thurn & taxis [Updated November 2007]  

2007 WBC Report  

   2008 Status: pending 2008 GM commitment

Andy Latto, MA

2007 Champion

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Event History
2006    Anne Norton       37
2007     Andy Latto     104

Euro Quest Event History
2006    Rod Spade     41
2007    Rob Kircher     33

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Anne Norton        NJ    07     46
  2.  Andy Latto         MA    07     40
  3.  Rod Spade          MD    06     30
  4.  Tom DeMarco        NJ    07     26
  5.  David Meyaard      CT    07     24
  6.  Rob Kircher        RI    07     20
  7.  Eric Brosius       MA    06     18
  8.  Phil Rennert       MD    06     18
  9.  Michael Thompson   PA    07     12
 10.  Raphael Lehrer     MD    06     12
 11.  Charlie Kersten    OH    06      9
 12.  Phil Taylor        NJ    06      9
 13.  Amy Rule           MD    07      8
 14.  Ray Pfeifer        MD    07      8
 15.  Larry Loiacono     PA    07      6
 16.  Thomas Browne      PA    06      6
 17.  Sara Hagen         VA    06      6
 18.  Ted Bohaczuk       PA    07      4
 19.  Skip Maloney       NY    07      4
 20.  David Gagne        QC    06      3
 21.  Tom McCorry        VA    06      3

2007 Laurelists

David Meyaard, CT
2nd

Anne Norton, NJ
3rd

Tom DeMarco, NJ
4th

Ray Pfeifer, MD
5th

Skip Maloney, NY
6th


The Marietta room was filled for both heats to accomodate the 104-player field which included 28 who played in both heats.

Laurel Stokes moves in an all-ladies game. 22 women participated including defending champ Anne Norton who returned to the Final.

The Real Debut

The debut of this event last year drew well enough to qualify for the Century despite being a last-minute replacement event that did not even get listed in the program. The parting words of the After Action Report was a prediction that attendance would sky rocket in 2007. What a prognosticator! T&T attendance nearly tripled this year and reached triple digits -- a rarified atmosphere usually reserved for late night lightfare or four-heat headcounters. While Euro attendance was generally up across the board this year, this was the single biggest surprise of the year.

The semi-final round and two preliminary heats narrowed the field of 104 down to the final four; David Meyaard, Anne Norton, Tom DeMarco, and Andy Latto.  David was chosen the first player and the others were seated clockwise from him in that order.

David scored first and placed houses in Mannheim and Carlsruhe.
Anne scored next and placed houses in Nurnberg, Budweis, and Linz.
Tom scored next and placed houses in Ulm and Augsburg.
Andy scored next and placed houses in Lodz, Pilsen, and Regensburg.
David scored next and placed houses in Freiburg, Sigmaringen, Ulm, and Kempten, which earned him the 3 Purple bonus tile.
Tom scored next and placed houses in Freiburg, Sigmaringen, Zurich, and Kempten.
Andy scored next and placed houses in Mannheim and Carlsruhe.
Anne scored next and placed houses in Mannheim, Lodz, Pilsen, and Wurzburg.
David scored next and placed houses in Innsbruck, Basel, and Augsburg.
Andy scored next and placed houses in Budweis, Linz, and Passau.
Tom scored next and placed houses in Carlsruhe, Stuttgart, Innsbruck, and Ingolstadt, which earned him the 3 Green bonus tile.
Anne scored next and placed houses in Freiburg, Sigmaringen, and Basel.
David scored next and placed houses in Lodz, Pilsen, Salzburg, and Regensburg, which earned him the 6 All Colors bonus tile.
Tom scored next and placed houses in Wurzburg, Nurnberg, Regensburg, Munchen, and Nassau, which earned him the 5 German bonus tile.
Andy scored next and placed houses in Freiberg, Ulm, Sigmaringen, Zurich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Kempten, which earned him the 4 Red and the 5 All Colors bonus tiles.
David scored next and placed houses in Stuttgart, Budweis, Linz, and Ingolstadt, which earned him the 3 Red and the 2 Green bonus tiles.
Anne scored next and placed houses in Carlsruhe, Stuttgart, Zurich, Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Kempten, which earned her the 3 Blue and the 4 All Colors bonus tiles.
Tom scored next and placed houses in Lodz, Pilsen, and Salzburg, which earned him the 3 All Colors bonus tile.

At this time there was much speculation and discussion around the table about who would acquire their last carriage first and end the game.  Andy, who was the last player, ended the game by picking his last carriage and placing houses in Stuttgart and Wurzburg, which earned him the 1 Green and the 1 End Game bonus tiles.

After each player added their carriage points and bonus tile points and subtracted the number of houses they had remaining, the winner was Andy with 26 points, followed by David with 23 and Anne and Tom with 18 each.


2007 Euro Quest Laurelists

Rob Kircher, RI
1st

Michael Thompson, PA
2nd

Amy Rule, MD
3rd

Larry Loiacono, PA
4th

Ted Bohaczuk, PA
5th

 GM      Bill Navolis (1st Year)  NA  
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