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2016 Tournament Results updated 12 August 2016 |
The finalists at the 2016 World Boardgaming Championships Rail Baron tourney:
Congrats to first-time tournament champion Tony Newton! Tony Newton won the Paul Van Bloem award for the most net value in three top games of heats and SF. The 2016 Finals had three Marks, so to avoid the same confusion as in the game last names will be used. Newton started the purchasing with the NYH&H, followed by McCandless with the PA, Kennel with the NYC, McBride with the B&O, Henry with the C&O. Kennel had the first bad luck, picking Portland, ME, as a destination. Newton immediately purchased the B&M and so Kennel hit the first hostile. Henry rolled Norfolk so Kennel bought theN&W and got his money back. Henry pursued a Western strategy, buying the WP and DRG&W, McBride a Southeastern one with the SAL Newton purchased a Superchief on the theory if you don't havea Northeastern line throw a Hail Mary and go fast. McCandless started the three big ones with the AT&SF, Newton followed with the SP, Henry with the UP. The best McBride could counter with was the CMSTP&P; then he promptly started a run of six hostiles in a row! Newton was also in a run of four straight hostiles and Henry, despite being strong in the west, managed to hit a hostile every time he went there. So by the time all the purchasing was done, McCandless was in the strongest position, with 140K in properties and finally a Superchief, and all the others had less than104K in properties. McBride was thefirst to falter, failing to arrive in his destination by one pip and forced to sell. He threw the B&O up for sale. McCandless let it go to Newton at 25K--probably too little, but since he next rolled Portland, ME, maybe for the best. Newton was down to 10K, but his luck turned in a big way -- three people went to Portland, ME, and Boston at the same time, netting him 60K! Suddenly a new leader! Henry kept rolling one pip short of his need, finally putting the IC up for auction, which McCandless bought at 23K, and Newton regretted not bidding higher. Newton and McCandless announced in the same turn. Kennel had seven of his last eleven destinations hostile, but he was raking in some big long runs and payments from others and finally disclosed. McBride sold to the bank two of his last properties and was down to 9K cash and the SAL at the end of the game. His eleven hostiles brought him the Most Hostiles Award. It came down to a race between McCandless with the money but a long hostile run prospect fromPortland, OR, to his home in Las Vegas, and Newton who was three pips away from his home in Birmingham but just short on money. Newton rolled Tumumcari and went there, no bounce. McCandless declared, rolling a six of the fifteen he needed. Newton considered chasing him down but gambled on running himself, though he needed fourteen on three dice -- he rolled it. If he had failed, McCandless would have made it as the next player to roll (of course he rolled it to be sure, if superfluous). Rail lines held by winners, in 23 games: PA7, NYC 7, B&O 8, C&O 5, ATSF 10, UP 8, SP 6, CMSTP&P 9, SAL 8, ACL8, L&N 9, MP 7, RF&P 4, DRG&W 6, N&W 6, C&NW 6, T&P 8,GN 6, NYH&H 10, B&M 8, GM&O 5, SOU 6, SLSF 7, CB&Q 5, NP 4, WP6, IC 2, CRI&P 3 |
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Tournament News |
Mark McCandless serves as GM. This is the officially-sanctioned Rail Baron® tournament of 2016. |
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Prior Champions |
2016 Tony Newton |
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