56 Century Events 2010 Results Upcoming BPA Competition Bruce Harper, bc Jon Hogen, CA BPA members can revel in several Paul Milne, MN opportunities to relive past glories or improve Elihu Feustel, IN on their best performances in the year ahead. Randy Scheers, TX Vic Hogen, CA WBC Pre-Cons Saturday, July 30th, 2011 Paul Milne, MN So many games, so little time! Pre-Cons are the 25 1992-00; 02-10 answer to schedule conflicts for “meaty” games requiring your full attention. This year offering Top Laurelists • Age of Renaissance • Axis & Allies • 18XX • Hannibal and Grognardcon including Jason Moore, NY 156 Bruce Harper, bc 121 • Afrika Korps • Anzio • Bulge ‘81 • Gettysburg Jon Hogen, CA 106 • Panzerblitz • Russian Campaign • Squad Leader Greg Wilson, NM 96 • Waterloo • Wooden Ships & Iron Men. Bill Moodey, PA 96 Paul Milne, MN 84 Sunday, July 31st, 2011 Herbert Gratz, aa 78 Paths of Glory Through the Ages Eric Thobaben, MI 72 • • • Victory in the Pacific • War of the Ring Bruce Harper, bc Randy Scheers, TX 66 Vic Hogen, CA 66 August 1st–7th, 2011 World At War (WAW) WBC 2011 he event attracted its largest field since Hunt Lancaster Host Resort, Lancaster, PA TValley days in a year when its long serving GM was absent. This allowed for six full campaign November 3rd–6th, 2011 games of the world’s longest playtest of a game so EuroQuest IX involved that it is played in teams. The spectacle Hilton Pikesville, Pikesville, MD always attracts onlookers, so table markers were A dozen Euro tournaments, open gaming added indicating the time frame of each game. This allowed spectators to tell at a glance how each galore, and the debut of the latest Euros game compared to historical progress. from Essen. Most games followed the historical pattern of a French conquest, followed by Barbarossa. However, January 26th–29th, 2012 there were some unusual twists, including a Russian Winter Activation Meeting (WAM) X attack on Japan in Manchuria, and several games Holiday Inn, Timonium, MD which had success with German advanced subs. Four tournaments for Card Driven Wargames. Nuclear strategies were more varied than usual, with one game not producing them at all, and several pro- ducing large numbers of bombs, most of which were Play By Email Tournaments used tactically. The new submarine warfare rules Frequent partial play keeps skills sharp generally worked, but need further tweaking. and provides daily vicarious thrills at your As usual, play revealed several areas where rule convenience. Ongoing events include: changes were needed. The first was in Russia, where • Battles of the American Revolution standard play had been for the Russians to run away • Washington’s War • Russian Campaign in the summer turn, instead of defending as they his- • Breakout Normandy • Manifest Destiny torically had done. Penalties were added if the Rus- sians allowed key objectives to be captured without • Afrika Korps • Bitter Woods • Here I Stand a fight. The second area was for Italian forces, which • Age of Renaissance • Stone Age defended in mid war much more effec- • Gettysburg • War At Sea • Squad Leader tively than they did historically. At the • Victory in the Pacific • Advanced Civilization end of this marathon session, the partic- • Amun-Re • Paths of Glory • March Madness ipants meet to discuss the “living” rules • Wilderness War • Great Campaigns of their game and to vote their winners. • Pro Golf • Speed Circuit Not your average tournament… 2010 Trial Events 57 To read after-action reports, visit www.boardgamers.org/yearbook10 Ace of Aces (AOA) The Adventurers (AVU) 49 2004-2010 44 2010 Joseph Belyeu, AL Daniel Pappas, MD O Grant LaDue, NY O Andy Fedin, PA O William Burch, MD O Isaac Clizbe, MD O Ray Stakenas II, CA O Larry Lingle, PA O Doug Porterfield, VA O Barrett Straub, MD O Noah Engelmann, MD O Erik Schlosser, PA Doug Porterfield, VA Larry Lingle, PA Age of Renaissance (AOR) Automobile (AUT) 26 1996-2010 36 2010 Doug Galullo, MD Andrew Maly, TX O David Hood, NC O Matt Calkins, VA O Jeff Mullet, OH O John Weber, MD O Winton Lemoine, CA O John Dextraze, on O Tedd Mullally, NJ O Tom McCorry, VA O Mark Smith, KY O Raphael Lehrer, CA Ken Gutermuth, NC Greg Schmittgens, KS Battleline (BAT) Beep Beep (BP2) 48 2001-2010 39 2010 Bruce Reiff, OH Rebecca Hebner, CO O Jason Levine, NY O Josh Githens, SC O Craig Melton, VA O Devon Miller, VA O Kevin Youells, PA O Tim Packwood, DE O Rob Kilroy, PA O Harrison Anderson, PA O Steve Raszewski, PA O Adam Wojtaszczyk, NY Bruce Reiff, OH Jenna Sunderlin, NY Brass (BRS) Caesar’s Gallic Wars (CGW) 32 2010 9 2010 Bruce Hodgins, on Andy Friedmann, MA O Tom McCorry, VA O Tom Drueding, MA O Chris Skuce, on O Michael Johnson, MA O David Platnick, VA O David Deitch, PA O Paul Sampson, OH O NA O Philip Shea, FL O NA Edward Kendrick, uk Andy Friedmann, MA 58 2010 Trial Events To read after-action reports, visit www.boardgamers.org/yearbook10 Campaign Manager (CM8) Carcassonne (CAR) 22 2010 93 2002-2010 Kyle Greenwood, NV Carolyn Strock, PA O Greg Schmittgens, KS O Arthur Wines, PA O Chris Erickson, NJ O Dan Strock, PA O Andrew Maly, Tx O Rob Kirchner, RI O Josh Githens, SC O David Mattingly, PA O Max Jamelli, PA O Legend Dan Hoffman, MD Andrew Maly, TX Tom McCorry, VA Chicago Express (CHX) Conflict of Heroes (COH) 47 2009-2010 20 2009-2010 Bryan Eshleman, NC Michael Nagel, NJ O Stephen Brian, TX O Andrew Wright, MA O Akihisi Tabei, jp O Mark Kolenski, MA O Grant LaDue, NY O Dirk Knemeyer, MA O Chris Senhouse, MA O Erik Buetikofer, OH O Jessica Crandell, FL O Doug Bryant, PA John Bohrer, PA Michael Tan, CA Eisenbach Gap (EBG) Elchfest (ELC) 18 2009-2010 65 2001-2010 Mark Polelle, OH Dave Meyaard, CT O Derek Pulhamus, NY O Rebecca Hebner, CO O Mark Kolenski, MA O Andres Dunn, MD O Ted Drozd, IL O Alexandra Henning, CT O Chris Storzillo, OH O Alex Bell, MD O Charles Budzinski, NJ O Greg Zegalia, PA Jeff Schulte, NJ Dan Dolan Sr, NJ Empire of the Sun (EOS) The Hell of Stalingrad (THS) 20 2005-2010 13 2010 Mark Popofsky, DC Stephen Shedden, TN O Pable Garcia, Chile O Basem Chabaklo, qt O Dennis Culhane, PA O Bob Menzel, VT O Jim Mehl, VA O Andy Friedmann, MA O Graig Yope, MI O Bill Powers, VA O Peter Perla, VA O Jeff Ciemiak, NY Mark Herman, MD Steve Cunliffe, PA 2010 Trial Events 59 To read after-action reports, visit www.boardgamers.org/yearbook10 A House Divided (AHD) Julius Caesar (JUC) 30 1999-2003, 2010 30 2010 David Metzger, NY Justin Thompson, VA O Terry Coleman, CA O Tom Drueding, MA O Chris Byrd, CT O Micah Hultgren, CA O Ray Freeman, CA O Fred Bauer, VA O Brad Raszewski, MD O Malcolm Smith, VA O Scott Sirianna, NY O Grant Dalgliesh, WA Terry Coleman, CA Justin Thompson, VA Kaiser’s Pirates (KPR) Kingmaker (KGM) 39 2007-2010 23 1991-2010 Kevin Emery, SC Nick Benedict, CA O Bryan Collars, SC O Justin Thompson, VA O Nick Kiswanto, VA O Chris Jones, uk O John Emery, SC O Mike Rogozinski, NY O Mark F. Smith, SC O Bill Powers, VA O Bruce Young, SC O Llew Bardecki, nz Jim Day, MD Justin Thompson, VA Le Havre (LHV) LOR Confrontation (LRC) 45 2010 44 2010 Daniel Eppolito, NV Nick Henning, CT O Nick Henning, CT O David Rennert, MD O Nick Page, on O Matthew Beach, MD O Daniel Speyer, NY O Tom Parauda, NJ O Mike Kaltman, PA O Jack Doughan, PA O Steve Pleva, CT O Jacob Hebner, CO Keith Layton, NJ Jim Doughan, PA Medici (MED) Mystery of the Abbey (MOA) 69 1999-2010 25 2003-2010 Jeff Cornett, FL Allyson Field, SC O Robert Drozd, IL O Ashley Collinson, PA O Kevin Wojtaszczyk, NY O Christopher Jones, uk O Susan Cornett, FL O David Meyaard, NY O Cliff Ackman, PA O Jonathan Jones, VA O Jon Anderson, PA O Stephen Buonocore, NJ Doug Galullo, FL Ellen Hoam, OH 60 2010 Trial Events To read after-action reports, visit www.boardgamers.org/yearbook10 Naval War (NVW) Operation Typhoon (OTY) 26 1992-2010 17 2010 Frank Mestre, NY Jim Mehl, VA O Tim Evinger, PA O Mark Polelle, OH O Robert Paul, AZ O Bruno Passacantando, CT O Ben Collinson, Sr, MD O Tim Moore, PA O Bill Place, PA O Jeff Lange, Sr, ae O James Kramer, PA O Phil Rennert, MD Jon Lockwood, VA Lembit Tohver, on Panzerblitz (PZB) Pwr Grid Factory Mgr (FMR) 25 1991-2010 36 2010 Rich Northey, MA Barrett Straub, MD O Chuck Leonard, PA O John Corrado, NJ O Bert Schoose, IL O Anni Foasberg, NJ O Marty Musella, VA O William Hoch, NJ O Bill Scott, VA O Craig Trader, VA O Bill Thomson, TX O Rod Davidson, AZ Bert Schoose, IL Craig Trader, VA Pro Golf (PGF) Ra: The Dice Game (RDG) 63 1994-2010 74 2010 Brooks Beyma, MD Rod Davidson, AZ O Jim Bell, MD O Bianca Oksienik, NJ O Debbie Gutermuth, NC O Curt Collins II, PA O Sean McCulloch, OH O Randy Buehler, WA O Mark Yoshikawa, CA O Chris Gnech, PA O Mike Coomes, OH O Scott Sunderlin, NY Bruce Monnin, OH Scott Buckwalter, MD Republic of Rome (ROR) Richard III (RT3) 12 1991-2010 15 2010 Llew Bardecki, nz Fred Bauer, VA O Leonard Omelecki, PA O Rob Buccheri, MD O Jon Squibb, PA O Carl Willner, MD O Nick Benedict, CA O Mike Coomes, OH O Kevin Barry, PA O Cody Sandifer, MD O Chad Mekash, NY Sean Larsen, NJ Grant Dalgliesh, WA.