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Historicon Report 2019

Historicon Report 2019
With Dave Griffin

If you have not attended a Historicon recently, they have moved to a beautiful new conventions center in downtown Lancaster.  An area ripe with historical meaning and wonderful… well food, which is important to people like us.  Historicon is the “home” convention for Battlefront and the site for our original Nationals for both Team Yankee and Flames of War.

Thursday kicked off the weekend with the doubles tournament, usually this is run by a dedicated local players, but Battlefront was asked to step up this year and cover for him.  We had 11 teams partake in the “festivities”.  We are pleased to have seen some new teams coming out, particularly this new father-son team from Millenium Hobbies in New Jersey.

Congratulations to Joe Lewis and Bryan Koches for taking the win.

The interesting part was the three way tie at second place, forcing a Strength of Schedule check to finalize placements.

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Nation

Players

Team

VP's

Ger / Ger

Joe Lewis / Bryan Koches

Some Random Dudes on the Internet

16

Ital / Ital

Chris Jackson / Carl Belatti

Team Tiger

14

Ger / Ital

James Best Jr / James Best Sr

Team Beast

14

US / US

Russell Piaxao / Francis Piaxao

Millenium

14

Sov/ Sov

Chris Fretts / Andrew Hopson

Fistful of Commies

12

Ger / Ger

Ben Ivancza / Tim McClellad

Franz Ferdinand

9

US / US

David Vigor / Matt Berry

Mighty Rabbits

8

Br / US

Robert Bomkamp / James Copeland

Bomb Squad

8

US / US

Howard West / Rich Baier

Destroyers

8

Brit / Brit

Ren Westermeyer / Allen Adams

Don't Tread on Me

7

US / Brit

Larry Chaban / John Dziubek

The Dirty Double

7

Team Yankee Nationals
The Third Annual Team Yankee Nationals kicked off with 39 players vying for the top slot in North America. Andrew Hopson and Chris Jackson took off to early leads, dominating the pack, but met head-to-head in the 3rd round each holding the other to a 3-3. This allowed the 2nd group of frontrunners: Max Beck, James Copeland and Marc Viau to close the gap.  

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In the end, Both Andrew and Chris held onto their leads, but Chris was able to pull off a 6-1 victory that cemented his position as Top Dog this year.

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Chris Jackson on the won Champion this year

Andrew Hopson had a hard-fought Second Place

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James Copeland came in third

William White was voted Best Painted

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Nation

Army

First Name

Last name

Club

Score

W German

 

Chris

Jackson

Tough Ombres

25

Brit / Dutch

Mech / Armor

Andrew

Hopson

Able Kompanie

22

brit

Helo / recce

James

Copeland

757th Ranger

21

W German

Armor

Joe

Lewis

Able Kompanie

20

Czech

BMP Motor

Marc

Viau

JAC HOBBY

20

Iran / Sov

Mech

James

Best Sr

757th Rangers

19.8

iraqi

armor

Bryan

Koches

Tough Ombres

19

US

Marines

Chris

Fretts

Able Kompanie

19

British

Mechanized

Christian

Auclair

JAC HOBBY

19

Brit / Aus

Airmo / recee

Eric

Mylin

PA

19

Canada

mech

Max

Beck

PA

19

Iraqi

Armor

William

White

757 Rangers

19

Soviet

armor

Howard

West

Legions

18.8

Iran

Armor

Don

Gilmore

Illinois

18

Syrian

BTR Mech Inf

Kevin

Deitz

CT

18

USA

Cav

Kevin

Chin

TX

18

US

armor

Russell

Paixao

Gundam Kitchen

18

Soviet

Motor Rifles

Carl

Bellatti

290 Bunker

17

Soviet

Armor

Robb

Carper

NH

17

W German

Armor

Tim

Connors

Legions

17

Canada

 

Rob

Kelly

Dice Devils

16.8

Netherlands

Mechanized

Jon

Holland

Desert Mountain Brigade

16

USA

mech

Nicholas

Reid

VA

15.8

W German

Inf / Auf

Scott

Roach

Dice Devils

15.4

USA

 

Bill

Pipp

Legions

15

W German

auf / mech

Jerry

Lane

Mass

14.8

US / Canada

armor / mech

David

Vigor

Able Kompanie

14.6

W German

armor

Francis

Paixao

Gundam Kitchen

14

french

armor

William

Halgas

Maryland Marauders

14

USA

Marines

George

Purdy

CT

13.8

dutch

mech

Ben

Halgas

Maryland Marauders

13.2

french 

armor

Allen

Adams

VA

13

Syrian

Armor

Dennis

Campbell

Canada

13

French / US

FFL / Marine

Jeffery

Whitlock

Desert Mountain Brigade

12

USA

Airmobile

Rich

Baier

Legions

12

W German

Inf / Auf

Dave

Partak

NORCAL

11

usa

mech

John

Smith

FL

11

Soviet

Mech

Barry

Katz

NJ

7

Iraqi/Wger

Armor / Armor

Rafael

Rodriguez

Lancaster (Ringer)

5

Flames Of War Nations
This year we had 40 players, with a heavy levy of newer players that had not attended before or had not been around in a while.  Once again we had players come in from all over the continent to share their love of the game and test their mettle against some of the best.  Steadfast groups like Tough Ombres, Able Komapnie, WGA, Legions and NORCAL were joined this year by newcomers Desert Mountain Brigade , Ottawa mini Gamers and JAC Hobby along with many independent players, it made for an interesting field.

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757th Rangers’ James Best Sr took first in a hotly contested final bout with “Pastor” Pete Zerphy taking a comfortable Second.  We had a five way tie for Third which caused an in-depth Strength of schedule check with Tim McClelland coming out on top.  Eric Camba pulled a best painted and Jon Holland was voted Best Sportsman by his fellow players.

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James Best Sr. takes home the Champion this year

Pete Zerphy scores second

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Left: Eric Camba comes and shows us how it’s painted on the West Coast.

757th Rangers’ James Best Sr took first in a hotly contested final bout with “Pastor” Pete Zerphy taking a comfortable Second.  We had a five way tie for Third which caused an in-depth Strength of schedule check with Tim McClelland coming out on top.  Eric Camba pulled a best painted and Jon Holland was voted Best Sportsman by his fellow players.

Nation

Army Type

First Name

Last Name

Club

Score

German

 

James

Best Sr

VA

35

USA

Mech

Peter

Zerphy

Central MD Wargamers

31

German

Inf

Tim

McClelland

Legions

29

German

Mech

Bryan

Koches

Tough Ombres

29

Soviet

Armor

Chris

Fretts

Able Kompanie

29

British

Armor

James

Copeland

757th Rangers

29

Soviet

Inf

Joe

Lewis

Able Kompanie

29

Soviet

Armor

Ben

Ivancza

Legions

27

German

Mech

Ed

Sales

VA

27

Soviet

Armor

John

Dziubek

Legions

27

Soviet

Inf

Andrew

Hopson

Able Kompanie

26

Italian

Armor

Preston

Jacob

Wargamers Anonymous

24

Soviet

Inf

Eric

Camba

LV

23

USA

Mech

Chris

Jackson

Tough Ombres

22

Soviet

Armor

David

Vigor

Lakeshore Gamers

22

British

Inf

James

Best Jr

757th Rangers

22

Italian

Armor

Jerry

Lane

MA

22

USA

Inf

Nicholas

Reid

VA

22

USA

Mech

Ron

McFarland

MD

22

German

Mech

Timothy

Morrissey

Wargamers Anonymous

22

USA

Armor

William

White

757th Rangers

20

Soviet

Inf

Brian

Sullivan

Battlefront

19

Soviet

Cossack

David

Griffin

Battlefront

19

German

Mech

Jon

Holland

Desert mountain Brigade

18.8

British

Armor

Tom

Mullane

Wargamers Anonymous

18

British

Armor

Dave

Partak

NORCAL

17

German

Armor

Mason

Partak

NORCAL

17

Soviet

Armor

Robert

Bomkamp

NC

16

Italian

Armor

Carl

Bellatti

290 Bunker

15

German

Mech

Chris

Pfeltz

MD

15

USA

Armor

Larry

Chaban

Legions

15

German

Armor

Paul

Peine

NJ

15

British

Armor

Rafael

Rodriguez

PA

15

German

Armor

Rich

Baier

Legions

15

Italian

Armor

Christian

Auclair

JAC Hobby

14

German

Mech

John

Smith

FL

11

Italian

Inf

Jason

Ceidro

PA

10

German

Inf

Louis

Bonini

NY

10

Italian

Inf

Nicholas

Swales

Ottawa Mini Gamers

10

Italian

Armor

Jeffrey

Whitlock

Desert mountain Brigade

8

Finally, there was an unofficial Ironman that happened over the weekend, many thanks to those gents that stuck it out over 11 rounds over three days, many of these fine gentlemen also helped us set up on Wednesday and tear down on Sunday.

Many thanks to all that made this year enjoyable and successful, I look forward to seeing you all again on the circuit in the future.  May the dice be kind.
~Dave

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Last Updated On Thursday, July 18, 2019