Marc Lanctot
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
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Fellow Kingston-area Board Gamers,
The Great Canadian Board Game Blitz will be run at the Minotaur Games & Gifts, 165 Pricess Street on Saturday March 24th starting at 10am. The tournament is an all-day, multi-round, non-elimination tournament. The winner will receive a day pass to FanExpo 2012 to participate in the GCBGB Finals. Many thanks to Justine Scala from Minotaur who has offered to run the event.
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.
One special note for this particular blitz. Minotaur is where the Blitz started in early April of 2009. Since Justine is entirely in charge of running it and choosing the games list, and it'll be our 3-year anniversary: I plan to play in it! Only my second blitz in three years. So, if you would like to beat the organizer and have it on record, this is your chance! 
Details about the tournament format can be found on our web site; further details such as games list will be posted early March. Questions? Email us or post a follow-up to this thread.
If you would like to sign up, please email Justine or mark yourself as attending on the the Facebook event. The cost of the event is $10.
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Posted Mon Jan 9, 2012 10:25 pm