Shadowfist Tournament Report: GenCon UK 2003
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[posted 3 Jun 2003; updated 11 Sep 2003]
Summary of the winners:
| Final Brawl (multiplayer, constructed): | Mark Wheelhouse [decklist] |
| Comrades In Arms (multiplayer, constructed, theme): |
Thaddeus Peter [decklist] |
Two reports for you from GenCon UK 2003; thanks to Steve Bailey for permission to republish.
GenCon UK 2003 multiplayer championships by Steve Bailey, originally posted to the Shadowfist Forum on Yahoogroups on 27 Apr 2003. If you are a member, you can read the original in the archive.
GenCon UK 2003 Comrades in Arms tournament by Steve Bailey, originally posted to the Shadowfist Forum on Yahoogroups on 27 Apr 2003. If you are a member, you can read the original in the archive.
Originally posted to the Shadowfist Forum on Yahoogroups on 27 Apr 2003 by Steve Bailey. Republished with permission.
Sunday 20th April
UK Gencon Multiplayer Championships 2003
16 hardened shadowfisters attended for the contention of the UK title, among them 3 previous winners. However this year they were all to be beaten and none of the previous champs made it to the final.
The players were
|
Name |
Faction |
Deck Name |
| Andrew Trickett | Mon/Pur | "Conceit" |
| Ron Wheelhouse | Asc | "Manchu Fishing Lodge" |
| Mark Wheelhouse | Arch | "Tanks A Lot" |
| Dave Martin | Asc/Arch | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" |
| Richard Waring | Jam | "BURNNNNN!!!!" |
| Andy Holt | Asc | "Cheap Copy" |
| Callum Finlayson | Asc/Hand | "Green and Gold" |
| Tony Adams | Asc/Hand | "Chinese Money Laundry" |
| John Davis | Pur | "Pure Evil" |
| Arthur Howlin | Mon/Dra | "Not Yet" |
| Matthew Lewis | Asc/Dra | "Herbert West's Playground" |
| Felicity Challis | Dra | "Return of the Dragon" |
| John Challis | Hand/Asc | "Positively CHI-ZY" |
| Mikul Patel | Mon | "Iced Tea" |
| Nickolas Aytan | Pur/Arch | "Gun" |
| Steve Bailey | Dra/Lotus | "Vivisector Surprise" |
The Rounds
were
Round 1
Mark Wheelhouse beat Andy Holt/Ron Wheelhouse/Jon Challis
John Davis beat Andrew Trickett/Matt Lewis/Steve Bailey
Richard Waring beat Tony Adams/Dave Martin/Nickalos Aytan
Callum Finlayson beat Arthur Howlin/Mikul Patel/Felicity Challis
Round 2
Felicity Challis beat Steve Bailey/Dave Martin/Mark Wheelhouse
Arthur Howlin beat Andrew Trickett/Richard Waring/Andy Holt
Ron Wheelhouse beat Callum Finlayson/Matt Lewis/Nickalos Aytan
Tony Adams beat Mikul Patel/John Davis/Jon Challis
Round 3
Mark Wheelhouse beat Steve Bailey/Arthur Howlin/Matt Lewis
Tony Adams beat Mikul Patel/Andy Holt/John Davis
Jon Challis beat Callum Finlayson/Felicity Challis/Nickalos Aytan
Andrew Trickett beat Dave Martin/Richard Waring/Arthur Howlin
++++++++++++++
At this stage there
were 2 double winners (Mark Wheelhouse and Tony Adams) and 8 single winners.
Hence there were two semi-finals to see who would join Mark and Tony in the
final. The finals started at 8pm and finshed somewhere around 10:30pm.
Semi Finals
John David beat Felicity Challis/Richard Waring/Callum Finlayson
Jon Challis beat Ron Wheelhouse/Andrew Trickett/Arthur Howlin
+++++++++++++++
Final
The final took
place at 10am on Monday morning as the players desperately needed some sort
of rapid eye movement.
It was jokingly
agreed that I should set a time limit around 1:45pm as some of the finalists
had other tournaments they wanted to enter. In the end the time limit wasn't
needed - as the game finished at 1:30pm, only just before the alarm!
The UK Champion:
Mark Wheelhouse beat Tony Adams, John Davis and Jon Challis
And, boy did he
do it in style. Mark had got himself into a position where he burned 4 FSS for
victory and couldn't play any more sites as he only had 1 power left over. John
Davis was playing heavily with Killing Rains and there were very few FSS in
play.
On Mark's turn,
he noticed the only FSS in play as a Kinoshita House with 2 damage on it. He
attacked it with everything he had, Raptor Squads, Tanks, the lot. He knew John
Davis had another Killing Rain (revealed because of a Memory Palace).
Mark finesses the
Killing Rain. The Killing Rain fails the attack. This stopped Mark from winning.
However with no
other FSS in play, Mark simply delcares himself the champion by playing another
FSS, and everyone spontaneously breaks out in applause!
[writeup by Stephen Bailey]
Originally posted to the Shadowfist Forum on Yahoogroups on 27 Apr 2003 by Steve Bailey. Republished with permission.
Friday 18th April
We had the usual suspects and a couple of overseas players from Prague which was nice. The players, chosen designators and factions were as follows:
|
Name |
Designator |
Faction |
|
Arthur Howlin |
Buro |
Arch/Pur |
|
Andy Holt |
Thunder |
Mon/Jam |
|
Richard Waring |
Ice |
Mon |
|
Colin Burton |
Thunder |
Mon |
|
Pickles |
Netherworld |
Mon |
|
Steve Benyovszky |
Monkey |
Jam |
|
Thaddeus Peter |
Mon/Pur |
|
|
Dave Pratt |
Gun |
Mon/Dra |
|
Tony Adams |
Abomination |
Arch/Dra |
|
Andrew Trickett |
Netherworld |
Mon |
|
Mike Rogers |
Fire |
Mon |
|
Andrew Byrne |
Hood |
Lot |
|
Tom Davies |
Purist |
Pur/Arch |
|
Steve Bailey |
Netherworld |
Mon |
The Rounds
Round 1
Arthur H beat Andrew T/Steve Bailey/Richard W
Tony Adams beat Steve Benyovszky/ Pickles/Andy Holt
Mike Rogers beat Colin B/Dave Pratt/Thaddeus Peter
Round 2
Andy holt beat Andrew Byrne/Colin B/Arthur H
Tony Adams beat Tom Davies/Dave Pratt/Andrew T
Pickles beat Thaddeus/Steve Benyovszky /Richard Waring
Round 3
thaddeus beat Tom Davies/Andy holt/Dave Pratt
Pickles beat Arthur H/Andrew Trickett/Colin B
Tony Adams beat Richard Waring/ Andrew Byrne/Steve Benyovszky
+++++++++++++++++++++
Final
Thaddeus beat Tony Adams and Pickles
++++++++++++++++++++++
Many said afterwards that the problem with this event was that it was essentially a Monarchs only environment and the main designator was Netherworld. This can make the event a bit stale, so any suggestions to spice it up a bit??? Maybe ban Netherworld as a designator?
[Thaddeus' decklist moved to the decks section]
Thanks
Steve Bailey
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