Kings of Gencon 2017

Mantic has decided to limit the use of "Clash of Kings" to only their championship events, and so we have renamed the tournament to Kings of Gencon this year.

I was a little disappointed that we did not get more people, however with the cost of the convention, the fact it was sold out (and yes we have some players that always wait until the last minute) make that a bit understandable.  We did have ten players, which made several people happy as it does count as a Masters Qualifier.

We tried a new format this year - an escalation tournament.  So everyone had to start with a 1000 pt list for the first game.  Then they added 500 points each game (so 1500, 2000 and 2500).  When adding points, you could not remove any units nor could they ever get smaller (so you could not reduce a regiment to a troop, nor combine two regiments into a horde).

(front) Tim Akers, Andrew Summers, Ron Johnston Jr, Derrick Byrd(helping me run the tournament), (rear)Amy Stamper, Frank Bradford, David Baker, Tom Ziegler, Jon Carter, Kara Brown, and Bob Boggs

Of course I managed not to take any pictures of the first round (1000 pts), but did start with the second (1500).

second round underway

Dave Baker v Andrew Summers

Ron Johnston Jr v Amy Stamper

Kara Brown v Jon Carter

Tim Akers v Tom Ziegler

Bob Boggs v Frank Bradford

As expected, there were some very nice armies present.  Thanks to Derrick Byrd for helping out as well as doing the paint judging.

David Baker's Ogres

Ron Johnston Jr.'s Goblins

Andrew Summer's Brotherhood

Amy Stamper played Kara Browns's Abyssal Dwarfs

Tim Aker's Elves

Kara Brown played Amy Stamper's Dwarves

Jon Carter's Forces of Nature

Tom Ziegler's Ogres

Bob Boggs' Elves

Frank Bradford's Ogres

 After the lunch / paint judging break, round three got underway at 2000 pts.

Round 3

Tom Ziegler v Amy Stamper

Andrew Summers v Tim Akers

Jon Carter v Bob Boggs

Kara Brown v David Baker

Ron Johnston Jr v Frank Bradford

And we finished with the 2500 pt final round

Tom Ziegler v Jon Carter (with Megan Goins and her boyfriend (and Jon's brother) Matthew Carter watching intently)

David Baker v Tim Akers

Bob Boggs v Ron Johnston Jr

Frank Bradford v Amy Stamper

Dave Baker, Champion

Andrew Summers, Best General

Jon Carter, Best Sportsman

They played each other's armies, so I gave the award to both of them (it is going on the same shelf anyway since they are married).  Kara Brown played Amy Stamper's Dwarfs for Best Mantic Army

Of course you can see the full results on warscore.

Kings of Gencon 2017

Place	Name	Army	Opponents	Battle	Best General	Attrition	Paint	Additional Painting	Players Choice	Mantic	Best Mantic Army	List	Addt list	Favorite Opponent	Best Sportsman	Total	Awards
1	Dave Baker	Ogres	Ron Johnston Jr, Andrew Summers, Kara Brown, Tim Akers	105	105	5225	20	6			26	5	5	2	12	137	Champion
2	Andrew Summers	Brotherhood	Amy Stamper, Dave Baker, Tim Akers, Kara Brown	87	87	5585	4	11	4		19	5	5	3	13	108	Best General
3	Jon Carter	Nature	Tim Akers, Kara Brown, Bob Boggs, Tom Ziegler	71	71	3640	20	9	1		30	5	5	5	15	107	Best Sportsman
4	Amy Stamper	Abyssal Dwarfs	Andrew Summers, Ron Johnston Jr, Tom Ziegler, Frank Bradford	77	77	3910	20	9			29		5	3	8	105
5	Kara Brown	Dwarfs	Bob Boggs, Jon Carter, Dave Baker, Andrew Summers	75	75	4025	20	9	1	100	130		5	3	8	104	Best Mantic Army
6	Tom Ziegler	Ogres	Frank Bradford, Tim Akers, Amy Stamper, Jon Carter	67	67	4280	20	4			24	5	5	3	13	100
7	Tim Akers	Elves	Jon Carter, Tom Ziegler, Andrew Summers, Dave Baker	67	67	5735	20	4			24			2	2	89
8	Frank Bradford	Ogres	Tom Ziegler, Bob Boggs, Ron Johnston Jr, Amy Stamper	57	57	3570	16	3	2		21	5	5	3	13	88
9	Ron Johnston Jr	Goblins	Dave Baker, Amy Stamper, Frank Bradford, Bob Boggs	39	39	2920	20	6	2		28	5	5	2	12	73
10	Bob Boggs	Elves	Kara Brown, Frank Bradford, Jon Carter, Ron Johnston Jr	46	46	3755	16	6			22		5	3	8	70	0

Thanks to everyone who came out to play, and a special thanks to Derrick Byrd who helped out (even though he didn't get to play as the ringer).

 Because it is all fun and games . . .