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| Jeff
Mullet, OH
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Bill
Crenshaw, VA
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MULLET
WINS ENLIGHTENMENT IX: Jeff Mullet
of Columbus, OH, won his
second Enlightenment title by winning
three games in
the four-round
weekend conference that drew 30
of the top Age of Renaissance
players. Als taking laurels were
Ken Gutermuth, Ted
Mullally, Chris
Byrd, Terry Coleman and Carl Damcke
who finished
second through sixth respectively.
A second tournament was held for
the sequel Manifest
Destiny which drew 17 players and
was won by the
designer Bill
Crenshaw. The 2nd thru 6th laurelists
were Arthur
Field, Kevin Sudy,
Tom Browne, AJ Sudy and Kathy Stroh.
A detailed report
can be found at http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/aor06.htm.
BLOCK PARTY III UP NEXT: The
Boardgame Playeor’s Association & Columbus
Area Boardgaming Society are sponsoring
the third
rendition of this
mini-con on April 28 through 30
at the Radisson
Worthington (a suburb of
Columbus, Ohio). Hammer of the
Scots, Liberty, War of
1812 & the new
Commands & Colors: Ancients will provide the Laurel
tournament fare.
Tournament Gaming will begin
around 6 p.m. Friday and will
end sometime on Sunday. Open
Gaming begins at noon on
Friday.
Pre-registration admission
for BPA members is $25
if registered by
April 15. At the door prices
add an additional $10. See
the Block
Party page for details and pre-registration.
The convention will be held at the
Radisson Worthington Hote, 7007 N.
High St. Columbus,
OH 43085. Phone 614-436-0700. The hotel
provides a shuttle
service to and
from the airport. Room Rates are $70
for Friday and
Saturday Night.
State taxes of 15.75% apply. Call 614-436-0700
for
reservations. Make sure you mention
CABS/BLOCK
PARTY for the convention rates. Deadline for hotel
reservations is
April 21. See http://www.radisson.com/worthingtonoh for
the hotel’s web site.
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS 2006 ELECTION: The Ballot for the 2006
Board of
Director’s election is now available
at http://www.boardgamers.org/election.htm. The candidates below are running
for the seats. Please take a
moment to cast your vote sometime before
the July 15 deadline.
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| Don Greenwood, MD |
Andy Lewis, DE |
Joel
Tamburo, IL |
Ken
Whitesell, PA |
WBC
STAFF POSITIONS: A limited number of paid staff positions
are
available for this summer’s WBC convention
as Junior room monitors or
Security/Room monitors. If finances
prevent your attendance, this is
your chance to get free room
and admission plus wages. To
apply as a Juniors Monitor, list
relevant experience as a teacher,
camp counselor, or childcare
provider and any certifications.
Free rooms must be shared with
a roommate—so candidates applying
as a pair willing to share a
room are encouraged. If interested,
please email
doncon99@toad.net no
later than May 1. Candidates for Juniors
Monitor should list relevant experience
as teachers, camp counselors, etc.
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PBeM
NEWS
MARCH
MADNESS: Bruce Monnin emerged victorious
over a 32 player field
in the third annual BPA March Madness
PBeM Championship when
his Louisville ’75 squad edged Gene Gibson’s ’56 San Fancisco
team 83-80. Bruce becomes the first player to win both the BPA’s
March Madness championship
at the World Boardgaming
Championships as well as
the PBeM title. Of the 62
games played in the tournament, over half
were decided by a margin
of victory of 9 points or less, with 17 games being decided
by four or less. Also earning Laurels were John Coussis,
Jeffrey Martin, Peter Staab and Derek Landel who finished
third through sixth respectively. The tournament will be
restarted next September or October. Come join us in determining next year’s champion of the
BPA March Madness world. You can follow the tournament’s progress
at http://www.bright.net/~monninb/mm-brack-2005.htm.
PATHS
OF GLORY: The next BPA POG PBeM
tournament has been delayed
to May 1 with signups due
by April 20. See http://www.wamconvention.com/pog2006acts.html for
details.
SQUAD
LEADER: David VanBronkhorst (VA)
defeated John Blazel
(WI) in the final match of the
BPA Squad Leader PBEM
tournament which started in 2004.
This game was concluded
with a stunning reversal in the final turn.
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All
BPA PBeM tournaments
require current BPA membership when
the event starts. All multi-day paid
attendees to WBC are current
BPA members for the balance of that
calendar year. Associate Calendar
year memberships enabling play in all
PBeM events starting in that
year cost only $10 and earn discounts
for admission to all BPA
gaming conferences. You
need not keep your
membership current in order to finish
a PBeM event. Players may
join the BPA throughout the year. Members
are reminded they
can upgrade their current memberships
at any time by remitting the additional
funds. See the BPA
Terms page for details.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.
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Here are previous newsletters: Nov.
2005, Dec.
2005, Jan.
2006, Feb.
2006.
Visit the BPA website at http://www.boardgamers.org
Don Greenwood
