Ra! [Updated November 2007]  

2007 WBC Report  

 2008 Status: pending 2008 GM commitment

Bobbi Warczak, CA

2007 Champion

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Event History
2000    John Reiners       95
2001    Michelle Hymowitz       88
2002    Tom Dunning     140
2003    Tom Dunning     109
2004    Steve Scott     116
2005     Alex Bove     121
2006     Chris Terrell     125
2007    Bobbi Warczak     150

Euro Quest Event History
2003     Tom Dunning     22
2004     Ilan Tadmore     23
2005      Joe Jaskiewiez     20
2006      Arthur Field     34
2007      Tom Dunning     32
 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Tom Dunning        NY    07    160
  2.  Alex Bove          PA    07     84
  3.  Joe Jaskiewicz     MD    07     50
  4.  Steve Scott        CA    04     43
  5.  Bobbi Warczak      CA    07     40
  6.  Chris Terrell      VA    06     40
  7.  David Rohde        MI    06     40
  8.  Winton LeMoine     CA    06     40
  9.  Michelle Hymowitz  MD    03     38
 10.  John Reiners       NY    00     30
 11.  Ken Rothstein      NY    07     24
 12.  Tom Browne         PA    06     24
 13.  Arthur Field       SC    06     24
 14.  Gordon Elgart      CA    02     24
 15.  Mike Kaltman       PA    07     20
 16.  Ilan Tadmor        NY    04     20
 17.  Tom Stokes         NJ    05     18
 18.  Jamie Tang         MD    01     18
 19.  David Buchholz     MI    07     16
 20.  James Parauda      NJ    05     16
 21.  Pat Mitchell       DE    03     16
 22.  Doug Galullo       FL    02     16
 23.  Chris Burke        MD    06     12
 24.  Jeff Meyer         MA    06     12
 25.  Blair Morgen       NJ    05     12
 26.  Lyman Moquin       DC    04     12
 27.  Jim Fry            MD    02     12
 28.  Steve Brooks       FL    01     12
 29.  Frank Arndt        MD    01      9
 30.  Kevin Brown        GA    07      8
 31.  Paul Haynes        MD    04      8
 32.  Evan Tannheimer    MA    04      8
 33.  John Adams         MD    03      8
 34.  Eric Freeman       PA    02      8
 35.  Rob Kircher        RI    07      6
 36.  Michael Fox        IL    06      6
 37.  Robert Cranshaw    RI    05      6
 38.  Kathy Stroh        MD    04      6
 39.  Rich Shipley       MD    03      6
 40.  Sam Atabaki        CA    07      4
 41.  Curt Collins II    PA    07      4
 42.  Brian Reynolds     MD    06      4
 43.  Steve Shambeda     PA    05      4
 44.  Kevin Coomes       GA    04      4
 45.  Dave Bohnenberger  PA    03      4
 46.  Keith Levy         MD    03      3
 47.  Dudley Anderson    PA    01      3
 48.  Greg Knoll               06      2
 49.  Holliday Jones     MD    04      2
 50.  Phil Taylor        NJ    03      2
 51.  Bill Crenshaw      VA    05      2

2007 Laurelists

Ken Rothstein, NY
2nd

David Buchholz, MI
3rd

Tom Dunning, NY
4th

Kevin Brown, GA
5th

Curt Collins II, PA
6th


Past Winners

John Reiners, NY 2000

Michelle Goldstein, NY 2001

Tom Dunning, NY 2002-2003

Steve Scott, CA 2004

Alex Bove, PA 2005

Chris Terrell, VA 2006
       

 Ra is typical of many multi-player games that use multiple heats to generate many games and game winners who fail to pursue advancement opportunities.

 By using tie-breakers and advancing only the optimal number of players for the next round, event lengths are trimmed and players are free to experience other events sooner.

Record Attendance

RA set a new attendance record as 150 aspiring Pharoahs appeared to contest the coveted scepter of power better known as the "wood". The turnout for each heat was consistent with 13, 14, 14, and 10 games respectively in Heats 1 through 4 for a total of 250 player games. There were eight multiple heat winners with Kenneth Horan as the only 3-heat winner, making him the favorite entering the semi-finals, if he even makes the semi-finals. Having lost his first heat, he could be on the outside looking in come Semi- time. Not to fear as No Shows abound among the 29 first-heat winners.

All five semi-final games had clear-cut winners. The closest game saw Kevin Brown finish five points ahead of Curt Collins; thus securing 6th place for Curt. Joining Kevin in the Final was two-time champion Tom Dunning, David Buchholz, Ken Rothstein and one of the three females to make the semi's, Bobbi Warczak.

The Final had an ominous beginning. Before the first tile was even pulled out of the bag Tom Dunning spilled his cup of water dangerously close to the gameboard. The Gods must have taken this as a sign as throughout the first epoch it seemed that every bid had a flood involved. With most of the floods gone during the first epoch it seemed like collecting rivers was not going to be a good strategy. A very close Final came down to the last RA. Bobbi had collected quite a few rivers but had all but given up on collecting one last flood. Having nothing to lose she decided to play chicken with the tiles needing only one more RA to end the game. But when she pulled the last flood out of the bag she didn't hesitate to grab it and the Championship that came with it.

2007 Euro Quest Laurelists

Tom Dunning, NY
1st

Michael Kaltman, PA
2nd

Alex Bove, PA
3rd

Rob Kircher, RI
4th

Sam Atabaki, CA
5th

 GM      Steve Scott  [4th Year]   NA 
    sscott2753@aol.com   NA

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