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World Boardgaming Championships 2018 Schedule & Program July 21-29, 2018 Seven Springs, PA www.boardgamers.org [email protected] Slopeside Restuarant DINING AT SEVEN SPRINGS You will notice the mountain charms do not include city hustle/bustle and franchise eat- eries at every corner, but Seven Springs has a wide assortment of food and beverage out- lets on property to suit every taste and budget and keep you primed for your next match. Explore a different choice each night. Grab & Go: The “Grab & Go” station, located near the Grand Ballroom and open daily Sunday-Saturday, 11AM-7PM, features grilled and pre-made sandwiches, chips, snacks, assorted drinks, and more. Seven Ten Bistro: This cool, hip little alcove located next to the bowling alley features eclectic food and an imaginative menu with items ranging from out-of-the-ordinary shared plates to cool twists on salads to mouth-watering sandwiches. Be sure to check out the Tator Tot Waffle sandwich! Open daily at 11AM. Slopeside Restaurant: Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner 7AM-9PM. Breakfast features their daily breakfast buffet at a special WBC rate of $12.95 (WBC breakfast special available July 23-29 only). A Farm Table Soup & Salad bar is available daily for lunch and dinner at $12.95. Dinner features a different dinner buffet daily, including their famous Friday night Seafood buffet and Saturday night regular Farm Table buffet ($35.95 per person; WBC Saturday Special night: Buy one buffet dinner at regular price and get a second buffet dinner ½ off). Full menus are also available for all meals. Prices do not in- clude tax or gratuity. Timbers Restaurant: Open daily 4PM-10PM with regular menu plus daily specials. Mountain Perk: Open daily in Center Lobby 7AM-7PM and Saturday & Sunday 8AM- 8PM in Ski Lodge. Coffee, drinks, and to-go pre-made sandwiches. Pizza Place: Open Friday & Saturday 11AM-1AM and Sunday to Thursday 11AM-12AM. Pizza, salads, subs, wraps, drinks, etc. Bavarian Lounge: Open daily 11AM until close (up to 1AM—dependent upon business levels). Drinks and sandwich/snack menu. Menu items available until 12:30AM daily. First Tracks: Open daily 11AM-9PM. Wide variety of cafeteria style food and drink items. Emo’s Pit: Open daily from 10AM-5PM. Outdoor BBQ pit featuring hot dogs, hamburg- ers, pulled pork, hot sausage, kielbasa, etc. (located outside Ski Lodge). Highlands Market: Open daily 7:30AM-8PM. Boutique country market serving freshly prepared sandwiches and salads and a wide selection of craft and domestic beers, grocery items, fresh meats, cheeses, breads, specialty items and local artisan products. Helen’s Restaurant: Closed Monday. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 5PM-9PM. Distinct, au- thentic culinary creations and fine dining in a rustic atmosphere. Grille at Sporting Clays: Open Tuesday-Thursday, 11AM-5PM. Features appetizers, sandwiches, entrees and desserts in a classic mountaintop setting. Gingerbread Dreams: Open daily from 11AM-10PM. Classic ice cream parlor featuring sundaes, cones, coffee and a variety of fresh pastries and baked goods. Contents 1 is an association of boardgame enthusiasts incorporated as a non-profit company in BPA the state of South Carolina for the express purpose of hosting the annual gaming con- ference known as the World Boardgaming Championships, or WBC as it is more commonly known. It offers tournaments, vendors, an auction, demonstrations, seminars, open gaming, and Junior pro- grams. We also sponsor e-mail tournaments throughout the year, but our raison d’etre is WBC. We love boardgaming competition—from wargames and Eurogames to racing, sports, and rail games, and we make no apologies for it. It’s what we do. And we take pride in doing it better than anybody else. To find out more about our activities spend some time on our website at www.boardgamers.org. You’ll find more pre- and post-event information than anywhere else on the net—over 2,000 pages of it. It’s not very lucrative or cost effective, but it demonstrates our commitment to this hobby. You can help continue this madness by taking a moment to subscribe to our FREE e-mail newsletter via the web site or trade links with our Webmaster from your local club site. Finally, continue to spread the good news about our association and its activities by bringing your fellow gamers to the best week of pure gaming this year and every year! Credits Contents Convention Director: Ken Gutermuth CD Welcome .................................................... 2 Assistant Convention Director: Charles Kibler Orientation ................................................... 3-6 ACD–Webmaster & Publicity: Kaarin Engelmann Schedule Key ............................................... 7-8 Board Chairman: Andy Lewis Chronological Schedule ................9-21, 24-31 Site Map .................................................... 22-23 Treasurer: Bruno Passacantando Vendors’ Rooms Layouts .......................31, 39 Secretary & Proof Reading: Bruce Monnin Event Descriptions .................................. 32-39 Legal Consul: Ralph Gleaton Juniors Event Schedule .................................40 Incorporator: Scott Pfeiffer Previews .........................................................41 Tech Support: Ken Whitesell Auction & Auction Store Info ......................42 Library & Open Gaming Director: Keith Levy Seminars .........................................................43 Cover Art: Ken Gutermuth & Charles Kibler Activity Passes ..............................................44 Seven Springs Map: Jason Long & Charles Kibler Graphics: ckiblergrafix Photography: Debbie Gutermuth 2018 Vendors & Exhibitors Projector Programming: Scott Buckwalter Hours: Thurs. through Sat., 10AM to 6PM Social Media Coordinator: Scott Nerney Academy Games, ADMW Games, Big Board Euro Schedule Coordinator: Eric Freeman Games, Canton Games, Collins Epic Wargames, Mobile Scheduling Apps: Kevin Broh-Kahn, Compass Games, Decision Games, Dream Michael Kiefte, & Craig Trader Games, Foam Brain Games, Flying Pig Games, Website Design & Media Spokesman: Max Jamelli Game Surplus, GMT Games, Griggling Games, Exclusive Show Vendor: Decision Games Harmony House Hobbies, Holy Grail Games, Security: Ken Whitesell Lock N’ Load Publishing, Multi-Man Publishing, Open Gaming Monitors: Dan Hoffman, Bill Mystic Waboose, Rio Grande Games, Third Eye Powers, Scott Buckwalter, & Adam Oliner Comics, Upton Games, and Juniors Room Monitors: Crystal Shipley, Worthington Publishing Megan Byrd, and Lesley Coussis AREA Ratings: Glenn Petroski Team Event Handicapper: Stuart Tucker Team Logos: Kaarin Engelmann Auction: Ken Gutermuth, Bruce Reiff, et al Registration Staff: Charles & Judy Kibler, Tara Greenwood, Ann Dowrick, Bob Dowrick, Chuck Ledger and Peggy Ledger Sponsors: Jeff Burdett, Matt Calkins, Tom Cannon, Jim Day, David des Jardins, Ken Gutermuth, Rick 7766 Valley View Court, Hickory, NC 28602 Northey, Meng Ong, Joel Tamburo, J.R. Tracy www.boardgamers.org • [email protected] 2 CD Welcome elcome to the 20th World Board- In 2017, thanks to Don’s help, it appeared gaming Championship, a mile- to be a smooth transmission with positive Wstone year for a convention built feedback from our members on 2017 WBC. on a dream by Don Greenwood and Scott As we move into my second year and my Pfeiffer to keep the comradery that was first full year of preparing the WBC for built with Avaloncon alive. your enjoyment, I have learned a lot along I am sure you have noticed that there is the way. I know there have been some no Roman themed cover art this year. To things that members would have liked to celebrate our 20th year, I decided to hon- seen earlier, like event reports, that got de- or the 51 games that have been run at ev- layed because of my transition but the les- ery WBC by placing their Box Art on the sons learned from a full year on the job front and back cover. Before my accoun- should lead to improvements as we contin- tants say I can’t count, there are only fif- ue to move forward. ty on the covers as Titan and Titan 2-Play- The Open Gaming library is getting a face- er share the same box art. There were 3 lift as we work to secure some of the hot others that could have been listed, games new games for the library. In doing this, that have had revisions and name changes, we will not be stocking a large amount of but only 50 would fit on the covers. Those games in the library to support the WBC three are: Monsters Ravage America/Mon- tournaments. So, if you are participating in sters Menace America, Speed Circuit/Cham- tournaments and have a copy of the game, pionship Formula Racing, and We the People/ please bring it. Washington’s War. As you are reading this, you have arrived Once again, we will enjoy a week of gam- at Seven Springs for another great week ing and activities at Seven Springs Moun- of gaming. So, thanks for attending—but tain Resort. Whether you came to compete most of all, Have Fun, enjoy the gaming, re- in the tournaments, try new games in Open new friendships, and help us continue the Gaming, or accompany your gaming fami- tradition of the WBC. ly, our goal is to make sure everyone enjoys Ken Gutermuth themselves during their stay and make this a permanent part of their vacation plans in the future. I WANT MORE! There is no shortage of diversity of opinion about what WBC does or does not need. Balancing those conflicting desires along with managing the natural ten- dency towards procrastination by far too many of us is a monumental task seem- ingly made more difficult each year. The most recurring theme seems to be a call for more events—even though we find it increasingly difficult to service those we already have—let alone add more. No one gets paid to run events at WBC. The sad truth is that the same people who have made all this possible year after year increasingly pull double and triple duty because others won’t lend a hand. And more of them fall by the wayside each year. So before you add to the chorus of wants, give a thought to what you can do to help your hobby and step forward to offer to run an event next time.