Jeff Martin showed no rust in racking up a championship after returning to the convention after a long absence. .Staying with a free-form format this year, the tourney had 10 players. The free-form rounds showed that, even with rule modifications, the Germans held an advantage over the Allies with nine wins in 11 games.

Jeff was the top seed for the semifinal round. With the perceived German advantage, all four semifinalists agreed to a bidding system. If both players wanted the same side, then they would bid for air power. For the Germans, they bid the number of planes they would reduce from their starting total - to be taken one from July, then one from June, then alternating thereafter.

In the first semifinal, bidding was unnecessary as Jeff selected the Germans and Alan Hayes the Allies. Alan invaded in the 15th District at Dieppe. Continuing to blow the bridges surrounding the area, Alan claimed Dieppe, Le Havre, Rouen, and Amiens. Next up was St. Quentin and a paratroop drop for the sixth city and victory. Alan was unable to capture St. Quentin and Jeff moved on to the Final.

In the second semifinal, Robert Frisby bid 2 to play the Germans. Doug Porterfield invaded at St. Malo. But in trying to grab Brest and Lorient on the same turn, his attacks failed and the units attacking Lorient were eliminated, leaving a counterattack opening. Robert eliminated the only Allied Headquarters on the mainland. On turn 4, the storm arrived and left the Allies with too little to take and hold their remaining objectives, so Doug resigned.

In the Final, both players bid for the Germans. Robert's bidding reached 5 before Jeff accepted, so Robert's German air support for June and July was 4 planes each month. Jeff invaded in the 19th District. Jeff pushed out from the Cannes area. With a well-coordinated attack at the Rhone delta, he pushed Robert into a defensive position. Retreating, Robert prepared for the final battles at Perpignan and Toulouse (Jeff having taken all of the other cities in the district). Jeff's paratroop drop took Toulouse, but he was unable to take Perpignan. The French partisans blocked the rail that Robert had planned to use to deploy six divisions for the counterattack on Toulouse. Without the railed-in troops, Robert counterattacked Toulouse unsuccessfully on second impulse at 1-2 odds and the victory went to Jeff.