attila [Updated October 2004]  

2004 WBC Report     

 2005 Status: pending December Membership Century Vote

Matt Calkins, VA

2003-04 Champion

2nd: Ed Kendrick, UK

3rd: John Kerr, VA

4th: Steve Brooks, FL

5th: Rob Flowers, MD

6th: Ryan Gury, NC

Event History
2001    Nicholas Benedict     25
2002    Bill Beckman     31
2003    Matt Calkins     20
2004    Matt Calkins     14


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 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1. Matt Calkins

VA

04
30
 2. Greg Thatcher

FL

03
12
 3. Bill Beckman

SC

02
10
 4. Nicholas Benedict

PA

01
10
 5. Davyd Dield

SC

03
  8
 6. Ed Kendrick

VA

04
  7
 7. Kathy Stroh

MD

03
  6
 8. Sysan Dyer

MD

02
  6
 9. Andy Lewis

DE

01
  6
10. Jason Levine

NY

03
  5
11. John Kerr

VA

04
  4
12. Brian Stallings

MD

03
  4
13. Tim Swartz

MD

02
  4
14. John Emery

SC

01
  4
15, Steve Brooks

FL

04
  3
16. Dinah Marcinik

PA

02
  3
17. Rob Flowers

MD

04
  2
18. Frank Schmitt

NJ

02
  2
19. Lauren Vessey

VA

01
  2
20. Ryan Gury

NC

04
  1
21. Ted Simmons

NJ

02
  1

Past Winners

Nicholas Benedict - ONT
2001

Bill Beckman - SC
2002

Matt Calkins - VA
2002-03
 


wargaming Euro style

I am one of those few who believe that Attila is one of the most unappreciated games in the Euro genre. The game is primarily a simple game of influence and hand-management, but the strategy can be quite subtle and people who "get it" do consistently well (witness our repeat champion this year).

The Round 1 games saw a close win by Edward Kendrick, and a blowout (20 points!) by Steve Brooks. Four players advanced to a final, where we used my set which replaces the player tokens with differently colored cubes, so that there's less of that "green goes up two in green" confusion. Steve Brooks graciously accepted the pink pieces.

The first scoring was fairly even, as usual. Matt triggered the second scoring and opened up a three-point lead over Steve, with John and Edward trailing by nine and eleven points, respectively. Edward closed the distance in the third scoring round, but Matt still held first or second influence in a number of tribes. With a lock on the yellow tribe, John ended the game with a double-double card play, using his double play token to place two yellow tribe markers each, triggering enough conflicts to end the game (and pump up the yellow score). Unfortunately, he still fell five points short of Matt, who himself bested Edward by one point for the win and his second WBC wood.

All in all, it was a relaxing, "getaway" event for those not involved in the many finals/semi-finals that traditionally predominate Sunday.

 GM      Rob Flowers  [1st Year]   NA
    NA   NA

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