Gen Con 2017 Tournament Statistics|Goodman Games

Posted By pandabrett on Dec 15, 2017 | 0 comments

Like every year, Gen Con 2017 was great. In case you forgot, we ran a tournament that everyone loved, in a style that we hadn’t done in years.

In fact, everyone loved it so much that we’re currently preparing the tournament adventure for publication. It will eventually be published in the 2018 Gen Con Program Guide as The Black Heart of Thakulon the Undying.

Which, of course, means that we had to go back over everything. In the course of doing this, we have compiled some statistics on the tournament performance, and we thought you might like to see them. You can get some more details about our 2017 Open Tournament here.

Here are the complete statistics for the tournament – not just the team scores which were previously posted, but also judge stats, room stats, and more! Enjoy!

Round 1 Results

Place	Team	Round Score	Players	Judge
1	Tootsie Pops	1227	Tony Beard, Andy Brogan, Chris Foley, Eric See, Mark Sutcliffe	Michael Bolam
2	Blood Stallions	928	Dana Johnson, Mike Markey, Joe Moore, Silas Moore, Heath Perkins	Michael Bolam
3	Medieval Kenivals	669	Wilson Barker, Judd Lucky, Emily Mundy, Jason Stierle, Troy Wilhelmson	Rick Hull
4	Clan Yeoman and Kids	649	Dan Adams, Noah Adams, Eli Buckley, Tim Buckley, David Stanford	Rick Hull
5	Nerd Louisville	101	William Berry, Justin Hogan, Jackson King, John Lusky, Westley Meredith	David Baity
6	Total Eclipse of the Black Heart	67	Michael Ramps, Chris Nicholson, Brett Bolen, Jon Hammersley	Rick Hull
7	The Cursed Die	-325	John Watson, Jeanette Chipgus, Raymond Chipgus, Aaron Koelman, Jonathon Carnes	Tim Deschene
8	Fish in a Barrel	-525	Tom Gintner, Jim Lamanna, Tom Paci-Funk, Tyler McCalmon, Casey Garske	David Baity
9	Sons of Dis	-650	David Bush, Justin Bush, Ken Winland, Fred Daniel, Thomas Vanderlaar	Tim Deschene

Round 2 Results

Place	Team	Round Score	Players	Judge
1	Blood Stallions	1291	Dana Johnson, Mike Markey, Joe Moore, Silas Moore, Heath Perkins	Tim Deschene
2	Medieval Kenivals	547	Judd Lucky, Emily Mundy, Jason Stierle, Troy Wilhelmson	David Baity
3	Tootsie Pops	286	Tony Beard, Andy Brogan, Chris Foley, Eric See, Mark Sutcliffe	Marc Bruner

Round 3 Results

Place	Team	Round Score	Players	Judge
1	Medieval Kenivals	1685	Emily Mundy, Jason Stierle	Harley Stroh
2	Blood Stallions	50	Dana Johnson, Mike Markey, Joe Moore, Silas Moore, Heath Perkins	Marc Bruner

Deadliest Rooms by Round

Round	Room	Author	% of Total PCs Slain in Round*
1	Area 1-6 – Clockwork Guardians of Law	Terry Olson	69%
2	Area 2-4 – It’s Elemental!	Steve Bean	39%
3	(Tie) Area 3-1c – The Ice Chute	Harley Stroh	20%
3	(Tie) Area 3-3 – The Hunting Hall	Terry Olson	20%
3	(Tie) Area 3-4 – The Prismatic Vault	Marc Bruner	20%
3	(Tie) Area 3-5 – False Tomb Trigger	Harley Stroh	20%

*slain PCs include both the total number of times a PC reached 0 hp and the number of PCs that bled out.

Deadliest Round

Round	Ratio of Fatalities to Total Number of Players	Total PCs Slain	Total Players
3	1.4:1	10	7
2	1.3:1	18	14
1	0.9:1	38	44

Deadliest Judges

Judge	Ratio of Losses to Total Number of Players	Total PCs Slain	Total Players
David Baity	1.7:1**	24	14
Tim Deschene	1.5:1	21	15
Marc Bruner	1.4:1	14	10
Rick Hull	0.3:1	4	14
(Tie) Michael Bolam	0:1	0	10
(Tie) Harley Stroh	0:1	0	2

**the ranking order for judge David and judge Tim is reversed if considering the total number of bleed outs only, or just PCs that were killed, where judge Tim had an amazing 0.7:1 death to player ratio!

Most Popular Pre-gens

1 – (Tie) Cleric (9 out of 9 teams selected)
1 – (Tie) Thief (9 out of 9 teams selected)
3 – Warrior (8 out of 9 teams selected)
4 – Dwarf (7 out of 9 teams selected)
5 – Elf (6 out of 9 teams selected)
6 – Wizard (5 out of 9 teams selected)
7 – Halfling (0 out of 9 teams selected)

Special Awards

TPK Dachine: Judge Tim who guided two teams to their doom in round 1, or 2/3rds of the teams he judged for!
All Shall Pass: Judge Michael, who not only went so easy on both his teams that they each made it to the second round without any deaths, they were ranked in first and second place!
Giant-killer: Judge Marc eliminated each of the top teams going into round 2 and 3, making his table the least popular of the tournament!
Arbiter of the Balance: Judge Rick had two teams, the Medieval Kenivals and Clan Yeoman and Kids, come within 20 points of each other in round 1, with the Medieval Kenivals just making the cut to reach round 2, and ultimately going on to win the tournament.
Not for Lack of Trying: Judge David almost got a TPK in round 2, with three out of four PCs beld out and having all but burned out their Luck. When the remaining player went to roll the bodies, however, all three went on to make their Luck checks!
Too Little, Too Late: Finally, a special award goes judge Harley, who after his players successfully completed the tournament, were killed by a false Thakulon in the penultimate room, thereby giving him a 1:1 TPK to judging ratio. He was later found wandering Gen Con, immodestly declaring that all his tournament games end in TPKs.

Complete Stats by Room

Round 1

Room	Author	% of Total PCs Slain in Round	Total PCs Slain
Area 1-1 – Seal of Law	Harley Stroh	0%	0
Area 1-2 – Trapped in Amber	Michael Curtis	13%	5
Area 1-3 – The Graven Idol	Marc Bruner	8%	3
Area 1-4 – The Star Room	Marc Bruner	0%	0
Area 1-5 – False Ways	Harley Stroh	10%	4
Area 1-6 – Clockwork Guardians of Law	Terry Olson	69%	26
Area 1-7 – The Gate of Consequence	Harley Stroh	0%	0

Round 2

Room	Author	% of Total PCs Slain in Round	Total PCs Slain
Area 2-1a – The False Door	Harley Stroh	0%	0
Area 2-1b – The False Arch	Harley Stroh	0%	0
Area 2-2 – Keys & Hammers	Michael Curtis	17%	3
Area 2-3 – The Indifference Engine	Stephen Newton	0%	0
Area 2-4 – It’s Elemental!	Steve Bean	39%	7
Area 2-5 – The Captive Arbor	Marc Bruner	11%	2
Area 2-6 – Death Lies in the Balance	Terry Olson	33%	6
Area 2-7 – The Chaos Gate	Harley Stroh	0%	0

Round 3

Room	Author	% of Total PCs Slain in Round	Total PCs Slain
Area 3-1b – The Water Pit	Harley Stroh	10%	1
Area 3-1c – The Ice Chute	Harley Stroh	20%	2
Area 3-2 – Marginalia	Michael Curtis	10%	1
Area 3-3 – The Hunting Hall	Terry Olson	20%	2
Area 3-4 – The Prismatic Vault	Marc Bruner	20%	2
Area 3-5 – False Tomb Trigger	Harley Stroh	20%	2
Area 3-7 – False Tomb	Harley Stroh	0%	0***
Area 3-8 –The Black Heart of Thakulon	Harley Stroh	0%	0

***After they had won the tournament, the Medieval Kenivals went back to explore Thalkulon’s false tomb and ended up with a TPK, making the penultimate room technically 100% lethal, as they were the only team to enter!

And there you have it! Stats for the 2017 Gen Con Tournament. We’re already in the early stages of putting everything together for Gen Con 2018, and we can’t wait to see everyone there for all of our events!