Britcon 2013

[alasdair2204]

My opinion if its worthwhile

Top 5 will include

In no particular order

Dave Allen
Hunter Hope
John Munro
Richard Bodley Scott
Don McHugh

possible Wild Cards
Byron Emsen
Simon Clarke
David Redhread

just my thoughts, sorry if I have offended anyone feel free to take it out on me on the table

Cheers

Alasdair

[nigelemsen]

My opinion if its worthwhile

Top 5 will include

In no particular order

Dave Allen
Hunter Hope
John Munro
Richard Bodley Scott
Don McHugh

possible Wild Cards
Byron Emsen
Simon Clarke
David Redhread

just my thoughts, sorry if I have offended anyone feel free to take it out on me on the table

Cheers

Alasdair

your walking

beware Byrons innate ability to kill generals in combats... during home games, i make a point of not committing them to melee... lost to many too often to him... and he has an army designed by the hoof master...

[spotteddog]

I think messr harley is being too too modest here. fwiw i think the beauty of fog r is that any one of the 24 of us could be somewhere on the podium in 2nd or 3rd spot with the right draws and luck at the right times. yes - even the "unranked three" have a slight chance.

[nigelemsen]

and i shant be slowing the games down now, i was concerned at moving all my foot forward... 13x6 bases..., My father-in-law has just said, my movement trays are ready...

which means what ever the outcome, ill def get time to reach the bar...

[spotteddog]

especially on the friday night. potentially a 6 hour game !!!!

[marshalney2000]

I agree with Hunter. (Did I actually say that?) Alasdair is being far too modest. His new Uber horsey army will be there or there about. Still the hombre to beat in my opinion.
John

[quackstheking]

I agree John. As ever Alasdair will be the man to beat both on the table and in the competition. Alasdair's great strength is his speed of play which usually gets him a result and with the ability to drop a score, he can afford to haave a draw of even a defeat!!

I think he's a guaranteed Top 3 (I think last years Britcon and Warfare when he took a foot army are the only times I can remember him being out of the Top3!). I think Dave Allen is a strong probable as hie is both a consistent player and his army will surprise a few and be tough to put away!

Other than those two I think the challengers will be RBS, John, Hunter (if I say I'm a novice often enough people might believe me - not!), Simon C and as an outsider Dave Parrish or Mick Hood.

There are lots of late "shooty" armies who will be hoping to roll lots of 4's, 5's and 6's to stop the infantry of the TYW with terrain to cover the flanks.

Unfortunately I have to agree with Alasdair, that this is not the competition for the Samurai to prosper in (sorry Lynette), but at least my tactics will be simple - Banzai (or is that Kamikazi!)

Whatever it'll be a great weekend - looking forward to it!!

Don

[donm2]

the latest rankings are now up on the bhgs site thanks to tim m. there is still time to offer celemcy to teh "unranked three". hunter.

Was the Devizes results included in this?

Don

[donm2]

My opinion if its worthwhile

Top 5 will include

In no particular order

Dave Allen
Hunter Hope
John Munro
Richard Bodley Scott
Don McHugh

possible Wild Cards
Byron Emsen
Simon Clarke
David Redhread

just my thoughts, sorry if I have offended anyone feel free to take it out on me on the table

Cheers

Alasdair

I am not sure I have brought a strong enough curry to make the top ten, let alone the top five

Don

[timmy1]

The thanks for the Rankings being up are to Bruce Brown, rather than me

[timmy1]

Prediction (in order)

Harley
RBS (despite his ranking he has not won a comp all year)
Munro or
Avis

[nigelemsen]

It fits..

http://muchallsarmy.wordpress.com/

[nigelemsen]

the latest rankings are now up on the bhgs site thanks to tim m. there is still time to offer celemcy to teh "unranked three". hunter.

Was the Devizes results included in this?

Don

i am assuming as,before devises i was 75th and managed to jump to 46th

[timmy1]

Comps included are detailed in the thread announcing the rankings...

[gibby]

And just for fun, if last year had been to use best 5 scores then most of the changes would have been at the Top.
cheers
Jim

FoGR 2012 Result What if
John Munro 1st 1st
Richard Bodley Scott 2nd 3rd
Andy Kitcher 3rd 4th
Ben Jones 4th 2nd
Stephen Stead 5th 5th
Matteo Pasi 6th 6th
Alasdair Harley 7th 8th
Don McHugh 8th 7th
Kevin Johnson 9th 9th
Graham Briggs 10th 10th
Tim Porter 11th 11th
Jacques Destremau 12th 12th
Simon LeRay-Meyer 13th 13th
Hammy 14th 14th
Dave Allen 15th 15th
Charles Masefield 16th 16th
Jon Akers 17th 17th
Simon Clarke 18th 18th
Martin van Tol 19th 19th
Mick Hood 20th 20th
Matthew Poole 21st 21st
Richard Young 22nd 22nd

[donm2]

the latest rankings are now up on the bhgs site thanks to tim m. there is still time to offer celemcy to teh "unranked three". hunter.

Was the Devizes results included in this?

Don

i am assuming as,before devises i was 75th and managed to jump to 46th

As Steve and I came 2nd last year and first this year, I kind of assumed my score would have gone up, even though my placing may not ?????

Not that it won't go down after the weekend

Don

[timmy1]

Don

If I am reading it right your ranking did go up by almost 5.5 points following Devizes, just that Kevin's went up faster.

[youngr]

From my perspective (last place in 2012 and likely to be repeated), a likely list of those who will place top will be:

Dave Allen
Alasdair Harley
Jim Copeland
RBS
Hunter Hope

Outsiders??
Byron Emsen
David Redhead
Don Avis

Cheers

Richard

[nigelemsen]

i could take humbug with my son always being picked as the outsider... how ever sensible

now:
is it my lack of skill
my army selection
or both

Don't worry, ill fight you hard for last place be positive, plenty of time for beer ....

Count down in hours....

Just think how many £s worth of figs will be tranist on the roads tomorrow..

[marshalney2000]

I will obviously be producing my full list of predictions at around 6.30pm on Sunday but my top three are as follows:

1 Mr Harley is the form horse in the race and difficult to see past him unless his horses prove not to be thoroughbreds but one trick ponies.

2 The inscrutable Mr Avis. Just lay of the opium pipes though Don

3 This could be Hunter's year as he has a good solid shooty army copied from the rulesmeister Mr Bodley Scott. Can he, however, replicate the master's tactical skill? Sorry Hunter but your last minute efforts to further copy him by growing a small beard will not be sufficient on it's own.

John