Bpamail Mailing List: BPA October Newsletter

[Ken Gutermuth (conventiondirector]

October 2020 Newsletter

 

PRAETOR AWARD ADDED TO ANNUAL AWARDS STARTING IN 2020:  With the
cancellation of WBC and the increase in PBeM tournaments in 2020, the board
has reviewed our annual awards and has created the Praetor Award for best
play in BPA sponsored PBeM tournaments.  The award will go to the member who
has accumulated the most BPA PBeM laurels each calendar year.  The first
Praetor award will be awarded during WBC 2021 for the PBeM tournaments
concluded in calendar year 2020.

 

CAESAR AWARD CHANGES AND STATUS FOR 2020 AND BEYOND:  With the creation of
the Praetor award for best PBeM performance in the year, the Board has
decided to change the Caesar Award requirements starting in 2020.
Previously, Caesar was awarded to the individual who earned the most laurels
at WBC and BPA PBeM tournaments during a calendar year.  Starting in 2020,
the Caesar Award will only be awarded if the same individual wins both the
Consul Award (most laurels at WBC) and Praetor (most laurels in BPA PBeM).
Based on this change, since WBC 2020 had to be canceled and there is no
Consul for 2020, there will not be a Caesar Award for 2020.

 

TENTH SEAT ARCHIVES TO RETURN:  From 2005 to 2008, a page called the Tenth
Seat Archives was created which provided insight into BPA board of
directors' decisions and answers to Frequently Asked Questions.  The old
pages can be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/about_newsletters.html .
With the November newsletter, the Tenth Seat Archives will begin again with
the 2020 version.

 

WBC 2021 NEW TRIAL EVENTS:  

Two New Trial events will be added to WBC 2021 based on a limited Membership
voting.  Games that can be included on this ballot must be games that have
never appeared on a Trial ballot in the past.  Event Forms for games to be
included will be due between December 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.  DO NOT
submit forms before then as the current event form will be changing.  BPA
Members will be able to vote for 2 games on the ballot between January 1,
2021 and January 31, 2021.

 

For a listing of the Century Group and Trial events included in WBC 2021,
please visit http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html.

 

SEVEN SPRINGS SPECIAL RATE OFFER:  Seven Springs will honor the WBC 2020
lodging rates for personal visits during 2020, 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 NEWS:

 

Completed Tournaments:

 

DOCKTOR WINS GREAT CAMPAIGNS OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR TOURNAMENT:  David
Dockter's Union forces defeated the Confederate troops commanded by Ed Beach
to capture the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War PBEM title. The
remaining laurelists were, in order, Ken Lee, Rob Mull, Al Owen, and Laurent
Tisseyre. Further details can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-gca.html .

 

JIANG WINS 2019 ADVANCED CIVILIZATION PBEM TITLE: Defending PBeM champion
and reigning Caesar, Allan Jiang, wins as Assyria for the first time since
WBC was held at Hunt Valley.  Allan edged out Nils Brobbak's Illyria by 58
points.  The remaining laurelists were 3rd Jay Spencer, 4th Antonio Cataldo,
5th Ed Coderre, and 6th Daniel Kirkwood.  For more details of the
tournament, please visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-acv.html .

 

Tournaments Starting:

 

EGIZIA 2021 BEGINS IN JANUARY:  Egizia has been a tournament at WBC since
2011, now is your chance to join an online tournament of this ancient
Egyptian worker placement game.   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/egizia/tournament-format/ to view the
tournament format, and email Rob Flowers at epworthian1 [at] gmail.com
<https://mail.tigertech.net/src/compose.php?send_to=epworthian1 [at] gmail.com>
by January 15 to sign up.

 

FOR THE PEOPLE 2021 TO START IN DECEMBER:  Start your new year out with
reliving the Civil War. New GM Stephane Chevallier will host the 2021 FTP
BPA Tournament beginning on December 19th and signups are underway. Please
take your seat by going on the web site and filling the form and reading
about the new tournament format at
https://ftp-tournament.wixsite.com/forthepeople .

 

2020-2021 MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT STARTS IN DECEMBER:  The 18th annual BPA
March Madness PBeM tournament will start with the draft on Saturday,
December 5th, 2020.  To sign up to play, email GM Bruce Monnin at
bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net <mailto:bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net>  .  More details 
on the
tournament can be found at
http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mms_home_page.html .

 

This annual tournament gets around 44 players for the event.  All players
receive two

Teams which guarantees at least two games in the event.  The format is
single elimination until a champion is crowned, usually in late spring.  

If you have played March Madness before but are worried about using ACTS

to play the game through email, we have volunteers standing by ready to show
you how easily it can be done. 

 

STONE AGE 2020 PBEM TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER:  GM Chris Wildes will
be starting up a BPA Stone Age PBeM Tournament in November on Board Game
Arena.  To register for the tournament, send an email to
<mailto:chriswildes [at] gmail.com> chriswildes [at] gmail.com.  For more 
information,
go to the tournament website at
https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/stone-age/

THURN & TAXIS 2020 PBEM TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER:  GM Jay Spencer
will be starting up the BPA Thurn & Taxis PBeM Tournament in November on
Yucata.  To register for the tournament, send an email to
<mailto:jay.spencer [at] ymail.com> jay.spencer [at] ymail.com with your Yucata 
user
name.  For more information, go to the tournament website
at.https://www.meepleleague.com/bpa-thurn-taxis-pbem-2020-tournament/.

Ongoing Tournaments:

 

VOYAGES OF MARCO POLO ENTERS SEMIFINALS:  The first round of the Voyages of
Marco Polo tournament has concluded and play has begun in the semifinal.
Three players managed to win 3 out of 4 games in round 1: Keith Dent, Allan
Jiang, and Ming Hon.  Seven other players achieved 2 wins.  Fifteen players
in total advanced to the semifinal round.

 

ROUND 3 OF BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN: The 2020 Battles of
the American Revolution tournament kicked off on August 1 with 28 players.
The first two rounds saw players fighting it out in the Freeman's Farm
scenario from Saratoga. The Americans held a slight advantage in these
rounds, ending up with 15 wins versus 13 for the British. We are now engaged
in round 3 which is the Battle of Eutaw Springs. Round 4 begins on November
19 where we will play the Battle of Rhode Island for the first time in
tournament play. Anybody who wishes to join us for this final preliminary
round is welcome to do so by sending an email to boargm2020 at gmail. You
need not have played in any of the earlier rounds. More details can be found
on the tournament website: https://rfdoane98.wixsite.com/boar2020

 

 

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 .

 

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 and Consimworld under Conventions.

 

          . BGG: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forum/970241/boardgamegeek/wbc

 

          . Twitter: https://twitter.com/BPA_WBC 

 

          . Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2381468400/

 

          . Consimworld: http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX/?14@@.1dd15816

 

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