Railcon 2024
Oct. 16 - Oct. 20
Railcon 2024 Tournament and Rules Info
There is only one room block this year, with rooms for $149 (includes free breakfast). If you book for six or more nights, your rate will be manually adjusted down to $126. Don’t worry if it shows up at the higher cost, the rate adjustment will come later. Here are the booking details:
Hotel Block Summary
Train Gamers Railcon
Start Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
End Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Last Day to Book: Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Hotel(s) offering your special group rate:
Couryard Chicago Schaumburg/Woodfield Mall for 149 USD per night
TGA 2024 Organization Information
Railcon - 2023 TGA National Championship
Tournament Winners
Puffing Billy:
5 Category Wins
Phil Cottrell
Jonathon Lundy
Roger Jarrett
Ken Bachman
Trella Bromley
Charles Rucker
William Spear
Jonathan DeSimone
Pete Calfas
Jeff Jackson
Summer Starr
Charles Hooks
Tricia Hermon
Alan Borowski
Mike Britton
Melissa Mendick
Eric Lacy
Andrea Wynn
David Belew
David Beery
Chris Meyer
Anthony Medici
Ironman: Top 10 finishers
(and scores in all 9 categories)
Anthony Medici
Phillip Cottrell
Eric Lacy
Charles Rucker
William Spear
Roger Jarrett
Chris Meyer
Jack Burnham
Ken Bachman
Pete Calfas
Remington Burnham
Hunter Burnham
After winning the Puffing Billy tournament at Railcon two years in a row, Roger Jarrett couldn’t possibly pull it off a third time, could he? Nope. This time a couple of people managed to knock him off his throne. At the very top? Phil Cottrell! Phil won his first Railcon ever.
Phil remarked at one point “am I going to get into seven finals and still not win this?” Well, we all tried to make that happen. And as we sat down for the Eurorails final on Sunday morning, four other people still had some path to winning. But we needed to crush Phil, and we didn’t.
Sigh... I mean, Congratulations, Phil!
Out of 88 total competitors (record attendance since we moved to Chicago), a full 25% (22 players!) managed to win the five categories needed at Railcon (also a record). That included seven players who have never won a championship (modern record).
The Challenger class (which goes to the highest ranked player who has never won a major championship) was really close. The winner was William Spear, who beat out Jonathan DeSimone by 0.0043 points. The two of them were barely ahead of Pete Calfas. Congrats to William, who gets the black dot this time.
As for the Iron Man, there were six people who played at least one game in all nine categories. That isn’t required, but it’s worth noting (and it does get you a boost in the prize table draw). The overall winner, though, didn’t just play all nine categories. Anthony Medici won all nine categories! Well done!
Railcon 2023 photos
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