Bpamail Mailing List: BPA December 2023 Newsletter

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December 2023 BPA Newsletter

 

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE FOR 2024 IS NOW OPEN:  The BPA annual membership drive has
begun.  From now until January 31, 2024, get the lowest membership rates of
the year.  Complete the membership application found at
<http://boardgamers.org/forms/MemberForm.shtml>
http://boardgamers.org/forms/MemberForm.shtml to take advantage of these
rates.  To be eligible to vote for the 25 Trial Events to be held at WBC
2024 as well as the Sportsman of the year, you must join by January 31,
2024.

 

Online membership will remain open until June 15, 2024.  Price Increases
will occur on February 1, April 1, and June 15, 2024.  To receive a price
before it increases, you must submit the online membership application which
is available on the BPA website and send payment by the date listed (Paypal
payment sent or check postmarked by the 3 dates listed).

 

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

 

WBC 2023 SPORTSMANSHIP NOMINEES: The nine nominees, along with a description
of their effort that earned them the nomination can be found at
<http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc23/sportsmannominees23.html>
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc23/sportsmannominees23.html .  Join the BPA
between now and January 31st and vote for which nominee you feel is most
deserving

of this year's honor.

 

WBC 2024 TRIAL EVENT BALLOT REVEALED: 25 Trial events will become part of
WBC 2024.  The selection of the 25 is determined by those individuals that
become members by January 31, 2024.  Join the BPA now to cast your vote for
up to ten events that are listed on the ballot.  A total of 51 events are on
this year's trial ballot.  The complete listing of these events can be found
at  <http://boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html>
http://boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html .

 

WBC EVENT SUBMISSIONS FOR CENTURY GROUP/VENDOR/SPONSORS NOW BEING ACCEPTED:
Event Forms for all WBC 2024 events are now available on the event form page
at  <http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/event-form.html>
http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/event-form.html. To submit a form to GM an
event, you must become a BPA member for 2024 and complete and email the
Event Form along with your Event Description (Word format preferred) for the
Preview Page to the Convention Director at
<mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org>
conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org  by the January 31, 2024 submission
deadline.  Sponsor, Vendor, and Exhibitor Submissions will have a deadline
of February 28, 2024.

 

Reminder: Any Game submitted (expansion's use included) on an event form
must be published and available to the public by February 28, 2024.

 

WBC EVENT REPORTS STATUS:  An additional 24 WBC 2023 and 13 WBC 2022 Evet
Reports have been posted.  The new Reports have a posting date of 12/3/23 on
them and can be found at  <http://www.boardgamers.org/yearbook23/index.html>
http://www.boardgamers.org/yearbook23/index.html.

 

The 37 Event Reports still outstanding should be posted within the next two
weeks. 

 

QUARTERFINAL REQUEST PROCESS CHANGED FOR HEATS: WINNERS ONLY (HWO):  A new
process is being implemented for WBC 2024 HWO event submissions  regarding
requesting a Quarterfinal (QF).  The process for all other event formats
remain unchanged.

 

The new process for HWO events will allow the GM to submit a request for a
quarterfinal.  Provided it has either A) drawn 64 or more unique players; or
B) had 25 or more unique winners.  If an event meets both of these
requirements, the CD will automatically approve the request.  If only one of
the criteria is met, the CD will review the request.

 

The old process of requiring a HWO event to have demonstrated attendance of
128 or more unique players is no longer in effect.

 

With this change, the event submission form now includes four additional
items that are required if a QF is requested.  These items are 1) Prior Year
number of unique winners, 2) Historical average of Unique winners, 3) Prior
Year number of double winners, and 4) Historical average of double winners.
This data will assist in the approval process of a QF request.

 

WBC EVENT PLAYER HOURS:  With the announcement of the WBC 2024 Century
Group, there has been much discussion on the player hour calculations for a
few games.  The player hour calculation was standardized using box hours for
the playing time in 2018 to provide a consistent approach to player hours.
Based on the discussion after the WBC 2024 Century Announcement, this
calculation was revisited. The following process, reviewed by the Board,
will be implemented for those GM's who feel the playing time for their event
is significantly different than the box time.

 

A GM of an event may submit a request for the playing time to be reviewed
for potential change from the box time.  The GM will be responsible for
submitting documentation to support the requested change.  The request and
supporting documentation is to be sent to the Convention Director (
<mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org>
conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org) by February 15.  A decision on each
request will be made by February 28.  

 

If the request is approved, it will affect WBC 2024 Laurels and WBC 2025
Century/Trial Status. 

 

BPA BOARD TENTH SEAT UPDATES PLANNED:  One of the objectives of the 2023-24
BPA Board of Directors is to give the membership greater visibility into the
deliberations of the board and to give insight into the things being
discussed. To that end, we are planning to give a quarterly "Tenth Seat"
update so that everyone has a better sense of what's going on with the BPA
Board and the discussions we are undertaking for the convention.  The first
of these updates for 4Q23 will be posted later this month and will be posted
on the BPA Newsletter page at
<http://www.boardgamers.org/about_newsletters.html>
http://www.boardgamers.org/about_newsletters.html. 

 

 

SEVEN SPRINGS RESERVATIONS: Remember that reservations at Seven Springs for
Condos/Townhouses, Chalets, and Cabins can be booked now.  Hotel
Reservations for stays of 5 nights or more will open on Tuesday, January 16,
2024. The Group code for WBC 2024 is B7SWBC24.  Visit the WBC Lodging page
at  <http://www.boardgamers.org/wbclodging_7S.html>
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbclodging_7S.html for more details.

 

 

PBeM NEWS:

 

Tournaments Starting:

 

 

ALHAMBRA PBEM TO START IN DECEMBER: Jeff Wu is accepting registration for an
Alhambra PBeM tournament through December 6. To register send your name,
email address, and BGA login name to  <mailto:jeffcswu [at] gmail.com>
jeffcswu [at] gmail.com.  More information on the tournament can be found at
<https://junesen.wordpress.com/alhambra/>
https://junesen.wordpress.com/alhambra/.

 

FOR THE PEOPLE 2024 TO START IN DECEMBER:  Stephane Chevallier will be
starting the next For The People PBeM tournament in December. For more
information and to sign-up for the tournament, please visit
<https://ftp-tournament.wixsite.com/forthepeople/2024-sign-up-form>
https://ftp-tournament.wixsite.com/forthepeople/2024-sign-up-form. 

 

MARCH MADNESS TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER:  The 21st annual BPA March Madness PBeM
tournament will start with the draft on Monday, December 11th, 2023.  To
sign up to play, email GM Bruce Monnin ( <mailto:bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net>
bdmonnin [at] nktelco.net). We annually get ~40 players for this event.  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. The teams to be drafted can be found on the
<http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mms-teams.htm> team's page (
<http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mms-teams.htm>
http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mms-teams.htm) and the bracket can be seen
at 2024 Bracket ( <http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mm-brack-2024.htm>
http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mm-brack-2024.htm).  It is currently setup
for 40 or fewer entrants.  If we have more than 40 or less than 36, the
bracket will be adjusted.

 

MEMOIR '44 PBEM TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY: Dan Winnowski will be the GM for the
BPA's 1st Memoir '44 PBeM tournament.  The tournament is planning to start
on February 1, 2024.  For more details on the tournament and how to sign-up,
please visit the tournament site at
<https://sites.google.com/view/memoir44wbc/home>
https://sites.google.com/view/memoir44wbc/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  <mailto:chriswildes [at] gmail.com>
chriswildes [at] gmail.com.  More information on the tournament can be found at
<https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/saint-petersburg/>
https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/saint-petersburg/.

 

TWILIGHT STRUGGLE 2024 TO START IN JANUARY:  Ron Jacobsen will once again GM
next year's Twilight Struggle PBeM tournament.  The tournament games will
once  again be played on Playdek. Email Ron at
<mailto:twilightstrugglegm [at] gmail.com> twilightstrugglegm [at] gmail.com by
January 5, 2024, to enter.  More details on the tournament can be found at
<https://twstourney.wordpress.com/2024-bpa-twilight-struggle-tournament/>
https://twstourney.wordpress.com/2024-bpa-twilight-struggle-tournament/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:
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http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forum/970241/boardgamegeek/wbc

 

          . Twitter:  <https://twitter.com/BPA_WBC>
https://twitter.com/BPA_WBC 

 

          . Facebook:  <https://www.facebook.com/groups/2381468400/>
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2381468400/

 

          . Consimworld:  <http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX/?14@@.1dd15816>
http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX/?14@@.1dd15816

 

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