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Reigning Caesar Randy Buehler made it two in a row by successfully defending his perch atop the BPA rankings to become our second back-to-back top gamer. However, the Washington native’s margin of victory was slim, besting 2004 Caesar James Pei by but ten laurels—37 less than his 2011 margin of victory over his predecessor, Texan Stefan Mecay. And unlike 2011 when he claimed both the Caesar and Consul titles, he was unable to best Nick Henning two times in a row as Nick rose to Consul—completing his rise from the WBC Juniors program to claim Master of Horse during WBC week. Pei, however, retained his Top 25 ranking for the sixth straight year. Buehler and Curt Collins II maintained their status for the third straight year while six others have two-year streaks still alive.

Rounding out the top six BPA competitors for 2012 were Keith Wixson, Daniel Eppolito, Doug Galullo and Eric Freeman whose email, pre-con and mini-con victories all enabled them to outscore Nick Henning’s totals amassed entirely during WBC week. Only nine of last year’s Top 25 players managed to retain that high ranking led by Buehler who remained at the top despite a 36-laurel drop. The other top scorers to retain their Top 25 standing were Pei, Freeman, Henning and Sceadeau D’Tela, Jason Levine, Robert Kircher, Andrew Emerick and Curt Collins II.

The Line of Succession for Caesar 2012

James Pei, VA 2nd - 195 Laurels	Keith Wixson, NJ 3rd - 178 Laurels	Daniel Eppolito, PA 4th - 147 Laurels	Doug Galullo, MD 5th - 143 Laurels	Eric Freeman, PA 6th - 134 Laurels

 

Key: e = email (PBeM), q = Euro Quest mini-con, w = WAM mini-con, p = Pre-Con

2012 Consul—Hail Nicholas Henning

Our first Juniors progam graduate has clawed his way to the top by posting the best WBC week of 2012 to elbow two-time Caesar Randy Buehler aside by 17 laurels. Although Randy may well have a case that this is one title deserving of an asterisk. Had his 60-laurel win for Through the Ages counted as a WBC event rather than a Pre-Con, he would have won handily and ruled alone again. The part Pre-Con, part WBC events will always leave the door open for controversy. Although only eighth in the Caesar standings, Nick was one of the eight Top 25 gamers of the year to score all his laurels in the seven days of WBC. Despite Nick’s belated start, his recent back-to-back-to-back campaigns have raised him to 17th place on BPA’s all time Laurelists—only nine places and 230 laurels behind his dad.

Although Nick won three events he was put over the top by scoring in four others with two seconds, a fourth and a sixth. Doug Galullo matched him by scoring in seven events but could muster only one win and finished sixth overall. In contrast, Jason Levine won four events, but they were small and had only one other laurel event, finishing fourth overall. The contenders who surpassed 100 laurels at WBC included Matt Calkins, Jason Levine, Eric Freeman and Doug Galullo in that order. Only Henning managed to repeat as a top Consul contender, improving from 4th in 2010 to second in 2011 and king of the hill in 2012.

The Line of Succession for Consul 2012

Randy Buehler, WA 2nd - 116 Laurels	Matt Calkins, VA 3rd - 108 Laurels	Jason Levine, NY 4th - 106 Laurels	Eric Freeman, PA 5th - 104 Laurels	Doug Galullo, MD 6th - 102 Laurels