I've been very lax in my duties here lately, so today you get two tournament reports for the price of one (what a bargain!!!!)
Origins 2024 - How You Use It!
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024, (yes, this is quite a bit late) at Origins in Columbus OH, we once again had our How You Use It! tournament - where the players move but the armies don't - so they get to use (and play against) three different armies as well as three different opponents. I like to run this at conventions because it doesn't require anyone to bring anything other than dice (and I can provide those for up to 12 players). Especially since we are now using Ambush 750 point lists it is light, fast and fun.
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| (Front - Kyle Ritchey (ringer), Grace Patterson. Back - Mark Zielinski, Kara Brown, Sid Trowbridge, Erich Trowbridge, Sam Kula and Ryan Bonner. Not pictured - Peter Shah) |
It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon - well I guess as I hadn't left the convention center / hotel (which was attached) since I'd arrived Wednesday night. But we had eight players ready for some fun!
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| Round 1 |
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| Sid Trowbridge v Peter Shah |
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| Kara Brown v Mark Zielinski |
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| Ryan Bonner v Grace Patterson |
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Erich Trowbridge v Sam Kula
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Round 2 then got started. Sid decided that the tournament wasn't for him, so Kyle stepped in
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| Sam Kula v Kara Brown |
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| Ryan Bonner v Kyle Ritchey |
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| Grace Patterson v Peter Shah |
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Erich Trowbridge and Mark Zielinski taking selfies in the middle of the game!
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Anyone who has ever run a tournament knows how busy you can get - talking to people, socializing, watching games - and basically forgetting to take pictures of the third round!
- Kyle Ritchey v Kara Brown
- Sam Kula v Ryan Bonner
- Grace Patterson v Mark Zielinski
- Erich Trowbridge v Peter Shah
At least I remembered to get pictures of the winners
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| Kara Brown took third place |
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| Erich Trowbridge took second (while his son attempts to control his enthusiasm for his Dad's finish) |
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| Grace Patterson took First Place ( well, she couldn't win best sportsperson since we don't do that for HYUI - so she just took the top spot instead). |
Mark was the honorary stepping stone, as he played each of the top three players! It was a lot of fun, and I was glad to see a decent turnout.
Final Rankings
- Grace Patterson (49 points)
- Erich Trowbridge (48 points)
- Kara Brown (43 points)
- Mark Zielinski (36 points)
- Peter Shah (31 points)
- Ryan Bonner (30 points)
- Sid/Kyle (29 points)
- Sam Kula (26 points)
Six weeks later, we did it all over again in Indianapolis!
Gencon 2024 - How You Use It!
Ah yes, Gencon. 70000 of your closest friends playing games, buying games and talking games for the best four days of gaming.
Again, we started late Saturday, this time with six players
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Johnny Wach, William Cleveland, Rebecca Ritchey, Kyle Ritchey, Scott Johnson, Harry Garrott
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Round 1
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| Harry Garrott (Empire of Dust) v Kyle Ritchey (Ogres) |
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| William Cleveland (Nightstalkers) v Scott Johnson (Northern Alliance) |
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| Johnny Wach ( Halflings ) v Rebecca Ritchey (Riftforged Orcs) |
Round 2
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| Rebecca Ritchey ( Ratkin ) v Schott Johnson ( Goblins ) |
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| Harry Garrott ( Dwarfs ) v William Cleveland ( Undead ) |
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| Johnny Wach ( Forces of the Abyss) v Kyle Ritchey ( Basileans ) |
Round 3
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| Harry Garrott ( Forces of Nature) v Johnny Wach ( Orcs ) |
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| Scott Johnson ( Salamanders ) v Kyle Ritchey ( Trident Realm ) |
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| Rebecca Ritchey ( Twilight Kin ) v William Cleveland ( Abyssal Dwarfs ) |
Luckily Kyle did not have to play his new wife - that would not have ended well period.
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| Scott Johnson took third place |
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| Harry Garrott came in 2nd |
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| Kyle Ritchey won it! |
Final Rankings
- Kyle Ritchey ( 56 points )
- Harry Garrott (45 points )
- Scott Johnson (42 points )
- William Cleveland (37 points )
- Joynny Wach ( 30 points )
- Rebecca Ritchey ( 17 points)
Congratulations to all the winners, and a bit thank you to all the players. I hope to see everyone ( and more ) next year!!!
Because it is all fun and games . . .
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