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BPA thanks its 2013 members for participating in our Annual Membership Drive and the associated voting process which qualified this year’s Continuing Trial events. The top 25 events are now eligible for inclusion in WBC 2013 upon receipt of a suitable event form by March 15 from a current BPA member willing to serve as the GM. Events for which no such GM is forthcoming by that date will be replaced by BPA from those events on the Alternate list with a GM Commitment on record. Vendors and sponsors may also select new events or add those from the Alternate list. To be added to the Alternate list, an event must have an event form submitted to BPA by a willing GM who is a current member.
A record number of votes were cast and the amount needed to make the cutoff grew 5% despite the presence of 12 more eligible candidates on the ballot. To no one’s surprise, long standing favorite Puerto Rico led the vote to retain Trial status after being penalized for failure to submit a required report. The only question is whether any one will step up to assume GM duties for this major event. Gaining entrance for the first time were Virgin Queen, Castles of Burgundy, Cities & Knights and Andean Abyss. Returning events of yesteryear granted a second life by the voters were Naval War and Tikal. Dropping from the ranks for the first time were Leaping Lemmings, Win, Place & Show, Founding Fathers, Caylus, Conquest of Paradise, Kaiser’s Pirates, King Philip’s War, Age of Steam and Twilight Imperium.
The Orphan’s List of eligible events is now posted. However, none of those event slots are guaranteed until a member submits an acceptable Event Form. The awarding of GM slots will be posted at the end of January and February. Those events for which an acceptable event form has not been accepted by March 15 will be replaced by eligible candidates on the Alternate List.
The Alternate List is composed of those events for which a current member has submitted an acceptable Event form for the 2013 WBC. The CD will promote eligible Alternates to fill any unfilled vacancies and recommend others to eligible Sponsors.
Vendors and Sponsors may add additional events of their choosing until the March 15 deadline.
2013 TRIAL VOTES:
- Puerto Rico - 355
- Battleline - 291
- Medici - 271
- Trans America - 257
- Elchfest - 245
- Afrika Korps - 240
- Goa - 232
- Wooden Ships & Iron Men - 216
- Yspahan - 213
- Virgin Queen - 212
- War of the Ring - 209
- Adel Verpflichtet - 205
- Santa Fe Rails - 201
- Manifest Destiny - 200
- Ace of Aces - 193
- Pro Golf - 192
- Great Campaigns -186
- Naval War - 184
- Castles of Burgundy - 176
- Enemy in Sight - 169
- Settlers of Catan: Cities & Knights - 166
- Tikal - 166
- Andean Abyss - 165
- Galaxy - 162
- Anzio - 161
- Leaping Lemmings - 160
- Win, Place & Show - 159
- Founding Fathers - 158
- Caylus - 157
- Risk - 156
- Conquest of Paradise - 150
- Kaiser’s Pirates - 144
- King Philip’s War - 138
- King of Tokyo - 137
- Game of Thrones - 130
- Lord of the Rings; The Confrontation - 128
- Twilight Imperium - 126
- Age of Steam - 124
- Lords of Water Deep - 123
- Innovation - 122
- Last Will - 114
- Galaxy Trucker - 109
- Power Grid First Sparks - 107
- Macao - 107
- Guerilla - 104
- Russia Besieged - 100
- Rommel in the Desert - 99
- Conflict of Heroes - 96
- Red Winter - 94
- Samurai - 94
- War of the Roses - 91
- Waterloo20 - 89
- Titan 2 - 77
- Crusader Rex - 74
- Spartacus: A Game of Blood & Treachery - 67
- Hive - 60
- Mage Knight Board Game - 57
- Sergeants Miniatures Game - 56
- Summoner Wars - 46
- White Star Rising - 42
- War Party - 41
- Runebound - 28
- Reef Encounter - 27
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