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Andy "Buffalo" Bartalone wonTempest in a Teapot for the second year in a row to move into second place in the Grand Prix. He and leader Peter Yeargin both will be playing at Carnage next month, the circuit's final event. However, Yeargin carries a virtually insurmountable 158-point lead.

Buffalo, like Yeargin, has already scored four events. His lowest score is 16.21, at Weasel Moot last month. In order to catch Yeargin, he'd have to score 180 points at Carnage while Yeargin scored less than 71. (Yeargin's low score is 64.8, at the CODCon Open.) Carnage has never fielded more than nine boards, so it looks like this year's event will be a victory lap for Yeargin.

Yeargin will be the Windy City Weasels' second Grand Prix champion. The first, Jim O'Kelley in 2006, also took his victory lap at Carnage.

Buckeye Game Fest is the annual club convention run by the Columbus Area Boardgaming Society (http://buckeyeboardgamers.org/). While not as large as Origins or GenCon, we manage to bring in a diverse cross-section of gamers from Ohio and neighboring states. Befitting our football crazy town, we hold Buckeyeevery year during an OSU away game, and absolutely require TVs at the venue so we can watch the game. This year, the convention was held at the Fort Rapids indoor water park and resort. 

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Buckeye is an open gaming model with a huge library of games available to all players. Many companies were also on hand to demo games. The Diplomacy teaching event and Diplomacy tournament were two of the few “official” events scheduled.

Peter Yeargin won the 12-board Weasel Moot, played last weekend in the Chicago suburb of Burr Ridge, to tighten his grip on the 2010 Grand Prix crown. He now leads Steve Cooley, his closest pursuer, by 182.2 points.

The Moot was Yeargin's second win of the year. He also won the 17-board HuskyCon in July. In addition, he placed second at the 10-board DixieCon in May and third at Chicago's eight-board CODCon Open in April.

Grand Prix hopefuls have three final chances to run him down, starting with this weekend's Buckeye Game Fest in Columbus, Ohio. Then it's on to Silver Spring, Maryland, for Tempest in a Teapot, Oct. 15 to 17. The Grand Prix will conclude at Carnage, Nov. 5 to 7 in Fairlee, Vermont.

Yeargin plans to play at Tempest and Carnage, which will make him even more difficult to catch. He currently sits atop the field with 444.8 points. Cooley is second, at 262.6; Dave Maletsky is third at 201.7; Andy Bartalone is fourth at 201; and defending champion Adam Sigal rounds out the top five with 199.6 points.

The standings have been updated on the NADF's website as well.

Jim O'Kelley, Administrator

2010 NADF Grand Prix

It was pointed out to me that we no longer had a full 2010 Grand Prix Schedule and Results page.  I've added a page under the Grand Prix menu for this very thing that includes the complete list of event names, locations, organizers and any results we have received along the way.

If you are the tournament director or have written up any post tournament results that you would like included along with your event, please let me know via e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I will get those added to the page quickly.  I will also add a link to Laurent's database as he has recently updated his website with the most recent results also.