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BROSIUS TAKES 2011 TOP GM AWARD: We are pleased to award the 2011 GM  
of the Year honor to Claire Brosius for her outstanding work running  
Ticket to Ride - one of WBC's largest events - annually drawing in  
excess of 200 players.  In winning the award, Claire breaks the glass  
ceiling for her gender, being the first woman to win the award. Claire  
came to us late in WBC's gestation, finally tagging along with husband  
Eric on his annual trip to WBC four years ago and was instantly hooked  
when she finished sixth in Lost Cities for her first laurels. Even on  
that first trip, she was anxious to pitch in and help in the  
registration room between events. Since then she has become a fixture  
in the auction crew and wherever else she can lend a hand. So,  
naturally she takes over the administration of WBC's largest event the  
following year and what a job she has done - hitting the ground  
running as a supremely organized human dynamo who broke into our Top  
Six ratings in only her second year on the job and won the whole  
shebang in her junior year. For winning the GM of the Year, Claire  
will be our guest at WBC 2012, and provided he behaves, she can bring  
Eric along too.  More details including the results of our Top Six GM  
voting are available at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc/topgm.htm.

EUROQUEST 2011 Update: 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. Pre-registration and  
hotel deadlines (October 20th) are just hours away for this year's  
EuroQuest.  Please be advised that the room block reserved for  
EuroQuest attendees is almost sold out, but a few rooms have been  
added with the proviso that anyone booking must book at least a two- 
night stay.  If and when the room block is sold out, information about  
alternate hotel locations will be posted. Pre-registration (including  
instructions for on-line pre-registration) may be found here: http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/registereq.htm 
. Details, including a schedule and event previews for all tournaments  
may be found here: http://euroquest.gamesclubofmd.org. Information  
about all the non-tournament activities has been collected at a new  
webpage called "EuroQuest Presents":  at http://euroquest.gamesclubofmd.org/EQ_Presents.aspx 
.

WAM X:  Details are complete for the tenth Winter Activation Meeting  
for players of Card Driven Wargames to be held at the Timonium Holiday  
Inn, in Timonium, MD January 26-29, 2012. The four tournaments will  
once again be Twilight Struggle, Washington's War, Hannibal and Combat  
Commander plus the usual open gaming opportunities. BPA has secured a  
group room rate of $99 per night plus applicable taxes for those  
making their reservations before January 7th, 2012 or when our  
roomblock sells out, whichever occurs first. Full schedule and pricing  
information is available at http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/wam12ann.htm 
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PAUL BOLDUC: We regret to report the passing of longtime member Paul  
Bolduc who died of cancer on August 31st. An original Avaloncon Game  
Master for Wizard's Quest, Dr Bolduc did not let the demise of that  
event deter him from attending every year through 2010. A more  
detailed report can be found on our Memorial page at http://www.boardgamers.org/memorial.htm 
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TITAN FOR THE I-PAD: Apple fans who are also Titan players will be  
happy to merge the two. The initial release, slated for winter 2011,  
will feature both single player vs. AI and hot-seat local mode. Online  
play is planned and under development, so stay tuned to www.facebook.com/titanforipad

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 2011 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. 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 http://www.boardgamers.org/index.htm#archives  
to check out the progress of your favorite event over the past 12 years.

WBC 2012 EVENT SUBMISSIONS: November will soon be upon us - and with  
it your last chance to muster support for a new WBC event by getting  
it on the membership ballot or moved 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. Nothing happens at WBC without a willing GM behind it.

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. Email GM Bruce  
Monnin at bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net to join.

NAPOLEONIC WARS IN DECEMBER: A new tournament of GMTs Napoleonic Wars  
will start on December 30, 2011 with signups to be completed by  
December 20th. Entrants will play three preliminary rounds of the 3- 
player game taking each position once. The top six players will then  
play the 2-player game. The aim is to complete the Tournament within  
the calendar year, with a maximum of 48 hours between card plays, no  
game to take longer than a month per turn. It is likely that some  
players will have two games in progress at once. Default setup is ACTS  
& Cyberboard. See https://sites.google.com/site/wilphe/home/ 
tnw-2-5-2012 for details and enter with Wilphe [at] gmail.com before  
December 20th.

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