Bpamail Mailing List: BPA May 2020 Newsletter

[Ken Gutermuth (conventiondirector]

May 2020 Newsletter

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTING CLOSES ON JUNE 1: Five Members appear on the
ballot for election to a three year term on the BPA Board of Directors.  The
slate features two incumbents and three challengers.  The list of candidates
and their statement can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/about_election2017.html .  The voting for the
Board of Directors candidates is still open.  Members are encouraged to vote
on who you believe would be the best candidates on your BPA Board of
Directors.  Voting will end on June 1, 2020.  Voting is easy with an online
ballot which can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/BoardBallot.shtml .

 

SEVEN SPRINGS WBC RESERVATIONS:  Seven Springs has completed the cancelation
of all WBC reservations and the refund of all deposits.  If you have any
questions, please contact the convention director at
conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org
<mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org> .

 

SEVEN SPRINGS SPECIAL RATE OFFER:  Seven Springs will honor the WBC 2020
lodging rates for personal visits this year, including the condo special of
pay for five nights and get two free nights (seven consecutive night stay).
BPA Members can call the Seven Springs reservations team directly at
866-437-1300 and ask for the WBC rates.  Rooms and reservations are subject
to availability.

 

PBEM TOURNAMENT REQUIREMENTS & GUIDELINES:  With the cancellation of WBC
2020, there have been many inquiries about running online tournaments.  Here
is a summary of the BPA PBeM requirements and guidelines for those of you
who might be interested in GMing a tournament.  

 

Game Selection:  The BPA sponsors PBeM tournaments for games that are run at
WBC and have drawn the minimum participants at WBC.

 

Website Creation:  A tournament website is required to run a PBeM
tournament.  It should minimally include sign-up instructions, start date,
estimated length, format, special tournament rules, error handling, and
pairings & standings.

 

Once the Game Selection and Website have been created, send an email to the
Convention Director at conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org
<mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org>  for approval.  Once approved, 
a
link to the tournament website will be added to the BPA PBeM page found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem.html.

 

Getting the Word Out: The BPA prefers at least two newsletter announcements
before the tournament starts.  Consimworld and BoardGameGeek are other good
ways of advertising for players.

 

At the conclusion of the tournament, the GM will need to provide a report to
the Convention Director on the results of the tournament.  Updated details
of what is to be included in the report as well as additional guidelines
developed to assist the GM in preparing and running the tournament can be
found at http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem_guidelines.html.

 

PBeM NEWS:

 

Completed Tournaments:

 

JIANG CAPTURES EGIZIA PBEM CHAMPIONSHIP: Thirty-eight entrants played four
games each in the Preliminary Round of the tournament.   WBC GM of Egizia,
Andrew Emerick, won all four of his games.   There were several triple
winners including Jeff Wo, Chris Wildes, Steve LeWinter, and David Vestal.
Nineteen advanced to the Second round, where Steve LeWinter and Jon Senn
were at the top with three wins and a second each.   GM Rob Flowers truly
ended up at the bottom along with assistant Chris Yaure, leaving Eric
Freeman to represent "team GM" in the final round. In the Final round, the
ten remaining players competed for the top six spots.    Allan Jiang emerged
victorious, with his three wins and a third getting past Eric Freeman's
three wins and a fourth. The remaining laurelists were Jon Senn 3rd, Michael
Swinson 4th, Steve LeWinter 5th, and David Vestal 6th.  For more details
visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-egz.html.

 

 

Tournaments Starting:

 

AFRIKA KORPS ACCEPTING SIGN-UPS FOR ITS NEXT PBEM TOURNAMENT: The next
Afrika Korps email tournament is planned to start in June. It is single
elimination with a nominal 3 month timeline for each round. All games will
be AREA rated. Players will bid for supplies if they desire the same side.
Additional details are available on the tournament web site at
http://afk-game.com. Interested players should contact Ed Menzel -
edmenzel [at] roadrunner.com <mailto:edmenzel [at] roadrunner.com> .

 

NAVEGADOR TOURNAMENT NOW ACCEPTING SIGN-UPS: Rob Flowers will be GMing a
Navegador PBeM tournament starting in July.  Navegador has been a tournament
at WBC since 2011, and has been a solid game with its rondel mechanics and
market manipulation, while players explore routes to the Far East.   The
tournament will be played on the Yucata online game portal and all entrants
will play 4 simultaneous games for a chance to advance to further rounds.
Visit https://epworthian.wordpress.com/navegador/tournament-format/ to view
the tournament format, and email Rob Flowers at epworthian1 [at] gmail.com
<mailto:epworthian1 [at] gmail.com>  by July 5 to sign up.

 

TWILIGHT STRUGGLE 2020 PBEM TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN IN JUNE:  GM Ron Jacobsen
will be starting up the next Twilight Struggle PBeM Tournament in June.  As
with the 2019 tournament, PlayDek will be the default application for game
play and the maximum round length will be approximately 6 weeks.  Pairing
will be in a Swiss format with eliminations rather than a play-off.  The
plan is for triple-elimination this time, to guarantee players more games.
So the winner will be the only player NOT to lose 3 times, and other
positions will be based on order of elimination, with brief play-offs of
ties. Entries must be received by June 3, 2020 and can be made by emailing
twilightstrugglegm [at] gmail.com <mailto:twilightstrugglegm [at] gmail.com> .  
All
entrants must be members of BPA, at the Associate level or above, for the
year 2020, prior to the tournament start.  For more information, go to the
tournament website at  https://twstourney.wordpress.com/.  The tournament is
expected to run until Late 2021 or early 2022.

 

WATERLOO ACCEPTING SIGN-UPS FOR ITS NEXT PBEM TOURNAMENT: Ed Menzel is ONCE
AGAIN starting a new Waterloo email tournament in June. WBC rules will be
used. Round length will be 10 weeks. Bidding for sides will use an auction
format. Past history and format are available on the tournament web site
http://watgame.com/.

 

Ongoing Tournaments:

 

EMPIRE OF THE SUN ROUND 4 DOMINATED BY ALLIES:  Round 4 has officially ended
and the Allies have dominated the results this round, pulling in 7 wins to 2
JP wins. The Japanese players made the allies work though as 4 of those
Allied wins were only achieved through a successful invasion of the home
island.  After the ranks were tallied, we lost 7 players at the end of this
round (including both GMs). For those who are out, thank you very much for
playing and we hope to see you again next time.

For the 11 remaining, there are only 3 players who haven't posted a loss
yet. So the field should contract fairly quickly in the next couple of
rounds.

 

GREAT CAMPAIGNS OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REACHES SEMIFINALS:  The field of
37 entrants has been whittled down to four remaining generals: Ken Lee faces
Ed Beach in one semi-final game, and Rob Mull plays David Dockter in the
other. The semifinal round features the Battle of Atlanta from the Atlanta
is Ours game. In the earlier single elimination portion of the tournament,
the semifinalists all led their troops to victory at Kennesaw Mountain and
at the Battle of Gettysburg. Both semifinal games have ended up being a
rematch of one of the preliminary rounds of the tournament, which featured
the Wagoneer's Fight scenario, with Ken and Rob each riding to victory in
that cavalry battle. Ed's and David's forces are doubtlessly ready for the
rematch at Atlanta. The winners of the semifinal matches will meet in the
finals to play the Pipe Creek Plan scenario from the Roads to Gettysburg II:
Lee Strikes North. More details on the tournament can be found at
http://gcacwpbem.blogspot.com

 

PRO GOLF NETERS LATE STAGE OF ROUND 2:  We are now two thirds of the way
through the month of May, and the Pro Golf tension is mounting. Still in
front is Bob Hamel at 10 under par.  This will be Bob's seventh consecutive
year of making the final cut, but he has averaged a score of 1 over par
these last six years on the third course at Pebble Beach (including a
glorious round of 80 last year). In a tie for second place at 7 under par is
that dice rolling machine, Pete Stein, who posted the best score at Muirfeld
this year, 6 under par 66.  Shockingly, your GM is currently also in second
place, as a 3 under par round of 69 also leaves him 7 under par. Alex
Trumble (also in the GM's group) was at 6 under par until a last hole
double-bogey dropped her out of the top six (don't worry, Assistant GM Rob
Drozd is keeping a close watch on those two). 
Laurie Wojtaszczyk is in fourth place at six under with 12 holes remaining
to play. 
BPA Chairman Andy Lewis and WBC Convention Director Ken Gutermuth lurk
another stroke back at 5 under par overall.  Ken has all 18 holes and Andy
has 17 holes remaining. 7 of the 34 golfers have yet to start their second
round, while 22 have completed and 5 are still on the course. The deadline
for finishing this round is the end of May.  The top 1/3 of the field (17
players) and ties will move on to the final round at Pebble Beach.

 

VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC ENTERS QUARTERFINALS: The second round saw the second
and third seeds defeated by Bob Hamel (8th seed) and Greg Smith (9th seed)
to advance both into the Dark Horse Quarter-Final.  The USN prevails this
round 3-2 while the Open Turn Two and Menzel games split down the middle
again (5-5 for the tournament so far). Alan Applebaum, Mike Kaye, and Wayne
Bonnett (seeded 1, 5, and 6 respectively) earn a bye in the next round in
preparation for the semi-final. Interestingly, the three USN wins are all in
the early turns (4-5) while, at the same time, both IJN wins come late in
the contest (7-8). Typically, it's the other way around!

 

WASHINGTON'S WAR SEMIFINALS ARE UNDERWAY:  Washington's War has entered the
semifinals with Roderick Lee facing off against Derek Landel and Geoff
Allbert taking on James Pei in the two semifinal games. 

 

WILDERNESS WAR ENTERS ROUND 2: Wilderness War Round 1 has come to an end and
the second round began in late April. Round 2 will end on July 21. Just
about everyone was diligent in meeting the Round 1 deadline. Please continue
to try to average one card play each per day and you should finish with
plenty of time to spare. Three players from Round 1 have dropped out and one
new player has joined up. The website is up to date with respect to the
Round 1 results at https://wildernesswar2016.weebly.com.

 

 

 

BPA PBeM Remember: ... all of the above PBeM fun is free to current BPA
members. 

Others may qualify with a $10 Email membership in the year the event starts.


 

BPA members who would like to see an email tournament for their favorite
game are encouraged to step forward as the GM of such an event. BPA does not
run tournaments. Rather, we are an organization of gamers lending support to
one another so such events can happen. No one cares as much about your hobby
as you do. Get involved. See the requirements to host a BPA email tournament
at http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem.html on the BPA website at
http://www.boardgamers.org .

 

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