brawling battleships [Updated October 2006]  

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David Huss, NY 2006 Champion Offsite links:	Event History 2004    Rob Mull     30 2005     Jeff Spaner     34 2006     David Huss     26	Laurels Rank Name From Last Total 1. David Huss NY 06 30 2. Jeff Spaner MD 05 30 3. Chris Greenfield NY 06 22 4. Rob Mull CO 04 20 5. Steve Raszewski MD 05 18 6. Matt Bacho MD 06 18 7. Andrew Fedin PA 05 12 8. Kevin Brownell ME 04 12 9. Bruce Young SC 05 9 10. Tin Evinger PA 04 8 11. Dan Pasaric NY 06 6 12. James Dougherty PA 05 6 13. Tom Phillips NJ 04 6 14. Bradley Raszewski MD 05 3 15. Mark Bayliss UK 04 2
2006 Laurelists Chris Greenfield, NY 2nd Matt Bacho, MD 3rd Dan Pasaric, NY 4th Not Reported 5th Not Reported 6th Past Winners Rob Mull, CO 2004 Jeff Spaner, MD 2005  Although "generously" set for three hour rounds, GM Taylor found his crews a studious lot who steadfastly went over the time limit.  Matt Evinger suppresses a mischievous chuckle as he readies a broadside for the unfortunate fellow on his right. The Brawling Battleships Steel Tale In 2005 I ran this event, three heats followed by a semi-final and Final rounds, and every session finished pretty much on time. Three hours for three sorties or plays through the deck is considered a fairly tame pace for this game but this year, when I turned into a pumpkin and had to be someplace else at the exact end time for the BRAWLING BATTLESHIPS STEEL game, every heat and round ran over. Maybe people are just being more serious in their play but next year I am going to ask for three and a half hours per heat/round, just to be safe. The number of competitors was down a bit this year but there seemed to be equal numbers of new players (at least to me - some apparently learned the game when I demonstrated it before the first heat) and seasoned old salts from the previous two years competitions. The three heats of mayhem on the high seas were followed by a semi-final round followed immediately by a championship round on Saturday. The Saturday semi-final round was to be two six-player tables consisting of the twelve winners from tables in the earlier heats but four of the heat winners didn't show, including the defending champion, Jeff Spaner, who had to go home on Friday. As an interesting aside, a participant in the semi-final round was Pat Mirk, who used to playtest for me back at Battleline Games and who I haven't seen since 1977 - gaming is a great way to keep tripping over old friends. I set up two four-player tables for the semi-finals and, because our assigned room was overbooked with the Final for another tournament, I sped things up by only having only two sorties in the semi-final and Final rounds. The winner and second-highest point total at each table advanced to the final round. The final four were all excellent players and there were some clever defensive plays that kept the scores low. I hope to see many of them again next year. The official results were as follows: FIRST PLACE (WINNER): David Huss - 38 victory points. SECOND PLACE: Chris Greenfield - 29 victory points. THIRD PLACE: Matt Bacho - 22 victory points. FOURTH PLACE: Dan Pasaric - 16 victory points.
GM      Craig Taylor  [3rd Year]   NA    NA   NA