Once again the best Kings of War Chariot drivers jump in their machines and head to Lansing Michigan, for the Grand Prix of Michigan, at the Michigan GT.
Blake Shrode and I ran this event again for 18 players.
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(Back) Andy Patton, Sam Kula, Jeff Bodeen, Steven De La Garza, Matthew Temple, Marshall Temple, Dariusz Bienkowski, Nathan Johnson, Daniel Bryan, Kara Brown, Jesse Berglund, Blake Shrode, Jeff Franz.
(Front) Kyle Ritchie, Rob Phaneuf, Grace Patterson, Eldon Krosch, Robert Sautbine.
(Not Shown) Thomas Ziegler |
Round 1 started off bright and early Saturday morning at 9:00 am.
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| Round 1 underway |
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| Jeff Franz vs Jesse Berglund |
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| Jeff Bodeen v Grace Patterson |
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| Donny Krosch v Dariusz Bienkowski |
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| Daniel Bryan v Robert Sautbine |
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| Tom Ziegler v Andy Patton |
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| Sam Kula v Stephen De La Garza |
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| Matthew Temple v Rob Phaneuf |
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| Nathan Johnson v Marshall Temple |
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| Kara Brown v Kyle Ritchie |
During the lunch break, everyone set out their armies for paint judging and favorite army voting. In addition since we had 3 extra tables set up, I took down 3 of them to allow a bit of elbow room between the remaining nine games.
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| Tom Ziegler's Abssal Dwarfs |
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| Steve De La Garza's Empire of Dust |
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| Sam Kula's Forces of Nature |
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| Robert Sautbine's Halflings |
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| Rob Phaneuf's Goblins |
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| Nathan Johnson's Dwarfs |
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| Nathan Temple's Forces of the Abyss |
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| Marshall Temple's Undead |
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| Kyle Ritchie's Goblins |
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| Kara Brown's Riftforged Orcs |
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| Jesse Berglund's Twilight Kin |
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| Jeff Franz's Varangur |
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| Jeff Bodeen's Ogres |
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| Grace Patterson's Order of the Green Lady |
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| Donny Krosch's Goblins |
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| Dariusz Bienkowski's Varangur |
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| Daniel Bryan's Sylvan Kin |
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| Andy Patton's Forces of the Abyss |
We then went straight into Round 2
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| Round 2 |
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| Grace Patterson v Steven De La Garza |
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| Robert Sautbine v Donny Krosch |
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| Kara Brown v Rob Phaneuf |
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| Kyle Ritchie v Tom Ziegler |
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| Daniel Bryan v Dariusz Bienkowski |
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| Jesse Berglund v Matthew Temple |
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| Marshall Temple v Sam Kula |
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| Nathan Johnson v Jeff Bodeen |
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| Jeff Franz v Andy Patton |
Between rounds 2 and 3 is the one short break - only fifteen minutes to refresh yourself and maybe get your dice 'cleansed' at psychic booth (with all proceeds going to Toys for Tots.
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| Robert Sautbine v Andy Patton |
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| Grace Patterson v Dariusz Bienkowski |
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| Marshall Temple v Jesse Berglund |
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| Sam Kula v Kyle Ritchie |
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| Steven De La Garza v Kara Brown |
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| Jeff Franz v Ronnie Krosch |
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| Daniel Bryan v Matt Temple |
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| Tom Ziegler v Jeff Bodeen |
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| Rob Phaneuf v Nathan Johnson |
As has become a tradition, most of us walked over to the Lansing Brewery for dinner and some great local beers.
However our day was not over yet. The one and only Ronnie Renton himself was at MIGT (ok, he wa already in the states attending meetings and setting up deals, but still took the weekend to come over).
He and Kyle Pretzlinski did a presentation. First up was general questions for Ronnie about anything except Kings of War 4th edition. Our friends at Counter Charge recorded that portion.
Then all phones had to be turn off and no recording was allowed for a special preview of 4th edition. Mantic has already said to look out for a big announcement about it on Friday - so I am guessing that what we were shown (and was shown at the Clash of Kings in the UK a few weeks back) will be put up on their site then.
It so cool to see REDACTED and REDACTED, and especially the REDACTED. I did not expect the REDATCTED, nor the new REDACTED. Plus they are working on a new REDACTED that includes REDACTED and REDACTED, as well as the REDACTED REDACTED that looks to be a lot of fun. We even got to see how REDACTED was done, followed by REDACTED REDACTED with REDACTED and REDACTED.
But I've said too much already. We got out of their just before security was going to close the room at 11, and off to try to get some rest.
Sunday dawned bright and early (well I assume there was a dawn, it was still dark when I got to the convention center (such a long walk across the skybridge from the hotel) to make sure things were ready for round 4. A player had to drop unfortunately, so poor Blake had got to actually play 2 games!
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| Round 4 |
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| Jeff Franz v Sam Kula |
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| Finally got Grace Patterson to look up while playing Jesse Berglund |
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| Robert Sautbine v Steven De La Rosa |
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| Daniel Bryan v Blake Shrode |
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| Kara Brown (playing against goblins for the third time) v Donny Krosch |
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| Nathan Johnon v Andy Patton |
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| Kyle Ritchie v Dariusz Bienkowski |
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| Rob Phaneuf v Jeff Bodeen |
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| The family feud between the Temple brothers, Matthew and Marshall |
During lunch on Sunday, everyone set out their chariot models so that people could vote for their favorite.
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| Steve de la Garza |
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| Nathan Johnson |
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| Jeff Bodeen |
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| Sam Kula |
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| Robert Sautbine |
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| Rob Phaneuf |
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| Matthew Temple |
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| Marshall Temple |
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| Kyle Ritchie |
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| Kara Brown |
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| Jesse Berglund |
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| Jeff Franz |
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| Grace Patterson |
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| Donny Krosch |
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Dariusz Bienkowski
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| Daniel Bryan |
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| Andy Patton |
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| Awards - Overall Champion, Jesse Cornwell Sportsman, Best General, Best Appearance, Favorite Army, Favorite Chariot, Dice Hate Me |
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| Dice Hate Me - Daniel Bryan |
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| Favorite Chariot - Jeff Franz |
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| Favorite Army & Best Painted - Grace Patterson |
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| Best General - Steven De La Garza |
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| Overall Champion - Robert Sautbine |
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| Jesse Cornwell Sportsman - Dariusz Bienkowski |
Final Results
Overall it was a great show and I think everyone had fun. We really look forward to doing it again next year, this time with Kings of War 4th Edition!
For all results and scoring details, check out the event web site
here.
Because it is all fun and games. . .
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