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Through the Ages BPA Tournament 2024

This is the home page for the 2024-25 Boardgame Players Association “Play By Email”  tournament for Through the Ages. It is open only to members of the Boardgame Players Association (BPA). If you attend the World Boardgaming Championship (WBC), and are up to date on your registration fees for 2024, then you are already a member. If not, you can purchase an “Associate Membership” (PBEM only) for $10 from this website: www.boardgamers.org.
This tournament will award laurels and contribute to the annual Caesar award, all of which is tracked through that same website.
 

GM: Allan Jiang

AGMs: Randy Buehler and Galen Loram

Tournament Format

This tournament will be played on the TTA app by Czech Games that launched in 2017 for iOS, Android, and Steam. You must own the app AND the New Leaders and Wonders expansion in order to participate in the tournament.
 
This tournament using the TTA app Tournament feature, which will automatically create games, balance seat order in the final round (and possibly also in the semifinals), record finished games, and automatically calculate standings.
 
Games will be 4-player, use “Random Mix” for the card set, “Rules: Digital”, and “Default Async” timing (which means you have 24 hours to make a move once it is your turn, plus a time extension bank that refills whenever a new age begins … if you run out of time you will be dropped from the game and replaced by a bot).
 
Stages: There will be 3 stages in the tournament: heats, semifinals, and finals. In each stage, all players will play in 4 simultaneous asynchronous games.
 
Advancement: Advancement will depend on number of participants.
  • 26-31 participants: Top 13 in heat standings will advance to the semifinals where each semifinalist will play all others once. Top 5 in semifinal standings will advance to the finals where each finalist will play the others three times each.
  • 32-47 participants: Top 16 in heat standings will advance to the semifinals where each semifinalist will play all others once, except those in their quartile (i.e. top 4 in heat standings will not play each other). Top 7 in semifinal standings will advance to the finals where each finalist will play the others twice each.
  • 48+ participants: Top 20 in heat standings will advance to the semifinals where each semifinalist will play 12 different opponents; seeds 1-4 will not play each other, seeds 5-8 will face exactly one top 8 player in each game, and seeds 9-20 will face either one or two top 8 players in each game. Top 7 in semifinal standings will advance to the finals where each finalist will play the others twice each.
Standings: Each stage will have its own standings. You will be awarded 10 points for winning a game, 6 for finishing 2nd, 3 for 3rd, and 1 for 4th. Points for tied positions in games will be divided evenly among the tied players.
 
Standings Tiebreakers:
  1. Points in the semifinals (if applicable)
  2. Points in the heats (if applicable)
  3. Average % of winner’s score in current stage
  4. Head to head record in current stages, then in previous stage(s)
  5. Average points of opponents played in current stage (strength of schedule)
  6. Later average seat order in current stage, then in previous stage(s)
  7. Random

Resignation: Players may resign as their political action prior to age IV, by clicking on ‘Game Menu’, ‘Forfeit the Game’, and ‘More about resigning”. A player who resigns will place last among the players currently in a game, and will still earn tournament points
accordingly.

Pace of Play: The game app has a timer function which it automatically enforces. You get 24 hours whenever you have to make a decision, which includes responding to colonization/aggressions/pacts on others’ turns, and your own turns. If you go beyond 24 hours, then you will start to deplete your personal time reserve of 72 hours, which refreshes at the start of age II and age III. For example, if you moved yesterday at 3 pm and a colony flips on someone else’s turn yesterday at 3:15 pm, but you don’t move until today at 8 pm, then you’ve used up the 24 hours, plus 4 hours and 45 minutes of your time reserve.

Bot Alert: When a player runs out of time or abandons a game, the app replaces that player with a bot. This is generally unpleasant for all parties involved, so please resign on your political action if you will not be finishing the game. You will not receive any points for games in which you were replaced by a bot, while the remaining players will receive points according to their finish rank including the bot.

 If a player is replaced by a bot in age I and in the first two weeks of a stage, then the game is to be restarted as a 3-player game unless all players agree to continue playing with the bot. If a player is replaced by a bot at any other point, then the game may be restarted as a 3-player game if all players agree and the GM approves, on the basis that this restart will not prolong the stage.
 

Sportsmanship: Please be respectful to your opponents. Each player is entitled to make their own decisions in the game. However, it is not permitted to discuss pacts before offering them, to reveal any hidden information, or to intentionally help another player without any personal benefit in game. If you have any concerns, please contact the GM team.

Schedule

Registration Opens: March 21, 2024

Registration Closes: August 5, 2024

Heat Stage Starts: August 12, 2024

Semifinals Start: TBD, likely October 2024
 
Finals Start: TBD, likely December 2024

Sign Ups

Sign up below, or click here for the form in a new window

Quirky Quarks BPA Tournament

—-TOURNAMENT CANCELLED AS WE DID NOT GET SUFFICIENT SIGNUPS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!—

This is the home page for the 2024 Boardgame Players Association “Play By Email”  tournament for Quirky Quarks. It is open only to members of the Boardgame Players Association (BPA). If you attend the World Boardgaming Championship (WBC), and are up to date on your registration fees for 2024, then you are already a member. If not, you can purchase an “Associate Membership” (PBEM only) for $10 from this website: .If 24+ players sign up, this tournament will award laurels and contribute to the annual Caesar award, all of which is tracked through that same website.If we get less players, then we may run this as an unofficial tournament.
 

GM: Allan Jiang

AGMs: TBD

Tournament Format

This tournament will be played on BoardGameArena. The goal of this tournament is to introduce the game to BPA members to help prepare them for the tournament at this year’s WBC.
 
You can learn the rules of the game at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pcRUmHIGyI I recommend playing one or more games on BGA before the tournament starts to get familiar with the game and the interface.
 
Stages: There will be 2 stages in the tournament: heats and finals.
 
Heats: All players will play 2 simultaneous asynchronous games in the heats. We will try to  have all players play a 3-player game and a 4-player game, but this will depend on the exact number of signups.
 
Heats Standings: You will earn points as described below:
Win = 1000 points + one-tenth of your score / 2nd place score
Second = 100 points + your score / winner’s score
Third = 10 points + your score / winner’s score
Fourth = 1 point + your score / winner’s score
 

Advancement:

-1 to 5 double winners: Top 4 advance directly to the finals in a winner-take all game to determine the top 4 places in the tournament. The game will be asynchronous by default, but the finalists may choose to play it live if they are able to schedule it.

-6 to 10 double winners: Top 9 players each play a single 3p semifinal game, each consisting of a player in the top 3, middle 3, and bottom 3 in the standings. Winners plus the closest second place by % will advance to the finals.

Pace of Play: You are expected to check your games and take your turns (at least) once per day.


Schedule

Registration Opens: March 21, 2024

Registration Closes: May 15, 2024

Heats Start: May 22, 2024

Finals Start: Upon Completion of Heats

Sign Ups

Please sign up using the form below, or click here to open in a new window

Some Game Online Tournament

Game results should be reported on https://www.bucketofdice.com. The winner should record the scores and finishes as soon as possible, but any player can do that.

Sign up for tournaments on https://www.bucketofdice.com. If you played in the last season, you will get an email notification about the newest season. Keep an eye on the Meeple League website or bucketofdice for information on new seasons and games.

Congratulations to … Lifetime standings are available.

This game is played on yucata.de

4-player games with the following settings:

Pointer to game page

the Tournament now uses the expansion cards set. You must have that to play.

If you don’t already have one, create an account for the sign up system the Meeple League is using. Be sure to add your Czech Game Edition online user name (and any others you have) to your account.

bucketofdice.com

Under the Play! menu select Register for Tournament to see all the events open for sign up.

Our TTA event uses the online implementation on ios, Android and Steam (for Mac and Windows) from Czech Game Edition. The app is based on the most recent edition of the game (“A New Story of Civilization”) and no house rules.

Players are sorted into Groups of 7 players based on previous results.  In a season, each player plays in 4 games and each other member of your Group will be in 2 games against you. Winning a game is worth 10 points, 2nd is 6, 3rd place gets you 3 points, and 4th nets 1. You can read more details about the rules for Meeple Leagues HERE.

Divisions are based on previous Season results. New players enter at the bottom level for their first season.

You’ll receive a notice in your email once the pairings are ready. If you do sign up, you are committing to checking the app a couple of times on most days (it’s OK if something comes up every once in a while, or if you’re out of town for a weekend (for example), but in general we’re hoping game lengths will be measured in weeks not months.

2022 Meeple League Games and Events

2022 Live Play Lineup

The games listed below are the 2022 Meeple League games for live events. Tournaments in these games will be sanctioned and tracked all year.

  • Azul
  • Great Western Trail
  • Lords of Waterdeep
  • Puerto Rico
  • Saint Petersburg
  • Splendor
  • Stone Age
  • Ticket to Ride
  • Terraforming Mars
  • Wingspan

Online Tournaments Growing

We now have 5 active online tournament games:

  • Castles of Burgundy
  • Egizia
  • Thurn & Taxis
  • Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
  • Agricola (1st edition)

All the games have run multiple seasons per year. At the end of the year, Online Player of the Year will be determined. See the rules for point awards.

BPA Through the Ages Tournament 2021

Results
This is the home page for the 2021 Boardgame Players Association “Play By Email”  tournament for Through the Ages. It is open only to members of the Boardgame Players Association (BPA). If you attend the World Boardgaming Championship (WBC), and are up to date on your registration fees for 2021, then you are already a member. If not, you can purchase an “Associate Membership” (PBEM only) for $10 from this website: www.boardgamers.org. This tournament will award laurels and contribute to the annual Caesar award, all of which is tracked through that same website.
 

GM: Allan Jiang

AGMs: Randy Buehler and Galen Loram

Tournament Format

This tournament will be played on the TTA app by Czech Games that launched in 2017 for iOS, Android, and Steam. You must own the app AND the New Leaders and Wonders expansion in order to participate in the tournament.
 
The GM will attempt to run this tournament using the TTA app Tournament feature, which will require an extra confirmation step by participants. The Tournament feature will automatically create games, balance seat order in the final round (and possibly also in the semifinals), record finished games, and automatically calculate standings.
 
Games will be 4-player, use “Random Mix” for the card set, “Rules: Digital”, and “Default Async” timing (which means you have 24 hours to make a move once it is your turn, plus a time extension bank that refills whenever a new age begins … if you run out of time you will be dropped from the game and replaced by a bot).

Stages: There will be 3 stages in the tournament: heats, semifinals, and finals. In each stage, all players will play in 4 simultaneous asynchronous games.
 
Advancement: Advancement will depend on number of participants. Details on semifinal matchups are subject to change depending on the capabilities of the TTA app Tournament feature.
  • 26-31 participants: Top 13 in heat standings will advance to the semifinals where each semifinalist will play all others once. Top 5 in semifinal standings will advance to the finals where each finalist will play the others three times each.
  • 32-47 participants: Top 16 in heat standings will advance to the semifinals where each semifinalist will play all others once, except those in their quartile (i.e. top 4 in heat standings will not play each other). Top 7 in semifinal standings will advance to the finals where each finalist will play the others twice each.
  • 48+ participants: Top 20 in heat standings will advance to the semifinals where each semifinalist will play 12 different opponents; seeds 1-4 will not play each other, seeds 5-8 will face exactly one top 8 player in each game, and seeds 9-20 will face either one or two top 8 players in each game. Top 7 in semifinal standings will advance to the finals where each finalist will play the others twice each.
Standings: Each stage will have its own standings. You will be awarded 10 points for winning a game, 6 for finishing 2nd, 3 for 3rd, and 1 for 4th. Points for tied positions in games will be divided evenly among the tied players.
 
Standings Tiebreakers:
  1. Points in the semifinals (if applicable)
  2. Points in the heats (if applicable)
  3. Average % of winner’s score in current stage
  4. Head to head record in current stages, then in previous stage(s)
  5. Average points of opponents played in current stage (strength of schedule)
  6. Later average seat order in current stage, then in previous stage(s)
  7. Random

Resignation: Players may resign as their political action prior to age IV, by clicking on ‘Game Menu’, ‘Forfeit the Game’, and ‘More about resigning”. A player who resigns will place last among the players currently in a game, and will still earn tournament points accordingly.

Bot Alert: When a player runs out of time or abandons a game, the app replaces that player with a bot. This is generally unpleasant for all parties involved, so please resign on your political action if you will not be finishing the game. You will not receive any points for games in which you were replaced by a bot, while the remaining players will receive points according to their finish rank including the bot.
 
If a player is replaced by a bot in age I and in the first two weeks of a stage, then the game is to be restarted as a 3-player game unless all players agree to continue playing with the bot. If a player is replaced by a bot at any other point, then the game may be restarted as a 3-player game if all players agree and the GM approves, on the basis that this restart will not prolong the stage.
 

Pace of Play: You are expected to check your games and take your turns (at least) once per day. It’s OK to have an occasional break of a couple of days, but we expect most games to finish in less than two months. Games that haven’t finished in 8 weeks are likely to be adjudicated, and the adjudication will include demoting slow players to lower finish positions.

Sportsmanship: Please be respectful to your opponents. Each player is entitled to make their own decisions in the game. However, it is not permitted to discuss pacts before offering them, to reveal any hidden information, or to intentionally help another player without any personal benefit in game. If you have any concerns, please contact the GM team.

Schedule

Registration Opens: June 13, 2021

Registration Closes: July 25, 2021

Heat Stage Starts: ~August 4, 2021

Semifinals Start: September/October 2021
 
Finals Start: November/December 2021

Results

Thirty-eight participants played 61 games in this year’s TTA PBEM tournament, which was run using CzechGames’s tournament interface for the first time. The CGE interface allowed for balanced seating in the latter rounds, automatic game creation, easy checks on tournament progress, and automated results into standings. Also new this year were a consistent format throughout all rounds (4 games each, weighted 10-6-3-1), a strict 16 players in the seeded semifinals, and new rules when players are replaced by bots.

In the heats, Mike Turian lead the way with three wins and a second, while Ryan Feathers, Jason Leggett, and Steve LeWinter each had two wins and two seconds and rounded out the top 4. Kevin Warrender set the high score with 375 culture, and finished the round with 23 tournament points, taking the 16th and final spot in the semifinals on tiebreaker over the GM, who managed to sabotage himself with all the new rules introduced in this year’s tournament.

In the semifinals, everyone faced all the other semifinalists except for those in their quartile in the heats standings. Steve LeWinter was the star of this semis, with three outright wins and a tie for 1st/2nd, and the high score of the round with 273 culture. Jason Leggett was just behind with three wins and a second. Joining them in the finals were Galen Loram, Randy Buehler, Eric Freeman, Michael Thiessen, and Mike Turian, who made it in with 20 tournament points plus tiebreaker over Sceadeau d’Tela.

Finals report by Galen:

The finals of the Through The Ages tournament featured a whole range of exciting games that somehow all turned out okay for me. In one of them, only knight tactics were played and despite desperate attempts to stay within strength range, aggression after aggression landed. I finally was lucky enough to give up my sovereignty to Randy and be a bit sheltered from attacks and safe from wars; Watt flipped an early oil which let me build up which, when combined with a Mech ag, let me stabilize and grab wonders while not being part of the wars flying left and right, and sneak out a win. Another one featured a random early printing press and Jan Zizka to get a nice culture lead early and endure some abuse later on; Mike and I had symbiotic civilizations and a big enough culture gap between us that our impacts together took him from fourth to third and me from second to first. One other game featured a nice military and Jason realizing that I was in the driver’s seat, and that playing for second was his best play – sending a military alliance my way to direct my hostilities other ways. The other game was just a “first seat doing first seat” things – the built in advantage of going first was enough to make the game go reasonably smoothly.

The CGE tournament system was a huge boon. We could see where we were relative to other games in terms of progress and everyone in the last game was sweet enough to speed up play in order to ensure that we could finish the tournament on time. Beyond that, having seat order balanced and a bit of seeding in the semis based on the heats was really great – definitely things that I hope to see in the future! Thanks to all the participants and organizer for a great tournament, and I hope to give defending my crown for a three-peat next year a try!

Congratulations to Galen Loram for winning both of his first two BPA TTA tournaments! Will anyone be able to challenge him? Next tournament will start in spring 2022.

The final standings were:

  1. Galen Loram
  2. Michael Thiessen
  3. Michael Turian
  4. Steven LeWinter
  5. Jason Leggett
  6. Eric Freeman

Castles of Burgundy Standings


Castles of Burgundy Online Standings

Congratulations to DJ Borton on winning Division 1 in Season 23

With Season 23 complete, the lifetime standings table below has been updated to reflect the league results to date.

Congratulations to the Division 1 winners:
 
  • DJ Borton (Season 23)
  • Mike Munson (Season 22)
  • Ray Wolff (Season 13 & 21)
  • Matthew Vienneau (Season 20)
  • Eric Freeman (Seasons 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, and 19)
  • Jon Senn (Season 18)
  • stragen (Season 17)
  • Steve LeWinter (Season 12 & 16)
  • Goran Kero (Season 10 & 15)
  • brassman (Season 11)
  • Randy Buehler (Season 6)
  • T.J. Wallace (Season 5)
  • Moon Sultana (Seasons 1 & 2)

This page will be updated each season so you can track how you and your friends are doing in League play online. The current season can be followed here. There you can also sign up to be notified of future seasons.

You can search the tables for your name or online name and your friends and opponents. You can sort the table by any column. Simply click on the column title.

 

 

Table of standings after Season 23

NameUsernameDiv 1 PointsDiv 2 PointsDiv 3 PointsDiv 4 PointsGame winsDivision winsMost recent DivMost recent finish
Eric Freemanefreeman460162320371012
slewinterstevelewinter315.51220022213
Randy BuehlerFerris243.51680021425
VienneauVienneau242189392928322
lonewolf70Lonewolff224201.561026513
stragenstragen20220343.5022414
KarokSHamilton_pgu17319704427621
DefdamesdompiDefdamesdompi1362331083623621
JonSennJonSenn1287736014315
a440a440126.545.53234.512313
Moon Sultanasgermain2122702063301111
mmunson99MikeMunson117157.538019414
DJ BortonHotShot53112.5336108034611
Patrick FournierFalzir97550010015
Fortichefortiche19222773020512
AeyrsAeyrs763157.5011333
jreecehokieJreecehokie661958448.57135
Mike Turianmturian5943626027322
AaronBaaronjava56113323612027
RobbRobbEf465976014331
brassmanbrassman43414607311
Chris Bertcivanb11240186146.5018513
Mats WikströmZegol3335.52005034
Sceadeau d’TelaSkido3034002127
Rob MurrayZenvedev271071912517326
David zevin Z-man170001015
Thomas MechtersheimerMechti1532002116
bayareascottbayareascott91912102825415
Rob FlowersEpworthian8612805116
MikejmMikejm65954506125
Dave BrownDaveyB40000017
Chris Wildeswildes0200260023124
PhiTriggerAtomation0165.5653213331
KMomukemama01571313315125
felicia_laurenaFeliciaAlfieri0103100449023
endershotendershadow0991289320423
Lukas Pfefferjsp22007961.5328226
Nancy74Nancy74074121010331
lolothebunnylolothebunny0670406124
Nick PageZiggyny0665009032
maklen9maklen906383.5386024
Serge Bouillotkiproko06137363226
thometcThometc053119428125
Lachlan SalterShibumi140523306022
amoscaiceh2450487607022
JamesLsjliver04784468043
volkerkvolkerk045149449126
Joe cruxradio0443405036
Gilbert Quinonezligtreb043110268134
orangecapeorangecape04370298133
Paul KlayderBlueman7042234399324
Torbuchtorbuch042166.53614331
Loi Lamjoshthefunkdoc04146298221
lonewolf02lonewolf020391752510132
Marcy MMarcy03949.5432033
joepunmanjoepunman034.510705237
Rob KircherRkircher03398.5168223
Alex BoveMontu0295305133
Lucas ZiebaLucasZ0287605023
Nevajoynevajoy0286405123
Richard M Shaylabratz02619667.511226
kamarainenkamarainen0261543613233
danleaderdanleader025128258033
jmycynekjmycynek02465527223
twowoedstwowoeds0215703124
manic_bobmanic01764337125
Jimmy SmithDaBears016000025
vnetvnet01597318132
pssmith1891pssmith1891013134.5256034
Paul Burtonsoterr0134903135
Gilbert DuboisBenjaweed013001025
Benjaminalaifor013000026
DomnosDomnos0126402125
BryceCPTNBob0114101025
Adam BrockMantheron01128211027
ValthaneWalikutani01062584126
AndyHREandyhre099485.510242
HavocTimmohavoctimmo0946281033
XabierGorostiza092702026
GrouchoGroucho108165216026
My RsFirst Myrs085501026
Andrew Drummondardrummo0826254135
Nicholas Neylonmaple550000610422.54032
Roger Jarretttanstaafl0441223227
Tdiddytdiddy0012606035
DuodoraVogi0011007131
John Corradojmc00300969310432
aprusaaprusa0078676336
lonewolf06lonewolf060075.5456032
LokiAkatsukiLokiAkatsuki0073203037
John Sharplessurok9068006948.55167
Nickismynamelonewolf05006853.54033
gregcroweginfeatures0068253134
Alexandre FafardAlex F006803032
Christopher Manningwizenedone0067337133
Glen Pearceglenmarcpearce0064.502035
FastEddieFearFastEddieFear0063.502034
ChronoJJchristophej20049503131
jbsienajbsiena0048134132
Jacob Sthesnakr3004702036
starvinmarvin96starvinmarvin96004103037
Brandon BuchananGolfprodunkey0040293135
Tom StearnseNroamer004090034
SacrificeflySacrificefly004004131
Andrew KranakMokey D Luffy0037302045
Hochboim Haimhaimke0036.5251033
James W DenamMeHael0036523032
Stephen VolandStephen0036407231
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WolandSkipMc003603131
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Lexi Sheasccrymsc58130033.5391037
Keithkeithl4170003300035
Bryce LeedhamManicD0032203035
Vitor Paludo de Falcovitordefalco003200034
Risterucciwoodhutextension003102033
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José Antonio Garmon mylor0029132037
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Joe Conardgoonzo0027.54320610
Lumin SperlingJagaman0026250044
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Björn JansonLumin002501033
AudreylaziAudreylazi0024.500036
jsp220Dermerlin002402032
lonewolf05johnsharples002301033
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Ruth Paynejanwillemvl0020182035
VasmanVasman730019201032
Gandalf86Gandalf86001902034
David Sedanonickismyname0018261033
Sandswollfallacy001890034
christophej2ElPecador001801035
Ron DCanopy Ron001800034
Eric Sokolowskyesok0016202035
eNroamerChronoJJ0016192034
Chris HayesGohrns001630036
Michael VazMichaelGames001600034
Diana Murtaughwyofan870014.5323132
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Ali McCartneyDictatorDi0013311036
Christiaan OmtzigtActionCat2000001330046
Nadegetuethuc001070046
Rainer Gutowskimisna_3500900037
AgsToRichesOtziY800900036
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Rishi AgrawalReniar00800036
Carolus RexCarolus Rex00800037
Lee SingletonRishi006231037
Max Jamelli koritiku006131037
Francois de BellefeuilleWolffauer00660037
Mike Knauersigtaulefty00660046
maple55amosboris004311046
Ben RussWyoBadger00420047
capper55capper5500400036
Ryan Mickmaleficus0100400037
VirginiaCqvlc00400036
YohanTM2YohanTM200400036
Tim OFlynnMickmoney001131045
EduMejuMeju000363141
Ian Murtaughbackgaminnn000272043
Tyler PowellTstyFsh000251043
BabyCookiedonathos000201043
Christoph UngemachHighExodus000201044
TacticusTacticus000201043
Jaron Jonessdevji000161042
Kevin WojtaszczykEddard_Stark000161045
Lynn ChalfounBabyCookie000161043
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Themistoklis Dakanalisrpayne22000150045
Lynda SheaLynnCh000130044
Adriano Botteonkwojtasz000120043
Richie HBordGamer000110045
Keith McRelljaronjones000100046
Reversearptdakanalis00090047
Geneva CarricoLynda00070043
dvest48Dbucie00060046
Oliver Köhnbuste00060047
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goonzoSandswoll00040046
janwillemvlReversearp00020046
mrcraigGG Tiger00010046
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Egizia Online Tournament Standings & Results


Egizia Online Standings

With Season 7 complete, the lifetime standings table below has been updated to reflect the league results to date.

Congratulations to the Division 1 winners:
 
  • Chris Wildes (Season 6 & 7)
  • Eric Freeman (Season 3 & 5)
  • Andrew Emerick (Season 4)
  • Michael Swinson (Season 1 & 2)

This page will be updated each season so you can track how you and your friends are doing in League play online. The current season can be followed here. There you can also sign up to be notified of future seasons.

You can search the tables for your name or online name and your friends and opponents. You can sort the table by any column. Simply click on the column title.

Lifetime Standings after Season 7

NameUsernameDiv 1 PointsDiv 2 PointsDiv 3 PointsDiv 4 PointsGame winsDivision winsMost recent DivMost recent finish
Eric Freemanefreeman19100012212
Fortichefortiche11500008015
Andrew EmerickAndrewE13536007214
slewinterslewinter930003016
Chris Wildeswildes8595009311
JonSennJonSenn71930010216
starvinmarvin96starvinmarvin640004211
maplenovamaplenova51624009321
DJ BortonHotShot5347792708017
Mike Turianmturian251022306113
ShadyRedDogShadyRedDog24142009122
ExPatExPat13314007116
Rob MurrayZenvedev1196004124
Rob FlowersEpworthian8119005125
rkircherrkircher856004122
Randy Buehlerrbuehler40000017
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How to Get Started

Playing in a Meeple League Live event

With your help, we are creating a place for competitive play on-line as much like face-to-face play as possible. To play in the trial tournaments for Meeple League Live Play please make sure you have completed the steps below. If you played in our online league tournaments in the last year, you have already done some of this.

It is a little cumbersome to set up the first time, but we feel you should have an identity that carries over from one event to the next.

1. Have or get a discord identity.

2. Sign up on the site(s) with the games (Yucata, Board Game Arena, etc.).

3. Register with us on https://www.bucketofdice.com

a. Create your identity for use across events. We call it your display name.

b. Add your names on discord and game services to your identity.

4. Sign up for events (not just ML Live, but our League Play if you want).

5. Follow the invite to our discord server.

a. Read the “click-like-to-get-to-server” section.

b. Click on the check mark.

c. That gives you access to the server contents.

d. Read the latest info on upcoming- schedule

6. Show up and play!

BPA Thurn & Taxis PBEM 2020 Tournament

Sign Up
Player List
Game Assignments
Report Results
Standings

This is the home page for the 2020 Boardgame Players Association “Play By Email” tournament for Thurn & Taxis. It is open only to members of the Boardgame Players Association (BPA). It you attend the World Boardgaming Championship (WBC), and are up to date on your registration fees, then you are already a member. If not, you can purchase a “PBEM Membership” for $10 from this website: www.boardgamers.org. This tournament will award laurels and contribute to the annual Caesar award, all of which is tracked through that same website.

 

To register for the tournament, email Jay Spencer at jay.spencer@ymail.com with your Yucata user name. Be sure to use the email account you use for your BPA membership!

GM: Jay Spencer

Assistant: Chris Wildes

Format

Games will be 4-player games whenever possible, using the free website Yucata.

Points:

  • 1st place finish: 1000 points plus (your score/second place score)
  • 2nd place finish: 100 points plus (your score/winning score)
  • 3rd place finish: 10 points plus (your score/winning score)

Advancement to the next stage will be based on the following criteria:

  1. Most points in current stage
  2. Total raw score in all games in current stage

Heat Stage: Everyone who joins the event will play in 4 asynchronous games, which will launch simultaneously. Players will be paired randomly within the constraint that we will do our best to avoid putting people into multiple games together.

Quarterfinal Stage: If there are more than 64 entrants, then the Quarterfinal Stage will consist of 50% (rounded down) of the number of entrants. If there are 64 or fewer entrants, then the Heat Stage will be followed directly by the Semifinal Stage.

Players will be placed in 4 simultaneous asynchronous games. The top four qualifiers will be seeded based on the results from the Heat Stage as much as possible. In addition, we will avoid giving anyone repeat opponents if possible.

Semifinal Stage: The Semifinal Stage will consist of 50% (rounded down) of the number of quarterfinalists. If there is no Quarterfinal Stage, then the Semifinal Stage will consist of 50% (rounded down) of the number of entrants.

Players will be placed in 4 simultaneous asynchronous games. The top four qualifiers will be seeded based on the results from the previous stage as much as possible. In addition, we will avoid giving anyone repeat opponents if possible.

Final Stage: One single game will be played with the top four qualifiers. The next two qualifiers will place 5th and 6th for laurel purposes.

Pace of Play: Games are asynchronous, but the expectation is that you will check your games approximately daily or more frequently. Life happens and delays will occur, but be aware that the Yucata site removes any game in which a turn has not been taken in 30 days. Please do not sign up if you think you will not be able to keep up.

Platform

Games will be played exclusively on yucata.de.

Schedule

Registration Opened: September 2020

Registration Closes: December 31, 2020

Heat Stage Begins: around first week of January 2021

Semifinals Begin: around a week after completion of last heat game (nominally March 2021)

Finals Begin: around a week after completion of last semifinal game (nominally May 2021)

Game Assignments

Spreadsheet

Game Results

Results will be here.

BPA Thurn and Taxis Tournament
Report Results

The winner of each game should record the results, unless otherwise arranged. Use the form below.

If you have problems using the form on this page CLICK HERE TO SEE JUST THE FORM.

Form will be here.

Sign Ups

Sign ups are complete. First round games have started.

Players in BPA Thurn and Taxis PBeM Tournament

The following players are registered for the tournament:

Last nameFirst name
ArseneaultNancy
BielefeldtRuss
blaisdominic
BortonDJ
BoveAlex
BrezaKevin
BuehlerRandy
DavidsonRodney
EmerickAndrew
FordJohn
HochboimHaim
JiangAJ
KlayderPaul
LandelDerek
LattoAndy
LeWinterSteven
MartinAndrew
MartinChad
MillerJeff
MillerLaura
MorelliMarcia
MorrisCary
MossmanTim
MurrayRob
PackJohn
QuinonezGilbert
RohdeDave
SchnabelAlfred
SearlesOliver
Seltzer LeWinterDebra
SheaLexi
SpencerJay
St. PierreRobert
SwinsonMichael
ThompsonJames
WardCharles
WildesChris
WolffRay
WolffTricia
WoodJeffrey
WoodsBronwyn
YoungGeorge