warriors
of god
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Updated Nov. 12, 2014
2014 WBC Report |
2015 Status: pending 2015
GM commitment |
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Greg Hultgren, CA |
2014 Champion |
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Event History |
2009 |
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Jason White |
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8 |
2010 |
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Terry Coleman |
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31 |
2011 |
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Rob Winslow |
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36 |
2012 |
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Matthew Beach |
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23 |
2013 |
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David Long |
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19 |
2014 |
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Greg Hultgren |
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20 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Greg Hultgren CA 14 63
2. Rob Winslow NY 11 49
3. Terry Coleman CA 14 48
4. Derek Landel NJ 14 48
5. David Long NC 14 42
6. Matthew Beach MD 12 33
7. Philip Yaure PA 14 21
8. Keith Hunsinger OH 12 18
9. Lembit Tohver on 10 18
10. Stan Myszak qc 11 16
11. Gary Phillips FL 10 12
12. Jason White VA 09 10
13. Peter Stein OH 13 9
14. Steve Smith NE 11 8
15. Marty Sample NH 13 6
16. Nick Smith uk 13 6
17. Stephen Shedden TN 12 6
18. Chad Mekash NJ 10 6
19. Jonathan Squibb PA 09 6
20. Robert Sohn NJ 11 4
21. Chris Valk NJ 09 4
22. Wayne Morrison FL 14 3
23. Michael Ussery MD 10 3
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2014 Laurelists
Returning
Laurelists: |
Terry Coleman, CA
2nd
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David Long, NC
3rd
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Philip Yaure, PA
4th
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Derek Landel, NJ
5th
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Wayne Morrison, FL
6th
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Past Winners |
Jason White, VA
2009
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Terry Coleman, CA
2010
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Rob Winslow, NY
2011
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Matthew Beach, MD
2012
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David Long, NC
2013
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Michael Ussery and Wayne Morrison
battle in the opening rounds. |
The two Californian finalists settle
matters. |
Joan of Arc proves to be fireproof
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20 players arrived early at the convention to take on the
Hundred Years War scenario of the Warriors of God tournament.
10 players appeared for Sunday night's Mulligan action, with
Terry Coleman, Pete Stein, Derek Landel, Rob Winslow and the
GM earning byes into Monday's second round action.
Terry
Coleman's Monday morning teaching session was followed by 16
participants contesting the first round. The French side was
dominant in the opening rounds, winning nine of the 13 games
played. However, once action progressed to the last ten players,
the results moderated with the English winning five of the remaining
nine games.
The round of 10 saw Rob Winslow, Terry Coleman, Greg Hultgren
and Philip Yaure earn big wins as the English, often using an
aggressive English strategy of buying Gunners on the first two
turns and launching a Turn 2 strike on Ile-de-France. A successful
siege soon led to doom for French players who were unprepared
to counter the move. Defending champion David Long earned the
only French victory this round.
The next two games saw the revenge of the French, with Coleman
and Hultgren punishing the English. Hultgren next used the French
to foil Long's title defense, setting up a Final match against
2010 champion Coleman. Hultgren accepted Terry's bid of two
VP for the English and the two Californians set about making
war in Lancaster.
With early turn maneuvering, Terry was able to reverse the impact
of his 2 VP bid. For a short season, the English took the lead
as a captured French leader gave the English VP count a temporary
boost. Then Terry's dice turned against him. He made roll after
roll for control of areas without success. This combined with
a minor plague killing a disproportionate number of English leaders
for two turns resulted in the VP marker changing back to French
blue. Over the next few turns, Greg acquired his core areas
in the center of France resulting in the victory counter slowly
advancing towards a French victory.
Terry's English made repeated attempts to break the French core.
Terry was even able to capture two French leaders, but with
hygiene in British prisons being sub-standard these leaders died
upon arrival before giving the English a single victory point.
By Turn 10 the French had a 7-point lead. During that turn,
Joan of Arc was able to trap two British leaders outside of Burgundy,
leaving them no way to retreat. One died in battle and the other
was captured. That result, followed by another major plague
which decimated only English leaders, convinced Terry's English
to call it quits. Joan and her family were granted nobility
by Charles VII as a reward for her actions as Greg's French claimed
victory.
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