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From: conventiondirector (conventiondirector boardgamers.org)
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| Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 07:52:52 -0700 (PDT) | |
April 2024 BPA Newsletter WHITESELL AWARDED HOBBY SERVICE AWARD: Ken Whitesell recognized as the 2023 Hobby Service Award winner for his efforts in supporting the BPA, WBC and the hobby. See the details that earned Ken the recognition at http://www.boardgamers.org/about_hobbyservice.html. BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS CLOSE MARCH 31: . Five Members appear on the ballot for election to a three-year term on the BPA Board of Directors. The slate features two incumbents and three 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, 2024, and winners will be announced at the BPA Annual Meeting on Tuesday July 23, 2024, 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 . WBC 2024 PREVIEWS POSTED: All of the WBC Previews are now posted, 114 Century Group Events, 25 Trial Events, and 27 Sponsor/Vendor/Exhibitor Events. Previews for WBC 2024 can be found at http://boardgamers.org/wbc24/previews-2024.html. ONE GM SLOT OPEN: Long-time supporter Rio Grande Games is sponsoring 1920: The Golden Age of Airlines at WBC 2024. If anyone is interested in GMing this event, please contact the Convention Director at conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org <mailto:conventiondirector [at] boardgamers.org> . PROJECT MANGER HIRED: The Project Manager position for the Website Request for Proposal has been filled. P{lease welcome Peggy Ng who will assist us in getting the proposal sent out and vendor selected for our website project. 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> . MEMBERSHIP DRIVE ENDS ON JUNE 15: The BPA annual membership drive continues with Daily memberships now available. Memberships that include WBC admission ends on June 15, 2024. WBC admissions after that date will be on-site at WBC only. Associate memberships allowing participation in BPA Email Events will continue through November 20, 2024. If you still want to get the lower rates before WBC, you must complete and submit the online application at http://www.boardgamers.org/forms/MemberForm.shtml and submit payment via Paypal or check. To become a member before WBC, the form and the payment must be submitted before June 15 (Paypal payment sent or check postmarked before June 15, 2024). See a list of those registered so far at http://boardgamers.org/wbc_preparation_prereg.html. WBC 2024 SCHEDULE BEING DEVELOPED: The Schedule for WBC 2024 is being developed and is expected to be posted in May. SEVEN SPRINGS RESERVATIONS FOR WBC 2024: Reservations are now open for Condos and Chalets. Reservations for Hotel rooms for stays of 3 or more nights are open. Reservations for 2 nights or more will open at 9:00 am on April 16, 2024. 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. For more information, please visit our lodging page at http://www.boardgamers.org/wbclodging_7S.html . PBeM NEWS: Starting Tournaments: 7 WONDERS DUEL TO BEGIN IN MAY: Chris Wildes will be starting a 7 Wonders PBeM tournament in May. The tournament will follow a double elimination format with Swiss style pairings. The winner of the tournament will be the last and only player with fewer than two losses. For more details on the tournament and how to sign-up, please visit the tournament site at https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/7wonders-duel/. CASTLES OF BURGUNDY TO BEGIN IN APRIL: Castles of Burgundy has been a tournament at WBC since 2013, allowing players to compete in building up their provinces with a variety of tiles while balancing a limited number of actions with dice and risk-taking. The tournament will be played on the Board Game Arena online game portal and all entrants will play 4 simultaneous games for a chance to advance to further rounds. Visit https://epworthian.wordpress.com/castles-of-burgundy/tournament-format/ to view the tournament format, and email Rob Flowers at epworthian1 [at] gmail.com <mailto:epworthian1 [at] gmail.com> by April 15 to sign up. LAS VEGAS TO BEGIN IN JUNE: Chris Wildes will be starting a Las Vegas PBeM tournament in June. The tournament will have two rounds of four simultaneous games followed by a single Final game. For more details on the tournament and how to sign-up, please visit the tournament site at https://bgtournament.wordpress.com/las-vegas/. QUIRKY QUARKS FIRST PBEM TOURNAMENT STARTS IN MAY: Allan Jiang will be GMing the first PBeM Quirky Quarks tournament in conjunction with its debut at WBC 2024.The goal is to introduce the game to BPA members to help prepare them for the tournament at WBC. Registration deadline is May 15. Sign-up and details of the tournament at https://www.meepleleague.com/quirky-quarks-bpa-tournament/. NEXT THROUGH THE AGES TOURNAMENT BEGINS IN AUGUST: Allan Jiang will once again be the GM for the 2024 edition of the Through the Ages PBeM tournament. The registration deadline is August 5. Sign-up and details of the tournament can be found at The goal of this tournament is to introduce the game to BPA members to help prepare them for the tournament at this year's WBC. Registration deadline is May 15 https://www.meepleleague.com/through-the-ages-bpa-tournament-2024/. WAR AT SEA 15TH PBEM TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN IN MAY: Vince Meconi will be GMing the XV War at Sea PBeM tournament. For sign-up and for details visit <https://wastournament.wixsite.com/home> https://wastournament.wixsite.com/home. Ongoing Tournaments: FIRST ROUND COMPLETE IN BREATOUT NORMANDY: The Tournament finished the first round with 10 winners advancing to Round 2. It's expected those 5 games will be wrapped up around the time of the WBC, so make sure to join the WBC Breakout: Normandy tournament to get some face-to-face games in before the next PBeM round starts later this year! To keep track of the tournament progress, visit the PBeM site at https://bknpbem.wixsite.com/home. FOOTBALL STRATEGY PBEM HAS STARTED: The League portion of the Football Strategy PBeM has started with 21 coaches beginning their 10 game schedule on the March to the playoffs. For more details on the tournament visit the tournament site at https://fbs.kww.us/fbs24/details.html. FIRST ROUND OF FOR THE PEOPLE CONTINUES: Twenty Nine of the 48 First round games are complete. You can find the pools and the results to date at https://ftp-tournament.wixsite.com/forthepeople/2024-pools-phase. MARCH MADNESS PBEM FIRST ROUND GAMES COMPLETE: Three Sweet Sixteen Games are approaching the deadline of April 10 to see who will join Jeff Mullet, Derek Landel, Max Jamelli, Ken Gutermuth, and Oliver Searles in the Elite 8. Visit the bracket page to see the latest results at <http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mm-brack-2024.htm> http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/mm-brack-2024.htm. GOLFERS ARE ON THE COURSE IN PRO GOLF: Round 1 of the Pro Golf PBeM has begun. For more details on the tournament, please visit the tournament site at http://user.nktelco.net/bdmonnin/Pro_Golf_PBeM.html. 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/ . 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