great campaigns of the acw 

Updated 4/23/2010

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 Conestoga 2    Laurel Grove   Terrace, Table #1

Ed Beach, MD

2008-09 Champion

2nd: Justin Rice, VA

3rd: Chris Withers, CA

4th: Rob Doane, MA

 5th: Dave Cross, VA

 6th: Ken Lee, PA
Event History
1993    Ed Beach*      22
1994    Ray Rooks*      22
1995    Bruno Passacantando*      22
1996    Paul Tisevich *      27
1997    Jeff Otto*      22
1998    Bruno Passacantando *      13
1999    Ken Lee*     18
2000    Chris Withers**     19
2001    Chris Withers**     20
2002    Chris Withers**     18
2003    Chris Withers**     19
2004    Chris Withers**     16
2005     Chris Withers***     26
2006    Chris Withers     19
2007     Chris Withers     22
2008     Ed Beach     17 
2009     Ed Beach     20 

* Stonewall Jackson's Way      ** Combined into GC2      ***Combined GC2 & GC3 into GCA

Jay Meyers, CA

2010 GM

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Great Campaigns of the American Civil War

This year's tournament will feature scenarios from Battle Above the Clouds, the eighth and latest game in the Great Campaigns series. The action shifts now from the Eastern Theater to the mountains, rivers and political infighting that dominated the campaign for Chattanooga and points beyond. We have shortened the preliminary rounds to just four, and we'll strive to have six players advancing to Thursday's single-elimination play.

For game-packing purposes, players need only bring Grant Takes Command and Battle Above the Clouds. We'll have copies of On To Richmond (for the elimination round) and Battle Above the Clouds for prelims, semi-finals and the Final.

WEDNESDAY

Swiss Elimination Qualifying Day

Demo - 9 am

Learn the mechanics of the system from some of the best players. Try out a brief scenario: "Crossing the Chickamauga", from Battle Above the Clouds.

Crossing the Chickamauga (BATC) 11 a.m.

Chickamauga (BATC) 1 p.m.

McLemore's Cove (BATC) 5 p.m.

Sheridan Rides South (GTC) 9 p.m.

THURSDAY

Single-Elimination Round

Quarter-final: Seven Pines (OTR) 9 a.m. (our top two players will have quarterfinal-byes)

Semi-final: Wilderness (GTC) noon

SATURDAY

Final: Chickamauga (BATC) 9 a.m.

TOURNAMENT RULES

Games not completed by the start time of the next round are subject to adjudication by the GM and his assistants.

Bidding for sides: Players must bid for sides. First, players secretly select what side they want by placing a Confederate or Union counter in their hand. If players pick opposite sides play proceeds with no VP modifier. If players pick the same side, roll dice to determine the first bidder. Players then bid VPs until a player passes. That bid becomes the VP modifier for the game.

Pairings: This year we again use "parity scheduling", along the lines of that used by the National Football League. We will divide the players into four groups:

-- Group 1: top third of the players by AREA rating

-- Group 2: middle third of the players by AREA rating

-- Group 3: bottom third of the players by AREA rating

-- Group 4: newcomers

We will set up the pairings for the Swiss rounds with the following goals (obviously we won't be able to hit these numbers exactly):

-- Group 1: plays 75% of their matches against Groups 1 and 2

-- Group 2: plays 67% of their matches against Groups 1 and 2

-- Group 3: plays 67% of their matches against Groups 3 and 4

-- Group 4: plays 75% of their matches against Groups 3 and 4

This schedule will do two things. First, experienced players will get more close, competitive matches. And newcomers will have an enhanced chance of winning their matches, encouraging them to play longer.

Advancement: Based on BEST record with non-participation in a round counting as a LOSS. Points will be used as the tiebreaker.

Points: Players receive points each time they win. No points are awarded for a loss. Points are given to the winner by taking the loser's AREA rating and multiplying by the scenario multiplier (longer scenarios have higher multipliers)

Scenario Multipliers:

Crossing Chickamauga 1.0

Chickamauga 1.2

McLemore's Cove

Sheridan Rides South


Supplementary Prizes: Multi-Man Publications will supplement the WBC plaques with merchandise credits of $10 per prize level; i.e. $30 for first, $20 for second, $10 for third.
 GM      Jay Meyers [1st Year]   NA
    consimjay@verizon.net   NA

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