Marc Lanctot
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
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Fellow Edmonton-area Board Gamers,
The Great Canadian Board Game Blitz will be run at the Mission: Fun & Games, on Sat March 10th 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. Thanks goes to John for letting us use the space for this 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.
Details about the tournament format can be found on our web site (linked above). Further details such as the games list will be available closer to the event date. If you're interested in sign-up up or have any questions, you can Contact us or follow-up to this thread.
You can also mark yourself as attending on the Facebook event.
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Marc Lanctot
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
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