Warstore Weekend 2013

Warstore Weekend 2013 Mid-War Monster Tournament By Davd Griffin

It’s that time of year again, the temperature plummets, the leaves change colors and the Warstore holds their annual Warstore Weekend convention . This year Battlefront decided to run a 1675 point Mid-War Tournament with Mid-War monsters allowed. 19 brave hobbyists arrived on the scene to test their mettle and claim First Prize. We were sandwiched between the Warhammer Fantasy tournament and the 40K tournament, but we held our ground, refusing to lose any tables to them. Three grueling rounds were played on Saturday : Dust Up, Counter-attack and Pincer.  The allies took a strong lead on the first day led by Kim Skov’s Strelkovy and Joe DiCarlo’s  Canadian Infantry Tank Army.

Thomas Mullane drives his forces forwards, unfortunately they could not carry the day this game.

Jerry Lane’s TOG’s take up position to repel a German attack.

A brave, lone (and slightly insane) Panzer II holds the line against two British platoons. Scarily enough he was successful!

Allan Kaplan’s Soviets advance to contact.

The Axis came back a bit on Sunday as Breakthrough and Hold the Line were played. Some interesting happenings:

Much to the awe of the German defenders, levitating Churchills joined the fight.

Kim’s Strelkovy were finally stopped in the last scenario by the well-placed defensive fire of Al Edel’s Panzergrenadiers.

Once the smoke cleared and the results were tallied, the following people were awarded:

Overall Champion: Eric Turner - British Motor Company

Best General: Kim Skov - Soviet Strelkovy

2nd Place: Al Edel - German Panzergrenadiers

3rd Place: Joe Dicarlo - Canadian Infantry Tank Company

Best Painted: Bob Evers - Fallschirmjäger

Bob's Fallschirmjäger.  Click here for a larger picture.

Firstname Lastname Army Overall Placing Points Awards Eric Turner Motor Company 1 28.2 Overall Champion Kim Skov Strelkovy Batalion 1 28.2 Best General Al Edel Panzergrenadierkompanie 3 27.4 2nd Place Joe DiCarlo Infantry Tank Company 3 27.4 3rd Place Byron Sinor Tnk Company 5 24.2   Kurt Reese Panzergrenadierkompanie 6 22.6   Ben Gobel OSS 7 21.8   Sean Sarah Schnellschwadron 8 21.6   Brandon Waldon Parachute Rifle Company 8 21.6   Thomas Zimmerman Gepanzerte Panzergrenadierkompane 10 21   Allen Kaplan Strelkovy Batalion 11 19.4   Jerry Lane Indian Rifle 12 18.6   James McLemore Grenadierkompanie 13 18.4   Bob Evers Fallschirmjagerkompanie 14 17.8 Best Painted Thomas Mullane 1st Army Rifle Company 15 17   David Longenbach Afrika Schutzenkompanie 16 16.2 Best Sportsman Kevin Hatch Gepanzerte Panzergrenadierkompane 17 16   Chris Gobel Armored Rifle Company 17 16   Paul Ossou Jalkavakikomppania 19 11.4