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2016 EVENT PREVIEWS

One of the things that makes the World Boardgaming Championships stand out among all of the other opportunities for gaming is the amount of efforts its GMs put into preparing for their events. The full event previews are listed here.

Click the game icon for the full game preview. A schedule and alphabetic listing of events will be in theĀ 2016 WBC Program. If you have any questions about the way an event will be run at WBC, contact the GM.

7 Wonders 7 Wonders 1775 18XX 1989 Dawn of Freedom Aces of Aces Acquire Adel Verpflichtet
7 Wonders
7WS

7 Wonders Duel
7WD

1775
775
18XX
8XX
1989 Dawn of Freedom
989
Aces of Aces
AOA
Acquire
ACQ
Adel Verplichtet
ADV
               
Advanced Civilization Afrika Korps Age of renaissance Agricola Air Baron Alhambra Amun-Re
Advanced Civilization
ACV
Afrika Korps
AFK
Age of Renaissance
AOR
Agricola
AGR
Air Baron
ABN
Alhambra
ALH
Amun-Re
AMR
Arctic Scavengers
(A_S)
               
Atlantic Storm Attack Sub Auction Automobile Axis and Allies B-17 Battlecry Battleline
Atlantic Storm
ACS
Attack Sub
ATS
Auction
AUC
Automobile
AUT
Axis & Allies
A&A
B-17
B17
Battlecry
BCY
Battle Line
BAT
               
Battles of the American Revolution Bitter Woods Brass Breakout: Normandy Britannia Can't Stop Carcassonne Castles of Burgandy
Battles of the American Revolution
BAR
BItter Woods
BWD
Brass
BRS
Breakout: Normandy
BKN
Britannia
BRI
Can't Stop
CNS
Carcassonne
CAR
Castles of Burgandy
COB
               
Catan: Cities and Knights Circus Maximus Combat Commander Commands and Colors: Ancients Commands and Colors: Napoleonics Concordia

Castles of Mad King Ludvig
(CMK)

Catan: Cities & Knights
C&K
Churchill
(CHL)
Circus Maximus
CMS
Combat Commander
CBC
Commands & Colors Ancients
CCA
Commands & Colors Napoleonics
CCN
Concordia
CNC
               
Conflict of Heroes Conquest of Paradise Diplomacy Dominant Species Dominion Dune Egizia Elchfest
Conflict of Heroes
COH
Conquest of Paradise
CQP
Diplomacy
DIP
Dominant Species
DSP
Dominion
DOM
Dune
DUN
Egizia
EGZ
Elchfest
ELC
               
Elgrande Empire Builder Empire of the Sun Enemy in Sight Euphrat & Tigris Euphrat & Tigris Facts in Five
Elfenroads
(ELF)
El Grande
ELG
Empire Builder
EPB
Empire of the Sun
EOS
Enemy in Sight
EIS
Euphrat & Tigris
E&T
Evolution
(EVL)
Facts in Five
FI5
               
Football Strategy Formula De Formula Motor Racing For The People Galaxy Galaxy Trucker
Fire in the Lake
(FIL)
Five Tribes
(5TR)
Football Strategy
FBS
Formula De
FDE
Formula Motor Racing
FMR
For the People
FTP
Galaxy
GXY
Galaxy Trucker
GXT
               
Gettysburg Great Campaigns Hammer of the Scots Hannibal Here I Stand History of the World Ingenious Innovation
Gettysburg
GBG
Great Campaigns
GCA
Hammer of the Scots
HOS
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage
HRC
Here I Stand
HIS
History of the World
HWD
Ingenious
ING
Innovation
IOV
               
Ivanhoe Julius Caesar Yspahan Kaisers Pirates King of Tokyo Kremlin Labrynth
Ivanhoe
IVH
Julius Caesar
JUC
Junior Events The Kaiser's Pirates
KPR
King of Tokyo
KOT
Kremlin
KRM
Labrynth
LBY
Las Vegas
(LAS)
               
Leeping Lemmings Liar's Dice Lost Cities Manoeuvre March Madness Medici
Leaping Lemmings
LLM
Liar's Dice
LID
Lords of Waterdeep
(LWD)
Lost Cities
LST
Mage Wars Arena
(MGW)
Manoeuvre
MAN
March Madness
MMS
Medici
MED
               
Memior 44 Merchant of Venus g Monsters Menace America Mr. Madison's War Napoleonic Wars Naval Wars Navegador
Memoir '44
M44
Merchant of Venus
MOV
MetaCheckers
(MCK)
Monsters Menace America
MMA
Mr. Madison's War
MMW
Napoleonic Wars
NW5

Naval War
NVW

Navegador
NVG
               
Panzer Blitz Paths of Glory Paydirt Pirates Cove Power Grid Princes of Florence Pro Golf Puerto Rico
PanzerBlitz
PZB
Paths of Glory
POG
Paydirt
PDT
Pirate's Cove
PRC
Power Grid
PGD
Princes of Florence
POF
Pro Golf
PGF
Puerto Rico
PRO
               
Ra Race for the Galaxy Rail Baron Ra Dice Game Republic of Rome RoboRally Roll For The Galaxy Russian Campaign
Ra
RA!
Race for the Galaxy
RFG
Rail Baron
RBN
Ra the Dice Game
RDG
Republic of Rome
ROR
Robo Rally
RRY
Roll for the Galaxy
(RGD)
The Russian Campaign
TRC
               
g Saint Petersburg San Juan Santa Fe Rails Sekigahara Sergeants Mini Game Settlers of Catan Slapshot
Russian Railroads
RRR
Saint Petersburg
SPG
San Juan
SJN
Santa Fe Rails
SFR
Sekigahara
SKG
Sergeants Mini Game
SGM
Settlers of Catan
SET
Slapshot
SLS
               
Small World Speed Circuit g Squad Leader g Star Wars Queens Gambit Stone Age Superstar Baseball
Small World
SMW
Speed Circuit
SCT
Splendor
SPD
Squad Leader
SQL
Star Wars Miniatures
SWM
Star Wars Queens Gambit
QGB
Stone Age
STA
Superstar Baseball
SSB
               
The the Ages Thurn and Taxis Ticket to Ride g g Titan Ttian 2 player Titan the Arena
Through the Ages
AGE
Thurn and Taxis
T&T
Ticket to Ride
TTR
Tigers in the Mist
TIM
Tin Goose
TIG
Titan
TTN
Titan: 2 Player
TT2
Titan the Arena
TTA
               
Transamerica Twilight Struggle Tzolkin Union Pacific Up Front Vegas Showdown g Victory in the Pacific
Trans America
TAM
Twilight Struggle
TWS
Tzolk'in
TZK
Union Pacific
UNP
Up Front
UPF
Vegas Showdown
VSD
Victory in Europe
VIE
Victory in the Pacific
VIP
               
Virgin Queen War at Sea War of the Ring Washingtons War Waterloo Wellington Wilderness War Win Place and Show
Virgin Queen
VGQ
War at Sea
WAS
War of the Ring
WOR
Washington's War
WWR
Waterloo
WAT
Wellington
WLL
Wilderness War
WNW
Win, Place, & Show
WPS
               
Wooden Ships World at War Yspahan          
Wooden Ships, Iron Men
WSM
World at War
WAW
Yspahan
YSP
         
               

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