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De Bellis Columbus 2005

Book I/II Open Tournament

Tom Graves repeated in 2005 as winner of the Book I/II Tournament. Using a Mithridatic army (Book II/48), he defeated Bob Bogg's Late Imperial Roman (West) in round one, 6-0. In Round 2, he equally dispatched Dylan Fraser's Later Hoplite Greek: Thessalians, 6-0. Round 3's opponent, John Lawitzke's Nubians, managed one element kill, before falling 6-1. The only 3-0 winner after this round, he was matched against the best of the 2-1 players, John Loy, and his Shang Chinese. Tom managed to screw things up by losing 1-6, which left me with three 3-1 players! I simply went by points scored, and Tom's 19 came out on top.

Final Standings

Tom Graves, Mithridatic, 3-1, 19 points
John Loy, Shang Chinese, 3-1, 18 points
Kim Young, Polybian Roman, 3-1, 18 points
John Lawitzke, Nubian, 2-2, 17 points
Dylan Fraser, Later Hoplite Greek: Thessalian, 2-2, 14 points
Bob Boggs, Later Imperial Rome, 2-2, 13 points
Jenny Torbett, New Kingdom Egyptian, 1-3, 13 points
Keith Finn, Philistine, 0-4, 7 points

Below are pictures from Friday afternoon's Book I/II OpenTournament.

Tom Graves manuevers his Mithridatic army against Bob Boggs' Late Imperial Roman (West) army

Book I/II Tournament champion Tom Graves manuevers his Mithridatic against Bob Bogg's Late Imperial Roman (West) army. Despite his stern expression in this photo, Bob is one of the nicest guys you could ever play!

The forces close for that initial clash!

The forces close for that initial clash! The view is from the other side of the table...

Mithridatic vs. Nubians

Here Tom's world-beaters close in for the kill against John Lawitzke's brand new Nubian army.

Keith Finn vs. John Loy

Keith Finn (left) brings his Philistines into the marsh against John Loy's Shang Chinese. New Kingdom Egyptians vs. Philistines

In a later round, Keith Finn's Philistines await the onslaught of Jenny Torbett's New Kingdom Egyptians.

John Lawitzke marches against Jenny Torbett

Here Jenny Torbett's terrain constricted Egyptains await the deadly onslaught of John Lawitzke's Nubians. Hmm...guess who set up terrain in this matchup?

Egyptians prepare to close with Late Romans!

Should I or shouldn't I? Jenny checks to see if her Egyptian Blades can close with Bob Bogg's Late Imperial Roman battleline. Her bowmen seem well positioned against his cavalry, but that column of foot doesn't look as promising a target!

Late Imperial Roman (West) vs. Thessalians

In an earlier battle, Bob Boggs' Roman battleline tromps forward against Dylan Fraser's Thessalian Greeks. The Roman tread is so heavy it has caused the hill at the top to shift!

Dylan Fraser vs. Kim Young

Here Dylan Fraser's Thessalian Greeks make their opening manuevers against Kim Young (right) and his Polybian Roman army.

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