Bpamail Mailing List: BPA Newsletter - April 2023

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April 2023 BPA Newsletter

 

JIANG THREE-PEATS AS CONSUL: Allan Jiang continued his dominance at WBC by
winning his third consecutive Consul award.  Allan won Castles of Burgundy,
Orleans, Russian Railroads, and Through the Ages to go along with two 2nd,
one 3rd and two 6th place finishes to capture the award.  Perennial
runner-up Nick Henning finished second, his third 2nd place consul finish in
the last 4 WBC's.  To see a list of all consul winners, visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/history-consul.html , with more information on
the 2022 Consul Award found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/history-consul-2022.html .

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTING OPEN: Twelve Members appear on the ballot for
election to a three-year term on the BPA Board of Directors.  The slate
features two incumbents and ten challengers.  The list of candidates and
their statements can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/about_election2017.html .  The voting for the
Board of Directors candidates is now open.  Members are encouraged to vote
on who you believe would be the best candidates on your BPA Board of
Directors.  Voting will end on June 15, 2023, and winners will be announced
at the BPA Annual Meeting on Tuesday July 25, 2023, at 3pm in the Grand
Ballroom at Seven Springs.  Voting is easy with an online ballot which can
be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/BoardBallot.shtml .

 

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE CONTINUES: The BPA annual membership drive continues
through June 15, 2023.  After June 15, registration for everyone except
associate memberships must be completed at WBC.  If you still want to
register at lower rates prior to WBC, you must complete and submit the
online application at http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/MemberForm.shtml and
submit payment via Paypal or check.  The form and the payment must be
submitted before June 15 (Paypal payment sent or check postmarked before
June 15, 2023).  A list of the current members as of April 16, 2023, can be
found at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_prereg.html .  Only
those members who have completed the membership form and submitted payment
are on the list.  If you have any questions on the list, please contact the
convention director at conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org
<mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org>  .

 

For details on the different levels of membership, visit the BPA Membership
Terms and Conditions Page at http://www.boardgamers.org/about_terms.html .

 

2023 EVENT LISTING UPDATED:  The current event listings for Century, Legacy,
Trial,  Sponsor and Vendor events has been updated.  All Events have a GM.
A complete listing of the current events for WBC 2023 can be found at
http://boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html .

 

JUNIOR EVENT GM's NEEDED:  Junior's Coordinator, Megan Byrd, is looking for
volunteers to GM our Junior event slots.   If you are interested in running
a Junior's event, please contact Megan at juniors [at] boardgamers.org
<mailto:juniors [at] boardgamers.org> .

 

WBC SCHEDULE IS BEING PREPARED: With all the events committed to, the WBC
2023 schedule is being prepared with an expected completion date by early
May.  Once completed, the schedule will be posted on the website.  The past
2 WBC's we have not had a scheduling app available for Android devices.  If
anyone with expertise in this area would like to volunteer to help develop
one for WBC 2023, please contact the Convention Director at
conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org
<mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org>  .

 

There has been one change at Seven Springs that will impact our gaming
space.  Foggy Goggle Front is now a video game arcade.  Seven Springs has
offered our use of Foggy Brews for gaming if the schedule requires it.

 

NEW DINING OPTION NEAR SEVEN SPRINGS: Highlands Pizza & Wings is NOW OPEN
for carryout with baked-fresh pizzas, hot wings and much more!  The full
menu can be found at  <https://www.highlands-pizza.com/menu/>
https://www.highlands-pizza.com/menu/ .  Highlands Pizza & Wings is
conveniently located right below the Highlands Market at 231 County Line
Road in Champion, PA!  More details on hours during the convention and how
to order will be provided at a later time.

 

64 EVENT REPORTS POSTED: Sixty-four WBC 2022 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.

 

SEVEN SPRINGS RESERVATIONS FOR WBC 2023:  Reservations are now open for
Condos, Chalets, and  Hotel rooms for 2 nights or more.  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. For more information,
please visit our lodging page at
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbclodging_7S.html .

 

 

PBeM NEWS:

 

Starting Tournaments:

 

2023 7 WONDERS DUEL TOURNAMENT TO START IN EARLY MAY:  Chris Wildes will be
running another 7 Wonders Duel  PBeM tournament starting in early May.  More
information on the tournament can be found at
https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/7wonders-duel/ .

 

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 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.


2023 LAS VEGAS TOURNAMENT TO START IN EARLY JUNE:  Chris Wildes will be
running another Las Vegas PBeM tournament starting in early June.  More
information on the tournament can be found at
https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/las-vegas/ .

 

2023 THROUGH THE AGES TO BEGIN MID-LATE MAY: Newly announced WBC 2022 Consul
winner Allan Jiang will be GM's the 2023 PBeM tournament for Through the
Ages that will begin in Mid-Late May.  For more information visit the
tournament webpage at
https://www.meepleleague.com/bpa-through-the-ages-online-tournament-2023/ 

 

 

Ongoing Tournaments:

 

MARCH MADNESS ROUND 3 COMPLETE:   All round #3 games are now complete after
having several go right to the deadline.  The deadline for the two remaining
games in the Sweet Sixteen round in Bracket A is May 4th, and for the three
remaining games in Bracket B is April 28th.

 

Sean McCulloch is now our only remaining player with both teams still alive.

 

Three teams are already in the Elite Eight:  Dan Leader's 16A Pittsburgh
2009, David Schneider's 39A Georgia Tech 1990 and Henry Rice's 25B St. 

Joseph's 2004.  That Georgia Tech squad has scored 110 or more points in all
three of its games.

 

2021 WASHINGTON'S WAR PBEM HAS ENTERED FINALS: Washington's War has reached
the finals.  It will be Phillip Burgin-Young as the Americans vs Dave Rubin
as the British.  Both players are 6-0 at this point having played each side
3 times winning every time.  Phillip's Semi Final vs William Bentley turned
out to be one of those games that a player hates.  The American started 1775
with no operations card.  William managed to make a fight of it, getting the
French to within 1 of coming in without the help of the Ben Franklin card
and causing the British to lose their regular bonus.  The Americans also did
not get the Declaration of Independence.  But it was too late to recover.
Final colony count was 10 for the British 3 for the American,   The other
Semifinal game between George Young and Dave Rubin was closer.  Dave's
Americans managed to get a lot of the required breaks to suppress the
British.  The Declaration of Independence and Ben Franklin were played.  The
British Regulars were lost, and the French arrived in the last turn of the
game 1779.  The Final game should be concluded before WBC.  The following
players will qualify for laurels.  Their final position depends on which
player wins the final.  3rd or 4th, between William Bentley and George
Young, 5th or 6th, between Tom Dworschak and Greg Ottoman.  The other
quarter finalists, Tim Tow and Doug Green will take 7th or 8th place,
depending on who wins the final.  Tournament to date there have been 77
games played, 39 American and 38 British victories, including 4 American and
2 British victories in the elimination Round.

 

 

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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