Berks Spring Assault 3! Results!

BERKS SPRING ASSAULT 3!   

Well we pulled it off, sorta.   The Largest Warhammer 40K tournament to hit this area ever, perhaps even the region.    We had 77 players show up for our local club's 1-day event!    77 Players!!!!   All having fun in one location!   It was crazy, it was fun, and it was a logistical nightmare, but we had fun despite all of that.

Berks Spring Assault has been growing as an annual 1000-point format with the idea of keeping the event friendly and fun for newer players, yet challenging enough for veterans to also participate.   Addmittedly we as a club are "Noobs" at running tournaments, and this is only the 3rd time we ran an event of a large size, but the first time ever with something of this magnitude.

As a club we had a few mistakes and situations we could address, and we are working dilligently with other experienced Tournament Organizers who participated in this event.   Their input has been very valuable and very positive.    So, despite some logistical setbacks and time delays, we still had a very great turn out and a wonderful time.

We had 22 sponsors for this event.   They donated a variety of prize support for us, from KR Multi-Case with miniature cases, to Secret Weapon Miniatures with custom resin bases for handouts to put into our swag bags for pre-registered players along with our custom-made Berks Dice from Chessex.    Our local game store and supplier, 1-Up Collectibles was very supportive in prize support and really helped us out a lot as well as providing space in their 2 stores for local players to meet and play games at.  

We held the event at the Riveredge, a nice banquet hall center located just North of Reading, PA near the Municipal Airport.   The room we had was very large and had ample space for all of our tables.   Lunch was included and was a NY deli style buffet.    One of our club members is also a baker for Jebbie Cakes and had made us a full sized sheet cake for the event.  That provided a nice snack and much-needed sugar rush between games 3 and 4.  

All in all we had 77 players show up to play 4 games of Warhammer 40K.   Our ref's rotated around as our "ringer" army with Brian Zhu of Brave New Worlds taking the Tournament Organizer's son Ethan under his wing for the last round, game 4.    We had a variety of armies, with all 16 codex books being represented.   The missions were non-standard, and while some seemed fun in play-test, perhaps one or two were not quite so balanced ona larger format.   But we are learning and will make the proper adjustments for our next event.

In addtion to our normal awards, we had 20 special bonus one-time-only achievements for fun with a box of tokens and 40K-styled stickers for the winners to select from.    We also had over 40 raffle prizes for a basket-style auction and that was a huge hit with everyone.  

So, despite the crazy turn of events we had, 77 people is a lot to handle.   To think BSA1 had 38 players, BSA2 had 50, and now we hit 77!!!!   Our club is getting busy on fixing the issues we had so that BSA4 in 2013 will be an even better event than this one!

Army Domination Awards:

• Black Templars:  Jon Kissinger, Berks-PA Gaming Club: 43rd
• Blood Angels:  Chris Smoker, Mohnton PA: 8th
• Chaos Daemons:  Jae Jesudason, Alternate Universes:  3^rd place
• Chaos Space Marines:  Eric Cacase, 11^th Company Podcast:  5th
• Dark Angels:  Jon Sullenberger, Lancashire Wargaming: 7th
• Dark Eldar:  Phil Heinz, Brave New Worlds: 38th
• Eldar:    Matt Defranza, Alternate Universes:   1^st overall
• Grey Knights:  Ross Famous, Lancashire Wargaming:  2^nd
• Imperial Guard:  Samuel Duguid, Brave New Worlds (Imperial Guard): 4th
• Necrons:  Dustin Zachman, Mohnton PA: 40^th.
• Orks:  Colin Galen, Lancashire Wargaming (Berks): 14th
• Sisters of Battle:  Erik Lydon, Humungo Comics: 10th
• Space Marines:  Bob Evers, Grimm Open: 15th
• Space Wolves:  Dave Setzman, Brave New Worlds: 9th
• Tau Empire:  Dave Scarlatela, Brave New Worlds: 19th
• Tyranids:  Lovell Harmon, PAGE:  23rd

Top Overall Winner:  Matt Defranza, Alternate Universes  (Eldar)

2^nd Overall:  Ross Famous, Lancashire Wargaming (Grey Knights)

3^rd Overall:  Jae Jesudasen, Alternate Universes (Chaos Daemons)

4^th Place:  Samuel Duguid, Brave New Worlds (Imperial Guard)

Top Sportsman:  Thomas McCole, PAGE  (Chaos Space Marines) 24^th overall

2^nd Best Sport:  Bill Olstein, Snake Eyes Gaming (Space Wolves), 25^th overall

3^rd Best Sport:  Dave Scarletela, Brave New Worlds (Tau), 19^th overall

Top Appearance:  Chris Smoker, Mohnton (Angry Marines/Blood Angels) 8^th overall

2^nd Best Appearance:   Eric Cacace, 11^th Company Podcast (Chaos Space Marines): 5^th overall

3^rd Best Appearance:  Andy Miller, Brave New Worlds (Blood Angels): 54^th overall

• Best Youngblood: Issac Nohr, Lancashire Wargaming (Black Templars): 45^th overall
• Best Youngblood Sport:  Nick Fitzpatrick, Brave New Worlds (Chaos Space Marines):  52^nd overall
• 2^nd Best youngblood sport:  Alex Fulmer, Lancashire Wargaming, (Orks), 66^th overall

Berks Spring Assault 3 Rankings:

4 missions, 20 battles points max.  10 sportsmanship max.   Appearance: 12 by judges.

* bonus: up to 4 max bonus sport, 8 max bonus appearance, and up to 2 Judge Discressionary points.   146 highest maximum possible.

#:         Name                          Army                           BP       VP       Sport   App.  Total

1.         Matt Defranza              Eldar                            76        7200    41        14        131

2.         Ross Famous                Grey Knights                74        5796    41        7          122

3.         Jae Jesudason               Chaos Daemons           68        6860    42        7          117

4.         Samuel Duguid             Imperial Guard              58        5400    40        13        111

5.         Eric Cacace                  Chaos Marines              51        5230    42        17        110

6.         Mark Van Horn            Eldar                            56        4558    40        12        108

7.         Jon Sullenberger           Dark Angles                 52        4100    42        14        108

8.         Chris Smoker               Blood Angels                46        3776    41        19        106

9.         Dave Setzman              Space Wolves              58        5200    39        8          105

10.       Erik Lydon                   Sisters of Battle            55        5180    41        8          104

11.       Michael Kiesling           Sisters of Battle            58        4738    40        6          104

12.       Steve Smith                  Space Wolves              54        3858    41        9          104

13.       Gary Klinger                 Grey Knights                56        3328    41        7          104

14.       Colin Galen                  Orks                            60        6113    39        4          103

15.       Bob Evers                    Space Marines             47        4171    41        14        102

16.      Brandon Waldon           Space Wolves              52        4598    41        8          101

17.       Mike Mirobelli              Space Wolves              52        4770    42        6          100

18.       Myke Moll                   Grey Knights                51        4180    40        9          100

19.       David Scarlatella           Tau Empire                   49        3878    43        7          99

20.       Chris Opdyke               Eldar                            50        4460    38        10        98

21.       Todd Roy                     Grey Knights                56        4300    38        4          98

22.       Ben Leisey                   Chaos Marines              51        4075    40        7          98

23.       Lovell Harmon              Tyranid                         50        3844    36        12        98

24.       Thomas McCole           Chaos Marines             38        2067    44        16        98

25.       Bill Olstein                    Space Wolves              38        3908    44        15        97       

26.       Derek Aspche              Grey Knights                47        3944    41        8          96

27.       Darryl Hartman Jr.        Dark Angels                 48        3475    41        7          96

28.       Marc Smith                  Space Marines             39        3129    43        14        96

29.       Colin Kielick                Chaos Marines             40        4100    40        11        95

30.       Nate Snelbaker            Orks                            49        2235    37        8          94

31.       Travis Stauch                Orks                            47        4700    39        7          93

32.       Patrick Joseph              Space Marines             45        3700    41        7          93

33.       John Tinney                  Imperial Guard             41        3503    42        10        93

34.       Jared Kunz                   Blood Angels               46        2710    39        8          93

35.       Jeremy Webb               Blood Angels               38        2300    43        12        93

36.       Liam Power                  Space Wolves             46        5740    39        7          92

37.       Paul Parke                    Tau Empire                  44        4086    40        8          92

38.       Phil Hienz                     Dark Eldar                   46        3621    39        7          92

39.       Jason Santiago              Grey Knights                49        4978    40        2          91

40.       Dustin Zackman            Necrons                       44        2623    41        5          90

41.       Wilson Badillo Jr.         Chaos Marines              39        3415    39        10        88

42.       Jeffery Michel               Dark Eldar                   34        2180    42        12        88

43.       Jon Kissinger                Black Templars            44        1778    37        6          87

44.       Kevin Troost                Space Marines             48        4190    36        2          86

45.       Issac Nohr (Y)             Black Templars            44        5342    37        4          85

46.       Justin Harmon               Space Wolves              44        4176    36        5          85

47.       Jason Bushore              Necrons                       36        1615    40        9          85

48.       Corey Roth                  Dark Eldar                   37        4787    39        7          83

49.       Eric  Bates                    Chaos Marines            30        3030    42        11        83

50.       Tucker Stienmetz          Chaos Marines            36        3011    40        7          83

51.       Patrick Stelmach           Orks                           33        2910    42        8          83

52.       Nick Fitzpatrick (Y)     Chaos Marines             30        3368    40        12        82

53.       Tony Spino                   Chaos Daemons          35        3000    39        8          82

54.       Andy Miller                  Blood Angels               30        2410    37        15        82

55.       Scott Thompson           Necrons                       33        1408    41        8          82

56.       Forest Dougan              Orks                           38        2350    41        2          81

57.       Micha Allen                  Imperial Guard            27        1950    43        11        81

58.       Daniel Collision            Tau Empire                  38        1452    39        4          81

59.       Ben Collins                   Space Wolves             30        1380    41        10        81

60.       Billy Shoellkopf            Space Marines             38        2819    34        8          80

61.       Jeffery Ziggler               Eldar                           36        2724    41        3          80

62.       Rob Morris                  Orks                            33        2043    39        8          80

63.       Jack Rosen                   Imperial Guard            32        1036    39        9          80

64.       Mikael Neville             Eldar                            45        4000    31        3          79

65.       Pat Sachse                   Chaos Marines             34        2210    39        6          79

66.       Alex Fulmer (Y)           Orks                            33        3380    38        4          75

67.       Lorenzo O’Branty        Grey Knights                27        950      39        9          75

68.       Akil Harmon                 Dark Eldar                   34        2510    37        3          74

69.       Andrew Di Rondio       Tau Empire                   27        802      40        7          74

70.       Tyson Wise                  Tau Empire                  32        2342    37        3          72

71.       Paul Bates                    Necrons                       30        3950    36        5          71

72.       Tom Lazareck              Eldar                            27        1430    39        4          70

73.       Buford Culver               Space Wolves              30        2180    33        6          69

74.       Brandon Blizzard          Chaos Daemons           24        2638    41        2          67

75.       Jayson Locke               Space Marines             24        100      38        5          67

76.       Eric Shirk                     Space Wolves              27        985      36        0          63

77.       Bret Kieleck                 Orks                            32        2499    19        5          56