This in from Andy Hull:

KublaCon Diplomacy 2010 wrapped up yesterday and featured two tutorial boards and four scored tournament boards over the three competitive rounds this weekend. Turnout was light but there was also a number of first-timers who picked up the game rapidly and delivered a good standard of beginner performances. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to play or say "Hi!", including special guest appearances from Adam Silverman and Siobhan Granvold.

This was my first year running the full tournament and there was a little learning curve. Thanks for your patience with the rough edges. I liked that the C-Diplo system is beginner friendly in that it does not overly encourage eliminations and be can be easily explained to a new player. Given that KublaCon is often a good venue to introduce new players to the game I think it worked well. I might explore other center count based scoring systems for next year.

So here's the part you're all waiting for.... the results!

First Place: Adam Berey
Oustanding Debut: Andrew Tishler
Oustanding Play: Arthur Wallis
Best England: Adam Berey (10)
Best France: Graham Sninsky (6)
Best Germany: David Wan (8)
Best Italy: Adam Berey (8)
Best Austria: Arthur Wallis (9)
Best Russia: Adam Berey (8)
Best Turkey: David Arnold (11)

1st: Adam Berey (53)
2nd: Andrew Tishler & David Arnold (50)
3rd: Arthur Wallis (48)
4th: Robert Glenn (43)
5th: David Wan (25)
6th: Graham Sninsky (25)
7th: Jerry Sandberg (15)
8th: Mike Calhoon (15)
9th: Tim Ruehle (13)
10th: Matthew Arnold (11)
11th: Evan Fitzgerald (9)
12th: Linda Arnold (4)

Runners up: Andy Schwarz, Don Del Grande, Jonathan Arnold (1)

Memorable Quotes:

"I wanted to introduce myself."
--Adam Berey upon learning that he had scored Best England, Italy and
Russia in addition to winning the tournament

"Can we have another draw vote while we're still friends?"
--Andrew Tishler just before the Fall 1907 orders were read

The boards:

Round 1 - Board 1:

England, Graham Sninsky: 4 5 6 5 7 7 6
France, Linda Arnold: 4 6 5 6 5 4 3
Germany, David Wan: 6 6 7 7 7 7 8
Italy, Tim Ruehle: 3 4 2 0 0 0 0
Austria, Matthew Arnold: 5 4 6 7 6 7 6
Russia, Jonathan Arnold: 5 4 2 2 0 0 0
Turkey, David Arnold: 5 5 6 7 9 9 11

Round 1 - Board 2:

England, Evan Fitzgerald: 5 7 7 8 8 6 5
France, Don Del Grande: 5 5 3 1 0 0 0
Germany, Mike Calhoon: 5 5 6 7 7 8 7
Italy, Adam Berey: 4 4 4 5 6 7 8
Austria, Arthur Wallis 5 5 5 6 7 8 9
Russia, Robert Glenn 6 4 5 4 3 4 4
Turkey, Jerry Sandberg 4 4 4 3 3 1 1

Round 2, Board 1:

England, Tim Ruehle: 4 4 3 4 4
France, Graham Sinisky: 4 5 5 5 6
Germany, Evan Fitzgerald: 5 5 6 4 2
Italy, Jerry Sandberg: 4 3 5 6 6
Austria, Andy Schwarz: 5 5 3 1 0
Russia, Adam Berey: 7 6 6 7 8
Turkey: Robert Glenn: 4 6 6 7 8

Round 3, Board 1:

England, Adam Berey: 4 6 7 9* 9 9* 10
France, David Wan: 5 5 5 3 2 1 1
Germany, Robert Glenn: 6 6 7 7 8 9 7
Italy, Matthew Ruehle: 4 5 5 2 1 0 0
Austria: Andy Hull** 3 3 3 5 5 7 5
Russia, Jerry Sandberg: 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey, Andrew Tishler: 5 6 7 8 9 9 11

*Not all units placed

**Tournament Director, unscored