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Updated Nov. 12, 2014

2014 WBC Report  

 2015 Status: pending 2015 GM commitment

Rob Murray, NJ

2014 Champion

Event History
2004    Eric Brosius     84
2005    Jim Castonguay     94
2006    Jim Castonguay     79
2007    Patrick Shea    121
2008    Eric Brosius    123
2009    Jim Castonguay    129
2010    Kevin Garber    137
2011    Bob Woodson    161
2012    Matt Calkins    112
2013    Justus Hibshman    127
2014    Rob Murray    127

Euro Quest
BPA Event History
2005    John Downing    25
2006    David Houston    36
2007     J.J. Jaskiewicz    41
2008     Lyman Moquin    42
2009     Kevin Garber    55
2010    Doug Galullo    49
2011    Daniel Eppolito    57
2012    Bill Crenshaw    43

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Jim Savarick       PA    14    245
  2.  Eric Brosius       MA    09    103
  3.  Bill Crenshaw      VA    12     93
  4.  Kevin Garber       VA    10     90
  5.  Matt Calkins       VA    12     76
  6.  Robert Woodson     NV    11     72
  7.  Richard Meyer      MA    09     72
  8.  Bill Murdock       NY    08     72
  9.  Rob Murray         NJ    14     60
 10.  Patrick Shea       VA    07     60
 11.  Doug Galullo       MD    12     60
 12.  Steven LeWinter    NC    14     54
 13.  Justus Hibshman    PA    13     50
 14.  Daniel Eppolito    CA    11     40
 15.  Rod Spade          PA    06     39
 16.  Tim Horne          PA    12     36
 17.  Jason Ley          WA    11     36
 18.  Jeff Cornett       VA    10     36
 19.  J. J. Jaskiewicz   MD    10     36
 20.  David Platnick     VA    09     36
 21.  Lyman Moquin       DC    08     33
 22.  Barb Flaxington    NJ    08     33
 23.  David Houston      MD    06     30
 24.  John Downing       VA    05     30
 25.  Robert Sohn        NJ    06     28
 26.  Lexi Shea          CT    10     27
 27.  Wooly Farrow V     PA    12     24
 28.  Cissi Astrom       NC    11     24
 29.  Blair Morgen       PA    10     24
 30.  Raphael Lehrer     MD    10     24
 31.  Jeff Bowers        UT    07     24
 32.  Gerald Lientz      VA    05     24
 33.  Evan Tannheimer    MA    04     24
 34.  Bill Salvatore     MD    07     23
 35.  Keith Levy         MD    09     21
 36.  Vien Bounma        NJ    13     20
 37.  Tim Horne          PA    14     18
 38.  Chris Senhouse     MA    14     18
 39.  Phil Becker        PA    12     18
 40.  Mark McCandless    LA    11     18
 41.  Kenneth Horan      PA    09     18
 42.  David Bohnenberger PA    09     18
 43.  Michael Brazinski  MD    12     17
 44.  Pat Onufrak        VA    11     16
 45.  Leigh Eirich       MD    06     16
 46.  Tim Swartz         MD    04     16
 47.  Michael Shea       CT    13     15
 48.  Eric Hufford       PA    14     12
 49.  Chris Gnech        PA    12     12
 50.  Eric Raymond       PA    12     12
 51.  Henry Dove         MD    10     12
 52.  Randy Solberg      MD    09     12
 53.  Kathy Stroh        DE    08     12
 54.  Ian Miller         MA    08     12
 55.  Tom McCorry        VA    07     12
 56.  Luke Koleszar      VA    06     12
 57.  Perrianne Lurie    PA    05     12
 58.  Eyal Mozes         MD    13     10
 59.  Sandra Scanlon     MD    08      9
 60.  Steve Koleszar     VA    05      8
 61.  Frank Hastings     MD    04      8
 62.  Alex Gesing        NY    11      6
 63.  Shivendra Chopra   MD    09      6
 64.  Peter Eirich       MD    08      6
 65.  Phil Shea          FL    08      6
 66.  Craig Trader       VA    07      6
 67.  Tom Browne         PA    05      6
 68.  Chris Kalmbacher   PA    13      5
 69.  John Barringer     MD    11      4
 70.  Phil Rennert       MD    06      4
 71.  Marshall Phillips  VA    04      4
 72.  Scott Fenn         MD    12      3
 73.  Mike Richey        VA    10      3
 74.  Joe Ward           MD    07      3

2014 Laurelists
Repeating Laurelists:

Jim Savarick, PA
2nd

Steve LeWinter, NC
3rd

Tim Horne, PA
4th

Eric Hufford, PA
5th

Chris Senhouse, MA
6th

Past Winners

Eric Brosius, MA
2004, 2008

Jim Savarik, PA
2005-06, 2009

Patrick Shea, VA
2007

Kevin Garber, VA
2010

Robert Woodson, NV
2011

Matt Calkins, VA
2012

Justus Hibshman, PA
2013

Rob Murray, NJ
2014
   

100+ x 8 ...

2014 was my first year as the GM for Power Grid at WBC, and despite the job being a bit more to handle than I had anticipated, we had a great year with our eighth straight year of a triple digit field! But first and foremost I would like to give a shout-out to Jim Savarick, who assisted in setting up the boards in each heat and provided placards for the tables, which are quite a bit easier to read than my planned playing cards. We had a total of 127 players and a whopping 42 pewliminary games throughout the three heats.

Heat 1 was played on 15 USA and Central Europe maps which are the most commonly played boards, so although there were many close games, there weren't many unusual events reported.

In contrast, Heat 2 was played on the Spain/Portugal and China maps, again 15 boards strong, and provided a few interesting notes. In a match on the China map, John Jacoby spent a whopping $60 on the 25 plant to replace his 9 plant. There was another surprise in a game on the Spain/Portugal board, when Richard Beyma - yes, wargmer extraordinaire Beyma the Younger - chose to end the game despite being tied for plant capacity. With three players powering 12 plants, the tiebreaker went to Steve LeWinter with $32, Richard placed second with $15, and Eric Hufford took third with $4.

The late-night Heat 3 was played on the France and Brazil boards, but drew only 12 tables. One Brazil match had ten cities built by a player in the fifth round. This resulted in the death of the 10 plant and no player chose to bid on a plant in the subsequent round.

After three grueling heats, 25 players advanced to five 5-player semifinal matches on the UK/Ireland board, where players are challenged to balance building cities between the two islands. Jim Savarick was able to win without even expanding into Ireland as he was able to build his entire network of 16 cities in England while having his own party in Wales.

The Final was played on the Quebec map and, as expected, went down to the wire. After many rounds of back and forth bidding battles over multiple plants, the expected wars over the cities of Montreal and Quebec, and sitting on piles of cash, Rob Murray ended the tournament victorious. Congratulations to Rob, and I hope everyone returns for more electrifying excitement next year!
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GM Broh-Kahn and his finalists.

 GM     Kevin Broh-Kahn  NA
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