Adepticon Clash of King 2016 pt 1

Whew!!!  That was pretty incredible.  I don't think I have even started to recover from the great time at Adepticon this year.  (It doesn't help that it gets topped out by having to drive home from Chicago - just one more level of exhaustion to heap on the rest!)

The major focus was, of course, the Clash of Kings North American Kings of War Championship, held April 2nd and 3rd.  This was a six round event (4 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday), for which we had 43 people signed up and 34 that were actually able to play (there were a couple of people that had sudden changes to their plans so were only able to be there for Saturday unfortunately).

A rather tired group after the final game on Sunday

I know people don't want to read me rambling on about the tournament - they want to me to get to the pictures (plus I don't think any amount of coffee is going to get me able to think intelligently (let alone write) for at least a couple of days).  I posted a shot of each round in progress to Facebook during the event, and tried to get a picture of every table (thus every player) during a game, as well as long shots down the rows of tables.  But I'll let these act as the next 34,000 words!

Round 1 is on!

Scott Birkette v Amy Stamper

Kris Kaspner v Joe Flesch

Shannon Shoemaker v Kara Brown

 Valerie Fletcher v Connor Shields

Johnny McGinnis v Justin Fugate

Bill Harvat v Jonathan Hendry

Jonathan Hickey v Chris Pelleter

Ed Philips v Jerry Paige

Todd Warren v Chuck Jiardina

Bill Foreman v Brian Papciak

Grant Smith v Mark Rupp

Gregory Marcotte v David Baker

Jason Turner v Sue Foreman

Miel Vermeulen v Jon Carter

Lucas Gitar v Andrew Strobl

Tim Bjur v Joshua Fouke

Stephen Olk v Corey Reynolds

Round 2 begins!

Tables 16-13 Round 2

Tables 12-9 Round 2

Tables 8-5 Round 2

Tables 4-1 Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Tables 1-4, round 6

Tables 8-5, round 6

Tables 9-12 round 6

tables 15 - 13 round 6

The battle for the win was on the top three tables.  Jon Carter once again made it to the top table for the final round (where he lost to Kara last year).  This time against someone he has met at tournaments before, and the winner of the Team Tournament (with his daughter) on Thursday, Shannon Shoemaker.  Their game ended in a tie, which kept either of them from the top spot but put Shannon in 2nd and Jon in 3rd.

Top Table for final round.  Jon and Shannon ended in a draw (9-11)

Kara Brown was on table 2, tied in third place just a few points behind the two leaders.  Unfortunately she wasn't able to hold on against Kris Kaspner's beautifully painted Herd army (which, unfortunately, was not eligible for "Best Painted Mantic Army" as it has no Mantic models in it).  This loss dropped the former champion down to 11th, while Kris came in just out of medal contention for 4th place.

Second table for final round - Kara lost to Kris (4 - 16)

On the third table, only a few points behind table two was Corey Reynolds and Bill Harvat.  Corey took a big win here, which allowed him to jump over the tie on the top table to take the championship.

Third table for final round - Corey beat Bill (17 - 3)

So how did it all work out - well here are the winners.

Mark Rupp - Most Sporting

Joe Flesch - Best Painted Mantic Army

Jon Carter - 3rd Overall

Shannon Shoemaker - 2nd Overall

Corey Reynolds - North American Kings of War Champion for 2016

Final Results (available at warscore.net)

Place	Name	Army	Opponents	Battle	Attrition	Base Paint	Total	Paint 1	Paint 2	75% Mantic	Favorite Army	Best Painted	Most Sporting	Awards
1	Reynolds, Corey	Elves	Olk, Stephen, Kapsner, Kris, Fugate, Justin, Paige, Jerry, Carter, Jon, Harvat, Bill	87	10415	5	92	25	33			58	4	Champion
2	Shoemaker, Shannon	Varangur	Brown, Kara, Turner, Jason, Birkett, Scott, Kapsner, Kris, Fouke, Joshua, Carter, Jon	85	9260	5	90	22	30		2	54	1	2nd Place
3	Carter, Jon	Undead	Vermeulen, Miel, Fouke, Joshua, Baker, David, Harvat, Bill, Reynolds, Corey, Shoemaker, Shannon	84	8660	5	89	27	32	100		159	11	3rd Place
4	Kapsner, Kris	Herd	Flesch, Joe, Reynolds, Corey, Paige, Jerry, Shoemaker, Shannon, Baker, David, Brown, Kara	82	9655	5	87	34	34		8	76	10	Hon Mention - Painting
5	Baker, David	Ogres	Marcotte, Gregory, Pelleter, Chris, Carter, Jon, Olk, Stephen, Kapsner, Kris, Hickey, Jonathan	81	12435	5	86	22	29			51	8
6	Paige, Jerry	Elves	Philips, Edmond, Rupp, Mark, Kapsner, Kris, Reynolds, Corey, Warren, Todd, Fouke, Joshua	81	8995	5	86	29	31		2	62	1
7	Gitar, Lucas	Elves	Strobl, Andrew, Fletcher, Valerie, Brown, Kara, Vermeulen, Miel, Harvat, Bill, Stamper, Amy	75	9415	5	80	24	29			53	1
8	Olk, Stephen	Ogres	Reynolds, Corey, Bjur, Timothy, Jiardina, Charles, Baker, David, Rupp, Mark, Gilbert, Matt (Ringer	74	10266	5	79	27	31	100		158	2
9	Vermeulen, Miel	Abyssal Dwarfs	Carter, Jon, Philips, Edmond, Stamper, Amy, Gitar, Lucas, Smith, Grant, Birkett, Scott	74	10095	5	79	19	30	100	2	151	2
10	Harvat, Bill	Undead	Hendry, Jonathan, Warren, Todd, Fletcher, Valerie, Carter, Jon, Gitar, Lucas, Reynolds, Corey	73	7060	5	78	25	32	100	2	159	7
11	Brown, Kara	Basileans	Shoemaker, Shannon, Flesch, Joe, Gitar, Lucas, Pelleter, Chris, Birkett, Scott, Kapsner, Kris	72	7310	5	77	26	28			54	4
12	Hickey, Jonathan	Ogres	Pelleter, Chris, Hendry, Jonathan, Warren, Todd, Fletcher, Valerie, Marcotte, Gregory, Baker, David	68	10895	5	73	25	29	100		154	9
13	Rupp, Mark	Brotherhood	Smith, Grant, Paige, Jerry, Pelleter, Chris, Fugate, Justin, Olk, Stephen, Marcotte, Gregory	67	6695	0	67	2	16		1	19	13	Most Sporting
14	Fouke, Joshua	Elves	Bjur, Timothy, Carter, Jon, Foreman, Bill, Marcotte, Gregory, Shoemaker, Shannon, Paige, Jerry	66	10340	5	71	31	34		2	67	8
15	Pelleter, Chris	Orcs	Hickey, Jonathan, Baker, David, Rupp, Mark, Brown, Kara, Fletcher, Valerie, Hendry, Jonathan	65	8780	5	70	20	38	100	2	160	8
16	Fletcher, Valerie	Dwarfs	Shields, Connor, Gitar, Lucas, Harvat, Bill, Hickey, Jonathan, Pelleter, Chris, Warren, Todd	62	7100	5	67	25	30	100	1	156	10
17	Gilbert, Matt (Ringer	Abyssal Dwarfs	Fugate, Justin, Olk, Stephen	61	7745	5	66			100		100
18	Warren, Todd	Undead	Jiardina, Charles, Harvat, Bill, Hickey, Jonathan, Foreman, Sue, Paige, Jerry, Fletcher, Valerie	59	9605	5	64	23	36	100		159	5
19	Smith, Grant	Abyssals	Rupp, Mark, Shields, Connor, Turner, Jason, Foreman, Bill, Vermeulen, Miel, Jiardina, Charles	59	3095	5	64	0	24		1	25	5
20	Birkett, Scott	Dwarfs	Stamper, Amy, Foreman, Sue, Shoemaker, Shannon, Papciak, Brian, Brown, Kara, Vermeulen, Miel	56	7735	5	61	28	30			58	10
21	Stamper, Amy	Dwarfs	Birkett, Scott, McGinnis, Johnny, Vermeulen, Miel, Jiardina, Charles, Foreman, Bill, Gitar, Lucas	55	8355	5	60	21	31	100		152	7
22	Hendry, Jonathan	Undead	Harvat, Bill, Hickey, Jonathan, Philips, Edmond, Bjur, Timothy, Foreman, Sue, Pelleter, Chris	50	8442	5	55	20	31	100		151	9
23	Foreman, Bill	Empire of Dust	Papciak, Brian, Fugate, Justin, Fouke, Joshua, Smith, Grant, Stamper, Amy, Bjur, Timothy	50	8113	5	55	6	28	100		134	10
24	Flesch, Joe	Orcs	Kapsner, Kris, Brown, Kara, Papciak, Brian, Strobl, Andrew, Jiardina, Charles, Shields, Connor	46	5650	5	51	29	31	100	1	161	10	Best Painted
25	Foreman, Sue	Dwarfs	Turner, Jason, Birkett, Scott, Shields, Connor, Warren, Todd, Hendry, Jonathan, Fugate, Justin	46	5630	5	51	17	28			45	3
26	Marcotte, Gregory	Ogres	Baker, David, Strobl, Andrew, McGinnis, Johnny, Fouke, Joshua, Hickey, Jonathan, Rupp, Mark	44	9155	5	49	17	28			45	1
27	Jiardina, Charles	Abyssal Dwarf	Warren, Todd, Papciak, Brian, Olk, Stephen, Stamper, Amy, Flesch, Joe, Smith, Grant	37	6720	5	42	26	35		4	65	8
28	Turner, Jason (W)	Orcs	Foreman, Sue, Shoemaker, Shannon, Smith, Grant, Shields, Connor	37	5550	0	37	1	23	100		124	8
29	Bjur, Timothy	Basilean	Fouke, Joshua, Olk, Stephen, Strobl, Andrew, Hendry, Jonathan, Shields, Connor, Foreman, Bill	35	6870	0	35	1	7			8	5
30	McGinnis, Johnny (W)	Basileans	Fugate, Justin, Stamper, Amy, Marcotte, Gregory, Philips, Edmond	35	4080	5	40	26	30			56	3
31	Fugate, Justin	Abyssals	McGinnis, Johnny, Foreman, Bill, Reynolds, Corey, Rupp, Mark, Gilbert, Matt (Ringer, Foreman, Sue	32	5260	5	37	10	29		1	40	4
32	Philips, Edmond (W)	Ratkin	Paige, Jerry, Vermeulen, Miel, Hendry, Jonathan, McGinnis, Johnny	31	6080	5	36	31	35			66	4
33	Papciak, Brian (W)	Elves	Foreman, Bill, Jiardina, Charles, Flesch, Joe, Birkett, Scott	29	5705	5	34	19	28	100		147
34	Shields, Connor	Dwarfs	Fletcher, Valerie, Smith, Grant, Foreman, Sue, Turner, Jason, Bjur, Timothy, Flesch, Joe	24	4405	0	24	9	15			24	6
35	Strobl, Andrew (W)	Abyssals	Gitar, Lucas, Marcotte, Gregory, Bjur, Timothy, Flesch, Joe	22	4525	5	27	24	29			53	6

Next time I'll have pictures of all the armies, and some info on the lists..  Same bat-channel, same bat-time.

Because it is all fun and games . . .