Clash of Empires results - pics - comments

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Clash of Empires was held over the weekend of 16th and 17th May and was one of
the easiest ones for me (as umpire) that I have run.

There was significant difference between lists which spanned 3000 years. There
were only a couple of light horse-laden armies (Ghaznavid and Komnenen
Byzantine). So no steppe battles but despite this there was plenty of open
tables for those that wanted it (and for some that didn't). Some of the armies
were quite large (eg 16 battlegroup seleucids) however the top two armies had 11
and 12 battlegroups respectively so army size didn't seem to have a major impact
on results.

Best painted Army was won by Mark Woods for the Xyston republican romans he
finished in the days prior to the tournament. He submitted his army list before
having painted anything which put the pressure on but didn't affect the quality
at all. I took plenty of photos so hopefully we can get some up on the web site
soon. Other notable nicely painted armies were Geoff Tindall's Seleucids and
Tim Roe's Byzantines.

First place was decisively cemented In the final round by Richard Cleary and his
11- battlegroup Medieval Crown of Aragon. His opponent - Chris Schlipalius - was
on equal top points after round three but due to this last round defeat dropped
back and second place was taken by Geoff Marshal and his Minoans.

The tooth and nail award went to the player who destroyed the most bases of
generals and death rolls - and who did not get either second or first place. it
is an award sometimes referred to as the 'Mayhem award' or in other comps as the
'take no prisoners award'. This was won by Andrew Reeves who despite scoring
lowest out of all of the full tournament entrants killed the most bases of
troops and generals. The King of Aragon was hear to be shouting across the
field "If I am going down I am taking all of you with me".

The Seleucid's are also worth noting. The two Seleucid armies were played on
alternate days by players who were only available for one day each (including
myself as bye player on day one). Although obviously not scoring well over the
whole comp they scored two wins each individually, so scored 92/100
collectively.

We had excellent support from sponsors and all in attendance were thankful for
them helping to make the tournament such a success. Not only were we able to
reward successful play but also the modelling aspect of the hobby and provide an
award for those not on the top placings.

Sponsor prizes included:
- Figure vouchers from Essex Australia and Olympian games
- a voucher and a painted battlegroup of classical eastern archers from APC and
DPS painting service (a new DPS painting distributor within australia)

I don't think the club will be booking a venue for a full weekend again in 2009
however I hope to organise a 3 game comp later in the year with a more
restricted theme over a Wednesday and a Saturday - possibly doubles - possibly
pre-dark age - possibly 1000 points. Dancing in the dark? With 4 pairs of
doubles each will play every other pair once.

Total Mayhem
score Player Army/Date
71 27 Richard Cleary Crown of Aragon, 1365
56 38 Geoff Marshal Minoan, -1200
48(sat) 18 Anthony Winter* Later Seleucid, -168
45(sun) 17 Geoff Tindall Early Successor, -251
45 19 Chris Schlipalius Ghaznavid, 1000
39 26 Graham Antwhistle HYW English, Cont, 1456
31 11 Mark Woods Polybian Roman, -200
28 33 Andrew Reeves Crown of Aragon, 1472
16(sat) 6 Tim Roe Komnenan Byzantine, 1149
1(sun) 3 Peter Malone Early Byzantine, 500
*Exempt from Prizes

The Winning List Was:
Medieval Crown of Aragon 1365
4 * TC
4 Kn Sup dr HArm lancer swordsmen
4 Kn Sup undr HArm lancer swordsmen
4 Kn Sup undr HArm lancer swordsmen
4 LH Av undr Prot Jav LtSpear
4 LH Av undr Prot Jav LtSpear
6 MF Supv undr Prot Impact Sword
6 MF Supv undr Prot Impact Sword
6 HF Av dr Arm OffSpear
6 HF Av dr Arm OffSpear
6 HF Av undr prot DefSpear
8 LF Av Undr unprot Xbow

Thanks to SAAW (aka chris) for checking lists and thanks again to our long term
supporters - Essex Miniatures Australia, Olympian Games and relaqtive newcomier
to the painted miniatures market - ADC and dragon painting services.

Pics are available at:
http://expendablecic.tripod.com/clashof ... /index.htm

Regards,
Anthony