FallCon - A Cornucopia of Gaming

For those of you unfamiliar with our past schedules, the EuroTourney was the only multiple game tournament at FallCon. A selection of 4 "classic German-style" boardgames were selected by FallCon in advance and 16 players would compete against each other in 4 consecutive rounds in hopes of achieving the highest aggregate ranking. After a 2 year hiatus, this perennial favorite is finally making a return to our Sunday schedule but with a bit of a twist.

That twist is what we're calling "The Blitz", or more specifically the Great Canadian Board Game Blitz.  The Great Canadian Board Game Blitz (GCBGB) is a circuit of board game tournaments held at Canadian game conventions. You can find more information at their official webpage.

Because the format was so similar to the EuroTourney, we felt it was a good fit for our con. The major difference from a game experience perspective is that the selection of games has expanded from 4 games (4 copies each) to 16 games (1 copy each) and the players themselves will be picking the games they wish to play over the course of four rounds.

Here are the basics:

1. The 16 participants will be assigned a random initial rank.
2. In rank order, players will decide which game they wish to play in from the 4 available selections until all slots are filled.
3. In subsequent rounds, rankings will be recalculated based on aggregate scores and game selection will again be based on rank order.
4. Each player will play one(1) game in each of the four(4) rounds. The person with the highest aggregate rank at the end of the fourth round will be crowned champion.

So think open gaming in a tournament setting and I think you'll get an idea of the format. Below you'll find the games we'll be running as part of the Blitz. It's a balanced mixed of FallCon events from years past and Calgary gamer favorites.

*Round 1 * (each player will play 1 of the following)
Yspahan
Roll Through the Ages
Samurai
Ingenious

*Round 2 * (each player will play 1 of the following)
Bohnanza
San Juan
Blue Moon City
Thurn & Taxis

*Round 3* (each player will play 1 of the following)
St Petersburg
Medici
Alhambra
Notre Dame

*Round 4* (each player will play 1 of the following)
In the Year of the Dragon
Chicago Express
Vikings
Citadels

We hope you'll like the selection! Don't forget to sign up and register if you do!

Jasen
 
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