Up Front (UPF) Event History & Laurels Updated October 24, 2023   World Boardgaming Championships Year Winner Players 1991 Mark Cohen 44 1992 Maria Hawthorne 43 1993 Bruce Young 53 1994 Bruce Young 53 1995 Herbert Gratz 48 1996 William Edwards 46 1997 John Emery 42 1998 John Emery 55 1999 Larry Davidson 42 2000 John Emery 34 2001 Bruce Wigdor 39 2002 John Emery 50 2003 Ray Stakenas II 38 2004 John Emery 30 2005 Bruce Young 33 2006 Paul Wright 30 2007 Ray Stakenas II 27 2008 Ed Kendrick 22 2009 Jeff Spaner 23 2010 John Emery 25 2011 Bruce Wigdor 27 2012 Richard Irving 25 2013 Ed Kendrick 31 2014 John Emery 28 2015 Ed Kendrick 29 2016 John Emery 28 2017 Bruce Young 26 2018 Edward Kendrick 27 2019 William Kendrick 22 2022 Richard Irving 19 2023 John Emery 23   BPA PBEM Tournaments 2000 Jeff Matthews 32 2005 Jeff Matthews 24   BPA Laurels Rank Name Last Total 1 Emery, John 2023 335 2 Young, Bruce 2017 226 3 Kendrick, Edward 2023 199 4 Irving, Richard 2022 138 5 Stakenas II, Ray 2016 130 6 Wigdor, Bruce 2013 112 7 Kendrick, William 2023 84 8 Stakenas, Ray 2013 74 9 Gleaton, Ralph 2022 70 10 Spaner, Jeff 2018 64 11 Billones, Jeremy 2023 63 12 Wright, Paul 2009 52 13 Davidson, Larry 2002 46 14 Gratz, Herbert 2009 34 15 Edwards, William 2016 33 16 Emery, Kevin 2023 30 16 Matthews, Jeff 2004 30 18 Maly, Andrew 2022 27 19 Herman, Bari 2004 26 19 Young, George 2017 26 21 Hess, Stefan 2001 24 22 Fowble, Wade 2014 22 23 Wong, David 2010 19 23 Arvold, Alan 2017 19 25 Malcomson, Robert 2014 18 26 Katano, Ken 2001 16 26 Ribeiro, Lance 2005 16 28 Paull, Jeff 2000 12 28 Stachowski, Michael 2003 12 28 Taylor, Eric 2005 12 31 Martin, Dale 2004 10 32 Vlahos, Nick 2000 9 32 Johnson, Michael A 2003 9 32 Alderman, Bill 2011 9 35 Kendrick, James 2023 9 36 Young, Erick 2001 8 36 Brouillet, Jean-Luc 2005 8 38 Russell, Scott 2000 6 39 Arndt, Frank 1999 3 39 Whitesell, Ken 2015 3 39 Wagner, Nathan 2022 3 39 Greenwood, Don 2000 3 43 Devitt, Brian 2000 2 43 Carr, Brian 2004 2 45 Mull, Rob 2000 1