Agram Arena Winter 2016 Report

Andrija Jurišić, 5th December 2016

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The biggest regional wargaming tournament in Croatia, the Agram Arena Winter 2016, was held on Saturday and Sunday, Dec.3th and 4th. The event took place in Gallery Zvonimir, MORH (Croatia's Department of Defense), Bauerova 33, Zagreb. This year the main event had 62 players with numerous participants in other events such as Malifaux December Horrors VI tournament, and demo games of various wargaming systems like Star Wars X-wing and historical Saga and we even saw some board gaming action. This year Arena featured competitiors from Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Italy and Bulgaria. Even one player came from Brasil!

Two days of gaming in an extremely friendly atmosphere saw the competitors battle it out in five matches.
"Everything ran smoothly, the e-mail communication prior to the event was excellent. Being from out of Croatia, the fact that we could rely on the organisers to arrange our stay in the Hostel was a big help. Also, as this was my first time here so the guys of UMS "Agram" providing me with free Saturday night accommodation and both lunches during the event, makes this one of the best value for money tournaments around.
What I like most about the event, though, is the friendly natured opponents and the "after" tournament activities organised by the locals. Even though the guys spent most of the friday afternoon setting up the tournament, they still took time to take us out to dinner afterwards and the same thing happened on Saturday night as well. I can honestly say, I will come back again!"

 

On saturday, the December Horrors VI Malifaux tournament took place on beautiful tables that were one of the highlights of the whole competition. 

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Final Results - MALIFAUX Tournament:
1. place - Vinko Zgaga
2. place - Ana Polanščak
3. place - Georgi Manoilov (BG)
4. place - Filip Grozdanović
5. place - Luka Kveštak
6. place - Miran Kramar
7. place - Tomislav Petrović
8. place - Mario Ogrizek-Tomaš
9. place - Matija Prekslavec
10. place - Matija Manđurov
11. place - Josip Lendarić
12. place - Kruno Hrvatinić
13. place - Anton Radačić
15. place - Zeljko Torbica
16. place - Andrija Jurišić

 

On Sunday, there were numerous demo games being played for all the visitors and onlookers. Games on offer were: Malifaux, Warmachine, Warhammer 40.000 and historical Saga. Apart from demos, the final games of Malifaux Autumn League were played and the final scores were added and one big awards ceremony ensued.

 Final Results - MALIFAUX Autumn League:
1. place - Ana Polanšćak
2. place - Matija Prekslavec
3. place - Miran Kramar
4. place - Tomislav Rac
5. place - Marko Paunović - non scoring henchman
6. place - Ivan Polanšćak
7. place - Mario Ogrizek-Tomaš
8. place - Filip Grozdanović
9. place - Andrija Jurišić
10. place - Tomislav Petrović
11. place - Kruno Hrvatinić
12. place - Josip Lendarić
13. place - Matija Manđurov
14. place - Petr Rimenov
15. place - Dejan Pavlović
16. place - Zeljko Torbica
17. place - Anton Radačić

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The side event on sunday was the first Star Wars X-Wing tournament that attracted quite a crowd.

Final Results - STAR WARS X-Wing Tournament:
1. place - Filip Grozdanović
2. place - Matija Mandžurov
3. place - Marko Brković
4. place - Raul Jereb
5. place - Damjan Kovačić
6. place - Vladimir Bralić
7. place - Kaj Jereb
8. place - Dejan Pavlović
9. place - Nikola Crnković
10. place - Davor Filipan
11. place - Thiago Gosarić Barros, BRA
12. place - David Turković
13. place - Ivan Mužar
14. place - Miran Kramar

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Boris Samec and Dean Konti ran demos of Saga with their beautifully painted armies on an equally impressive table throughout both days of the event.

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Sunday saw the painting highlight of the whole event, the Best Painted Army competition. Two judges, Figure Painter Magazine's own Ana Polanscak and Marko Paunovic, decided that the Award should in the end go to Italy's Mathias Perzi's and his beautifully painted Dark Elf army.
"There were better painted models in some of the other armies  but this one had a really, really high standard of painting throughout the army. The fact that impressed us the most is that the same ammount of time and effort was put in in all the models. Even models in the back ranks of units or to the back of the display base were painted with as much attention to details as the lords in the forefront. Almost all the models had some kind of battle damage and the freehand on the banners was executed cleanly and precisely."

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List of the winners:
1. place - Vedran Žuanić
2. place - Vid Veić Sukreški
3. place - Ante Majić
Best General - Vedran Žuanić
Best Sporstmanship - Ante Majić
Best Painted Army - Mathias Perzi, I
People's Choice Award - Josip Ivani
Worst General - Matej Bahor, SLO

Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to all the competitors and all who participated in the organisation of the fourteenth annual Agram Arena Winter. A big thank you to all the sponsors: MORH, ZZTK, Carta Magica, Figure Painter Magazine, Bureau Hostel Zagreb, Microart Studio).

See you in 2017!

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