Star Fleet Battles Tournament at Council of Five Nations - Adventure Gaming Convention

Council of Five Nations XXXV is coming this October 5-7.  Once again, we are poised to host the biggest and best Face-to-Face Star Fleet Battles Tournament in the whole world!  We consistently get attendance in the high 20s to 30s.

We pamper our loyal SFB crowd with a nice private SFB room all weekend, the best room in the facility.

The Council Cup

The Council Cup is a  tradition we began in 2009.   It memorializes the names and ships of all the Council of Five Nations SFB tournament winners going all the way back to 2002, when we held our first full Star Fleet Battles tournament of the new-era Councils.

Here is the list of all the winners that currently appear engraved on the trophy:

• 2002 - Brian Evans - Romulan TKR
• 2003 - Paul Scott - Hydran
• 2004 - Tim Sheehy - Hydran
• 2005 - Peter Bakija - Gorn
• 2006 - Stephen McCann - WYN Aux (11g1)
• 2007 - Kevin Block-Schwenk - Romulan TKR
• 2008 - Jason Gray - Romulan TKR
• 2009 - Paul Scott - Federation TCC with G-Rack
• 2010 - Bill Schoeller - Klingon
• 2011 - Stephen McCann - ISC
  

John Rigley, our veteran miniatures modeller, has made some improvements to the Council Cup trophy.  You can see it in all its glorious magnificence in the photo to the right.

Tournament Attendance

As usual, we are compiling a list of the players we know will be coming, and the certainty of their attendance.  You will see below what we've heard so far. 

If you're thinking about attending, please email us at sfb /at/ swa-gaming.org and tell us your (Committed / Probable / Maybe) status so we can add you to the list.  If you're already on one of these lists, but your status is changing, please let us know that too.

Hey, if we've got a guy coming in from Colorado in a private plane, you can get there too!


Committed

1. Steve McCann [New Jersey] - Council Cup Champion
2. Marcus Giegerich [New Jersey]
3. Brook Villa [New Jersey]
4. Chris Dixon [New Jersey]
5. Ed Slusarek [New Jersey]
6. Joe Stevenson [New Jersey] - Council SFB First-Timer
7. Peter Bakija [Ithaca] - Council Cup Champion
8. Courtenay Footman [Ithaca]
9. Ben Kalb [Ithaca]
   
10. Brian Evans [Syracuse] - Council Cup Champion
11. Carl Herzog [NY] - Council SFB First-Timer
12. Tos Crawford [Downstate NY]
13. Brett Johnson [New Hampshire]
14. Troy Williams [Nevada] - Long Distance Repeat Customer!
15. Tom Compter [Vermont]
16. Chuck Davis [Vermont] - Welcome back!  He's been away for years.
    
17. Kevin Block-Schwenk [Massachusetts] - Council Cup Champion
18. Ron Pilotte [Maine]
19. Tim Sheehy [Pennsylvania] - Council Cup Champion
20. Ken Lin [Ohio] - Council SFB Long Distance First-Timer
21. David Zimdars [Michigan] - Council SFB Long Distance First-Timer
22. William Wilson [Colorado] - Council SFB Long Distance First-Timer
23. Andy Vancil [Colorado] - Council SFB Long Distance First-Timer
24. Bill Schoeller [Texas] - Long Distance Council Cup Champion
25. Paul Scott [California] - Long Distance Council Cup Champion
26. John Rigley [SWA]
27. Mike Rogozinski [SWA]
28. Doug Riggi [SWA] - Council SFB First-Timer
29. Mike Sanchez [SWA via Las Vegas] - Council SFB First-Timer
30. Nate Whitchurch [SWA]
31. Eric Paperman [SWA]
32. Nick Klercker [SWA]
33. Ben Maggi [SWA] - Council SFB First-Timer
34. Dave Cheng [SWA]

Probable

1. Ken Stuart [Ithaca]
2. Andrew Sackett [Ithaca via New Jersey]
3. Jeannie Compter [Vermont]
4. Peter Landry [Massachusetts]
   
5. Ben Ossenfort [SWA]
6. Dage McNitt [SWA]

Maybe

1. John Behnken [NY]
2. Jeff Hillebrandt [NY]
3. Shane Bogardus [Syracuse]
   
4. Chris Proper [Ithaca]
5. Andy Koch [Rochester]
6. Robert Bassett [Rochester]
7. Mike Johnson [Ohio]
   
8. David Schultz [Florida]
9. Jude Hornborg [Canada]
10. Orbis Proszynski [Canada]
11. Tim Linden [Canada]
12. Lee Larsen [Canada]
13. Brendan Lally [Canada - Alberta]
    
14. Dave Brereton [Canada - BC]
    
15. Geoff Conn [Canada - BC]
16. Jason Murphy [SWA]
17. Bernard Bryant [SWA]
18. Aaron Cordes [SWA]

Tournament Judge



Tournament Schedule

The tournament officially starts at 10am on Friday, October 5th. In fact, we're starting the con early just so SFB players can get in as many games as possible.  The rest of the events don't start until 2pm.

A bunch of us locals will be there when the doors open.  However, you do not need to be there that early to participate. We expect another wave of guys on Friday night after dinner, and yet another bunch on Saturday morning when the doors open at 8am.

See below for the details of the open Patrol round and finals bracket.

Experience Level

Most people on the three lists above have at least a solid knowledge of the rules and has played several games (a bunch of folks listed have Ace Cards). However, we know we'll have several players who are more at the novice level. We strongly encourage everyone to attend, whatever your experience level. We will try to pair you with players who can coach as you go along.

Sweeteners

• Times are tough for a lot of people.  Our rent went up, but we're keeping prices flat to last year, just as we've done for three years in a row.
  
• Students get roughly a 50% discount on their registration.
• Groups of 3+ who pre-register in the same envelope, or together online, get $5 off each one.
• October 5-7 is Columbus Day Weekend.  All our local State workers have Columbus Day Monday off from work. Maybe you do too, making it even easier to justify going to a con?
  

Questions?  Comments?

Please send an email to sfb /at/ swa-gaming.org and we'll get 'em answered. 

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Patrol Phase

• Starts at 10am on Friday
  
• Finals will start at 7pm on Saturday evening. 
  
• Play as many games as you want
• You must play at least two patrol games to qualify for the finals bracket.
  
• Tournament Judge will assign matches by availability and blind draw.

Finals

Finals participants determined by a three-step process:

• Net wins
• Total number of games played
• Strength of record of opponents (if we have time to calculate this), OR a simple die roll (if we're short on time), as per the Tournament Judge's discretion.
  

Finals Bracket:

• Quarterfinals (Top 8) at 7pm Saturday
• Semi-finals (Top 4) at 9am Sunday
• Finals at 2pm Sunday

Special Prizes

• "Iron Man" = most Patrol round games played
  
• "Cosmic Hitchhiker" = the player who traveled the farthest to attend.
• "Nailbiter" = closest victory (fewest boxes left when opponent blows up).
  

Prizes

• Most importantly, the winner will have their name engraved on the Council Cup, to be honored for time immemorial.
• We'll also have stuff from the Council prize stash.
• Maybe some other stuff.
  

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