Game Storm is a well stablished convention that takes place annually in the Pacific Northwest area of the USA - in Portland, Oregon, to be precise. Reiner accepted an invitation to be the Guest of Honour for Game Storm 9 which took place from 30 March to 1 April 2007, and duly presented the trophies. The Kniziathon was ably organised by Chris Brooks over two whole days, rather than the more usual single day... In fact there was even a tournament-within-a-tournamament when a selection of two-player Reiner games were competed over... It made for a very interesting and memorable occasion.

Over the whole period, more than one hundred people took part. Congratulations to those who made it into the top three placings:

See below for further placings and scores.

Read winner Tim Shippert's weekend adventures in his article How to Win a Kniziathon over on Boardgamegeek.

Chris Brooks took some great photos of the Kniziathon, which can be found on his Game Storm 2007 Flikr pages. A few are reproduced below.

	Reiner presents the winners with their trophies at the end of long and hard-fought contest.
	"Argh! I've started too late/too soon/on the wrong trail" [delete as appropriate]. Expeditions start out in Lost Cities.
	The gathering of the pairs... Reiner's two-player games are competed over, Swiss-style.
	The tide of civilisation turns once more in an intense game of Tigris & Euphrates.
	"Now, where did that pesky hobbit get to?" The forces of the dark lord muster in Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation.

Winners' Table

Position	Name	Points Earned
1	Tim Shippert	136
2	Tom Powers	103
3	Zontziry Johnson	99
=4	Sam McCanna Chris Defrisco Jacob Brooks [Junior Kniziathon winner!]	95
7	Max Defrisco	93
8	Chris Brooks	88
9	Kevin Jacklin	84
10	Scott Van Blarcom	78
=11	Jon Nichol Mark Wechter	74
13	Richard Johnson	71
14	Lani Nichol	69
15	Nate Sandall	62
=16	Nathan Hannes Chad McDaniel Lynette Jagoda	55
19	DJ Hupp	51
20	Natalie Dupree	50
21	Jeffrey Cowley	46
22	Mike Deans	45