Bret took first with Zoraida and Collodi
Joe D took second with C. Hoffman and Lucius
Vince took third with Colette Dubois
The first two rounds were exceptionally bloody with all three games having clashed at the middle with great haste. Turn 2 or 3 by the latest crews were battered to nearly half their starting forces. My goal was to promote some slaughter without actually being slaughter, which played out as expected. The third round was a bit more focused on planting evidence all over the board, but still a massacre of models nonetheless. Across all three games in all three rounds there was a delightful amount of slaying.
This being the first actual tournament I have run I have learned a lot and will be able to adjust for next time with my restrictions of what the store allows me to do. Next time I will drop it down to 25SS, and I will make it a story-like encounter with special terrain features and events throughout. This should fix the time constraints I have to work with and add some more flavor to the battles. Overall everyone had a great time and had a lot of great games. Cannot wait to run the next one, which may be on a Sunday if all goes according to plan. =]