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Adepticon 2015 Report  
with David Griffin

Adepticon was held a bit early this year due to the change of venue to the Renaissance Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL. If anyone stayed away due to the venue change, have no fears for next year, this hotel will comfortably fit Adepticon for the next few years as it grows. We had 24 intrepid souls make the trip here to vie over the opening of the 2015 Nationals season. Able Kompanie came out in force but they were not alone with players arriving from New York, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts as well as a few of the local contingent.

On the T.O. side of things, I had some help this year, Allen Smith offered his services as a second pair of eyes, rules answerer and alter-ego. His help was invaluable in both checking numbers, updating the forum and keeping everything on a lighter note. Of course, he still needs to learn to take selfies.

For the tournament we adhered strictly to the Swiss format, working from the highest down. We attempted to keep the matches as red vs. blue as much as possible, as well as trying to avoid Infantry units facing one another, but due to the number of Infantry customers this was not always possible. We had the standard 2.5-hour rounds except for the fair fight missions which were allocated three hours.

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Round 1 – Encounter – Fair Fight – 3 hours
Rupe vs Brenneman 3-4 Hopson vs Pecore 6-1
Carlson vs Mansfield 6-1 Galambus vs Penrod 3-3
Jackson vs DeVolpi 2-4 Shaver vs Roper 1-6
Fretts vs Lane 3-1 Yllanes vs Klemic 4-3
Lewis vs Gilmour 2-5 Vigor vs Horton 6-1
Novak vs Grimmett 5-2 Larson vs Jacobs 6-1
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Hobie and Mike Brenneman face off.

 

Ryan’s British LRDG move quickly to engage Andrews’ Romanians
before reserves come in, but are eventually overwhelmed.
Round 2 – Breakthrough – Mobile Battle – 2.5 hours
Hopson vs Gilmour 2-5 Penrod vs Rupe 4-3
Larson vs Vigor 1-6 Grimmett vs Lewis 1-6
Mansfield vs Roper 3-4 Jackson vs Galambus 6-1
Novak vs Yllanes 5-2 Carlson vs Horton 1-6
Brenneman vs DeVolpi 6-1 Jacobs vs Shaver 4-3
Fretts vs Klemic 6-1 Lane vs Pecore 5-2
Sorry, there are no pictures of this round - I spent a lot of time handling other jobs about the convention and eating a little thing called lunch.
Round 3 – No Retreat – Defensive Battle – 2.5 hours
Vigor vs Brenneman 6-1 DeVolpi vs Jacobs 6-1
Gilmour vs Novak 4-3 Carlson vs Grimmett 1-6
Roper vs Fretts 2-5 Klemic vs Pecore 6-1
Jackson vs Mansfield 4-3 Galambus vs Shaver 1-6
Hopson vs Lewis 2-5 Larson vs Yllanes 3-4
Lane vs Rupe 6-1 Horton vs Penrod 3-4
Adepticon 2015 Joe Lewis ponders the best advance corridor versus Andrew Hopson’s Romanians. 
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Lee Shaver’s M10’s win MVP’s of the round by holding the hilltop against successive turns of Infantry assaults, Artillery fire, Aircraft strafing, AA half-track fire and Tigers until the arrival of reinforcements.
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Round 4 – Hasty Attack – Mobile Battle – 2.5 hours
Lane vs Gilmour 1-6 Mansfield vs Brenneman 1-6
Novak vs Lewis 1-6 Shaver vs Klemic 2-5
Vigor vs Fretts 4-3 Rupe vs Grimmett 5-2
Roper vs Jackson 5-2 Yllanes vs Hopson 3-4
Jacobs vs Galambus 4-3 Horton vs DeVolpi 1-6
Pecore vs Carlson 4-3 Penrod vs Larson 1-6
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 Hobie’s Tigers are poised to take a fearsome toll on Tim’s T-34s.  David Vigor’s Tiger sits on a hilltop trying to engage all of Chris Frett’s Americans at once. The Tiger finally was overpowered but Dave’s force held the line enough for a 4-3.
Adepticon 2015 David Yllanes and Andrew Hopson ponder on what their next moves are.
Round 5 – Surrounded – Defensive Battle – 2.5 hours
DeVolpi vs Lewis 2-5 Gilmour vs Vigor 4-3
Penrod vs Shaver 6-1 Carlson vs Jacobs 1-6
Galambus vs Pecore 6-1 Jackson vs Novak 1-6
Horton vs Rupe 4-3 Grimmett vs Lane 5-2
Brenneman vs Fretts 4-3 Larson vs Roper 3-4
Mansfield vs Yllanes 1-6 Hopson vs Klemic 5-2
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Ryan Pecore’s British LRDG.
Hobie’s Tigers fare a bit worse
against Ken Horton’s Glider troops.
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Round 6 – Free For All – Fair Fight – 3 hours
Lewis vs Vigor 5-2 Grimmett vs Klemic 2-5
Penrod vs Yllanes 1-6 Jacobs vs Rupe 6-1
Gilmour vs Roper 3-3 Jackson vs Lane 5-2
DeVolpi vs Hopson 1-1 Galambus vs Horton 1-6
Brenneman vs Novak 3-3 Mansfield vs Pecore 4-3
Fretts vs Larson 1-6 Carlson vs Shaver 1-6
Adepticon 2015 Chris Jacksons’ German Armor push quickly up on Jerry Lanes’ Italian Infantry at the beginning of the engagement.
Ken’s Glider assault works out again
versus Braden’s heavy armour.
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Adepticon 2015 Mike Mansfield battles it out with Ryan Pecore.
Final Scores
Name General Overall
Lewis 29 34.8
Gilmour 27 33
Vigor 27 32
Larson 25 31
Yllanes 25 31
Roper 24 30
Brenneman 24 29.8
Novak 23 28.4
Klemic 22 27.8
Jacobs 21 27
Fretts 21 27
Horton 21 26.8
DeVolpi 20 26
Hopson 20 26
Jackson 20 25.8
Penrod 19 25
Shaver 19 24.8
Mansfield 18 24
Grimmett 18 24
Lane 17 22.6
Galambus 16 22
Rupe 16 22
Pecore 12 18
Carlson 8 14
Awards
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This year we have a trophy that will be given to each Nationals winner in addition to the plaques.

 

Joe Lewis
Club: Able Kompanie
 
Adepticon Mid-War Nationals Champion

Mittlere Panzerkompanie (Heer)

 

Joe Lewis
Keith Gilmour

 

Keith Gilmour
Club: Twin City Warriors
 
Second Place
 
British Infantry Company

 

David Vigor
Club: Able Kompanie

Third Place

German Pionierkompanie

 

David Vigor
Mike Mansfield

 

Mike Mansfield
Club: Able Kompanie
 
Best Sportsman
 
German Infantrie Kompanie

 

Eric Carlson
 
Club: Frozen North
 
Dunquerque Award
 

US Armor Company

The Dunquerque Award is for that player that has lost every game, but maintains an exceptional level of sportsmanship throughout the tournament.

 

Eric Carlson
Ryan Pecore

 

Ryan Pecore
Club: Battle Badgers

Best Painter
 
British LRDG
Ryan Pecor's Best-Painted LRDG
Ryan Pecore's LRDG
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Best Painted Runner-Up:

Ken Horton

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We also had a mega-battle going next door on Saturday for new players, run by Greg Principato.
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And a visit by our very own angry Leprechaun, Doug Rosson.

 

~ David 


Last Updated On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 by James at Battlefront