Covid sucks, we all know that. Two years ago the world went to shit, and Adepticon was cancelled. And then it was cancelled again in 2021. But it finally is back - but instead of a year it has been a LONG three years since we have played in Chicago, and seen those friend we only see at Adepticon each year.
And that means the Clash of Kings was back, (or the Adepticlash as we like to call it). We had 35 players for the event (though one dropped on Sunday).
We had a pair of special guest - the past two winners of the UK Clash of Kings (with full Mantic armies) - Tom Robinson and Steve Hildrew. A couple of great guys who really gave us yanks a run for their money.
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| Tom Robinson and Steve Hildrew |
Not only did we have the pair of UK players, but the inclusivity of the Kings of War community keeps increasing!
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| Katheryn Royer, Kara Brown, Grace Patterson |
So on to round 1
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| Brinton Williams v Steve Hildrew |
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| Jeffrey Schiltgen v Tom Robinson |
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| Erich Trowbridge v Kyle Pietsch |
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| Marcelo Rouco v Jeff Franz |
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| Jon Carter v Marshall Temple |
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| Nathaniel Johnson v Felix Castro |
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| James Black v Alan Wigness |
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| Jason Birr v Justin Fugate |
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| Eric Town v Kara Brown |
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| Blake Shrode v Tim Akers |
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| Tom Payne v Grace Patterson |
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| Matthew Temple v Matthew Cassidy |
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| Daniel Bryan v Steve Malone |
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| Joe Cottrell v Kyle Ritchey |
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| Jesse Burglund v Donny Krosch |
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| Erik Greiner v Chris Pelletier |
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| Connor Murphy v Chris Langs |
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| Katheryn Royer v Kris Degrow |
After round 1, we took a lunch break and did the appearance judging
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| Brinton Williams' Dwarfs |
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| Steve Hildrew's Riftforged Orcs |
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| Tom Robinson's Varangur |
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| Jeffrey Schlitgen's Undead |
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| Erich Trowbridge's Forces of Nature |
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| Kyle Pietsch's Halflings |
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| Jeff Franz's Forces of Nature |
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| Marcelo Rouco's Order of the Brothermark |
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| Jon Carter's Undead |
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| Marshall Temple's Ratkin |
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| Felix Castro's Varangur |
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| Nathaniel Johnson's Salamanders |
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| James Black's Kingdoms of Men |
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| Alan Wigness' Salamanders |
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| Justin Fugate's very smurphy Goblins |
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| Jason Birr's Elves |
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| Kara Brown's Abyssal Dwarfs |
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| Eric Town's Elves |
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| Blake Shrode's Abyssal Dwarfs |
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| Tim Aker's Ogres |
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| Grace Patterson's Forces of Nature |
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| Tom Payne's Abyssal Dwarfs |
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| Marshall Temple's Forces of the Abyss |
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| Matthew Cassiday's Twilight Kin |
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| Steve Malone's Varangur |
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| Daniel Bryan's Twilight Kin |
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| Joe Cottrell's Dwarfs |
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| Kyle Ritchey's Goblins |
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| Donny Krosch's Basileans |
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| Jesse Berglund's Twilight Kin |
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| Chris Pelletier's Undead |
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| Erik Greiner's Dwarfs |
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| Chris Lang's Abyssal Dwarfs |
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| Connor Murphy's Ogres |
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| Katheryn Royer's Salamanders |
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| Kris DeGrow's Empire of Dust |
All the players also reviewed all the armies as they were set up, so they could vote for Player's choice and Best Ronnie Model. Some of my favorite Ronnies:
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| Matthew Temple |
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| Jon Carter |
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| Tom Robinson |
Then Round 2 was on!
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| Nathaniel Johnson v Alan Wigness |
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| Eric Town v Kyle Pietsch |
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| Kris DeGrow v Marcelo Rouco |
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| Jeffrey Schiltgen v Blake Shrode |
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| Jon Carter v Chris Langs |
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| Brinton Williams v Grace Patterson |
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| Donnie Krosch v Jeff Franz |
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| Steve Hildrew v Chris Pelletier |
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| Tom Robinson v Justin Fugate |
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| James Black v Steve Malone |
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| Tim Akers v Katheryn Royer |
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| Felix Castro v Connor Murphy |
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| Erich Trowbridge v Jason Birr |
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| Matthew Temple v Kyle Ritchey |
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| Erik Greiner vJoe Cottrell |
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| Jesse Berglund v Tom Payne |
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| Matthew Cassidy v Kara Brown |
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| Daniel Bryan v Matthew Temple |
After a quick break, it was on to round 3!
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| Felix Castro v Marshall Temple |
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| Kara Brown v Jeff Franz |
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| James Black v Kyle Pietsch |
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| Jon Carter v Alan Wigness |
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| Tom Payne v Tom Robinson |
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| Steve Hillgrew v Connor Murphy |
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| Eric Greiner() v Eric Town |
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| Matthew Cassidy v Jesse Berglund |
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| Erich Trowrbridge v Tim Akers |
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| Daniel Bryan v Kris Degrow |
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| Jason Birr v Chris Pelletier |
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| Jeffrey Schiltgen v Steve Malone |
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| Marcelo Rouco v Kyle Ritchie |
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| Donny Krosch v Nathaniel Johnson |
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| Justin Fugate v Joe Cottrell |
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| Matthew Temple v Grace Patterson |
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| Blake Shrode v Brinton Williams |
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| Katheryn Royer v Chris Langs |
Everyone relaxed that evening, and then almost everyone returned for the second day. Unfortunately Joe Cottrell had to catch his ride, so he couldn't stay. That also meant that we did not need a ringer player (graciously played by Chris Langs on Saturday) for Sunday.
And round 4 was underway.
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| Connor Murphy v Kyle Ritchey |
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| Steve Hilldrew v Erich Trowbridge |
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| Jason Birr v Matthew Cassidy |
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| Eric Town v Daniel Bryan |
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| Jeffrey Schiltgen v Marcelo Rouco |
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| Kara Brown v Tim Akers |
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| Felix Castro v Brinton Williams |
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| Justin Fugate v Nathaniel Johnson |
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| Erik Greiner v Grace Patterson |
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| Katheryn Royer v Alan Wigness |
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| James Black v Blake Shrode |
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| Jeff Franz v Chris Pelletier |
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| Kyle Pietsch v Kris DeGrow |
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| Battle of the Temple brothers, Matthew v Marshall |
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| Jon Carter v Jesse Berglund |
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| Steve Malone v Tom Robinson |
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| Tom Payne v Donny Krosch |
We took a brief break before round 5 and got straight back into the action
We gave the players a lunch break then while we tabulated the results. TO Shannon Shoemaker gave out the awards.
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| Chris Pelletier v Erich Trowbridge |
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| Jon Carter v Connor Murphy |
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| Jason Birr v Jeffrey Schiltgen |
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| Kris DeGrow v Kara Brown |
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| Steve Malone v Steve Hilldrew |
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| Felix Castro v Eric Town |
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| Jesse Berglund v Marcelo Rouco |
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| James Black v Nathaniel Johnson |
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| Tim Akers v Grace Patterson |
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| Jeff Franz v Alan Wigness |
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| Erik Greiner v Justin Fugate |
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| Kyle Pietsch v Tom Robinson |
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| Daniel Bryan v Marshall Temple |
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| Katheryn Royer v Tom Payne |
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| Blake Shrode v Donnie Krosch |
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| Matthew Temple v Kyle Ritchey |
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| Matthew Cassidy v Brinton Williams |
We gave the players a lunch break then while we tabulated the results. TO Shannon Shoemaker gave out the awards.
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| Player's Choice - Steve Hilldrew |
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| Tie for Favorite Ronnie model - Tom Robinson & Matthew Temple |
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| Best Mantic Army - Chris Pelletier |
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| Jesse Cornwell Sportsman Award - Erich Trowbridge |
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| 2nd Place / Best General - Jesse Berglund |
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| Overall Champion - Jeffery Schiltgen |
Jeff won overall, and since he had a Mantic army, that means he also won the trip to the UK for Clash of Kings in October. (He actually had the highest score of all the mantic armies, but we only give one award per person). I was pretty happy that the actual top player had a Mantic army, and not having to go down to 5th or 6th place to get someone with a Mantic for their list.
Full results are here.
Jeff's army was fairly cool, so I took a few extra pictures of it
We were all very happy to get back to Adepticon, and look forward to an even bigger event next year!
And we did have an impromptu speed tournament (pictures of that to come), we hope to add it to the schedule next year, bring back the very popular team tournament, and maybe have a special event with next year's UK Champion!
Because it is all fun and games . . .
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