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New format packs in the players on Thursday!

Roy Hayes awesome, handpainted shields on his Greeks wowed the players

The response to the first ever running of a 15mm Matched Pairs tournament at Origins was incredible. We had 20 players, some coming from as far away as Colorado and Texas, to try it out. The players each brought two armies, historical opponents, and used them in two of the rounds, while using opponents' armies in the other two. I'd played this format at Siege of Augusta a couple times and was eager to stage it here. Players are encouraged to bring a balanced matchup, as the opponent gets first choice of which army of the pair he will use.

The players drew numbered poker chips which randomly placed them on their initial battle board. Thereafter, one side would rotate down the row of tables one space, playing a new opponent in each round. Since those on the same side of the table never play against each other, there would be two tourney winners. A bit of humor ensued in the final rounds when my alternating table side shifting became confused. My initial thought was the side of the table whose armies had just been used to stay in place (packing up), while the opponents shifted down one spot. This led to confusion (mostly mine!) on whose turn it was to shift. Next year, one side of the table will do all the shifting, while the other camps out for four rounds...!

This format provided the most balanced results I have ever seen in a DBA tournament in my decade plus of playing. Amongst 20 players and four rounds, we had NO undefeateds. We had only four 3-1 players, with an incredible 13 players going 2-2 -- winning 50% of their games. Only 3 players had a losing record! Now, THAT is a "matched" format. We will definitely be holding the Matched Pairs as a regular part of our Origins slat e of DBA.

White team on the left, Red team on the right: The long row of tables in the Matched Pairs Tourney

The winners were:

Red Team: Art Hayes - Pre-Feudal Scots and Anglo Normans

White Team: Andy Swingle - Mongol Conquest and Cuman

RED TEAM

Art Hayes, 3-1, 21 points, Pre-Feudal Scots and Anglo Normans

Dylan Fraser, 3-1, 19 points, Kushite Egyptian and Libyan Egyptian

Steven Parillo, 2-2, 19 points, Later Crusader and Cilician Armenian

Bob Boggs, 2-2, 16 points, Norman and Italian Lombard

Tom Graves, 2-2, 16 points, Seleucid and Seleucid

John Hovey, 2-2, 16 points, Early Anglo Saxon and Sub Roman British

Mike Stelzer, 2-2, 15 points, Kushite Egyptian and Later Hebrew

Terry Hollern, 2-2, 13 points, Marian Roman and Ptolemaic

Bernie Santucci, 0-4, 8 points, Later Achaemenid Persian and Later Hoplite Greek (Athenian)

 

Round 1 action: Allen Sams, left, against Bernie Santucci, who drove from Colorado to play DBA at Origins!

WHITE TEAM

Andy Swingle, 3-1, 21 points, Mongol Conquest and Cuman

Allen Sams, 3-1, 21 points, Later Hungarian and Ottoman

Jenny Torbett, 2-2, 21 points, Early Byzantine and Later Visigothic

Roy Hayes, 2-2, 20 points, Gallic and Later Carthaginian

Dave Welch, 2-2, 18 points, Sassanid Persian and Parthian

Jason Stelzer, 2-2, 16 points, Medieval French and Free Company

Ted Bender, 2-2, 14 points, Scots Common and Feudal English

Kevin Serafini, 2-2, 12 points, Ayyubid Egyptian and Later Crusader

Titch White, 1-3, 13 points, Khmer and Malay

Mustafa Unlu, 1-3, 8 points, Later Crusader and Ayyubid Egyptian

 

Roy Hayes, another from Colorado, is the artist behind the gorgeous Greek shields at the top of the page

Jason Stelzer and Art Hayes, the third in the contingent from Colorado, battle it out amidst the terrain

John Hovey, who drove from Texas to attend Origins, was full of praise for GLADBAG tournies

Jenny Torbett hosts Steven Parillo, from our neighboring Pennsylvania, during the Matched Pairs action

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