Bpamail Mailing List: BPA December Newsletter #2

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December 2021 Newsletter #2

 

The BPA would like to wish you and your families a happy holiday season.

 

 

VOTING FOR TRAIL EVENTS CLOSES IN 8 DAYS: 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 .

 

A list of the 20 events that have been submitted with the GM?s names can be
found on the orphans? page at
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html .  There are only
3 and ½ weeks left to submit GM forms for WBC 2022 Century/Legacy events.
There are currently 92 events waiting on a GM form. 

 

2021 PREREGISTRATION LIST UPDATED:  The Preregistration Page for BPA 2022
Memberships has been updated.  For the latest list of members, visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_prereg.html.

 

SEVEN SPRINGS SALE TO VAIL RESORTS:  As many of you have heard or seen on
our facebook group, Seven Springs is being sold to Vail Resorts.  Vail
Resorts owns 37 destination resorts and ski areas across the globe.

 

The BPA current contract with Seven Springs passed to Vail Resorts in the
sale.

 

 

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:

 

MIKLOS WINS BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PBEM:  After 58 games and 28
players, Mark Miklos won the 2021 PBeM tournament.  For details visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-bar.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:

 

DIPLOMACY ENTERS FINALS:   All eight of the preliminary games have finished,
and we are ready for the final. Our seven finalists are led by top scorer
Triston Formica and a 19-center German solo. There were three other solos,
belonging to Austin Lee, Ethan Edge, and Trinity Kidd. They are joined in
the final by Michael Day, Kevin Youells, and Ray Wolff. Information about
the current, past, and future tournaments can be found at
bpadiplomacy.weebly.com <http://bpadiplomacy.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 .

 

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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