2015 North American Masters November 14-15 at Games and Stuff in Glen Burnie, MD The top players from across the North American continent came together at Games and Stuff in Glen Burnie to fight it out to see who would take home this year’s Masters Champion title. The Champion of each of the Nationals were guaranteed places, as well as last year's defending Masters Champion. The remaining slots were filled according to Rankings HQ standings.

Tournament Format

This year's tournament had a very interesting format, to keep the veteran players on their toes. Players created a base 1400-point army list, as well as three 250-point Task Force attachments, titled 1, 2, 3. Each Task Force had to be made up of complete, legal platoons from the army's Intelligence Briefing, and each of the three Task Forces had to be completely different from one another.   After the mission for each round was randomly determined, players decided on what Task Force to add to their army according to the following rules. For rounds 1-3, the TO made a random dice roll: Task Force 1 Task Force 2 Task Force 3 Opponent's Choice (lists must be provided openly to opponent) Player's Choice No Task Force allowed For rounds 4-6 players were allowed to choose which Task Force to use, as best fit the selected mission. But each Task Force could only be used twice during the tournament.

Below: A look at some of the tables

On Friday night There was a special 'Kill Phil' megabattle, where players each brought a 1500-point army and ganged up on two-time Masters champion Phil Messier, on a massive 18-foot long table.

The Results

Round One – Surrounded Using the third Task Force Chris Fretts vs Sean Froc 3-4 Andrew Hopson vs Lance Matthew 5-2 Joe Lewis vs Ron Wismer 2-5 Phillip Messier vs David Vigor 4-3 Miles Cowart vs James Best Jr. 6-1 Kurt Reese vs Chris Jackson 2-5 Jesse Sheaffer vs Leo Colon 2-5 Ben Gobel vs Scott McLemore 5-2 Noah DeZwart vs Chris Novak 4-3

Round Two – Fighting Withdrawl Opponent's choice of Task Force Leo Colon vs Ben Gobel 3-4 James Best Jr. vs Jesse Sheaffer 2-5 Kurt Reese vs Scott McLemore 5-2 Lance Matthew vs Joe Lewis 4-3 David Vigor vs Chris Novak 5-2 Chris Fretts vs Noah DeZwart 4-3 Sean Froc vs Phillip Messier 1-6 Ron Wismer vs Chris Jackson 2-5 Andrew Hopson vs Miles Cowart 3-4

Round Three – Encounter No Task Force reinforcements Phillip Messier vs Chris Jackson 4-3 Miles Cowart vs Ben Gobel 6-1 Leo Colon vs David Vigor 3-1 Andrew Hopson vs Jesse Sheaffer 1-6 Kurt Reese vs Chris Fretts 1-6 Noah DeZwart vs Ron Wismer 3-4 Lance Matthew vs Chris Novak 1-6 Joe Lewis vs Sean Froc 6-1 James McLemore vs James Best Jr. 4-3

Round Four – Surrounded   Ron Wismer vs Chris Novak 6-1 Sean Froc vs James Best Jr. 2-5 Andrew Hopson vs Kurt Reese 6-1 Joe Lewis vs Ben Gobel 5-2 Noah DeZwart vs David Vigor 1-6 James McLemore vs Lance Matthew 5-2 Miles Cowart vs Phillip Messier 3-4 Chris Fretts vs Leo Colon 6-1 Chris Jackson vs Jesse Sheaffer 3-4

Round Five – Hold the Line   Jesse Sheaffer vs Joe Lewis 1-6 Phillip Messier vs Ron Wismer 1-6 Lance Matthew vs Sean Froc 5-2 Leo Colon vs James Best Jr. 5-2 Chris Jackson vs Andrew Hopson 6-1 Miles Cowart vs Chris Fretts 4-3 Noah DeZwart vs Kurt Reese 1-6 David Vigor vs James McLemore 6-1 Chris Novak vs Ben Gobel 2-5

Final Standings   Generalship points Total points Ron Wismer 29 34.8 Joe Lewis 26 32 Chris Jackson 26 31.8 David Vigor 24 30 Miles Cowart 24 30 Phillip Messier 24 29.8 Leo Colon 23 29 Chris Fretts 23 28.8 Ben Gobel 22 28 Jesse Sheaffer 19 25 Chris Novak 19 24.2 Andrew Hopson 17 23 Kurt Reese 17 22.8 James Best Jr. 16 22 James McLemore 16 22 Noah DeZwart 15 21 Lance Matthew 15 21 Sean Froc 13 19

2015 North American Masters Champion Ron Wismer