Singapore Board Games Nationals 2007
WARNING Lotsa Pics!!!!
WARNING Lotsa Pics!!!!
The attendance at the event - FULL HOUSE
4 Different games were chosen this year for the Nationals, namely Dividends (Funfactory), Settlers of Catan (Mayfair), Blokus (Growing Fun) and Carcassonne (Rio Grande Games). A total of 62 registrants took part in the event, with Settlers of Catan taking the lead as the most popular game played, garnering 50% of the registrants.
Prizes were sponsored by Growing Fun (major) as well as Funfactory, Paradigm Infinitum and Funfactory. Players stood to receive over $1000 worth of prizes, with winners of the Catan and Carcassonne going to the Worlds Championships at Essen Germany to represent Singapore. All in all, players had a good time meeting up with new faces and enoying the games.
Both Paradigm Infinitum and Settlers Cafe would like to thank all those who came down and supported in one way or another a very big Thank You!!!!!!! These photos are a small token of our appreciation!
Trophies for the event
Dividends Players
Airin Yacup emerged Champion for Dividends
Simon Lek got the consolation Dividends set
Dividends designer, Nikki Lim, was on hand to autograph Simon's set
The public joins in at the open gaming with Nanyang Girls hosting
Start of the Settlers of Catan Nationals
Players studying their positions
The eventual winner, Calvin Ng, at his first table
Students also joined in the fun
Damien from Paradigm Infinitum teaching a game of Ca$h 'n Gun$
While Nikki runs a session of Dividends
Back at Catan, Weng Keong makes a decision
As Calvin negotiates at another table
Winner of Dividends, Airin in a round of Settlers of Catan
Final round of Swiss
Building up his points
Players ponder on their next trade
final minutes of the swiss rounds
And finalists: Marcus Tong, Teng Howe, Calvin Ng and Ricky Purnomo with Frederik as the Table Judge
The setup for the Grand Finals
The players' initial setup
Ricky concentrates on defending his title
The Grand Finals had a little tension in the air
Marcus Tong, last year's runner up back in the finals
Fredrik assisting the players
Nice view of Marcus and the 3-D Catan set
Calvin looks on as he decides his next move
A nice view of the 3-D board as players expand
Teng Howe making his move
Robber strikes!
In the meantime, meetup members bring their own games to share
The final board placement
Another shot of the final board
And we have a WINNER!
Group photo of the finalists
4th placing: Teng Howe (sorry about the blur photo)
3rd Placing: Ricky Purnomo
2nd Placing (AGAIN) Marcus Teng
Winner: Calvin Ng
Day two: Two Trophies to win
First up was the Blokus Nationals
We had a good mix of participants
Fast paced, each swiss round took only 30 minutes each
One of the best games to mix young and old
Nearing the end of the round
Agonizing over where best to place their pieces
Start of the next round
Early aggresive blocks
In a competition, no niceties as players strove to expand and block opponents
Green striving to break out of the blocks
The best way to win is always keeping track of your pieces
But hey its fun!
But thought provocating at times
Another game near completion
Yellow spreading his pieces far and wide
As each game nears completion, the board becomes colorful indeed
While Blokus is easy to learn, it is hard to master
Early Sunday morning most shops were still closed
This gives an ideal quiet envronment for thinking
Shuttered shops seen in the distance
Giant Blokus set to be used in the finals
Dividends winner Airin Yacup back on the second day for more gaming fun
Fenchao winning the lucky draw of a Blokus Trigon set
Meantime we welcome back Ricky for another round of Settlers!
Hosting for the public were the Nanyang High Girls
Here they are teaching out Snorta!
Grand Finalists for Blokus preparing for the tournament
And the game is on!
Reaching the centre
Finding ways to go through while blocking opponents
Midgame
And round 1 belongs to Ding Yuan!
Rob with his students preparing for the Carcassonne Nationals!
Ding Yuan was undefeated for the swiss rounds
Vincent looking on in horror as he is blocked!
While Fredrik gets a new perspective on the game!
End Game! And Ding Yuan emerges this year's winner by winning all his games!
The final board
Winners gather for a photo shoot
4th Placing: Marcus Tong
3rd Placing: Elijah Lau
2nd Placing: Vincent Gan
Blokus Champion: Ding Yuan
Final tournament of the Nationals: Carcassonne!
Its 1 on 1 as players slug it out for the finals!
The indefatigable Airin in her 3rd Nationals!
While Ricky challenges in Carcassonne!
Ladies were not uncommon for Carcassonne
Another game in progress. Each round was 1/2 hour long
Scoring charts had to keep shifting as the board grew
Kids got involved too in the Nationals!
Frederik with his well deserved break charming the ladies!
One of the NUS Volunteers from Gaming Fiesta
Commemorative Limited Edition Cards of the games played
Blokus proving to be very popular
Semi Finals of the Carcassonne Competition
Kah Leong concentrating on his opponent
Teng Chek is the brother of Teng Howe, also in the finals
Rob concentrating in his match against Teng Chek
View of the game in progress
Teng Howe vs Kah Leong...
but Kah Leong goes on to the finals and Teng Howe gets 4th
Rob came in 3rd
Teng Chek is 2nd
Champion of Carcassonne: Kah Leong!
That's all folks! To the next Nationals!
Airin Yacup emerged Champion for Dividends
Simon Lek got the consolation Dividends set
Dividends designer, Nikki Lim, was on hand to autograph Simon's set
The public joins in at the open gaming with Nanyang Girls hosting
Start of the Settlers of Catan Nationals
Players studying their positions
The eventual winner, Calvin Ng, at his first table
Students also joined in the fun
Damien from Paradigm Infinitum teaching a game of Ca$h 'n Gun$
While Nikki runs a session of Dividends
Back at Catan, Weng Keong makes a decision
As Calvin negotiates at another table
Winner of Dividends, Airin in a round of Settlers of Catan
Final round of Swiss
Building up his points
Players ponder on their next trade
final minutes of the swiss rounds
And finalists: Marcus Tong, Teng Howe, Calvin Ng and Ricky Purnomo with Frederik as the Table Judge
The setup for the Grand Finals
The players' initial setup
Ricky concentrates on defending his title
The Grand Finals had a little tension in the air
Marcus Tong, last year's runner up back in the finals
Fredrik assisting the players
Nice view of Marcus and the 3-D Catan set
Calvin looks on as he decides his next move
A nice view of the 3-D board as players expand
Teng Howe making his move
Robber strikes!
In the meantime, meetup members bring their own games to share
The final board placement
Another shot of the final board
And we have a WINNER!
Group photo of the finalists
4th placing: Teng Howe (sorry about the blur photo)
3rd Placing: Ricky Purnomo
2nd Placing (AGAIN) Marcus Teng
Winner: Calvin Ng
Day two: Two Trophies to win
First up was the Blokus Nationals
We had a good mix of participants
Fast paced, each swiss round took only 30 minutes each
One of the best games to mix young and old
Nearing the end of the round
Agonizing over where best to place their pieces
Start of the next round
Early aggresive blocks
In a competition, no niceties as players strove to expand and block opponents
Green striving to break out of the blocks
The best way to win is always keeping track of your pieces
But hey its fun!
But thought provocating at times
Another game near completion
Yellow spreading his pieces far and wide
As each game nears completion, the board becomes colorful indeed
While Blokus is easy to learn, it is hard to master
Early Sunday morning most shops were still closed
This gives an ideal quiet envronment for thinking
Shuttered shops seen in the distance
Giant Blokus set to be used in the finals
Dividends winner Airin Yacup back on the second day for more gaming fun
Fenchao winning the lucky draw of a Blokus Trigon set
Meantime we welcome back Ricky for another round of Settlers!
Hosting for the public were the Nanyang High Girls
Here they are teaching out Snorta!
Grand Finalists for Blokus preparing for the tournament
And the game is on!
Reaching the centre
Finding ways to go through while blocking opponents
Midgame
And round 1 belongs to Ding Yuan!
Rob with his students preparing for the Carcassonne Nationals!
Ding Yuan was undefeated for the swiss rounds
Vincent looking on in horror as he is blocked!
While Fredrik gets a new perspective on the game!
End Game! And Ding Yuan emerges this year's winner by winning all his games!
The final board
Winners gather for a photo shoot
4th Placing: Marcus Tong
3rd Placing: Elijah Lau
2nd Placing: Vincent Gan
Blokus Champion: Ding Yuan
Final tournament of the Nationals: Carcassonne!
Its 1 on 1 as players slug it out for the finals!
The indefatigable Airin in her 3rd Nationals!
While Ricky challenges in Carcassonne!
Ladies were not uncommon for Carcassonne
Another game in progress. Each round was 1/2 hour long
Scoring charts had to keep shifting as the board grew
Kids got involved too in the Nationals!
Frederik with his well deserved break charming the ladies!
One of the NUS Volunteers from Gaming Fiesta
Commemorative Limited Edition Cards of the games played
Blokus proving to be very popular
Semi Finals of the Carcassonne Competition
Kah Leong concentrating on his opponent
Teng Chek is the brother of Teng Howe, also in the finals
Rob concentrating in his match against Teng Chek
View of the game in progress
Teng Howe vs Kah Leong...
but Kah Leong goes on to the finals and Teng Howe gets 4th
Rob came in 3rd
Teng Chek is 2nd
Champion of Carcassonne: Kah Leong!That's all folks! To the next Nationals!
