Bpamail Mailing List: BPA February 2023 Newsletter

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February 2023 BPA Newsletter

 

HANSEN VOTED SPORTSMANSHIP WINNER:  Ty Hansen has been named Sportsman of
the Year for 2022 receiving 26% of the votes cast in the annual membership
voting.  Ty earned himself the WBC's biggest prize . free lodging at the
next WBC.  See the details of Ty's sportsmanship at
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc22/sportman.html .

 

2023 TRAIL VOTE RESULTS:  The 2023 Membership Drive saw 829 Members sign up
for WBC 2023 with 629 members voting for trial events.  Once again there was
a strong preference for returning games held at the previous WBC.  The Five
new games that made Trial status are Ark Nova (received most votes for
2023), Cascadia, Versailles 1919, Everdell, and Lost Ruins of Arnak.
Evolution also returned after an absence from WBC.  The results of the trial
vote can be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc23/trialvote.html.

 

2023 CENTURY GROUP SET FOR WBC 2023:  All of the 112 Century Group events
have a committed GM for WBC 2023.  Thanks to all those that  stepped up to
run these events.  A complete listing of the current events for WBC 2023 can
be found at http://boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html .

 

BPA 2023 PREREGISTRATION STARTS STRONG:  BPA Membership for 2023 has started
strong.  See a list of those registered so far at
http://boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_prereg.html .

 

There are currently 39 people who have sent in a membership form but have
not sent in payment.  There are also 4 individuals who sent in payment but
have not submitted a membership application.  In order to complete the
membership, both the application and payment must be received.

 

FIRST EVENT REPORTS POSTED: The first of the event reports have been posted.
They can be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/yearbook22/index.html .
Continue to check this page as additional pages will be loaded during the
upcoming weeks.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS: All BPA members are hereby notified of their
right to nominate members for the three Board seats whose terms expire at
the next WBC. To appear on the ballot, a member must be nominated in writing
(email of pdf copy to convention director allowed) by at least three
members; one of which must be the nominee. Nominations must be signed and
received at BPA, 7766 Valley View Court, Hickory, NC 28602 no later than
March 31, 2023, to be eligible to appear on the ballot for the upcoming
election. NOTE: A Member cannot nominate more than one member for the Board.
When contemplating nominations, members should consider that the BPA
conducts most of its business by email/zoom and needs Board members who are
able and willing to offer their time and skills to the organization in a
timely manner. Besides forwarding a signed nomination, each nominee must
submit a statement not to exceed 100 words summarizing what they can
contribute in service to the Board of Directors of the BPA by March 31,
2023. The nomination form is online at
http://www.boardgamers.org/bpanom.html  .

 

SEVEN SPRINGS RESERVATIONS FOR WBC 2023:  Reservations are now open for
Condos and Chalets.  Reservations for Hotel rooms for stays of 4 or more
nights will open on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 9:00 am.  With the Vail
purchase of Seven Springs last year, this year's reservation process has
changed.  To make a reservation, call Vail Resorts Reservations and use our
group code of B7SWBC23.   Rooms and reservations are subject to hotel
availability. A minimum of a 2-night stay is required.

 

Room reservations will be available based on the following schedule:

*       Stays of 5 nights or more - Tuesday, January 17, 2023
*       Stays of 4 nights or more - Wednesday, February 15, 2023
*       Stays of 3 nights or more - Wednesday, March 15, 2023
*       Stays of 2 nights or more - Friday, April 14, 2023

 

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

 

 

PBeM NEWS:

 

Completed Tournaments:

 

KALTMAN CAPTURES 7 WONDERS DUEL CHAMPIONSHIP:  Mike Kaltman went 8-1 over 9
rounds to claim the 2022 7 Wonders Duel PBEM championship. Mike avenged his
only loss of the tournament by defeating 2021 champion Chris Wildes in the
final game. The remaining laurelists, in order, were Chris Wildes, Steve
LeWinter, Haakon Monsen, Michael Swinson, and DJ Borton.

 

CAN'T STOP PBEM TITLE GOES TO WARSZAWSKI:  Sixty-six players competed in the
2022 Can't Stop PBEM tournament. Aran Warszawski compiled an 8-1 record to
outlast the field in the double elimination tournament and claim the
championship. Congratulations to Aran and to all the laurelists and thank
you to everyone who participated in the event. The remaining laurelists, in
order, were Bill Masek, Grant LaDue, Dan Elkins, Haakon Monsen, and Chris
Houle.

 

KILFARA TOPS FIELD IN VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC PBEM:  Tino Puenjer starts the
game off with a bid of 3.5 for the USN using the Menzel options.  Only two
bids have ever gone higher -- and one of those is by Tino himself in this
tournament's second round!  He's a proven winner with this combination.  But
it's not to be.  Tino was distracted during the final by traveling to
Zurich, Zug, Basel, Copenhagen, and Hamburg.  As none of those are on the
Pacific map, he earned no points by doing so.  From his secret island
command center in the Atlantic, Darren Kilfara's Imperial Japanese Fleet
started off strong and stayed on the offensive all the way to draw a
surrender at the end of Turn 5 with a bellringing 29-POC lead -- and a
complete perimeter minus the flag in the Marshall Islands.  The Allies, on
the other hand, had just one pre-Turn 6 aircraft carrier still afloat.
Congratulations, Admiral Kilfara on winning our first all-European
Championship!  In this World Cup, the United Kingdom prevails 1-0 over
Switzerland. The remaining laurelists, in order, were Tino Puenjer, Bob
Hamel, Michael Ussery, Michael Day, and Eric Anderson.

 

 

Starting Tournaments:

 

ADVANCED CIVILIZATION 2023 TO START IN FEBRUARY:  Nathan Barhorst will once
again be GMing the annual Advanced Civilization PBeM tournament.  The
deadline for signing-up for the tournament is February 18th, with the
tournament starting a week later.  To sign up, please visit
https://bpa-civ.rol-play.com/.

 

EL GRANDE TOURNAMENT TO START IN APRIL: El Grande, the Spanish-themed game
of area control, and one of the longest running Euros at WBC, will be
starting a tournament in mid-April.  Folks will play four simultaneous
four-player games to advance to further rounds.   Please visit
https://epworthian.wordpress.com/el-grande/tournament-format/  for the full
tournament format and instructions on signing up with GM Rob Flowers.

 

PRO GOLF TO COMMENCE ITS 14TH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT ON APRIL 1: Can you be the
next proud owner of the BPA PBeM green jacket? If you want to play this
year, you need to email me (bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net
<mailto:bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net> ) to sign up.

Pro Golf will commence its fourteen annual BPA PBeM rendition on April 1,
2023.  Once again, we shall play Augusta during April, the month of the
Masters.  Round two in May we will play Muirfield Village, as the Memorial
is played then.  Finally, during our third round in June, we shall play
Pebble Beach in honor of the U.S. Open.

 

Details can be found at http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/Pro_Golf_PBeM.html
.

NEW IN 2023:  I have taken away Shegeki Maruyama and Colin Montgomery this
year.  A random golfer will be chosen for the five available golfers for
each player.  For those playing in a group, each player in the group with be
assigned a different golfer.

 

THURN AND TAXIS TO BEGIN IN EARLY MARCH: Chris Wildes will be running the
2023 Thurn and Taxis starting in early March.  More information is available
at https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/thurn-and-taxis/ .

2023 WINGSPAN TOURNAMENT TO START IN APRIL:  Chris Wildes will be running
the first Wingspan PBeM tournament starting in April.  More information on
the tournament can be found at https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/wingspan/
.

 

 

Ongoing Tournaments:

 

EMPIRE OF THE SUN ENTERS ROUND 4:   Happy Winter of Wargaming! We're off to
a strong start in Round 4 with 1 game already.  The bid spread for Round 4
was all solidly for the Allies, continuing the drift for bidding in Allied
favor as the rounds have progressed in this tournament. We'll see if the
results match expectations.

 

MARCH MADNESS ROUND 1 COMPLETE:   All round one games are now down.  All
round two games now have a deadline of March 7th or March 8th.  We have 25
games completed so far (out of 71 in the event). There are four unfortunate
players who have had both of their teams eliminated from the event.  There
are also 15 players who still have both teams alive. Dan Leader is our only
player currently with a team in the Sweet 16 with 16A - Pittsburgh 2009.

 

PATHS OF GLORY ROUND 3 UPDATE:   We have 31 matches completed out of 44,
seemingly well on track to complete by mid-March.  As always, the
experienced players are racking up the wins but there are definitely some
newcomers that are raising eyebrows with some convincing performances.
There are some neat tricks buried in some of the POG ACTS logs! Tournament
standings can be found at
https://www.bitterwoods.net/pog-2022-tournament-standings/ .

 

 

 

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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