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LONGSHOT TAKES TEAM TOURNAMENT: Go Flank Yourself, ranked 50th in the  
84-team field, edged perennial favorite Nest of Spies by a single  
point to take the 20th Run for the Slivers in the 2011 WBC Team  
Tournament. The 150-1 longshot scored three bonus points in the WBC  
handicapping system for placing in events which they had not won  
previously as Justin Rice and Rob Doane were rewarded for their first  
titles in Here I Stand and Battles of the American Revolution  
respectively while Dave Cross also picked up a bonus point for his  
third-place finish in Conquest of Paradise. The Nest, in contrast was  
ineligible for bonus points from its three scorers who had combined  
for 17 titles in their respective team events as the prohibitive  
favorite settled for also-ran status for the fourth year in a row.  
Complete details of the event including a list of the Top 25 teams and  
an updated history of the event can be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc11/teamtournamentresults.htm 
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BRUNO WOLFF WINS TEAM BRACKET BUSTING CONTEST: Contestants in our  
annual Team Tournament prediction contest correctly picked an average  
of only 2.44 teams of the Top Ten - down from 2.66 last year. This  
year's high score was just five teams - selected by Bruno Wolff, who  
was the only entrant to manage 50% accuracy. Bruno correctly selected  
#2 Nest of Spies (as did every other entrant), #4 MIT SGS, #8 Band of  
Fools, #6 Central Florida Gamers and #9 Tell Me the Odds in that  
order. Bruno wins a free 2012 membership for coming closest to the  
Happy Handicapper. So far, only the initial contest winner - 2009's  
Mark Love - has been able to best the Happy Handicapper's average by  
selecting six out of ten.

EUROQUEST 2011 LOOMS AHEAD: Our next convention is at the Pikesville  
Hilton in  Pikesville, MD Nov 3-6 featuring twelve Euro competitions  
and a wide variety of demos and plenty of Open Gaming. The tentative  
schedule is now posted at http://euroquest.gamesclubofmd.org/EQ_Schedule.aspx 
 and is available in PDF format at http://euroquest.gamesclubofmd.org/docs/eq_schedule.pdf 
. Additional details are available at http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/eq11ann.htm 
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WBC EVENT REPORTS IN PROGRESS: Event After Action Reports are being  
collected now and used to update over 150 Event pages on our website  
for a scheduled November unveiling. The 2010 GMs who have yet to  
fulfill that part of their obligation have been notified that the  
clock is ticking and that prize level and eligibility penalties will  
apply for those events whose GMs do not comply on time. WBC is unique  
among all gaming conventions for providing not only this coverage but  
also archiving such reports for posterity. Check out the BPA Archives  
section of our home page to check out the progress of your favorite  
event over the past 12 years.

WBC 2012 EVENT SUBMISSIONS: It's never too early to begin planning for  
next year - especially if you want to muster support for a new event  
by getting it on the membership ballot or move an event into the Pre- 
Con. There is a limited amount of space available for early starts so  
if you contemplate moving your event to Monday or sooner, you need to  
start the process now by getting approval early enough for us to  
acquire the required space. Such moves to or from Pre-Con or Monday  
status should be discussed asap with cd [at] boardgamers.org. Those merely  
wishing to get an event on the membership ballot who are willing to GM  
that event should complete the required event form at http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/SubmitEvent.php 
 after reading the GM Guidelines linked from the start of that event  
form.

2011 ELECTION RESULTS: All three incumbents won re-election to the BPA  
Board of Directors in the annual July elections. The results were  
announced at the BPA Annual Meeting but the Vote totals and links to  
officer profiles can be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/board/electionresult.htm 
. Email GM Bruce Monnin at bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net to join.

SOCIAL NETWORKING: Keep up with WBC electronically by joining the  
World Boardgaming Championships (WBC) Facebook group and the BPA_WBC  
Twitter Page. You can also easily find us in the Boardgame Geek Forums  
under Gaming Related, Conventions, WBC.

PBeM NEWS:

MARCH MADNESS IN NOVEMBER: The 9th Annual PBeM tournament begins  
November 1st with the team draft. On the heels of the largest field  
ever for this event at WBC this summer, this could prove to be the  
largest PBeM tournament to date. All games will be played using the  
ACTS module at http://acts.warhorsesim.com/index.asp. Each player will  
have two teams in separate single elimination brackets. For details  
see http://www.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mms_home_page.html.

MULL WINS HERE I STAND: Larry Mull won the Second BPA PBeM tournament  
for Here I Stand to score the first laurels in the 2012 race for  
Caesar. The event drew a record 67 players and dwarfed all prior HIS  
tournaments in scope with 234 player starts.  Larry's Papacy scored 25  
points in the Final to edge Jeremiah Peterson's French by a single  
point. Rob Mull finished third with the Hapsburgs, Kaarin Engelmann  
fourth with the Protestants, Scott Burns fifth with the English and  
Bryan Collars sixth with the Turks. More details and updated laurel  
totals are available at http://www.boardgamers.org/yearbook11/hispge.htm#pbem 
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