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Card Driven Wargame line-up at the 2007 WBC convention
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Following is the schedule for 16 19 Card Driven Wargame tournies (although you could pick a bone that a few games on the list are not strickly card driven wargames, but, the CDWer tribe does play them) at the 2007 WBC tournment http://www.boardgamers.org/I've participated in many of them. You'll always get a great GM and fun/challenging field of players. The 2 player tournies generally run in size from 16-32, while the multiplayer games pull fields between 50-100. Each winter, WBC offers these tournies at its winter CDW con, WAM. http://www.wamconvention.com/
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Posted Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:19 am
Edited Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:25 am
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A legendary WBC tourney, that has kicked off WBC for the last four years as its own "pre-con". 6 back-to-back 7 hour rounds to determine a winner. Only for the bold and beautiful - or those enjoying mind numbing fun competition. Great/fun group of players from all over the globe (including Turkey).
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc/gunsaug.htm
A ceramonial dance by Ms.Hari opens the activities
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Sunday 2:00 PM. You won't meet a better GM in Mr.Tucker. Always lots of color - and great door prizes. And, at least one participant always wears a Carthagian helmet to the event.
http://www.boardgamers.org/wbc/omens.htm
A couple of years ago, the GM actually had Carthagian elephants at the opening ceramony. The hotel management got their shorts in a knot, so, the elephants probably won't be back anytime soon.
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Kicking off the multiplayer CDWs. WARNING: A Former Team X member is the GM. Alexander and a few members of his posse always make a token appearance.
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The 2 player version kicks off on Tuesday at 6 PM. Sometimes it attracts a strange crowd. Some dude showed up claiming he was Napolean.
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Board Game: 1776
[Average Rating:6.40 Overall Rank:1177]
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One of the things that makes WBC the best con in the business is having tourneys like 1776 (the game was published 33 years ago) where a strong field of good sport players show up for the 2 player wargames.
Not exactly a card driven wargame, but, it does use very cool battle cards. And, it is an outstanding strategic level game - similar to the Card Driven Wargames.
Tuesday nite 7 PM mulligan round and Wednesday 9 AM. Event is run by a great GM and the event went to the clock (90 minutes per side) for the first 9 months of the Campaign Game (bid Strategic Cities).
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Ed the GM makes you recite the edicts on demand :-)
Tuesday 7 PM
Last year a fellow named Luther dressed in a really funky outfit should up. However, security quickly showed him the door.
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The GM Mr.Wixson is top notch. On his own dime he awards tomahawks to the top 2 finishers. Wed 9 AM
Despite the picture below, you don't often see players holding hands.
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The 2nd entry in the Napoleonic CDW field. Wednesday High Noon. There is quite a potrait artist that occassionally paints one of the participants in a period uniform. A sample of his work below:
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The new tactical card driven games gets its WBC maiden voyage on Friday (with Mulligan Round on Wednesday night.)
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...and the 5 player version of NAP Wars. Be careful regarding who sits at your table ;-) Wednesday 6 PM
The lovely and talent Queen Louise of Prussia occassionally pops by. Napolean called her, "The only person in Prussia with a set of b*lls". That, of course, was prior to certain day in 1815 when someone called Blucher all of a sudden made a timely appearance.
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Mainstay tourney of the CDW genre. You'll have to get by "The Master" to grab the gold. Thursday 9 AM. Mr.Grant usually brings the cigars and a refreshment or two for the post game party.
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Great box cover. Wearing a toga is optional. Thursday 9 AM. Russel Crowe crashed the event last year and created quite a mess of things.
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This one will be on Thursday at 9:00. I have a special in my gaming heart for this one.
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Revolutionaries and counter revolutionaries battle it out using the 1918 scenario. Ice cold vodka, with pickles of course, served at Thursday 10 AM. Ukrainain anarchists have been known to show up for the tourney, then, the party really gets going.
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MMP's entry into the CDW genre. Sand, ocean and German 88's. What's not to love? Thursday 6 PM
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70 showed for this event in its inaugural run. Pounding your shoe on the podium begins at 9 AM Friday. Contestants replay the epic cold war battle between the force and evil empire. Princess Leia made a surprising appearance in that bikini outfit of hers.
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The sun rises at 10 AM Friday. Make sure you alert the air defenses on Pearl a little earlier.
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Fabulous tourney run by one the WBC Grand daddy GMs. Saturday 9 AM sharp. Ms.Ross has been known on occassion to stop by. Man, that woman can really sew.
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This cornerstone WBC tourney starts at 11 PM Saturday nite with the traditional "reading of the rules". A refree tosses people into a penalty box "for ANY whining" (my kind of event). Team names body painted on their members (1 letter per bare chest). The "I got PUCK'D" award. A couple of hundred screaming nutcases.
Oh, it's a ton a fun; THE defining characteristic of WBC.
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Posted Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:24 am
Crapgame: "Hey, Oddball, this is your moment of glory. And you're chickening out!"
nice teaser