die macher [Updated October 2007]  

Sampler Showcase Pre-Con

2007 WBC Report     

  2008 Status: pending December Membership Trial Vote

Chris Trimmer, TX

2007 Champion

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Event History
2003    Lyman Moquin     14
2004     Steve Simmons     12
2005    Roger Whitney     10
2006    Ted Simmons     18
2007     Chris Trimmer     17

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Ted Simmons        NJ    07     36
  2.  Chris Trimmer      TX    07     30
  3.  Lyman Moquin       DC    07     28
  4.  Doug Smith         PA    07     20
  5.  Thomas Browne      PA    06     19
  6.  Peter Staab        PA    06     18
  7.  Paul Skrabut       FL    05     16
  8.  Steve Simmons      NJ    04     13
  9.  Nick Palmer        UK    07     12
 10.  Roger Whitney      FL    05     10
 11.  Jim Castonguay     PA    07      9
 12.  Peter Pollard      TN    06      6
 13.  Tom DeMarco        NJ    04      6
 14.  Mike Ryan          NY    05      4
 15.  Patrick Havert     CA    06      3
 16.  Geof Engelstein    NJ    04      2
 17.  Al Mink            VA    04      1

2007 Laurelists

Doug Smith, PA
2nd

Nick Palmer, UK
3rd

Jim Castonguay, PA
4th

Ted Simmons, NJ
5th

Lyman Moquin, DC
6th


Past Winners

Lyman Moquin, DC
2003

Steve Simmons, NJ
2004

Roger Whitney, FL
2005

Ted Simmons, NJ
2006


A Pre-Con Safe Harbor

The 2007 tournament began with four preliminary games (three 4-player and one 5-player) on Monday, followed by a Tuesday morning Final. These preliminary games produced five winners, thanks to a first place tie between Chris Trimmer and Jim Castonguay. They were joined in the Final by Nick Palmer, Ted Simmons (defending champ) and Doug Smith.

The Final opened with a bang. The first region was size 60, which proved to be the largest. In the opening setup, eight Media Markers were placed in the first region. Chris had three Media Markers, Ted and Nick two and Doug one. This gave Chris Media Control which he used to change a public opinion card to match his platform and conflict with Ted's. His maneuver enabled a coalition of himself and Doug to win the first region. Chris targeted key regions, seized Media Control and effectively deployed his Shadow Cabinet members. Of the seven regions, three were won by single parties and four by coalitions. Chris and Doug won three regions. Nick and Jim won twice and Ted had a single region win. Three regions were won by a "Short Head", including the region 7 where three parties all reached 50 votes. Chris won region 7 thanks to winning the turn order bid and choosing to move last. This gave Chris the final opportunity to move an opinion card to the National Board, which sealed his victory.

The final standings were:
Chris 425
Doug 406
Nick 363
Jim 289
Ted 271

As a long Euro, Die Macher seems dependent on a protected slot in the Pre-Con alignment for its survival. That may be in double jeopordy in 2008 as both the Sampler Showcase and Die Macher are iffy for 2008 barring sufficient membership backing in the December membership drive.

 GM      Steve Simmons [2nd Year]   22 Wembley Drive, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
   steve.g.simmons@lmco.com   NA

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