Repeat English visitor Peter Eldridge and Jon Lockwood battle in the preliminaries. No Palevda Gambit available here.	Roy Gibson downs Eric Filipkowski to improve to 4-1 and advance to the elimination rounds and, ultimately, fifth place laurels.

Battle Cry was reprinted this year. The tournament used the new edition rules and all new scenarios. The tournament format was five rounds of Swiss play followed by three rounds of single-elimination.

In the first Swiss round, players with games were matched against those without. The Have Nots went 9-10. For the tournament, the Haves took 33 of 59 contests. Only two of the eight qualifiers did not bring a game. As players dropped out, there were always enough games available. Over the first five rounds, the Haves represented 61%, 69%, 71%, 70% and 79% of all players.

Most scenarios were reasonably balanced. The third round featuring the battle of Belmont proved to be the exception, with the North winning 14 of 17 games, in spite of the South getting extra card draws in ten of those games due to player bids for sides.

After four rounds, three players (Phil Shea, Robert Eastman, and Scott Cornett) were unbeaten and eligible for the playoffs without need of a fifth game, but Scott dropped, allowing him to play other events with conflicting schedules. No less than six former champions were still in contention at the start of the fifth round.

Nine players were 3-1 going into Round 5. The battle of Little Sugar Creek was supposed to be a fast scenario since only four flags were needed for the win. However, those precious four flags resulted in very conservative play with games lasting up to two hours. The scenario appeared balanced with neither side getting much in the way of bids. However, the South won all eight matches. Lyman Moquin, Roy Gibson, Jeff Mullet and Bruce Reiff won their must-win matches over Barry Shoults, Steve Lollis, Jeff Cornett, and Dave Metzger respectively to advance. Meanwhile, the ninth 3-1 contender, Jack Morrell, was upset by Scott Sirianna (previously 2-2).

That left room for two 3-2 records to advance to the quarter-finals. There were nine candidates for the two opportunities. Using a random card draw, Dave Metzger and Jeff Cornett advanced. The seven less fortunate included defending champ Nicole Reiff, plus 2004 champion Barry Shoults, 2009 champ Steve Lollis, Chuck Stapp, Jeff Lange, Scott Sirianna and Jack Morrell.

Round 6 featured the battle of Oak Grove -- won by each side twice. Winning as the North, Phil Shea preserved his undefeated record by besting Bruce Reiff who was continuing his down year, while Dave Metzger upset Jeff Mullet. Winning as the South, Lyman Moquin defeated Roy Gibson, while Jeff Cornett upset the previously unbeaten 2005 champion, Robert Eastman. Both 3-2 qualifiers had upset opponents with better records.

In the semi-finals, players bid heavily (three extra card draws) for the right to play the South which started on the high ground in the battle of Prairie Grove. The bids may not have been high enough as the South still won both games. Cornett got past Metzger in a close match-up of the 3-2 qualifiers while Moquin upset unbeaten 2002 champion Shea.

The Final featured the battle of Perryville on a map heavily obstructed by river, woods, and hills. The North had two more units and began defending hills in the map center. However, they have almost half their army bogged down in river and woods on their right side. The Confederates move first, but must cross a river and three more open terrain to get to the Union center. Moquin earned the right to play the North by bidding four extra card draws to play the South.

As the battle began, Jeff shifted forces from his left flank where the Northern forces were far away and slowed by terrain. The South then charged the middle, pushing the Union artillery back, thus effectively disengaging the center of the board. One of the Union artillery that fell back shifted to support the Union left, thus allowing Lyman to outgun Jeff on the Union left flank. Then began a relentless assault by the Union on their right flank. With a combination of Assault, Battle Cry, and two Force Marches, the South found itself overwhelmed on their left by greatly superior forces. With their four extra card draws, the South counterattacked and held for a while, but were eventually wiped out except for their leader running away to the center.

Trailing six flags to five, and needing seven for the win, Jeff force marched three infantry in the middle hoping to kill a full strength Union infantry with leader attached. The dice were not impressed. Lyman then gained his seventh flag with a kill on his left.

Lyman finished the day with seven wins against a single loss to Jeff Mullet in the second round when Jeff got an extra five card draws, helping his Union win the battle of Wilson's Creek.

Suggestions for next year include shorter scenarios, perhaps by having more units begin within range of each other. Also, players should start the tournament with a random tie-breaker number so that they know early in the tournament how likely they are to advance with only three wins.

Peter Card battles defending champ prodigy Nicole Reiff who lost a random draw from among nine players with a 3-2 record for an opportunity to advance.	The two finalists pause in their eighth round of the day. Two-time champ Cornett won a random draw to slip into the elimination rounds with a 3-2 record.