Amazingly I am still around, and last weekend was running events at the Michigan GT, running the small Armada tournament on Friday, and helping Blake Shrode with the Grant Prix of Michigan Kings of War GT on Saturday and Sunday (he is the front man, I brought the terrain and did the scoring).
For the Armada tournament, we had five players (so I was the ringer). This was the only time I have played Armada outside of my learn to play events at Origins and Gencon that I can remember.
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| Blake Shrode, Kyle Ritchey, Matthew Puskar, Dan Zarembski and Donny Krosch (in front). |
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| Kyle v Matthew |
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| Blake v Dan |
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| My game v Donny (he stepped away for a minute) |
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| Dan Zarembski - Favorite Opponent |
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| Kyle Ritchey - Favorite Fleet |
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| Kyle Ritchie - Wooden Spoon |
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| Matthew Puskar - Counter-Charger |
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| Blake Shrode - Champion |
Here are the final results.
| Place | Name | Fleet | Vp | Sp | Awards |
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| 1 | Blake Shrode | Empire of Dust | 13 | 299 | Champion |
| 2 | Dan Zarembski | Dwarfs | 13 | 292 | Favorite Opponent |
| 3 | Matthew Puskar | Trident Realm | 11 | 184 | Counter-Charger |
| 4 | Mike Carter (Ringer) | Orcs | 7 | 288 | |
| 5 | Donny Krosch | Basileans | 7 | 268 | |
| 6 | Kyle Ritchey | Northern Alliance | 3 | 117 | Favorite Fleet / Wooden Spoon |
The big event was of course the Kings of War GT. This year we had 30 players - 50% more than last year! We were the third largest event, and the only one that was growing significantly.
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| (Back Row) Greg Purcell, Dan Zarembski, Eric Reiss, Frank Habig, Billy Henninger, Karl Habig, Alec Habig, Travis Timm, Kyle Przelenski, Jason Birr, Jeff Bodeen, Jesse Berglund, Rob Phaneuf, Sean Vilmont, Matthew Temple, Jeff Franz, Kara Brown, Marshall Temple, Nathaniel Johnson, Jason Black, Steven de la Garza (Front Row) Kyle Richey, Andy Patton, Felix Castro, Shannon Shoemaker, Blake Shrode, Adam Ballard, Donny Krosch, Troy Hill, Jon Becker |
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| Round 1 |
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| Felix Castro v Jason Birr |
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| Steven De la Garza v Nathanial Johnson |
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| Rob Phaneuf v Jason Black |
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| Adam Ballard v Andy Patton |
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| Billy Henninger v Marshall Temple |
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| Blake Shrode v Sean Vilmont |
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| Kyle Ritchey v Alec Habig |
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| Matthew Temple v Troy Hill |
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| Jeff Bodeen v Jon Becker |
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| Travis Timm v Kyle Przelenski |
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| Frank Habig v Donny Krosch |
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| Jeff Franz v Kara Brown |
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| Shannon Shoemaker v Jesse Burglund |
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| Greg Purcell v Karl Habig |
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| Dan Zarembski v Eric Reiss |
After the first round, everyone set up their armies for paint judging. There were some really beautiful armies on display.
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| Billy Henninger's Varangur |
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| Marshall Temple's Undead |
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| Felix Castro's Halflings |
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| Greg Purcell Nightstalkers |
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| Jason Birr's Elves |
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| Steve de la Garza's Elves |
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| Rob Phaneuf's Salamanders |
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| Andy Patton's Empire of Dust |
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| Jason Black's Halflings |
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| Nathanial Johnson's Free Dwarfs |
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| Sean Vilmont's Riftforged Orcs |
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| Alec Habig's Northern Alliance |
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| Troy Hill's Nightstalkers |
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| Jon Becker's Ogres |
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| Blake Shrode's Abyssal Dwarfs |
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| Kyle Ritchey's Ogres |
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| Jeff Bodeen's Ogres |
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| Kyle Przelenski's Twilight Kin |
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| Kara Brown's Riftforged Orcs |
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| Jessse Burglund's Nightstalkers |
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| Jeff Franz's Salamanders |
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| Frank Habig's Brothermark |
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| Karl Habig's Goblins |
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| Eric Reiss's Varangur |
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| Dan Zarembski's Riftforged Orcs |
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| Travis Timm's Goblins |
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| Matthew Temple's Goblins |
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| Donny Krosch's Goblins |
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| Shannon Shoemaker's Goblins |
Of course it isn't until a week later as I write this up that I discover I missed getting a picture of Adam Ballard's Empire of Dust army.
Round 2 then got started only a few minutes late
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| Jon Becker v Billy Henninger |
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| Matthew Temple v Shannon Shoemaker |
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| Kyle Ritchey v Eric Reiss |
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| Adam Ballard v Blake Shrode |
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| Dan Zarembski v SeanVilmont |
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| Felix Castro v Jeff Bodeen |
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| Steven de la Garza v Travis Timm |
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| Donny Krosch v Kara Brown |
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| Jesse Berglund v Troy Hill |
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| Jason Birr v Rob Phaneuf |
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| Jason Black v Marshall Temple |
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| Karl Habig v Nathanial Johnson |
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| Jeff Franz v Frank Habig |
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| Andy Patton v Alec Habig |
Quick break and round 3 got underway
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| Karl Habig v Troy Hill |
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| Kyle Przelenski v Matthew Temple |
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| Marshall Temple v Andy Patton |
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| Dan Zarembski v Kara Brown |
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| Alec Habig v Felix Castro |
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| Rob Phaneuf v Billy Henninger |
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| Jason Black v Sean Vilmont |
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| Frank Habig v Greg Purcell |
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| Adam Ballard v Donny Krosch |
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| Shannon Shoemaker v Travis Timm |
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| Steven de la Garza v Blake Shrode |
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| Kyle Ritchey v Jesse Berglund |
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| Nathanial Johnson v Eric Reiss |
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| Jon Becker v Jason Birr |
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| Jeff Bodeen v Jeff Franz |
Everyone knows that the Twilight Kin are on their way. Well since Kyle works for Mantic, he brought pre-release models (the list came out in the companion less than a week before). I figured I'd try to show them off a bit.
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| Voidtouched Mutants - fast to fill in the place of cavalry, as they don't have any |
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| Impalers - huge with the big shield rule |
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| I wanted to show just how much bigger the Impalers were over the voidtouched mutants |
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| Corsair Voidwalkers - with the option to take nets giving them ensnare |
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| A Void Skiff - Kyle was using this as his special chariot. These are supposed to start shipping on the 18th of October |
Bright and early Sunday morning we got started with round 4
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| Billy Henninger v Jeff Franz |
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| Kyle Przelenski v Blake Shrode |
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| Andy Patton v Dan Zarembski |
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| Greg Purcell v Troy Hill in a Nightstalker mirror match - the two best painted armies going after each other (I think the pumpkins were mad at Christmas for pushing stuff into stores before Halloween! |
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| Jon Becker v Eric Reiss |
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| Steven de la Garza v Kara Brown |
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| Shannon Shoemaker v Marshall Temple |
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| Jesse Burglund v Rob Phaneuf |
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| Jason Black v Felix Castro |
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| Donny Krosch v Jason Birr |
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| Alec Habig v Sean Vilmont |
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| Jeff Bodeen v Kyle Ritchey |
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| Adam Ballard v Travis Timm |
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| Nathanial Johnson v Frank Habig |
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| Karl Habig v Matthew Temple |
During the lunch break on Sunday, everyone put out their special chariots for voting.
And then the final round got started
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| Jon Becker v Adam Ballard |
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| Jason Birr v Travis Timm |
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| Jesse Burglund v Steven de la Garza |
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| Eric Reiss v Jeff Bodeen |
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| Shannon Shoemaker v Nathanial Johnson |
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| Karl Habig v Jeff Franz |
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| Alec Habig v Rob Phaneuf |
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| Donny Krosch v Dan Zarembski |
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| Kyle Ritchey v Kara Brown |
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| Kyle Przelenski v Marshal Temple |
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| Frank Habig v Matthew Temple |
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| Greg Purcell v Sean Vilmont |
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| Billy Henninger v Blake Shrode |
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| Felix Castro v Andy Patton |
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| Troy Hill v Jason Black |
Between the Michigan GT, Mantic and a few from Blake, everyone walked away with either an award or a prize.
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| Jeff Franz - Best Chariot |
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| Gregg Purcell - Best Appearance / Best Mantic Army |
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| Travis Timm - Best General |
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| Adam Ballard - Champion |
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| He gets his name on the big trophy and a patch for his jacket |
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| Troy Hill - Player's Choice AND the Jesse Cornwell Sportsman Award |
Full information, rules, lists and results are at the tournament page - Grand Prix of Michigan 2023
Overall it was a great tournament - Blake is already thinking of new scenarios and we are hoping to just keep growing!
Thanks to all the players for coming out and for Blake for doing the hard job of organizing and recruiting to get butts in seats. He is great being the face of the tournament (while I just hide behind the scenes).
Because is it all fun and games . . .
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