Bpamail Mailing List: BPA December 2021 Newsletter

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December 2021 Newsletter

 

VOTING FOR TRAIL EVENTS IS NOW OPEN FOR ALL MEMBERS: The list of events
submitted and included in the Trial Ballot for WBC 2022 can be found in the
Trial Event section of the orphans page at
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html .  

 

Voting for the Trial Events for WBC is now open to all current members.  The
Trial Event voting will end on December 31, 2021.

 

You can find the trial ballot on the WBC page
(http://www.boardgamers.org/wbcindex.html )  or through the link on the
orphan's page with the list of the 43 games on the ballot.

 

WBC 2022 CENTURY & LEGACY GM SUBMISSIONS DUE BY JANUARY 15:  Submissions of
Event Forms for WBC 2022 are now open.  Century and Legacy events are due by
January 15, 2022.  Sponsor, Vendor, and Exhibitor submissions will have a
deadline of February 28, 2022.

 

WBC 2022 will be moving to a spreadsheet-based event form. This change is
driven by the recently approved heat event formats and tiebreakers,
eliminating redundant GM information, making selections consistent with our
Seven Springs location, and eliminating issues with the previous form.  The
form is available on the Event Form page at
http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/event-form.html .

 

2021 PREREGISTRATION LIST UPDATED:  The Preregistration Page for BPA 2021
Memberships has been updated.  For the latest list of members, visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_prereg.html.

 

SEVEN SPRINGS RESERVATIONS FOR WBC 2022:  Reservations are now open for
Condos and Chalets.  Members can call the Seven Springs reservations team
directly at 866-437-1300 to book these reservations.  Be sure to let them
know you are with WBC and use Group Code 8bm60d. Rooms and reservations are
subject to hotel availability.

Room reservations will be available based on the following schedule:

*       Stays of 5 nights or more - January 18, 2022
*       Stays of 4 nights or more - February 16, 2022
*       Stays of 3 nights or more - March 15, 2022
*       Stays of 2 nights or more - April 15, 2022

 

For 2022, Seven Springs will require a 2-night minimum stay.

 

For more information, please visit our lodging page at
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbclodging_7S.html .

 

 

PBeM NEWS:

 

Completed Tournaments:

 

HINTIKKA DEFEATS THE MASTER TO WIN FOR THE PEOPLE TITLE:  The tournament
started with 50 players. In the final,  Hintikka 's CSA won against Pei's
Union.  The other laurelists, in order, were James Pei, David Sherwood,
Thomas Georgeais, Anastasios Tsoufis, and Stephane Chevallier.  For more
details on the results, visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-ftp.html
.

 

BOVE CAPTURES CAN'T STOP TITLE:  Alex Bove topped a field of 52 players
through 106 games to capture the 1st PBeM Title in Can't Stop.  The other
laurelists, in order, were Dominic Blais, Chris Wildes, Dan Leader, Eric
Brosius, and Chad Martin.  For more details on the tournament results,
please visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-cns.html .

 

BOOTH WINS WAR AT SEA PBEM TITLE: Congratulations to Mark Booth on winning
the 2021 War at Sea tournament. He defeated Ed Menzel in a hard-fought
final. Other laurelists, in order, were Ed Menzel, Andrew Choptiany, Dennis
Nicholson, Jonathan Lockwood, and Bob Jamelli.  For further details, visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-was.html .

 

Tournaments Starting:

 

EGIZIA 2022 PBEM TOURNAMENT TO START 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
<mailto:epworthian1 [at] gmail.com>  by January 15 to sign up.

 

MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT TO START IN JANUARY:  Bruce Monnin will be starting
the 19th Annual March Madness PBeM tournament with the draft on January 5th.
To sign up, email Bruce at bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net
<mailto:bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net> .  All players receive two teams, so are
guaranteed at least two games in the event.  The format is single
elimination until a champion is crowned, usually in late spring. More
details along with a link to the teams and brackets can be found at
http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mms_home_page.html.

 

SPLENDOR TO ENTER PBEM TOURNAMENTS IN FEBRUARY:  GM Chris Wildes will be
starting a PBeM tournament of Splendor in February.  To sign-up for the
tournament send an email to Chris at chriswildes [at] gmail.com
<mailto:chriswildes [at] gmail.com>  .For more information on the tournament,
please visit https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/splendor/ .

 

THURN AND TAXIS 2022 TO BEGIN IN MARCH:  GM Chris Wildes will be starting
next year's Thurn and Taxis tournament in March.  To register for the
tournament send an email to Chris at chriswildes [at] gmail.com
<mailto:chriswildes [at] gmail.com>  .For more information on the tournament,
please visit https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/thurn-and-taxis/ .

 

Ongoing Tournaments:

 

PATHS OF GLORY SEMIFINALS IN PROGRESS:   Round 8 closed out with four
players advancing into Round 9:  Jukka Hintikka, Richard Beyma, Johannes
Nordstrom, and Tom Drueding.  (It's great to see fresh names in this
next-to-last round; Tom D. being the only one who was also in the
semi-finals in the BPA VII event.) Jukka has swept the field so far, going
8-0 heading into the ninth round, all three other players having a loss on
their record.  As a further sign of our Finnish friend's POG prowess, the
two losses on Richard and Johannes' records came from Jukka.

Round 9 kicked off on November 9th with two matches.  It is with no small
sense of surprise that I can report that we already have a completion -
Jukka's AP defeated Tom Drueding in eight turns. 

 

MR. MADISON'S WAR CONTIUES IN ROUND 6:  Round 6 has started with #1 Seed
(Weir) playing #4 Seed (Trimmer) and #2 Seed (Fedin) playing #3 Seed
(Collins).

For the playoffs, we will be using an auction bid to determine who plays
each side. The lower ranked person (Collins, Trimmer) will bid first in
ACTS. The bid will be how many victory points that the bidding player will
give his opponent in order to play a specified side. So, the bid must be for
a stated side to play and a number (may be zero) of Victory Points to give
the opponent when starting. The opponent will then either accept the bid
(and take the opposite side and the awarded victory points, if above zero)
or will bid a higher number of victory points and specify the side to play.
This continues until one player stops bidding a higher number of VPs to give
away at the start.

 

 

 

 

 

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.


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