Author: RichMShay
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WBC 2015 Puerto Rico Tournament
115 different people played 60 games of Puerto Rico to determine that Ben Scholl is the 2015 champion. Congratulations Ben! Here I am with the finalists:
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Episode 7 – Tournament Game Master Basics Part 3: Be the GM!
In this episode, I conclude the series covering the basics of running a game tournament.  Rob Kircher co-hosts and my son Rich joins us as we explore the problems that can come up when running a tournament. Alas, we discuss cheating and the more common errors and what to do about it. We talk about…
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Episode 6 – Tournament Game Master Basics Part 2: Sadly, Paperwork
In this episode, I continue the series covering the basics of running a game tournament.  Rob Kircher co-hosts as we explain the nuts and bolts and documentation aspects of running a tournament. Below are links to example documents we reference in the podcast. Feel free to copy and modify them for your own use. Be…
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Episode 5 – A New Beginning: Tournament Game Master Basics
In this episode, I restart my podcasts with a series covering the basics of running a game tournament. I realized that only a handful of people know how to organize and run a board game tournament. We learned by apprenticing and osmosis, but that is not an effective way to spread competitive play. I asked…
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WBC 2014 Puerto Rico Tournament
132 different people played 59 games of Puerto Rico to determine that Raphael Philbert-Larivee is the champion. Here I am with the finalists: Below are the final player boards at the end of the game: The tournament has 3 preliminary rounds. Winners and a few of the best non-winners advance to a quarterfinal round that…