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Historicon 2018 was a big success, if exhausting.

First, a major thank-you to Spencer Ginder and Scott Kastler for their help in running the Walk-up Demos all weekend.

I'll leave Rod and DS to report on their events. Hastings was run twice and looked brilliant, and was full both times; same for Cynoscephalae.

Pelennor Field filled up both times I ran it, so 22 players, all new people. And going against the "old and grey" trend, 3/4 of the players were under 30.

Results from the Campaign Theme.

A Parting Shot: Rome vs. Parthia, 45 BC

1. 13 pts: Roger Cooper, Mesopotamian Parthian
2. 13 pts: Jamie Meymarian, Armenian. Lost the tiebreak to Roger due to a head-to-head loss in the last round!
3. 12 pts: Brian Peruski, Cleopatran Ptolemies
4. 10 pts: Lee Girer, Sarmatians
5. 9 pts: DK, Central Parthians (only 3 rounds -- had to drop in the last round to keep numbers even)
6. 8 pts: Paul Vogel, Marian Roman Army in Judea
7. 7 pts: Philip Aten, Marian Roman Army of Rhodes
8. 5 pts: Rod Cain, Suren Indo-Parthian
9. 4 pts: Spencer Ginder, LPIA Lakhmids. The Lakhmid Suicide Squad -- two battles out of four, both Generals were slain
10. 3 pts: Sam Aten, Marian Roman Army of Cyrene
11. 1 pts: Scott Kastler, Yue-Chi / Kushan
12. 0 pts: Doug Mudd, Marian Roman Army of Antioch. Mr. "Lead From The Front" got his general killed in his first three battles!
13. -1 pts: Angelo Pulido, Marian Roman Army of Nicaea
14. -1 pts: Mike Doolittle, Parthian Media Atropatene (only 3 rounds)

Grand Triumph! Doubles Challenge Results:

1) Two Davids (DS & DK) - Justinian Decline with Lombard Ally 565AD - 343 pts
2) Meet the Spartans (Rod & Brian) - Khazar Empire 965AD - 294 pts
3) An Arrowing Experience (Terence & Spencer) - War of the Roses Tudor 1483AD - 264 pts
4) Beauty and the Beast (Scott & Wendy +subs) - Later Macedonian 201BC - 172 pts

There was a controversial aspect to the Grand Triumph camp rules that will need to be resolved in a future draft. So, you can throw out these results, except for the fact that I wanted to record them and get rid of the hard copy score sheet from my hobby room! Otherwise, the games were great, close, and enjoyable! Thanks to everyone for participating.

DS

Triumph! Open Results:

1) Scott Kastler - Later Medieval German City States - 340pts.
2) David Kuijt - Hussites - 248pts.
3) Brian Peruski - Khazar Empire - 224pts.
4) Mike Murray - Mongol Conquest - 124pts.
5) Spencer Ginder - LPIA - 112pts.
6) Roger Cooper - Early Polish - 30pts.