After 3 months into the year-long Kriegspiel Tournament, Tim has secured a pretty strong lead with a total of 4 points. Bob, Ross and myself are all vying for second place with an overall score of 9 for Bob, 10 for Ross and 11 for me. Wayne is steady in 5th place overall at 16 points and Eric is dead last at 24 points.
As far as the trend lines go, Tim could if he decided to just simply "skate" for awhile and still maintain a strong lead even if he only places 2nd or 3rd for several games. The rest of us are going to have dig deeper to catch up. Even though Eric is waaaaay back there with 24 points, it's quite possible that over the year that several other players will miss a game night or two and if Eric happens to make those nights and wins handily or close to it, then we may see him in contention for first place. Miracles do happen.
Wayne just needs to score a first place victory one time to find himself in serious contention for a strong second place position overall. Again, he could over time find himself as well in first place if he maintains a steady presence at game night.
Ross as the new guy is performing surprisingly well. With all his cannabis smoking while going to college in Seattle I thought for sure he would be a pushover. But alas, he is crafty and conniving. He too just needs a decent first place victory to place him in cup contention.
Bob is definitely a strong player and in spite of his recent losses is keeping Tim looking back to see where he is. Combining his strong attendance and well thought out strategies we may well see him take pole position from Tim in the future.
As for myself, I'm currently in 4th place. However, I do have home advantage and I am not expected to not host game night thus I ply a steady but sure course to victory. Or so that is the plan. If no one shows up for game night then I will also reward myself 10 points so as to freeze the current position where everyone is at in the tournament. See, just proves I'm not taking advantage of the "AWOKS" in this tournament. Again, as the saying goes "just showing up is half the battle".
May the reflecting light of the Kriegspiel Cup guide you to victory!
Way too early to feel secure by any means!!!
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