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Updated 11/30/2009

2009 WBC Report  

   2010 Status: pending 2010 GM commitment

Scott Moll. VA

2009 Champion

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Event History
2008    Bob Heinzmann     25
2009    Scott Moll      16
 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Scott Moll         VA    09     38
  2.  Bob Heinzmann      FL    08     30
  3.  Rick Young         NC    09     12
  4.  Kevin Garber       VA    08     12
  5.  Grant LaDue        NY    08      9
  6.  Todd Treadway      NY    09      8
  7.  John Vasilakos     VA    09      6
  8.  Jack Stalica       on    08      6
  9.  Bill Beswick       IN    09      4
 10.  Stu Hendrickson    VA    08      3
 11.  Derek Pulhamus     NY    09      2

2009 Laurelists                                              Repeating Laurelists 

Rick Young, NC
2nd

Todd Treadway, NY
3rd

John Vasilakos, VA
4th

Bill Beswick, IN
5th

Derek Pulhamus, NY
6th


Past Winners

Bob Heinzmann, FL
2008

Scott Moll, VA
2009


Stu Hendrickson and Derek Pulhamus take a mulligan.

Stu is back in action against John Vasilakos.

Blocking the Bulge

This year we played the new C3i "Payback" scenario and also incorporated a bidding change where the bid was for additional assets to be pulled from the Selection Cup instead of Fuel Assets. The scenario seems to slightly favor the German player, and the bidding was very light (0-2 assets were bid) throughout the tournament. The Germans won about 60% overall, but the eventual champion, Scott Moll, won by playing the Allied side throughout the event.

The defending champ, Bob Heinzmann, fell out after two rounds. The Final then came down to the 2008 runner-up and lone returning laurelist, Scott Moll, against the game's designer (and GM), Rick Young. Rick had a very promising first turn, ripping a large hole in front of 5th Panzer Army that Scott could not adequately fill. After some intense study though, Scott's frown turned upside down when he realized that Rick focused too much attention on the 5th Panzer Army, and made a mistake in the 6th Panzer Army sector that allowed Scott to place much of that formation out of supply.

Rick had to spend much of his Turn 2 efforts remedying the supply problem he had created for himself rather than worsening Scott's position, and the chance for a decisive victory was slipping away. The scenario is four turns long, and covers the swing of momentum in the battle, such that the first two turns usually find the Germans still on the offensive, but the last two turns, with clearing skies and American reinforcements, find the roles reversed.

Rick spent the last two turns tenaciously defending against the US counterattack while trying to cling to a marginal victory from his very successful opening turn, but Scott used his last turn's breakthrough phase, his last special action, and American airpower to snatch Malmedy back from German possession, thereby granting him the win.

Peter Pollard and Bill Beswick meet vicariously in the Ardennes.

Scott Moll earns his title in the Final against the designer, no less!
 GM      Rick Young (2nd Year)  NA  
    rick27707@aol.com   NA

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