Twotime champ Paul Fletcher falls to Robert Frisby. Paul is five years removed from his last Anzio title while Robert made his second straight Final appearance.	Mark McCandless finally reached the summit versus Robert Frisby as both battled for their first Anzio title with the Afrika Korps battle raging in the background.

Year 12 of the Renaissance

Venerable grognard Tom Oleson once again devoted his efforts, time, dedication, and innovation to the Anzio experience - taking on all comers at every opportunity. During the Open Swiss Phase preliminaries a total of 26 games were played by 21 different participants. At 5:00 PM on Friday the four highest scoring players entered into the single elimination portion of the tournament. Those four players were: Mark McCandless - 54 points, Tom Oleson - 39, Robert Frisby - 27 and Bill Scott - 24.

The Play-offs:

The 15-Turn Basic Game was played in the semis. The initial invasion by Bill Scott's Americans on Sep II came ashore at Terrecina while the Brits and Canadians landed at Taranto and Reggio. McCandless delayed the allies moving up from the south end while his Germans hit the Yanks with most of their power around Terrecina. Low die rolls on the initial attacks by Mark forced Bill to fork over the re-roll chit, after which Mark again rolled low. The Americans lasted only three turns before the port was destroyed on Sep IV. The allies captured much ground, but the destruction of the first invasion is always a problem. Bill landed the second invasion at Rome on Nov I, capturing Rome. The German reaction was devastating with the Allies thrown back into the sea on Nov II. Bill resigned at the end of the turn having captured only Salerno, Naples and Foggia.

The other semi was a rematch of the 2010 Final. Tom's initial invasion again came ashore at Naples while the Brits and Canadians did their thing at Taranto and Reggio. The Germans could not snuff out the Naples invasion, but the allies were unable to make much progress against the solid defensive line of the Germans. Bad dice by Tom resulted in little progress and few hits on the Germans. Tom's second invasion at Vasto on Nov I tested Robert and allowed the allies to capture Termoli, but Tom's bad dice got worse and he lost every attack for four straight turns. At the end, the allies held Salerno, Naples, Foggia and Termoli, which was close but not good enough, so this time Robert's Germans won the day.

The Final:

For the first time in years, the Final would be contested without a former champion. It was also a rematch of a 2010 semi-final won by Robert. Frisby's allies invaded at Naples on Sep II while supporting landings occurred at Taranto and Reggio. Mark's Germans vigorously attempted to crush the invasion before the units moving up the boot could strengthen the allied toe-hold, but Robert was able to hold out. In classic style, the allies then slugged their way into Foggia and Termoli, while holding onto Salerno and Naples. Robert needed one more victory hex to defeat Mark again. The allied second invasion landed at Anzio on Dec I. The Germans counterattacked vigorously while holding the allies at bay along the Cassino line. At the start of the last allied turn on Dec IV, Robert was still in control of Anzio, but his troops were adjacent to strong German units. The allied attacks to hold in place were unsuccessful forcing his army to retreat into the Mediterranean. The game ended with the allies in Foggia, Termoli, Salerno and Naples. Thus Mark avenged his 2010 loss while securing his first Anzio championship and third overall.