Bpamail Mailing List: BPA September 2023 Newsletter

September 2023 BPA Newsletter

WBC RECAP:  Thanks to Everyone who attended WBC in 2023 and made it another
successful year.  We had a record number of walk-ons which brought
attendance back up over 1,400 and had over 200 first time attendees. 

HENNING CAPTURES CONSUL: Nick Hening, after close finishes in 4 of the last
5 WBC's, has dethroned Allan Jiang's three-year reign and become the WBC
2023 Consul Award winner.  For more details and the top 10 finishers, visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/history-consul-2023.html.

WBC EVENT REPORTS STATUS: Thanks to all the GM's that have sent in their
event reports for WBC 2023 and a reminder to the GMs of the remaining 9
events without reports.

The WBC 2023 event reports will be posted in the order in which they were
received.  The remaining WBC 222 reports will be posted along with the
posting of WBC 2023.  If an event from 2022 was not run in 2023, its event
report will be posted with 2023 postings on weeks where there are less 2022
postings.  The goal is for all 2022 and 2023 reports to be completed before
the membership drive and trial voting starts later this year.

The first of the reports have been posted and can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/yearbook23/index.html.

2023 BOARD ELECTION RESULTS:  Twelve candidates and 422 members voting set
records in each category.  Incumbent Ken Gutermuth was joined by returning
Board member Andrew Drummond, and new Board member Nick Henning.  Thanks to
everyone who participated as both candidates and voters.  Complete results
of the Board of Directors voting can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/about_electionresults.html .

WBC AUCTION RESULTS:  The results of the WBC 2023 Auction have been posted,
including a list of the prices for each Auction item sold.  The results can
be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc23/auctionlotsales.html.

WBC HONORS:  Member nominations for GM of the Year and Sportsman of the Year
are being accepted through October 31.  To submit someone to be considered
for the award, please email the members name and the reason for the
submission to the Convention Director at conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org
<mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org> .  The top Nominees for the
Sportsman Award will be on the ballot  included in the 2024 initial
Membership drive starting in early December.  Nominees for the GM Award will
be presented to the Board. 

SEVEN SPRINGS RESERVATIONS FOR WBC 2024:  Reservations are open for Condos,
and Chalets. Hotel Room Reservations will open on Tuesday, January 17, 2024
for stays of 5 or more nights. 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 B7SWBC24.   For
more information, please visit our lodging page at
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbclodging_7S.html .

PBeM NEWS:

Completed Tournaments:

MAGUIRE WINS 7 WONDERS DUEL: Patrick Maguire outlasted a field of 52
players, going an undefeated 8-0 to capture the 2023 7 Wonders Duel PBEM
championship. The remaining laurelists, in order, were Michael Swinson, Alan
Schmuck, John Pack, Oliver Searles, and Paul Klayder.  For more details
visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-7wd.

SCHOOSE CAPTURES ANOTHER AFRIKA KORPS TITLE: Bert Schoose' Axis defeated
Greg Smith's Allies to win the 2023 BPA email championship. An above average
number of Axis supplies and favorable attack results were too much for the
Allies to withstand. Congratulations to Bert for his 4th win in the last 5
email tournaments and to Greg for his 2nd place finish against a tough
field. The remaining laurelists, in order, were Greg Smith, Ed Menzel, Vince
Meconi, Dan Leader, and Mark Gutfreund.  For details visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-afk.html.

TISSEYRE WINS GREAT CAMPAIGNS OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: Laurent Tisseyre's
Union forces defeated the Confederate troops commanded by Paul Sampson to
capture the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War PBEM title. The
remaining laurelists were, in order, Jean-Louis Dirion, Ken Lee, Bruno
Passacantando, and Steve Likevich. Further details can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-gca.html.

CALER WINS MARCH MADNESS:  Steve Caler led his 28th seed Butler 2011 squad
to his first championship as the underdog in all 6 games.  Steve's team
defeated Bruno Passacantando's 4th seed Florida 2011 squad in the Final.
The remaining laurelists were, in order, Sean McCulloch, Henry Rice, Dan
Leader, and Bruce Reiff.  Further details can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-mms.html.

STIFFLER WINS PRO GOLF: 46 GOLFERS TOOK TO THE COURSE AND AFTER THREE
ROUNDS, Dave Stiffler stood atop the leader board to capture the green
jacket in the 2023 Pro Golf event.  The remaining laurelists, in order, were
Scott Nerney, Paul Pawlak, Oliver Searles, Bill Dickerson, and Bruce Monnin.
For more details, visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-pgf.html.

WOLFF WINS SAINT PETERSBURG: Forty-nine players competed in the 2022 Saint
Petersburg PBEM tournament. Two-time WBC champion Ray Wolff won 7 of his
last 8 games to win the event. The other top six finishers were, in order,
Chris Wildes, DJ Borton, Andy Latto, Francois de Bellefeuille, and Lynn
Chalfoun. Further details can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-spg.html.

BEYMA WINS THE NAPOLEONIC WARS PBEM: Richard Beyma captured The Napoleonic
Wars Title in the 25-player double elimination tournament.  Three players
were 5-1 entering what would become the final round after Eliminator and GM
Gareth Williams defeated Patrick Duffy.  This meant the other game between
Richard Beyma's Coalition and Lance Roberts' French would determine the
winner.  Richard won on the Turn 2 Piece de roll.  Remaining Laurelists
were, in order, Patrick Duffy, David Sherwood, Michael Day, and Trevor
Bender.  Further details can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-tnw.html.

LEWINTER DELIVERS THURN & TAXIS TITLE: Fifty players competed in the 2023
Thurn and Taxis PBEM tournament. Steve LeWinter won 8 of 9 games including
the final to claim the championship. The other top six finishers were, in
order, Andrew Emerick, Bronwyn Woods, Alex Bove, AJ Jiang, and Jon McSenn.
For more details visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-t
<http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-t&t.html> &t.html.

BURGIN-YOUNG CAPTURES WASHINGTON'S WAR TITLE: Phillip Burgin-Young defeated
Dave Rubin in the Final to go undefeated and capture the Washington's War
PBeM Title.  The remaining laurelists, in order, were William Bentley,
George Young, Tim Tow, and Doug Green. Further details can be found at
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-wwr.html.

BROWN CAPTURES WATERLOO TITLE: After 21 players and 20 games, Kevin Brown
emerged victorious in Waterloo PBeM.  Kevin's French defeated Marty
Mussela's Allies for the victory.  The remaining laurelists were, in order,
Bert Schoose, Rob Beyma, Gary Dickson, and GM Ed Menzel.  Further details
can be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-wat.html.

DAVIDSON WINS FIRST WINGSPAN PBEM: Sixty-one players signed up for the first
Wingspan PBEM tournament. Rob Davidson earned three victories in the final
round, winning the 2023 Wingspan PBEM championship.   The other top six
finishers were, in order, Mike Munson, Curt Collins, Michael Thiessen,
Andrew Emerick, and Eric Freeman.  For mor details visit
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-wsn.html.

Starting Tournaments:

AFRIKA KORPS STARTS NEXT TOURNAMENT IN OCTOBER:  The next Afrika Korps email
tournament will be starting approximately October 2023.  The format is the
same as the previous tournaments - 3-month rounds; bid for supplies if both
players prefer the same side; all games AREA rated; single elimination.
Those interested should contact the GM, Ed Menzel at edmenzel [at] 
roadrunner.com
<mailto:edmenzel [at] roadrunner.com>  to sign up. For more details and past
tournaments results visit http://afk-game.com/.

AGRICOLA PBEM TO START IN OCTOBER: Ryan Feathers will be starting an
Agricola PBeM and is accepting entrants through October 15. He expects the
tournament to run 6-8 months.   To sign-up, email Ryan at
Feathers [at] alumni.uwsp.edu <mailto:Feathers [at] alumni.uwsp.edu>  .  More 
details
on the tournament can be found at
https://bpatournament.wordpress.com/agricola-revised-edition-2023-tournament
/.

ALHAMBRA PBEM TO START IN DECEMBER: Jeff Wu is accepting registration for an
Alhambra PBeM tournament through December 1. To register send your name,
email address, and BGA login name to jeffcswu [at] gmail.com
<mailto:jeffcswu [at] gmail.com> .  More information on the tournament can be
found at https://junesen.wordpress.com/alhambra/.

BEYOND THE SUN PBEM TO START IN NOVEMBER: Jeff Wu is accepting registration
for a Beyond the Sun PBeM tournament through November 1. To register send
your name, email address, and BGA login name to jeffcswu [at] gmail.com
<mailto:jeffcswu [at] gmail.com> .  More information on the tournament can be
found at https://junesen.wordpress.com/beyond-the-sun/.

BREAKOUT NORMANDY PBEM TO START IN NOVEMBER: Kevin Wojtaszczyk is accepting
registration for the next Breakout Normandy PBeM tournament through November
19. To register and more information on the tournament, visit
https://bknpbem.wixsite.com/home.

SAINT PETERSBURG PBEM TO START IN DECEMBER: Chris Wildes is accepting
registration for the next Saint Petersburg PBeM tournament through December
1. To register email Chris at chriswildes [at] gmail.com
<mailto:chriswildes [at] gmail.com> .  More information on the tournament can be
found at https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/saint-petersburg/.

THE NAPOLEONIC WARS 2023 PBEM TOURNAMENT TO START IN DECEMBER: Hunter Wells
will be GMing the next The Napoleonic Wars tournament with sign-ups ending
December 1.  To sign up, email assistant GM Cedar Rios at
Cedar4Rios [at] gmail.com <mailto:Cedar4Rios [at] gmail.com>  .  Further 
details can
be found at https://bpatnw.weebly.com/. 

VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC TO START IN NOVEMBER: GM John Pack is starting the
next Victory in the Pacific tournament.  Will your navy suffer or triumph at
Midway as happened in reality?  Or will you breakthrough to dominate the
Pacific?  Who will get the top half of the ocean?  And who will get the
bottom?  Enter before November 15th at 6 pm Eastern to find out -- email
john [at] gameaholics.com <mailto:john [at] gameaholics.com>  to sign up.  
Check the
details at https://gameaholics.com/vitp_format/vitp_bpa_format.htm.

WASHINGTON'S WAR PBEM TO START IN OCTOBER: Bill Peeck is accepting
registration for the next Washington's War PBeM tournament through October
15. To register, email Bill at wpeeck [at] rochester.rr.com
<mailto:wpeeck [at] rochester.rr.com> . More information on the tournament can 
be
found at  https://washingtonswartournament.wordpress.com/.

WATERLOO TOURNAMENT BEGINS IN OCTOBER: Ed Menzel will start the next
Waterloo PBeM in October.  It will be single elimination with auction
bidding for sides.  Round lengths will be 10 weeks with the same rules as at
WBC.  Contact Ed at edmenzel [at] roadrunner.com <mailto:edmenzel [at] 
roadrunner.com>
to sign up.  Further details can be found at http://watgame.com/.

Ongoing Tournaments:

EMPIRE OF THE SUN ROUND 5 COMPLETE:   Round 5 just ended last week and the
Japanese dominated again with 5 wins to only a single allied win. This was
certainly not the case in Rounds 4 and 5 with the 2018 tournament when the
Allies dominated 7/2 and 4/1, respectively. Japanese play seems to have
improved considerably in the intervening years. We're down to 7 players left
in competition with only 1 undefeated player. If the pace of this tournament
tracks with the last one we should wrap up right around this time next year.

TWILIGHT STRUGGLE ENTERS ROUND 7: The field is down to 22 players, with 8
likely to be eliminated this round.  The random pairing has seen a number of
strong players paired up in early rounds, and some big names have already
been eliminated, such as Owen Kyrollos, Chris Withers, Allan Jiang, and
Randy Pippus. Currently leading the field with 0 losses is Keith Wixson.
The 1-loss group includes recent WBC laurelists David Amidon, Justin
Nordstrom, and Ernest Pysher, along with former WBC champion Tony Russo,
former PBEM champion Aran Warszawski, and Max DuBoff.  Check out the action
at
<https://twstourney.wordpress.com/2023-bpa-twilight-struggle-tournament/>
https://twstourney.wordpress.com/2023-bpa-twilight-struggle-tournament/

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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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 18:31:32 -0700 (PDT)