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Historicon 2015

Early-War Nationals at Historicon 2015
with David Griffin

This past weekend saw the Historical Miniature Gaming Society's largest annual event, Historicon 2015, in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

There was plenty of Flames Of War excitement. On Thursday the I-95 Gamers ran their Early-war doubles tournament, with 2000 points per team, over three rounds. And on Friday and Saturday the main even was the Early-War Nationals, a 1390-point tournament over six action-packed rounds.

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Round One
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Round Two
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Round Three
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Above: Mike Richards's beautifully painted Japanese Cavalry charge across the battlefield.
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Round Four
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Above: Bruce Nemet and Mike Van O'Linda battle it out on the winter table.
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 Above: Dave Vigor vs Ron Wismer.  Above: Mike Mansfield vs Jeff Mayo.
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 Above: James Best Sr vs Rob Shirley.  Above: Tim Oswalt vs Martin Matthews.

Round Five  
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Eric Camba and Mike Hall battle it out on Battlefront's surprise snow table, built by Jason Buyaki at Gale Force Nine. This was an epic battle of Soviets vs Finns in the snow. Both players agreed to use snow rules and had a great time! 
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The Final Round  
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 Above: Martin Matthews's Poles defend their homeland against Nicholas Reid.
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 Above: Mike Van O'Linda vs Russell Moore.  Above & below: Dave Vigor vs Chris Jackson.
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Above: Jim Hofer vs Jeff Reiser.
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 Above: Chris Johnson vs Rich Haier.  Above: Anthony Spychalsky vs Bruce Tobin.

The tournament's came to a nail-biting conclusion, with the final standings really coming down to the wire. After dominating the first day with three 6-1 victories, everyone was expecting Chris Fretts and his French to romp to victory, and discussion turned to second and third place.

But then Chris's momentum faltered in the fourth round and he took a complete loss in the fifth, barely making it back into the three-way tie for first. Thanks to the tie-break system which compares the total victory points of each player's previous opponents, Chris narrowly secured overall first place, followed closely by Chris Jackson and Andrew Hopson.

Final Results
Rank Player Army Awards Total
1 Chris Fretts French Infantry Overall First  35
2 Chris Jackson Soviet Infantry Overall Second  35
3 Andrew Hopson Romanian Infantry Overall Third  35
4 Joe Lewis Japanese Infantry   33
5 David Vigor Soviet Infantry   32.4
6 Miles Cowart German Infantry   32
7 Bryan Koches German Armor   32
8 Jeff Mayo German Armor   32
9 Glenn Goddard Soviet Infantry   31
10 Kevin Hovanec German Armor   31
11 Tim McClelland German Infantry   31
12 Ron Wismer Finnish Armor   31
13 Chris Glennen German Armor   30.6
14 Leo Colon German Infantry   30.4
15 Bruce Tobin German Infantry   30
16 James Best Jr. German Armor   29
17 William Shoemaker Polish Armor   29
18 Chris Novak German Mechanized   28.8
19 Shane Warnock Italian Infantry   28.6
20 Mike Hall Finnish Infantry   28
21 Timothy Morrissey German Infantry   28
22 Mike Richards Japanese Mechanized Best Army  27
23 Rob Shirley German Infantry   27
24 Greg Turkich German Infantry   27
25 Mike Van O'Linda French Infantry   27
26 Rich Baier British Infantry   26
27 Ben Ivancza Soviet Infantry   26
28 Chris Johnson Japanese Infantry Best Sportsman  26
29 Mike Mansfield Japanese Infantry   26
30 Michael Cunningham French Infantry   25.8
31 Russell Moore Italian Armor   25.8
32 Temis DeLaPena Soviet Infantry   25
33 Jacob Griffa British Armor   25
34 Anthony Spychalsky Polish Infantry   24.8
35 Eric Camba Soviet Infantry   24
36 Matthew Presson Japanese Infantry   24
37 Bruce Nemet Finnish Infantry   23.8
38 James Best Sr. German Infantry   23.2
39 Richard Barnes German Infantry   23
40 Nicholas Reid British Mechanized   23
41 Martin Matthews Polish Infantry   22.8
42 Larry Chaban Finnish Infantry   22.6
43 Mark Densmore French Infantry   22
44 Tim Oswalt British Armor   21
45 Mark Constantino German Armor   20.8
46 Steve Roper French Infantry   20.8
47 Dave Partak British Mechanized   20
48 Alex Constantino German Infantry   19.8
49 Jerry Lane French Armor   19
50 Robert Riley Soviet Armor   17
51 Jim Hofer Soviet Armor   16
52 Jeff Reiser Soviet Armor   16
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Above: The proud winners

Armies on Parade
Mike Richards's Japanese Cavalry
Mike Richards's Japanese Cavalry - Best Army winner
Mike Richards's Japanese Cavalry
Mike Richards's Japanese Cavalry
Mike Richards's Japanese Cavalry
Mike Richards's Japanese Cavalry
Mike Richards's Japanese Cavalry

Joe Lewis's Japanese Infantry
Joe Lewis's Japanese Infantry (Honorable Mention for Painting)
Joe Lewis's Japanese Infantry
Joe Lewis's Japanese Infantry

Chris Johnson's Japanese Infantry
Chris Johnson's Japanese Infantry (Honorable Mention for Painting)
Chris Johnson's Japanese Infantry
Chris Johnson's Japanese Infantry

Chris Fretts's French Infantry
Tournament Winner Chris Fretts's French Infantry 

Richard Barnes's German Infantry
Richard Barnes's German Infantry 

Eric Camba's Soviet Infantry
Eric Camba's Soviet Infantry 


Last Updated On Thursday, July 23, 2015 by James at Battlefront