This Week in North American Diplomacy -- Week of Dec. 28
Thursday, 29 December 2011 10:45 | | 
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I'm vacationing this week, so this will be brief.
WAC is Back!
WAC is Back!
After two scaled-back events sandwiched around its trip to Europe to host Euro DipCon, North America's premiere tournament appears to be back. Organizers Nathan Barnes and Mark Zoffel released a guest list this week containing 47 names. The four-round event could feature six boards per round, which would make it the largest North American tournament in years. The event will be held January 27 to 29 at the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. Make your plans to be there. The Facebook event is here: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218950688170677.
The Postman always Tops Twice
Todd "The Mailman" Woodman delivered his second board top ever last Wednesday in his 11th game with the Windy City Weasels. Apparently 11 is his magic number, as his Turkey gobbled 11 centers en route to the board top. The game, which was played in a west suburban bar, ended by draw vote in Spring 1906 in the following center counts:
Austria (Mark Weiskircher): 0
England (Shawn McDuffee): 8
France (Kyle Weiskircher): 6
France (Kyle Weiskircher): 6
Germany (Amanda Baumgartner): 1
Italy (Peter Lokken): 8
Russia (Vinaya Sharma): 0
Turkey (Todd Woodman): 11
Read more about the game here.
Preregistration Now Open for World DipCon 2012
The Windy City Weasels are hosting the 2012 DipCon and World DipCon at Weasel Moot VI. The event will be held Aug. 10-12 at the historic Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago. Preregistration is now open and will save you $10. For more information, please visit windycityweasels.org/wdc.
Hobby Roundup
Here’s what’s going on in the hobby hotbeds. If we’ve missed your hobby, let us know!
Bay Area
Nothing new to report. The club’s Yahoo group is games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bayareadip/. The BADAss website is bayareadiplomacy.org.
Chicago
See the second story. The Weasels have January games scheduled for the 4th, 14th and 25th.
The club will host its sixth annual tournament at the CODCon gaming convention April 21-22. Learn more at windycityweasels.com/codcon6.
Learn more about the Weasels at www.windycityweasels.org.
Columbus, Ohio
Organizer Thomas Haver will run two Diplomacy events in Columbus: Origins from May 31 through June 2, and the Buckeye Game Fest tournament from Sept. 21 to 23.
Dallas
Diplomacy World publisher Doug Kent is looking for contributors for the next issue of the magazine. The deadline is Jan. 1. You can read back issues of DW here: www.diplomacyworld.net/. The Texas Yahoo group is here: games.groups.yahoo.com/group/texas-diplomacy.
D.C.
The PTKS is looking at the first week in January for its next game. Check out the PTKS website at ptks.org.
Detroit
Nothing new to report. If you’re in the Detroit area, check out their Yahoo group at games.groups.yahoo.com/group/detroitdiplomacy.
Houston
Nothing new to report.
New England
Chris Campbell of Vermont will host is typically annual house game at his place in Montpelier on Jan. 14. Eleven people already have signed up to play. Campbell has room for two boards.
The Windy City Weasels are hosting the 2012 DipCon and World DipCon at Weasel Moot VI. The event will be held Aug. 10-12 at the historic Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago. Preregistration is now open and will save you $10. For more information, please visit windycityweasels.org/wdc.
Hobby Roundup
Here’s what’s going on in the hobby hotbeds. If we’ve missed your hobby, let us know!
Bay Area
Nothing new to report. The club’s Yahoo group is games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bayareadip/. The BADAss website is bayareadiplomacy.org.
Chicago
See the second story. The Weasels have January games scheduled for the 4th, 14th and 25th.
The club will host its sixth annual tournament at the CODCon gaming convention April 21-22. Learn more at windycityweasels.com/codcon6.
Learn more about the Weasels at www.windycityweasels.org.
Columbus, Ohio
Organizer Thomas Haver will run two Diplomacy events in Columbus: Origins from May 31 through June 2, and the Buckeye Game Fest tournament from Sept. 21 to 23.
Dallas
Diplomacy World publisher Doug Kent is looking for contributors for the next issue of the magazine. The deadline is Jan. 1. You can read back issues of DW here: www.diplomacyworld.net/. The Texas Yahoo group is here: games.groups.yahoo.com/group/texas-diplomacy.
D.C.
The PTKS is looking at the first week in January for its next game. Check out the PTKS website at ptks.org.
Detroit
Nothing new to report. If you’re in the Detroit area, check out their Yahoo group at games.groups.yahoo.com/group/detroitdiplomacy.
Houston
Nothing new to report.
New England
Chris Campbell of Vermont will host is typically annual house game at his place in Montpelier on Jan. 14. Eleven people already have signed up to play. Campbell has room for two boards.
TempleCon in Providence, Feb. 3-5. Learn more about TempleCon at templecon.org. The New England website is nedip.org. Check out their list at groups.yahoo.com/group/MADip-L.
New York City
The New Yorkers are trying to organize another game in Montclair, N.J., for the weekend of Jan. 7.
New York has a Yahoo group here, games.groups.yahoo.com/group/NYC-Diplomacy/, and a Google group here, games.groups.yahoo.com/group/NYC-Diplomacy/. In addition, there’s a Meetup group here, www.meetup.com/diplomacy-6/.
Pacific Northwest
See the lead story. The Pacific Northwest Yahoo group is here: games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Northwest_Diplomacy.
Toledo
Organizer Eric Hehl created a guild on BoardGameGeek for the Toledo Area Diplomacy Club. Check out the guild page at www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/1171. The group is kicking around January dates, with the 7th in the running.
Have a great Christmas. I’ll see you next week.
Jim O’Kelley
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New York City
The New Yorkers are trying to organize another game in Montclair, N.J., for the weekend of Jan. 7.
New York has a Yahoo group here, games.groups.yahoo.com/group/NYC-Diplomacy/, and a Google group here, games.groups.yahoo.com/group/NYC-Diplomacy/. In addition, there’s a Meetup group here, www.meetup.com/diplomacy-6/.
Pacific Northwest
See the lead story. The Pacific Northwest Yahoo group is here: games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Northwest_Diplomacy.
Toledo
Organizer Eric Hehl created a guild on BoardGameGeek for the Toledo Area Diplomacy Club. Check out the guild page at www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/1171. The group is kicking around January dates, with the 7th in the running.
Have a great Christmas. I’ll see you next week.
Jim O’Kelley
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