carcassonne

Updated Nov. 16, 2015

2015 WBC Report

2016 Status: pending 2016 GM commitment

Joe Millovich, PA

2015 Champion

Event History

2002 Debbie Gutermuth

150
2003 Richard Jones 132
2004 Dan Hoffman 130
2005 Jennifer Drozd 123
2006 Katie McCorry 149
2007 Robbie Mitchell 77
2008 Robbie Mitchell 84
2009 Lisa Gutermith 59
2010 Carolyn Strock 93
2011 Arthur Wines 85
2012 Eric Monte 115
2013 Joe Millovich 155
2014 Norman Rule 166
2015 Joe Millovich 161

Euro Quest BPA Event History
2003 Scott Buckwalter 37
2004 Ted Mullally 22
2005 Steve Boone 20
2006 Steve Crenshaw 19

Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Joe Millovich      PA    15     78
  2.  Robbie Mitchell    VA    07     69
  3.  Legend Dan Hoffman MD    10     59
  4.  Arthur Wines       PA    11     48
  5.  Scott Buckwalter   MD    04     42
  6.  Olin Hentz         CT    08     36
  7.  Eric Monte         NY    12     33
  8.  Debbie Gutermuth   NC    03     33
  9.  Chad Martin        PA    15     30
 10.  Norman Rule        MD    14     30
 11.  Carolyn Strock     PA    10     30
 12.  Katie McCorry      VA    06     30
 13.  Jennifer Visocnik  IL    05     30
 14.  Richard Jones      uk    03     30
 15.  Rob Kircher        RI    10     29
 16.  Meredith Mattingly PA    09     26
 17.  Dusty Usner        PA    15     24
 18.  Chris Kreuter      NY    14     24
 19.  Jeff Mullet        OH    11     24
 20.  Lisa Gutermuth     WA    09     23
 21.  Laurel Stokes      NJ    05     21
 22.  Steve Crenshaw     VA    06     20
 23.  Steve Boone        MD    05     20
 24.  Ted Mullally       NJ    04     20
 25.  Ryan Houman        NJ    11     18
 26.  Rebecca Hebner     CO    04     18
 27.  Jay Fox            NJ    03     18
 28.  Michelle Hymowitz  MD    03     18
 29.  Bob Stribula       PA    02     18
 30.  Jonathan Gemmel    MD    14     13
 31.  Hope Millovich     PA    15     12
 32.  Michael Crescenzi  NC    13     12
 33.  Dave Blisard       PA    13     12
 34.  Cliff Ackman       PA    12     12
 35.  Dan Strock         PA    10     12
 36.  Ken Gutermuth      NC    08     12
 37.  Steve Oksienik     NJ    07     12
 38.  JP Roberts         MD    07     12
 39.  Karl Henning       CT    06     12
 40.  Sean Vessey        VA    05     12
 41.  Tom McCorry        VA    04     12
 42.  Ray Stakenas II    MI    03     12
 43.  Eric Hymowitz      MD    03     12
 44.  Ken Dunn           MD    02     12
 45.  Kevin Quirk        FL    15      9
 46.  Ed Beach           MD    13      9
 47.  Barrett Straub     MD    11      9
 48.  Kevin Wojtaszczyk  NY    08      9
 49.  Dan Henry          IL    07      9
 50.  Jonathan Fox       IL    06      9
 51.  Andres Dunn        MD    05      9
 52.  Doug Williamson    VA    04      9
 53.  Matt Miller        NJ    02      9
 54.  Thomas Stokes      NJ    06      8
 55.  Ilan Tadmor        NY    04      8
 56.  Sean McCulloch     OH    13      6
 57.  Brandon Bernard    PA    12      6
 58.  Patrick Monte      NY    11      6
 59.  David Mattingly    PA    10      6
 60.  Marilyn Flowers    VA    08      6
 61.  Robb Effinger      on    07      6
 62.  Mike Fox           IL    06      6
 63.  Kate Taillon       SC    06      6
 64.  Tim Packwood       MN    05      6
 65.  Lee Sensabaugh     VA    04      6
 66.  Tom Rhoads         MD    04      6
 67.  Gwen Alvian        MD    03      6
 68.  Verity Hitchings   DE    03      6
 69.  Thomas Robinson    NC    02      6
 70.  Bill Crenshaw      VA    06      4
 71.  Hal Haag           MD    04      4
 72.  Henry Allen        FL    15      3
 73.  Thomas Strock      PA    14      3
 74.  Shane Yeager       MD    12      3
 75.  Dan Mathias        MD    08      3
 76.  Mike Wojtaszczyk   NY    07      3
 77.  Charlie Hickok     PA    06      3
 78.  Derek Landel       NJ    05      3
 79.  Luke Kratz         ID    04      3
 80.  Ewan McNay         CT    02      3
 81.  Keith Levy         MD    05      2
 82.  Mark Guttag        VA    02      2
2015 Laurelists Returning Laurelists: 2

Chad Martin, PA
2nd

Hope Millovich, PA
3rd

Kevin Quirk, FL
4th

Dusty Usner, PA
5th

Henry Allen, FL
6th

Past Winners

Debbie Gutermuth, TX
2002


Richard Jones, uk
2003


Legend Dan Hoffman, MD
2004


Jennifer Visocnik, IL
2005


Katie McCorry, VA
2006


Robbie Mitchell, VA
2007-08


Lisa Gutermuth, NC
2009


Carolyn Strock, PA
2010


Arthur Wines, PA
2011


Eric Monte, NY
2012


Joe Millovich, PA
2013, 2015


Norman Rule, MD
2014

Natasha Metzger and Chris Kizer
move meeples.

April Alfieri and Dave Bohnenberger
check out the giant meeple.

Joe's Hope ...

We continued to use tournament points as the first tiebreaker after most wins in determining eligibility for the semifinal round. This tiebreaker works very well in achieving its dual purpose of reducing ties and determining semifinalists. Only a few ties remained after the fourth heat and no die rolls were needed to determine eligibility for the semifinal round.

As such, the calculation of tournament points will not change in 2016. In a 4-player game, first place earns nine points, second earns five points, third earns two points, and fourth earns one point. These points are increased by one in a 5-player game. At each table, the game owner earns an additional tournament point for providing the game. It is important to note that this point is not an in-game point and has no effect on the scoring of the game itself.

The wins were distributed more evenly this year. Of the 15 multiple game winners last year, Joe Millovich was the only one to repeat that trick in 2015. There were no 3-game winners and two fewer 2-game winners than last year. That meant that seven of the 16 semifinal qualifiers had only one win, but there were 47 players (eight more than last year) with a win. The last regular qualifier for the semifinal had one win and 16 tournament points. However, three qualifiers opted out of advancement and alternates were selected from those present. The last alternate to make the semifinal had one win and 15 tournament points.

Playing in multiple heats certainly improves your chances of advancing All those playing in the semifinal with only one win had entered at least three heats. Of the nine players who entered all four heats, six played in the semifinal round.

Chad Martin, HopeĀ  and Joe Millovich, and Kevin Quirk each won their semifinal matches to advance to the Final which would be played using a giant set of tiles four times larger than the normal set furnished by defending champ Norman Rule. Joe and Chad were returning to familiar turf, having finished second and third last year. Joe was also the 2013 champ so he was appearing in his third straight Final. His 83 points would gave him a 17-point margin of victory and vault him into first place on the laurels list. Second place was a tossup though as Chad and Hope each scored 66 points with no unused meeples and two farmers! The thought of having a die roll decide the matter did not appeal to either contestant, so it was decided to play one more game “one-on-one”, wherein Chad earned his runner-up status. Just for fun, Chad and Hope then rolled dice to see what would have happened with that tiebreakerā€¦ Chad won again! Next year, any ties in the Final will be broken by the rank of the tied players after the qualifying heats. So, stack those preliminary wins and tournament points to avoid the agony of defeat later. Had this method been in place this year, Chad would have still been second without playing an extra game or risking a die roll.

Fifth and sixth place laurels were awarded to players who participated in the semifinal, but did not advance to the Final. Performance in the qualifying rounds is adjusted for the result in the semifinal to determine these places. After the qualifying rounds, our top qualifier with two wins and 33 tournament points was Dusty Usner. Dusty’s runner-up finish in his semifinal garnered him fifth place.

The battle for sixth place was much closer. Hindsight revealed four players competing for the spot from four different semifinal tables. Henry Allen, ranked third after the qualifying rounds with two wins and 21 tournament points, managed to take it with a third place finish in his semifinal, because none of the other three finished higher than third.

As a point of clarification, the WBC tournament uses the third edition of the rules. This means that all cities are scored two points/tile (even the small “football” 2-tile cities). Also, farmers only earn three points per completed city. Farmers are scored by field, not by city.

For any game or tournament rules clarifications, have your meeple call my meeple or please see the GM or Assistant GMs.

Katie McCorry makes sure Dave Meyaard doesn't flick any meeples.

GM Jennifer Visocnik with her finalists.

Multi-talented ... no one trick pony here.

My meeple has super powers.


Carcassonne Junior 2015

Running a major event like Settlers of Catan with five rounds for 100 adults is a lot of effort, but it pales in comparison to keeping tabs on three dozen little people so when a GM of such a gateway event also steps forward to pull duty in the "rugrat" room on Friday evening it is going above and beyond the norm.

Rich Shipley pulled that double duty again this year to the delight of 36 little Carcassonneans. The best little people peeple mover was Andrew Freeman, age 8, improving on his third place finish last year. He was followed in order by:

~ 2nd: Aubrey Powers, age 9

~ 3rd: Holiday Saccenti, age 12

~ 4th: Brandon Wines, age 9

~ 5th: Madison Ritchie, age 12

~ 6th: Jay Schoenen, age 10

GM Jennifer Visocnik [3rd Year] NA
FluteKitty@Gmail.com NA

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