Marc Lanctot
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
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Fellow Victorian Board Gamers,
The Great Canadian Board Game Blitz will be run at the GottaCon gaming convention, on Sun Feb 5th starting at 10am. The winner will win prizes and a day pass to FanExpo 2012 in Toronto to participate in the national finals. The tournament is an all-day, multi-round, non-elimination tournament.
So.. how does it work? Each round, players select which games they'd like to play in some order (randomly at first, and then by accumulated points). Everyone then plays their selected games simultaneously and earns a number of points based on the rank they achieved in the game. After a certain number of rounds, the player with the most tournament points is the winner.
Previous participants have told me that the GCBGB feels a lot like "organized open gaming". The games are played competitively, of course, but organizers (and most participants) are open to explaining games to newcomers and answering questions that arise throughout the games. Since it is a blitz, the games are often shorter Euro-style games like, e.g., Puerto Rico, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, San Juan, Roll through the Ages, Saint Petersburg, Dominion, Power Grid, Tigris and Euphrates, etc.
Details about the tournament format can be found on our web site (linked above). Further details such as the games list are already available from this link. Sign-up will be handled through the convention. Questions? Contact us or follow-up to this thread.
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Jordan Czop
Canada
Victoria
British Columbia
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Just bought my full weekend pass for GottaCon 2012 and now I have even more to look forward to!
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dustin boggs
Canada
Victoria
BC
these are my overtexts and
now I am without geek gold :(
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signed up. I am hoping to play 4 games new to me
Power Grid
Cargo Noir (or ttr asia)
Age of Industry
Citadels (or robo rally)
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Jon Woodland
Canada
Victoria
British Columbia
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I am victorious in Victoria!
Thanks everyone. I had a great time playing.
Jon
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Jordan Czop
Canada
Victoria
British Columbia
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Red-24 wrote: I am victorious in Victoria!
Thanks everyone. I had a great time playing.
Jon
Great job Jon! You deserved the win... Now I am kicking myself for playing Agricola with two of the top players haha (yourself and Josh) Oh well, I had a blast anyway. Hope to see you next year.
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