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Sharon Bryant is surrounded by testosterone. |
Andy Friedmann clashes shields with
Ed Kraska. |
KGB
intraclub rivalry ...
As the GM of a game I created, my main desire is to see great
game play. This group didn't disappoint. This year's field was
very strong. We had three former Champions in the tilt along
with a group of accomplished past contenders. We started with
three rounds of Swiss. That means we randomly seated folks. Winners
played winners until we arrived at our final four.
It seemed like Pompey was running roughshod in the Preliminary
rounds as Pompey delivered a 70% winning percentage. We had changed
the tournament rules by letting Julius Caesar go first on the
first card play regardless of the card played. We thought that
would balance the game as Pompey could then not run into Rome
and attempt to hold on for a quick victory.
The top four players qualifying for the elimination rounds
were: Ron Draker 3-0, Fred Bauer 3-0, Alex Kraska 2-1 and Barry
Eynon 2-1. Tom Druedling and Justin Thompson also finished 2-1
but missed the cut on tiebreakers. The semifinals were over quickly
as both the unbeaten players showed why they were unbeaten and
rolled over their opposition in record time as the KGB block
party continued to have its way with everyone else.
I am sure Fred was pretty happy to get Pompey for the Final.
The game progressed as if it was going to come down to the last
card play to see who went first to determine the win. If Fred
had gone first on the last turn, the game would have been in
doubt but because Ron held a 3 movement card, Caesar got to go
first and won the game 8-5.
This was Ron's first wood in Julius Caesar and Fred
Bauer's 2nd place was also his best finish to date. I look forward
to crossing swords with them again for the Glory of Rome!
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