Bpamail Mailing List: BPA January 2024 Newsletter

January 2024 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 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 .

TRIAL EVENT & SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD VOTING ENDS JANUARY 31: The voting for the 
2023 Sportsman of the Year and the 2024 Trial Events ends with the membership 
price increase on February 1.  This is the last chance to influence events to 
be held at WBC 2024.  Sportsmanship nominees can be found at 
https://www.boardgamers.org/wbc23/sportsmannominees23.html and the trial 
listing can be found at 
http://www.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 to be downloaded from 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.

A list of the 27 events that have been submitted with the GM’s names can be 
found on the orphans’ page at 
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_pelorphans.html.

There are less than 4 weeks left to submit GM forms for WBC 2024 Century/Legacy 
events.  There are currently 95 events waiting for a GM. 

2024 PREREGISTRATION LIST UPDATED:  The Preregistration Page for BPA 2024 
Memberships has been updated with our current 343 members.  For the latest list 
of members, visit http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_prereg.html.

BPA BOARD TENTH SEAT FOR 3Q23 POSTED:  The Tenth Seat for 3Q23 has been posted 
at   <http://www.boardgamers.org/tenthseat-3Q23.htm> 
http://www.boardgamers.org/tenthseat-3Q23.htm. Future quarterly updates are 
planned to be updated in the second month after the quarter ends (February, 
May, August, November).

BPA SEEKING PROJECT MANAGER FOR WEBSITE RFP: The Board of Directors has 
approved a temporary paid position. This position is for a Project Manager to 
lead our finalization of an RFP for upgrading the BPA website 
(boardgamers.org).  The job is expected to be a part time position lasting from 
January to March 2024.  Prefer person with knowledge of BPA/WBC. Project 
Manager skills required.  Job Description can be found at  
<http://boardgamers.org/JD-PM-Website-RFP.html> 
http://boardgamers.org/JD-PM-Website-RFP.html.

If you are qualified and interested in the position, please contact the 
convention director at  <mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org> 
conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org for a copy of the job description.  

SEVEN SPRINGS RESERVATIONS FOR WBC 2023:  Reservations are now open for Condos 
and Chalets.  Reservations for Hotel rooms will open January 16, 2024, at 9:00 
am.  To make a reservation, call Vail Resorts Reservations and use our group 
code of B7SWBC24.   Rooms and reservations are subject to hotel availability. A 
minimum of a 2-night stay is required.  Guests may only reserve up to two (2) 
rooms under the same name and/or credit card number.

Room reservations will be available starting at 9:00 am on the following dates:

*       Stays of 5 nights or more – Tuesday, January 16, 2024
*       Stays of 4 nights or more – Wednesday, February 14, 2024
*       Stays of 3 nights or more – Wednesday, March 13, 2024
*       Stays of 2 nights or more – Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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

PBeM NEWS:

Completed Tournaments:

BROWN OUTLASTS EVERYONE IN CAN’T STOP:  After 10 rounds of two-player Can’t 
Stop, Jim Brown was the last player standing. He outlasted a field of 84 to 
claim the 2023 Can’t Stop PBEM championship. The remaining laurelists in order 
were Haim Hochboim, Chris Wildes, Rob Kircher, Eric Freeman, Victoria Wallace.  
For more details visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-cns.html.

WILDES WINS IN THIRD CAN’T STOP PBEMTOURNAMENT:  Thirty-six players 
participated in the 2023 Las Vegas PBEM tournament, with Chris Wildes 
prevailing in the final game. The remaining laurelists in order were: Anthony 
Lainesse, Michael Swinson, Eric Freeman, Ray Wolff, Samantha Raszewski. For 
more details visit http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-las.html.

SCHOLL WINS THROUGH THE AGES TOURNAMENT: Ben Scholl outlasted 31 players to 
capture the Through the Ages PBeM crown.  Remaining laurelists, in order, were 
Allan Jiang, Randy Buehler, Michael Thiessen, Steve LeWinter, and Ryan 
Feathers.  For more details, visit 
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-age.html.

NORDSTROM TAKES 2023 TWILIGHT STRUGGLE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Justin Nordstrom survives 
triple elimination tournament to capture the 2023 Twilight Struggle top spot.  
The remaining laurelists, in order, were Tony Russo, Steve Deutsch, Alan 
Applebaum, Aran Warszawski, and Max Duboff.  For more details visit 
http://www.boardgamers.org/pbem/pbem-tws.html.

Starting Tournaments:

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.

SPLENDOR PBEM TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY: Chris Wildes will be the GM for the next 
BPA Splendor PBeM.  The tournament is planning to start in February.  For more 
details on the tournament and how to sign-up, please visit the tournament site 
at https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/splendor/.

THURN & TAXIS PBEM TO START IN MARCH: Chris Wildes will be the GM for the next 
BPA Thurn & Taxis PBeM.  The tournament is planning to start in March.  For 
more details on the tournament and how to sign-up, please visit the tournament 
site at https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/thurn-and-taxis/.

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. More details on the tournament can be found at 
https://twstourney.wordpress.com/2024-bpa-twilight-struggle-tournament/.

Ongoing Tournaments:

MARCH MADNESS DRAFT COMPLETE: The draft is complete.  Three of our eight first 
round games are complete.  The other five games have a deadline of January 16th.

Five teams are in the Final 32:  Paul Risner’s 9A Houston 1967, Bryan Collars’ 
19A NC State 1974, Bob Hamel’s 8B Houston 2022, Ken Gutermuth’s 29B Louisville 
1972 and your GM’s 15B West Virginia 2010.

WASHINGTON’S WAR ROUND 1 UNDERWAY:   Round 1 of the tournament is under way, 
with 35 players playing 18 games.  Richard Wright is serving as an eliminator 
to make the # of games even.  Round 1 should end January 16th, 2024.  Currently 
15 games are complete with 7 American and 8 British victories.

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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From: conventiondirector (conventiondirectorboardgamers.org)
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 13:42:34 -0800 (PST)