world
at war
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Updated 2/27/2009 |
2008 WBC Report
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2009 Status: pending 2009
GM commitment |
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Chris Goldfarb, OR |
2008 Champion |
Offsite Links
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Event History * = Global War/ **A3R |
1992 |
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Joe Brophy** |
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8 |
1993 |
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Conrad Struckman** |
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20 |
1994 |
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Jason Moore** |
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17 |
1995 |
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James Sparks** |
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41 |
1996 |
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Bruce Harper* |
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17 |
1997 |
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Rob Carl* |
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26 |
1998 |
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David Middleton* |
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27 |
1999 |
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Greg Wilson* |
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19 |
2000 |
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Herbert Gratz** |
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25 |
2002 |
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Jon Hogen** |
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17 |
2003 |
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Vic Hogen** |
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20 |
2004 |
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Bill Moodey |
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24 |
2005 |
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Jason Moore |
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16 |
2006 |
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Eric Thobaben |
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22 |
2007 |
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Jason Moore |
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21 |
2008 |
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Chris Goldfarb |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Jason Moore NY 07 156
2. Greg Wilson NJ 08 96
3. Bill Moodey PA 05 96
4. Eric Thobaben MI 06 72
5. Herbert Gratz Austria 00 66
6. Bruce Harper BC 08 61
7. Chris Goldfarb OR 08 60
8. Vic Hogen CA 03 60
9. Randy Scheers TX 08 54
10. Brock Heathcote AZ 00 48
11. Rob Carl MD 08 36
12. Paul Milne MN 07 36
13. Eric Schuelin GA 04 36
14. Tim Francis MD 99 36
15. Jon Hogen CA 03 34
16. Brian Conway NY 05 30
17. Elihu Feustal IN 07 24
18. Jim Sparks MD 07 24
19. Alvaro Martin Spain 04 24
20. Conrad Struckman NH 99 24
21. Ryan Scoville NY 00 21
22. Charles Kruger MA 00 21
23. Tor Abrahamsen BC 06 18
24. Tim Francis MD 05 18
25. Mike Crowe VA 03 18
26. Tim Schroeder TX 06 12
27. Ernest Copley ME 04 12
28. Ernie Faust CT 99 12
29. Mike Mitchell GA 00 9
30. Randall MacInnis GA 00 9
31. Don Stanley SK 08 6
32. Kevin Milne MN 07 6
33. Kenneth Cruz CA 06 6
34. Jeff Mathis FL 05 6
35. Graham Keys WA 03 6
36. Boyd Piper BC 02 6
37. Mike Stone OR 99 6
38. Don Moody MN 02 4
39. Joe Brophy MN 02 3
40. Keven Leith VA 02 2
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2008 Laurelists
Repeating
Laurelists: |
Greg Wilson, NJ
2nd
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Bruce Harper, BC
3rd
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Randy Scheers, TX
4th
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Rob Carl, MD
5th
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Don Stanley, SK
6th
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Past Winners |
Joe Brophy, NY
1992
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Conrad Struckman, NH
1993
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Jason Moore, NY
1994, 2005, 2007
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James Sparks, MD
1995
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Bruce Harper, BC
1996
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Rob Carl, MD
1997
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David Middleton, MD
1998
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Gregory Wilson, NY
1999
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Herbert Gratz, Austria
2000
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Jon Hogen, CA
2002
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Vic Hogen, CA
2003
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Bill Moodey, PA
2004
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Eric Thobnaben, WI
2006
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Chris Goldfarb, OR
2008
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And you thought you brought a lot
of stuff to WBC! Joe Brophy and Rob Carl even bring a board to
lay their game out on. |
And that's nothing compared to the
metal required for this magnetized game. Try getting that through
airport security. |
Yet More Tinkering with a World
At War ...
The A World at War family continues to grow. This year
boasted 25 participants for all of the tournament with a couple
part-timers lending occasional support, competing in six full
campaign games. All games made it to early or mid-1945. Three
matches played to completion in Europe. Two matches played to
completion in the Pacific. The games resulted in three ties (!),
two Axis victories, and one Allied victory. The most convincing
Axis victory was a successful invasion of Britain. The other
Axis victory resulted from a failed invasion of Britain, followed
by an invasion of Spain, conquest of Gibraltar, and 1942 invasion
of Russia. A traditional Barbarossa was tried in two games (both
games were ties overall, but the Axis lost in Europe). This was
the first convention without Berchtesgaden as a potential Axis
redoubt. In 2007, there was one Axis victory, three Allied victories,
and a tie. Game balance does not appear to have suffered, although
no Axis player pursuing a traditional Barbarossa campaign won
in either year. In the high tech arena, jets were the most popular
project for Germany, but advanced subs made an appearance in
two games as well. Both projects now require fewer research points,
but appear later in the game, and in lower quantity. The atomic
bomb proved key for the Allies in two games. In one game, Germany
stopped one attempted atomic bomb drop, and Japan stopped two,
although it eventually succumbed to an invasion aided by a tactical
nuke. The end result was a tie. In another game, the Allies used
two bombs tactically to advance in France, and would have dropped
enough on Germany by Winter 1945 to ensure an overall tie. In
the same game a bomb drop was attempted on Japan in Fall 1944
but failed.
Most games incorporated the newly proposed rules for accumulated
damage to ships during naval combat. Most players felt that this
added excitement to the naval battles, and usually shortened
them, as players were reluctant to risk multiple damaged ships
in a follow-on round. This rule has been approved. Most games
also incorporated the new Japanese resistance modifier for territorial
control of island groups and other objectives, and felt that
this encouraged more naval battles in the Pacific. This rule
will also be incorporated. The following changes were proposed
after the convention and are likely to be incorporated: revising
the kamikaze rules to increase their impact and simplify their
use; sacrificing Japanese BRP base to uninvert units; uninverting
countered air in the Japanese Home Islands to allow defense against
bombing; reducing the impact of the second and subsequent atomic
bombs on surrender level; eliminating the increase to Russian BRP
base for captured Russian ICs. As you may know, the first edition
sold out earlier this year. Game Designer Bruce Harper is close
to finalizing the game for publication of the second edition.
Look for it in 2009!
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