Bpamail Mailing List: BPA January 2022 Newsletter

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January 2022 Newsletter

 

TRIAL EVENT VOTING HAS CONCLUDED:  

The trial event voting has concluded with Wingspan leading the way in the
voting.  26% of the current members participated in the voting to select 30
Trial Events to be held at WBC 2022.  The results of the voting can be found
at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc22/trialvote.html.  A listing of the new 30
events can be found on the orphans' page at
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html.  

 

EVENT SUBMISSIONS FOR CENTURY/LEGACY DUE BY JANUARY 15:

The deadline for submissions of event forms for the century and legacy
events is January 15. GM's have submitted 33 Century Events and 0 Legacy
events so far.  There are currently 79 Century/Legacy events in orphan
status.  You can find a complete list of the events with and without GMs for
WBC 2022 at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html.  

 

SEVEN SPRINGS HOTEL RESERVATIONS OPEN SOON:  Seven Springs hotel
reservations for stays of 5 nights or more will open on Tuesday, January 18.
For more information as well as the WBC 2022 group reservation code, visit
the WBC lodging page at http://boardgamers.org/wbclodging_7S.html .  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:

 

BORTON WINS THE 1ST BPA EL GRANDE PBEM:  DJ Borton took control of the final
game in turn two and never looked back in winning the 2021 El Grande PBeM
tournament.  The other laurelists, in order, were Curt Collins, AJ Jiang,
Dominic Blais, Paul Klayder, and Rebecca Roppolo.  For a more detailed
report on the tournament, visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-elg.html .  

 

LANDEL TRIUMPHS IN ADEL VERPFLICHTET PBEM:  Derek Landel takes set-building
and a mid-game sprint all the way to the finish line -- and holds on against
the bigger sets of Allan Jiang and Chris Trimmer to win it all.  The rest of
the laurelists, in order, were Chris Trimmer, Allan Jiang, Dominic Blais,
Haakon Monsen, and John Pack.  For more details, visit
<http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-adv.html>
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-adv.html .

 

BEARD WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE WATERLOO PBEM:  Joe Beard wins his second
straight Waterloo tournament, outlasting the other 17 players.  The rest of
the laurelists, in order, were Marty Musella, Gary Dickson, Kevin Brown,
Bert Schoose, and Greg Smith.  For more information on the tournament,
please visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-wat.html .

 

Tournaments Starting:

 

ADEL VERPFLICHTET TO ACCEPTING SIGNUPS FOR NEXT PBEM:  Your chance to rob
your WBC friends blind is coming to castles around Europe.  Collect your
art, guard your exhibit, and burgle your way to victory in Adel
Verpflichtet/Hoity Toity.  Get more details at
<https://www.gameaholics.com/adv_bpa/adv_format.htm>
https://www.gameaholics.com/adv_bpa/adv_format.htm.  Sign up by emailing
<mailto:john [at] gameaholics.com> john [at] gameaholics.com!

 

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.

 

PATHS OF GLORY TO START PBEM IN MARCH:    As the current POG tournament is
ending its long journey, GM Tom Gregorio is planning on the next tournament.
It will once again be double-elimination and using the historical scenario.
For more information on the tournament and to sign up, please visit the
tournament website at
https://www.bitterwoods.net/paths-of-glory-2022-bpa-tourney/ 

 

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:

 

UNDERWATER CITIES ONE GAME AWAY FROM SEMIFINALS:  Underwater Cities will
begin their semifinals soon with one game left in the preliminary rounds.

 

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.

 

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