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Tourney organizer John Loy watches as Lowell Lufkin's army closes

5th Annual HMGS GL BBDBA Tourney a success;

16 players attend Newark, OH's The Comic Shop Plus

by John Loy

The HMGS-GL 5th Annual Big Battle DBA Tournament was held on August 5th at The Comic Shop Plus in Newark, Ohio. There was an excellent turnout of 16 players; including some first timers. We divided into equal early and late brackets; but some late arrivals all fit into the late bracket, which made it a 6-10 split. Two players were only available for 2 rounds. Mike Demana swept the early bracket at 3-0 and Mike Stelzer won the late bracket at 3-0.

Overall Results were:

Mike Demana 3-0 282pts. Macedonian Early Successor

Mike Stelzer 3-0 279pts. Late Imperial Roman West

Jenny Torbett 2-1 209pts. Teutonic Order

John Loy 2-1 192pts. Ancient Spanish

Joe Merz 2-1 190pts. Early Crusader

Tim Ryan 2-1 186pts. Ming Chinese

Tom Graves 2-1 178pts. Seleucid

John Lawitzke 2-1 171pts. New Kingdom Egyptian

Rich Hartley 1-2 131pts. Later Sargonid w/Skythian Ally

Terry Hollern 1-2 105pts. Later Carthagenian w/Siciliot Ally

Eric Vang 1-2 99pts. Italian Condotta w/ Later Swiss Ally

Brian Woolard 1-1 94pts. -2 rounds Post Mongol Samurai

Jim Chapin 1-1 82pts. -2 rounds Mongol

Lowell Lufkin 0-3 42pts. Numidian

Lowell Lufkin Jr. 0-3 30pts. Macedonian Early Successor w/Ptolemaic Ally

Andrew Lufkin 0-3 24pts. Late Imperial Roman West w/ Alan Ally

All in all a good time and as a bonus we signed up 2 new members for Great Lakes. The Comic Shop Plus was a good facility with enough room for even more pairings. Hopefully this can turn into a regular event. BBDBA does qualify for the NICT; so Mike, Mike and Jenny all qualify for next year. Wish you could all have been here.

OH YEAH; this breaks the string of no repeat winners. Mike Demana breaks the curse.

A number of Successor armies were used in the tourney, including Tom Graves' Seleucids and Mike Demana's Early Macedonian Succesor, picture here

Joe Merz watches his opponent, Eric Vang (who drove up from Cincinnati) deploy

John Lawitzke ponders how to deal with the attack of Mike Demana's Successor army

Tom Graves marches his Seleucid army forward into battle

Terry Hollern selects a combat to resolve in the center in his match with John Lawitzke