2012 WBC Orphans—Preliminary Event List
Feb. 15, 2012

WBC 2012 is open to new event submissions.

WBC is preparing events for the 2012 season. The list below is temporary and only identifies events eligible for inclusion in either the Century or Trial membership ballot based on 2011 performance and membership vote. Additional Trial events by qualified sponsors and vendors will be considered for addition to the schedule. Note that the times below are requested times and are subject to change and as such are only rough estimates of the form the final schedule will take.

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Century Events

Century: 108 events compose the combined Century & Legacy Group of featured events which are supported by multiple prize levels ranging from two to six plaques and a Centurion shirt based on a formula using the most recent statistics of attendance and player hours. Those 108 slots were pre-determined by 2011 performance and Board vote under the Legacy rules and require only the commitment of a BPA member to GM the event by the Feb. 28, 2012, deadline. Failure of a member GM to submit a suitable event form for the event by the deadline will drop it from eligibility.

All events require a BPA member acting as GM to submit a satisfactory Event Form no later than Feb. 28, 2012. Prospective GMs should review the GM Guidelines which were updated in 2008 with several substantial changes. All requested event times are approximate and subject to change when the final schedule is released.

Events were held for their prior GM until Dec. 31, 2011. Events without a GM commitment are now open to any current member who submits an acceptable Event Form.

 Event - Code - Demo Requested Century GM & Requested Start Time-
7 Wonders - 7WS - D: Th12 C-1 Kathy Stroh: Th13+
1830 - 8XX - D: pcSa9 C-2 Pierre LeBoeuf; Pre-Con Sa10, Sa15; Sa20, Su 9, SF/F: Su14;
Acquire - ACQ - D: TBD C-3 Cliff Ackman: TBD
Advanced Civilization - ACV - C-4 Kevin Youells: We9, Th9; F: Fr9
Afrika Korps - AFK - D: Tu17 C-5 Jonathan Lockwood; Grognard Pre-con preliminaries only pcSa14+
Age of Renaissance - AOR - C-6 Tedd Mullally: Pre-Con: Sa12, Sa18, Su10
Age of Steam - AOS - D: Fr18 C-7 Peter Staab  Fr20, Sa12; SF: Sa17; F: Su9
Agricola - AGR -  D:We13 C-8 Joshua Cooper: We15, Th21, Fr13; SF/F: Fr17
Air Baron - ABN - C-9 OPEN:
Alhambra - ALH - D: TBD C-10 Debbie Gutermuth; TBD
Amun-Re - AMR - C-11 OPEN:
Anzio - ANZ C-12 Bruno Sinigaglio: Grognard Pre-con preliminaries only pcSa14+
Atlantic Storm - ACS - D: We19 C-13 John Coussis; Tu18, We20, Th9, Fr12; SF/F: Fr14
Attack Sub - ATS - D: Sa16 L-1 Steven Caler; Su9+
Auction - AUC -D: Tu22 L-2 Bob Wicks; Tu18, We15; SF/F: We16
Automobile - AUT -  D: TBD C-14 Andrew Maly: TBD
Axis & Allies - A&A - C-15 Joe Powell: Pre-con Sa13+
B-17 - B17 - C-16 David Terry; Th9+
Battle Cry - BCY - C-17 OPEN:
Battle of the Bulge '81 - B81 - C-18 Frank Sinigaglio; Grognard Pre-con preliminaries only pcSa14+
Battles of the American Revolution Series (aka Saratoga) - BAR - D: Th16 C-19 Mark Miklos: Th18, Th21+
Bitter Woods - BWD - C-20 OPEN:
Brass - BRS - D: MoTBD C-21 Ed Kendrick   We9, We20. Fr9; SF: Sa12; F: Sa17
Breakout Normandy - BKN - C-22 Andrew Cummins;  Tu18, We9+
Britannia - BRI - D: TBD C-23 James Jordan;  TBD
Can't Stop - CNS -  C-24 OPEN:
Carcassonne - CAR - C-25 Tom McCorry; Sa17, Sa18+
Caylus - CYL - D: TBD C-26 Mike Kaltman; TBD
Circus Maximus - CMS - D: Th9 C-27 John Jacoby;  Tu18, Fr9, Sa19; F: Su 9
Combat Commander - CBC - D: Tu17 C-28 Bryan Collars We9+
Commands & Colors Ancients - CCA - C-29 OPEN:
Dominant Species - DSP - D: Tu19 C-30 Dave Long; Tu20, We10; Th20; SF: Sa12, F: Sa18
Dominion - DOM -  D: TBD C-31 Thomas Browne  TBD
Dune - DUN - C-32 Brad Johnson; We15, Th10, Fr13; F: Sa9
El Grande - ELG - D: We16 C-33 Rob Flowers; Tu18, We18; Th9; SF/F: Th13
Empire Builder - EPB - D: Tu17 C-34 Bob Stribula; Tu18, We9, We13; SF/F: Th14
Empire of the Sun - EOS - D: Fr9 C-35 Mark Herman; Fr10+
Enemy in Sight - EIS - D: TBD C-36 Bill Alderman; We9 or 16; Fr20, Su9; F: Su12
Euphrat & Tigris - E&T - L-3 OPEN:
Facts In Five - FI5 - L-4 OPEN:
Football Strategy - FBS - D: We17 L-5 Bert Schoose; We18, Th16; F: Sa20
For the People - FTP - D: Th9 C-37 Mark Herman; Th10+
Formula De - FDE - C-38 Joshua Githens; TBD
Formula Motor Racing - FMR - D: We15 C-39 Chris LeFevre: Tu20, We16, Th9; SF/F: Th12
Gangsters - GSR - C-40 OPEN:
Gettysburg - GBG - C-41 Vince Meconi; Grognard Pre-Con preliminaries only pcSa14+; SF/F: Sa9
Great Campaigns of ACW - GCA - C-42 OPEN:
Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage - HRC - C-43 Stuart Tucker; Omens Pre-Con - pcSa14+
Here I Stand - HIS - D: Tu17, Th17 C-44 Ed Beach;  Tu19, Th19; SF: Fr9; F: Sa18
History of the World - HWD - D: Tu17 C-45 Craig Yope: Tu18, We18; SF: Th18; F: Sa15
a House Divided - AHD - D: We20 C-46 David Metzger; We21, Th9+
Ingenious - ING - C-47 Peter Stein; Tu22, We14, Th22, Fr22; SF/F: Su9
Ivanhoe - IVH - D: TBD C-48 Brian Mongold; TBD
King Philip's War - KPW - D: We9 C-49 Andrew Friedmann: We10+
Kremlin - KRM - D: We16 L-6 Steve Cuccaro; We18, Th15, Th19, Fr9; F: Fr13
Labyrinth - LBY - D: TBD C-50 Joel Tamburo; TBD
LeHavre - LHV - D: Tu20 C-51 Kenneth Horan: Tu21, Th15; SF: Th18; F: Fr9
Liar's Dice - LID - C-52 Jason Levine; Fr23+
Lost Cities - LST - D: We11 C-53 Ivan Lawson; We17, Th15, Fr16, Sa14; Rd 2: Sa17+
Manoeuvre - MAN -   C-54 Andy Lewis; TBD
March Madness - MMS - D: Tu18 L-7 Terry Coleman: Tu19, We9, Th9, Fr9
Memoir '44 - M44 - Th20 C-55 Sam Edelston; Th21, Fr9+
Merchant of Venus - MOV - D: Tu17 C-56 Richard Irving;  We9. Th20, Fr12; SF/F: Sa9+
Monsters Ravage America - MRA - C-57 Mark Love;  TBD
Napoleonic Wars 5-Player - NW5 - D: We18 C-58 Gareth Williams; Mo19, We19, Th13; SF: Fr18, F: Sa18
Panzerblitz - PZB -  C-59 Rich Northey; Grognard Pre-Con preliminaries only pcSa14+
Paths of Glory - POG - C-60 OPEN:
Paydirt - PDT - D: We12 C-61 Harry Flawd;  We13, Fr13; F: Su9
Pirate's Cove - PRC - D: TBD C-62 Larry Lingle  TBD
Power Grid - PGD - D: Tu17 C-63 Jim Castonguay; Tu18, We12, Th9; SF/F: Fr9
Princes of Florence - POF - D: Tu20 C-64 Eric Brosius; We22, Fr18; SF/F: Fr20
Puerto Rico - PRO - C-65 OPEN:
Ra! - RA! -D: Tu20 C-66 Steve Scott; Mo21, Tu21, Th21, Fr11; SF: Fr23; F: Sa23
Ra; the Dice Game - RDG -  C-67 OPEN:
Race For the Galaxy - RFG -   C-68 OPEN:
Rail Baron - RBN - C-69 Ron Secunda; We18, Th18, Fr9; SF: Fr16; F:Sa17
Robo Rally - RRY - D: TBD C-70 Marc Houde;   TBD
Russia Besieged - RBS - We17 C-71 Rob Beyma  We19. Th9+
the Russian Campaign - TRC - C-72 Tom Gregorio; Grognard Pre-Con preliminaries pcSa14+
Saint Petersburg - SPG - D: We19 C-73 Norman Rule; Tu18, We12, Th10, Th19; SF/F: Fr13
San Juan - SJN -  D: Mo9 C-74 Jeff Mullet; Mo10+
Settlers of Catan - SET - C-75 Joseph Maiz; Sa9+
Slapshot - SLS - C-76 Sean McCulloch; Sa23+
Speed Circuit - SCT -D: Th13 C-77 Chris Long: TBD
Squad Leader - SQL - C-78 OPEN:
Star Wars; Queen's Gambit - QGB - C-79 Buddy Sinigaglio;  Tu20, we20, Th20; Rd 2: Fr12+
Stone Age - STA - D: TBD C-80 Eric Engelmann: TBD
Superstar Baseball - SSB - C-81 OPEN:
Thurn & Taxis - T&T - D: Mo16 C-82 Andy Latto; Mo17, We11, We15; SF/F: Fr11
Through the Ages - AGE - D: pre-con Su10 C-83 Randy Buehler: Time Machine Pre-Con pcSu11, pcSu17, Mo10; SF: Mo17; F: Tu10
Ticket To Ride - TTR - D: We9 C-84 Claire Brosius;  Th21, Fr9, Sa9; QF: Su9+
Tigers In the Mist - TIM - D: Tu18 C-85 Ray Freeman; Tu19+
Titan - TTN - D: TBD C-86 Bruno Wolff: We-Fr 10,14,18, 22 SF:Sa9; F: Sa18
Titan The Arena - TTA - D: We11 L-8 Greg Crowe: We18, Th23, Sa13; SF/F: Sa15
Twilight Imperium - TWI -  D: We19 C-87 Michael Buccheri: Th9, Th20; F: Fr9
Twilight Struggle - TWS - D: Th17 C-88 George Young; Fr9+
Union Pacific - UNP -  C-89 OPEN:
Up Front - UPF - C-90 OPEN:
Vegas Showdown - VSD - D: TBD C-91 Eric Freeman; TBD
Victory in the Pacific - VIP - C-92 Charles Drozd: Rising Sun Pre-Con: Su9+
War At Sea - WAS - C-93 Vince Meconi; Th9+
War of the Ring - WOR - C-94 Kevin Wojtaszczyk; Middle Earth Pre-Con Mu: pcSa9, Su19+
Warriors of God - WOG - D: Mo9 C-95 Bruce Monnin: Mo10+
Washington's War - WWR - formerly WTP (We The People) - C-96 OPEN:
Waterloo - WAT -  C-97 Marty Musella; Grognard Pre-Con preliminaries pcSa14+
Wellington - WLL - D: Mo10, Tu17 C-98 Rob Olsson; Mo13, Tu19; SF: We13; F: Th13
Wilderness War - WNW - D: Mo9 C-99 Keith Wixson; Mo13+; SF/F: Su9
World At War - WAW - C-100 OPEN:

To make a GM Commitment, become a current BPA member of Sustaining level or higher and submit a completed Event Form before Feb. 28, 2012. Century events will be run within two hours of the requested time slot or the GM will be consulted for an acceptable alternate time.

 

 

Trial Events

Eligible Continuing Trials: New events or those which failed to make the Century Group by 2011 attendance standards but otherwise met WBC performance requirements and are eligible to be voted into Trial status during the Annual December Membership Drive. These events are automatically listed on the Membership Drive ballot and the 25 with the most votes by Jan. 1 are eligible to be run at WBC 2012. Any vacancies in these 25 due to lack of a GM commitment will be filled by BPA based on other Alternate GM commitments on hand by Feb. 28, 2012.

Events were held for the prior GM until Dec. 31, 2011. Events are now OPEN to any current member who submits an acceptable event form. Although we will try to honor requested timeslots, all GMs of Continuing Trials must be willing to run their events when scheduled by BPA. Failure to do so may disqualify the event.

 Continuing Trial Events Voted by the Membership Trial GM - Requested Starting Times
Ace of Aces - AOA - D: TBD T-1 Doug Porterfield: TBD
Adel Verpflichtet - ADV - D: Fr18 T-2 Tom DeMarco: Fr19+
Battleline - BAT - T-3 OPEN:
Commands & Colors Napoleonics - CCN T-4 OPEN:
Conquest of Paradise - CQP - D: Fr14 T-5 Kevin McPartland; Mu: Fr15, Sa9+
Diplomacy - DIP - D: Fr14 T-6 Thomas Haver; Fr19, Sa10, Sa19
Egizia - EGZ - D: Tu20 T-7 Randy Buehler; We18, Th13; SF: Th21; F: Fr9
Elchfest - ELC - D: TBD T-8 Dan Dolan Sr; TBD
a Few Acres of Snow - FAS - D: TBD T-9  Roy Gibson: TBD
Founding Fathers - FGF -D: Tu18 T-10 Jacob Nixon; We14+
Galaxy - GXY - D: We13 T-11 Mark Mitchell; We14, We22, Th16, Fr17; SF/F: Sa12
Goa - GOA - D: Tu20 T-12 Alex Bove: Mo16, We9, Th13; SF: Fr19; F: Sa9
Hammer of the Scots - HOS -   T-13 OPEN:
Julius Caesar - JUC - D: We18 T-14 Justin Thompson; Th9+
Kaiser's Pirates - KPR - D: TBD T-15  Tim Rogers: TBD
Leaping Lemmings - LLM - D: We17 T-16 Rick Young: We19, Fr10, Fr19, Sa13; SF/F: Sa19
Manifest Destiny - MFD - D: pcSa17 T-17 Bill Crenshaw; pcSu15, We15, Th20; F: Sa19
Medici - MED -   T-18  OPEN:
Navegador - NVG - D: TBD T-19 Anni Foasberg; TBD
Pro Golf - PGF  -   T-20 Bruce Monnin; Th23+
Santa Fe Rails - SFR -  D: Tu17 T-21 Rob Kircher; Mo19, Tu20, We13; SF/F: Th9+
Trans America - TAM - D: Su9 T-22 Lisa Gutermuth; Su10+
Win, Place & Show - WPS -   T-23  OPEN:
Wooden Ships & Iron Men - WSM -  D: We10 T-24 Tim Hitchings; Grognard Pre-con preliminaries only pcSa14+ SF/F: Sa9+
Yspahan - YSP - D: Tu18 T-25 Richard Shay: Tu20, We12+

Eligible Alternate Trials: Events that failed in the December Membership Drive vote but were submitted with a completed event form by willing GMs for inclusion on the annual December ballot for consideration of the membership as one of the 25 Trial events decided in the December Membership Drive. Alternate events are used as replacements for any qualifying Century or Continuing Trial event which fails to draw a satisfactory GM commitment. Such events are also occasionally selected by sponsors to become eligible.

New proposals must be submitted to cd@boardgamers.org no later than Nov. 30 of each year to be included on that year's membership ballot, although any received by Feb. 28 will be given consideration as replacements for events without a GM commitment. New events may be either events making their first appearance at WBC or returning after an absence.

 Trial Event Proposals on Hand for use as replacements for vacancies GM Commitments
Baltimore & Ohio - B&O - D: Mo17, Tu17, We10 William Wallace: Mo19, Tu19, We12, We18; SF: Th12; F: Th18
Brawling Battleship Steel - BBS - OPEN:
Charon, Inc - CHR  - D: Mo14, Tu17 Lori Wallace: Mo15, Tu19, We15, We17; SF: Th14; F: Th17
Chicago Express - CHX - OPEN:
Conflict of Heroes - COH - D: TBD Jeff Lange; TBD
Dungeon Lords - DGL -  OPEN:
Eisenbach Gap - EBG - OPEN:
Fresco - FRS - OPEN:
Guerilla - GUE - D: Mo16, Th16 Steve Scott; Mo17, Th17; F: Su9
Harry's Grand Slam Baseball - HGS - D: TBD Dan Dolan Sr: TBD
Hearts & Minds - H&M OPEN:
Imperial - IMP -   OPEN:
Innovation - IOV - D: TBD Andy Latto: TBD
Lord of the Rings; The Confrontation - LRC - OPEN:
Naval War - NVW - D: TBD Jonathan Lockwood; TBD
Origins of World War II - OW2 - D: TBD Roy Pettis: Sa14+
Rommel in the Desert - RID - James Kramer: Fr10+
Samarkand - SMK - D: Mo14  Carmen Petruzelli; Mo16, Tu18, Th11; SF: Fr14; F: Fr20 
Stockcar Championship Racing - SCC -    OPEN:
Strike of the Eagle - STE - D: Tu19 OPEN:
Tikal - TKL -  D: Fr17   Daniel Broh-Kahn; Fr11, Fr18, Sa20; SF: Sa22; F: Su9 
Titan Two - TT2 - D: TBD Rich Atwater; We10+
White Star Rising - WSR -  OPEN:

Vendor/Sponsor Introductory Trials: Each vendor and/or Sponsor may add one new Trial event above and beyond the 25 Continuing Trials ceiling anytime prior to Feb. 28, 2012. Such New Trials will automatically fall into Century or Continuing Trial classifications the following year based on their 2012 performance. These events must be for games which are in print by the Feb. 28, 2011 deadline. Publisher must submit a copy of the game at the time of the event submission.

Trial Events by Vendors/Sponsors Vendor Events  Game Master
Pantheon - PTH VS-1 OPEN:
Last Will - LWT VS-2 OPEN:
Power Grid: First Sparks - PFS VS-3 OPEN:
Sekigahara - SKG - D: TBD  VS-4 Matt Calkins; Mo9 or We9+
Adventurers - AVU - D: TBD VS-5 Larry Lingle  TBD

 Juniors Events

Juniors Events: Volunteer GMs are always needed to run free events for children aged 12 & under in the WBC Juniors room. Any game is eligible provided it is suitable for children of that age group and available in sufficient numbers to allow all children present to play. You cannot assme children will bring their own copies of the game. The GM should come prepared to instruct children how to play the game.   A BPA Room Monitor is always present to help maintain order but is not always available to assist children in playing the game. Recruitment of assistants to aid you is strongly advised. Volunteer Assistants are very much needed. To volunteer, contact juniors@boardgamers.org.

Events for Children 12 & under
Junior Events
Game Master & requested Time Slot
Apples to Apples JR NO PLAQUE
J-1
Joanna Melton; Sa11
Beep! Beep JR
J-2
Crystal Shipley; Su9
Blokus JR
J-3
Daniel Broh-Kahn; Fr9
Bumper Car Arena JR
J-4
Marc Houde; Tu18
Can't Stop JR
J-5
Jason Levine; Th9
Carcassonne JR
J-6
Rich Shipley; Th11
Elchfest JR
J-7
Dan Dolan Sr; Fr11
Formula Motor Racing JR
J-8
Jordan Shea; Tu11
Guillotine JR
J-9
Ray Stakenas; We14
Heroscape JR
J-10
Frank Sinigaglio; We18
Ingenious JR
J-11
Chris Yaure; We11
Ivanhoe JR
J-12
Kirk Harris; Fr18
Leaping Lemmings JR
J-13
Pam Gutermuth; We9
LoTR: Confrontation JR
J-14
James Doughan; Sa9
Monsters Menace America JR
J-15
Mark Love; Sa14
Montgolfiere JR
J-16
John Poniske; Tu9
Planes, Trains & Auto JR NO PLAQUE
J-17
Paul Owen; Su11
Settlers of Catan JR
J-18
Tim Mossman; Th18
Slapshot JR
J-19
Mark Yoshikawa; Sa19
Ticket to Ride JR
J-20
Matthew Beach; We14
Titan: The Arena JR
J-21
Greg Crowe; Tu14
TransAmerica JR
J-22
Ewan McNay; Th14

 Seminars

Seminars: Returning in 2012! WBC has excellent facilities to host seminars. The Hopewell Room provides tiered seating to accommodate for 60-75. Schedule a Seminar for WBC 2012. All requested times will be honored, as possible; however, tournament events have priority. Direct any questions to acd@boardgamers.org.

Seminars

Presenter(s) and Requested Time Slot
Gaming & Ethics Joel Tamburo; TBD
B17 After Action Debrief Dave Terry; Fr22
Sandman Salute Dave Dockter; Th23
Wits & Wagers Game Show Dominic Crapuchettes; F20, Sa20
An Hour With Lew Pulsipher Lew Pulsipher; Th20
Meet the Press—ATO Magazine Steve Rawlings; TBD
Charles S. Roberts Awards Presentation Allan Rothberg; Sa19
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