The first revolution came and went without fanfare. At the end of the first deck there was only 14 points separating the first and sixth place player. The damage, however, had been done for the rebel faction had outscored the government 75 to 20 - a deficit from which the government would not recover. "Your Excellency, the peasants are revolting." "I know, but I love them anyway."

Second deck action began as BM attacked GR's barracks and captured it. GR used the TV Station to knock out the 5-strength unit in the Policia. Its special ability was never used in the game. JK discarded and drew four replacements. BM attack vs. the AirField ended in a draw. RM missed with an assassination attempt against GR. RM's shining moment came after wresting control of the Airfield from MW and a turn later winning a -1 air attack vs. a large rebel unit. GR drew a Traitor, which turned JK's 17-point government unit to rebel. JK wasted a turn undoing the damage caused by the Traitor. MW drew the second revolution late in the deck. He changed GR's 3+1, 7,6,5 group to rebel and forced JK and RM to swap chits which unbeknownst to him killed either player's chance of winning the game. RM Air Assaults a 2+2, 5,4 with an ambush vs. the TV Station with a 6 strength garrison and lost. GR used a press to double, but atrocities are committed and the VP's were halved. The U.N. moves back to RM. Gordon surged ahead with a 26-point rebel attack vs. JM 18-strength government group (after a successful ambush DR). GR eliminated 14 points and gained 28 VP after the press got hold of the story. GR then drew seven cards leaving a single card before sudden death.

BM, one of the rebel players, in a last turn desperate attempt to capture first place, Air Assaulted onto MW's unguarded rebel-controlled Presidential Palace. The attack was in Blair's favor by +2. However, the dice gods turn their backs on him and he lost the attack by 6. Mike used his last remaining press card and doubled Blair's 6-point loss into a 12-point gain for himself while maintaining control of the Presidential Palace. This moved Mike from third to first place, dropping Blair to third. Blair drew the last card and in sudden death rolled a 10! There's the 10 Blair was looking for and only one turn too late. Gordon Rodgers, two-time and defending champion, still managed to capture second place (but alas no wood) after his 83 VP's were halved by backing the losing side.