Paths of Glory VIII BPA Tournament Page
News (4/30/2022): Round 10 has completed and Johannes emerges victorious over Jukka. The annotated Vassal log file is here, thank you, Brian for putting this together. Final standings.
Useful Links: FAQ Page. Optional Cards Usage Tourney Admin Log. CSW POG Discussion. Errata and Minor Updates (6/26/2020)
Introduction: A little over a century ago the great powers of Europe were engulfed in a war like no other: Millions would die, empires would collapse, and the world would never be the same. Now you are in command of the Allied or Central Powers and it’s your duty to bring “your” vision of peace to Western Civilization. Come join us in the Eighth Boardgame Players Association-sponsored Play-by-email Paths of Glory tournament!
1.0 Tournament Format
This tournament will be a double elimination event. Players will be matched up with players with similar records but players with a different number of losses will be matched if necessary. The final two players will be matched in a winner-take-all match for the tournament championship.
Prizes: Fame, fortune, AREA points, and BPA Plaques and Laurels.
Late Starts & Eliminators: Late registering players may join in on the second round but they will be credited with a tournament loss, i.e., latecomers are effectively now in a single-elimination tournament. In the event of an odd number of players in a round, eliminators will be used to ensure that everyone gets to play. (Eliminators will be drawn from the ranks of tournament participants.)
2.0 Tournament Administration
The GM will be Tom Gregorio; Michael Dauer and Paul Hubbard will serve as assistant GMs.
Tom, Michael, and Paul will be individually assigned to games as moderators; the moderator is your first point of contact for any issues related to that game. The moderator has the right to escalate any issue to the other GMs. GM rulings are final. Participants need to alert Tom by February 1st of their interest, matches will commence on February 9th. The first two rounds will be approximately four months in duration with subsequent rounds being about three and a half months. All participants must be members of the BPA; it should be noted that $10 gets you access to all BPA sponsored PBEM events. The BPA membership page is here.
3.0 Playing the Match
All games will be played on ACTS in a match set up by the GMs. Please make sure you have a 
valid ACTS account established prior to your game starting. (www.warhorsesim.com) All dice will be ‘thrown’ using the ACTS interface. The historical scenario, as used at the World Boardgaming Championships, will be the default scenario. The GMT Deluxe Rules for POG (2018) are in effect.
- Players may agree, IN ADVANCE, to use a different scenario, rules, and supply warnings; any such agreements should be noted in the ACTS player log and the moderator alerted if a new ACTS game has to be created to accommodate the agreed upon scenario.
- Individuals are not required to exchange move files or VASSAL logs; the ACTS log is THE authoritative record of the game for all GM purposes.
- Players are strongly encouraged to NOT use anonymous ACTS accounts – please use your full name as this simplifies match setups for the moderators and helps your ACTS opponents who may have multiple games going on.
- VASSAL is strongly recommended as the PBEM platform. The POG 10.4 module is the latest; it includes changes associated with the POG Deluxe Edition released in 2018.
- If you want to play using the optional cards, and your opponent agrees, go here for information on a variant that was playtested at the 2016 World Boardgaming Championships.
4.0 Tournament Scenario: The historical scenario (Rule Section 5.7) is the default scenario. Note that this scenario is the same as was used in POG BPA VII and at WBC. Both players may consent to play a different scenario as long as they record their agreement in the log and their game conduct abides by all other event rules. (Example of the latter: Players may not decide that they can take six months to finish their match.)
4.1 Bidding for Sides
Bidding is conducted as per 5.6.1. Note – no negative bids are allowed. A random roll by the players will determine which side bids first once players confirm the scenario and rules. In recent organized competition using the WBC scenario, the average bid was around 1 for the AP. (Giving the CP 1 VP at the end of the game.) Please contact the moderator if you need assistance with changing the assigned sides in the ACTS game.
5.0 Reporting for Duty
The tournament has started. Recruiting is ongoing with late entrants still obliged to finish their matches by the designated round end date. If you can’t find answers to your questions about the event on the POG Tourney FAQ page, please don’t hesitate to send your query to Tom.
6.0 2019 Tourney Participants: Did you answer the call? (Names in blue are newcomers. 48/125. Names in red are individuals whose haven’t been placed in matches yet due to ACTS/BPA membership setups. Veteran retention rate of 66%.)
- Michael Dauer
- Tom Gregorio
- Paul Hubbard
- Lance Roberts
- Max DuBoff
- Bill Pettus
- John Sutcliffe
- Peter Heuvelman
- Hank Burkhalter
- Mark Greenman
- Tom Drueding
- Johnny Hasay
- Karl Johan Nordensten
- Fred Finkenbinder
- Matthew Johnson
- Chris Thibault
- Joshua Lowe
- Charles Hickok
- Chris Crane
- Nando Martorana
- Gerard Burton
- Derek Landel
- Gareth Williams
- Steve Kolezar
- Pierre Jaraudias
- Alex Gregorio
- Stéphane Chevallier
- Carl Degaardt
- Andy Friedmann
- Geoff Allbert
- David Lopez
- Paul Huntley
- Steve Lampon
- Robert Frisby
- Ken Gutermuth
- Claudio Ciardelli
- Dan Leader
- Keith Wixson
- Michael Kiefte
- Jukka Hintikka
- Jeff Miller
- Andrew Trifan
- Marvin Birnbaum
- Mike Pacheco
- Pawel Jarosz
- James Black
- Robert Champer
- Ted Torgerson
- Scott Sturrock
- Mark Gibson
- Trevor Sturmy
- Nevenko Lazovic
- Mathieu Danel
- Barrington Beavis
- Dirk van Kaathoven
- George Brandreth
- Jeff Lewis
- Moritz Eggert
- Torsten Hasforth
- Jerzy Pasko
- Henry Russell
- Ron Stockfleth
- Larry Hollern
- Paul Horvath
- Pat Duffy
- Jeremy Harrison
- Marc deRoo
- Michael Johnson
- Henry Rice
- Larry Meyers
- Carl Adamec
- Pete Reese
- Forrest Metz
- Nemanja Kacavenda
- Andy Allison
- Dominic Smyth
- Gregg Miller
- Richard Class
- Kristian Vinther
- Rich Gaffin
- Eric Filipkowski
- Simon Hepple
- Chris Greenfield
- David Amidon
- Doug Austin
- Jeff Bohme
- Eric Cottrell
- Jeff Murray
- Brian Lusignan
- Peter Corrigan
- Philip Watkins
- Johannes Nordstrom
- John Clocherty
- Michael Mitchell
- Michael Ussary
- George Young
- Kevin Klemme
- Mauro Gasbarroni
- Jari Kemppainen
- Wayne Bonnett
- Mike Kettman
- Mitch Ledford
- Guy Glirbas
- Jack Jung
- Scott Burns
- Jeff Heidman
- Jimmy Eaton
- Levent Sadikoglu
- Bill Stevens
- Gary Kirk
- Robert Ford
- Michael Kimmit
- Richard Beyma
- Rick Byrens
- Chris Leary
- Jose Ramon Rentero
- Shane DeStefanoo
- Todd Wilde
- David Aud
- Greg Ottoman
- Chris Anthony
- Scott Peth
- Riku Riekkinen
- Jesper Harholt
- Diarmuid Crowley
- Nenand Mitrovic
- Mauro Faina
- Dan Gomez
- Alessandro Morini
- Benjamin Peters
- Dan Marshall