The alltime record Attendance event
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Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, or
builder? Which roles will you play in the new world? Will you
own the most prosperous plantations? Will you build the most
valuable buildings? You have but one goal: achieve the greatest
prosperity and highest respect! A unique game system lets the
players choose the order of phases in each turn. For 3-5 players,
aged 12 +; length: 90-150 minutes; author: Andreas Seyfarth.
WBC PUERTO RICO TOURNAMENT RULES
Puerto Rico is a maximum level Century event this year with
three preliminary heats and a sequel (San Juan) also in the Century.
In the heats, players will be paired at random in four-player
games. If we have an odd number, the remaining games will be
three-player (no five player games this year!). Players with
games are urged to bring them to the heats as we will probably
need a few more this time. Note that we will not be using any
of the expansion buildings. Because PRO is classified as a "B"
event this year, newcomers must attend the demo in Ballroom Foyer
if they expect to be taught how to play. No such instruction
will be available during the event itself. However, there should
be numerous opportunities to learn the game either from Jay himself
in Cafe Jay or during open gaming at the convention. Do NOT expect
to learn the game as you play in the event.
With
an extra elimination (quarterfinal) round we hope to have all
heat winners advance with possibly some alternates (last year
an alternate won the tournament). Those with the very best results
in the preliminary games will receive a bye to the second round
of the semi-finals, the "Sweet Sixteen." This year,
all elimination round games (semis and finals) will be four-player
games. Players with better records will also have choice of seat
position in the quarter-final and semi-final round games. For
the four-player final, players will have the option of using
an Evo-style bidding for seat position or the more traditional
(default) random seating. For more details about the tournament,
see the GM-maintained website at http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jcw222/id37.html
GM John Weber
Assistant GMs Barb Flaxington and Anne Norton
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