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CROWNS FOUR:
The fifth rendition of the Winter
Activation Meeting drew 45 die-hard CDW
fans to our comfortable new
digs at the Days Hotel
in Timonium, MD for four days of two-player
action
in a wide assortment
of card driven games. The action generated
four
full-fledged champions
in Twilight Struggle (Keith
Wixson),
Paths of Glory
(Chris Byrd),
Wilderness War (Pete
Reese) and We
The People (James
Pei) and a host of
open gaming opportunities in other CDWs.
Read a detailed
report on all the
action at WAM. Updated laurel
totals for the tournaments are posted
on their respective
Results pages.
THE TENTH SEAT: The Board's
report to
the membership
on the 2006 Fall Meeting (otherwise
known as answers to Frequently Asked
Questions) is
now posted. (You can also read the 2005
Tenth Seat and other Frequently
Asked Questions about WBC.)
ENLIGHTENMENT
X: The tenth annual meeting
of our Age
of Renaissance Mini-Con
gaming conference convenes March 23-25
for four swiss rounds of dedicated play
at our new location in Days
Hotel in Timonium,
MD. BPA has obtained a very favorable
group room
rate of $79 per night
plus applicable state and local taxes
(currently
13%). To obtain this
rate you must identify your affiliation
with the
BPA's Enlightenment
gaming conference and make your reservation
before
March 6, 2007 (or
when our roomblock sells out, whichever
occurs
first) 1-800-235-3297 or
410-560-1000 weekdays between 8 AM and
7 PM EST.
After March 6th,
reservations will be accepted on a space
or rate
available basis.
Alternately, you may contact Days Hotel,
9615
Deereco Rd, Timonium, MD
21093. Be sure to identify your affiliation
with our
group - both to
get the best rate for yourself and to
credit our group with your stay.
Room rate includes daily continental
breakfast
served. A Chili's
restaurant is attached to the hotel and
open for
lunch and dinner.
LAST CALL FOR WBC GMs: Less than three
weeks remain
for prospective
Game Masters to submit their Event
Forms for WBC
2007. Events currently
without a GM commitment and in danger
of being
dropped include:
Brawling Battleship Steel, Die Macher,
Diplomacy,
Facts In Five, Memoir
'44, Merchant of Venus, Panzerblitz,
Russia
Besieged, Russian Campaign,
Saint Petersburg, Stockcar Championship
Racing,
Elchfest, Enemy In
Sight, Fire In the Sky, Galaxy, Royal
Turf, San
Juan, Sword of Rome,
and Shifting Sands. Any event listed
in the Orphan List as Open needs
a GM commitment by
Feb. 28 or it will not be held. Also
needed is a
GM for Mystery of
the Abby Teens and assistant GMs for
numerous
Juniors events. Contact
juniors@boardgamers.org.
Prospective GMs are urged
to reread the newly
revised GM Guidelines,
paying
particular attention to the tie-breaking
rules for
MESE events which
have been modified since the prior distribution.
See
the upcoming
Century and eligible Trial events on
the Orphans
Page.
GMs who
have made
commitments to run an event are reminded
that they
have until Feb 28
to submit requested starting times. Thereafter,
BPA
will schedule the
event based on the information on hand.
SAMPLER SHOWCASE: This year's version
of the WBC
Sampler Showcase organizers
are looking for GM volunteers for the
Pre-con event to
a) Particpate in discussion and voting
for events
for the WSS via
e-mail;
b) Run game demonstations and coordinate
playing of
their event during
the designated scheduled time;
c) Provide at least one copy of the game
to be
available for use
in demonstration;
d) Additional on site assistance will
be needed to
complete a variety
of tasks. The deadline for the first
five events is March 1, 2007. The deadline
for the last five events is June 1, 2007.
For more information, see the Sampler
Showcase page or
to volunteer, contact Keith Levy at
gcom@gamesclubofmd.org.
FINAL CALL FOR BoD NOMINATIONS: All
BPA members are
hereby notified of
their right to nominate members for the
three Board
seats whose terms
expire at the next WBC. To appear on
the ballot, a
member must be
nominated in writing by at least three
members; one
of which must be
himself/herself. Nominations must be
signed and
received at BPA, 1541
Redfield Rd, Bel Air, MD 21015 no later
than
Feb. 28 to be
eligible for election in that year. When
contemplating nominations,
members are urged to consider that the
BPA conducts
most of its
business by email and needs Board members
who are
able and willing to
offer their time and skills to the organization
in a
timely manner.
Board members should be considered more
for their
ability to contribute
to the running of a successful company
than for
their attachment to any
particular game or genre. Besides forwarding
a
signed nomination for
himself/herself, each nominee should
submit by March
1 a statement
not to exceed 100 words summarizing what
they can
contribute in service
to the Board of Directors of the BPA.
The nomination
form is available online.
WBC
EMPLOYMENT: Those who would like
to be
considered for temporary
employment during WBC as Junior Room
Monitors or
Security Staff should
contact Don Greenwood at doncon99@toad.net.
Junior
Room Monitor
applicants should include references
and resume
pertaining to
employment as teachers, counselors, daycare
or other
applicable work
dealing with children. Compensation will
be based on
qualifications and
is negotiable.
PBeM
NEWS:
BARBAROSSA
TO BERLIN: The Barbarossa to Berlin PBeM tournament
has concluded with Stefan Mecay of
Texas victorious over Hans Frey of Germany to emerge from a
field of 50 entrants! In the semi-finals, Stefan defeated our ‘eliminator’,
Mark Sundlie, while Hans defeated Tom
Gregorio. The Final only went three turns but the fighting
was both furious and sportsmanlike. An MO failure and Hitler
Declaring War on the US garnered the Axis their 20th VP and
an Automatic Victory. Earning laurels for third thru sixth
place finishes were Tasos Tsoufis, Phillip Watkins, Tom Gregorio
and Tim Tow respectively. Complete stats are posted at the tournament
website.
VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC: The
current BPA Victory in the Pacific PBeM
tournament is down to its final
three participants (from an original
field of 35). The survivors? The
first, third, and sixth seeds --
Dan Henry, Charles Drozd, and Darren
Kilfara. Darren has the bye this
round, so Dan Henry (as the Allies)
faces off against Charles Drozd
(as the Japanese). The Day of Infamy
is here. Who will face Darren for
the wood? Thanks to bidding and
turn one adjustments, this tournament
has seen a pretty typical split
of games won by the IJN (17) vs.
USN (13) with two tied games. Keep
your eyes here for announcements
of the new tournament to begin
this September 15!
WILDERNESS WAR: A play-by-email
tournament of
Wilderness War, GMT's
card driven wargame of the French and
Indian War,
will begin on March
16 utilizing ACTS. It will have a 6 round
Swiss
Elimination format with
12 week rounds of the Annus Mirabilis
Scenario and
should run for
approximately 18 months. The champ will
be awarded
a replica
mini-tomahawk in addition to the BPA
plaque. For
details see the
tournament
website.
To
sign up contact GM Keith Wixson at
keith.wixson@verizon.net or
keithwixson@paulhastings.com. The deadline to sign
up is March 12.
HERE I STAND: The first BPA PBeM tournament
for this
game will commence
in mid-April. Your Game Master will be
Bryan
Collars, a HIS playtester,
and finalist at the 2006 Here I Stand WBC
Tournament. Assistant GMs
will be the designer Ed Beach and Mark
Greenwood. Find the full
details at the tournament
website. Those interested
in playing should email the GM at jbcollars@att.net no
later than April 10th and indicate experience
with HIS, ACTs, and
Cyberboard.
WAR AT SEA: Our 6th PBeM tournament for
War at Sea gets underway March
21. The tournament format will be similar
to the
Swiss Elimination
format used at WBC: five Swiss rounds
advancing the top eight scoring
players to the single elimination quarter-finals.
Each round will have a time limit of 10 weeks. Check
out the details at the tournament
website.
Contact GM
Kevin Shewfelt at kjlshewfelt@aol.com.
ANZIO: The Double Elimination Anzio PBeM
tournament
is now in its sixth
round with three survivors as Tom Oleson
and Chris
Harris, both
unbeaten, join 4-1 Jeff Hawarden in round
robin
play. Check on the
progress at the tournament
website.
Anyone interested in running an email
tournament is invited to inquire. 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.abovethefields.com/top_pbem/pbemgm.htm.
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.
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 http://www.boardgamers.org/bpaterms.htm for
details.
Don Greenwood
WBC Convention Director
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