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PrezCon News Archives Saturday, March 1, 2008 The Winner's ListHere is the news you have been waiting for!
Tom Gregorio's PrezCon Experience!PrezCon SummaryThe Third Annual PrezCon TRC event has just concluded and Bert Schoose is now on a roll as he added the crown for this tournament as a nice follow-up to his WBC win. There were eleven stalwart participants who got nineteen games of the TRC 5-turn scenario in. Games started on Wednesday and the finals took place on Saturday. Bert Schoose, Tom Gregorio, John Ohlin, and Forrest Paffenberg qualified for the semi-finals. The free-form format took the three best games each participant played to determine qualification; two semi-finalists qualified with 3 wins and two qualified with 2 wins. (“Strength of Schedule” was the tiebreaker.) I matched up against Bert in the finals and was rolled, Sep/Oct 41 saw my Russians risking a 1-2 against a stack of three surrounded Panzers and rolling the dreaded “Attacker Eliminated” which led to my resignation. Bert did a good job on providing the game details, I think he wants to surprise a few more folks before revealing the details of his new ‘approach’ to the game. Well done, Bert! Here are a few more anecdotes from PrezCon: Seemed a bit busier than last year, there always seemed to be something to do. I missed the auction entirely, not sure if that’s not really a good thing! Food selection was so-so but I did like the restaurant burgers, overpriced though they were. Accomodations were excellent, as they were the past few years, and I really had no reason to leave the premises. Managed to get in at least 6 hours of snoozing each night so I was in fine fettle throughout my stay. Justin runs a good event and I’ll be there again. Met a few new people and re-energized relationships with old gaming acquaintances. Bruno was getting more excited as the week wore on, I’m glad the weekend ended when it did. The John O. and John R. duo from Florida were there again and got in a ton of TRC games. (The professor scored some free drinks from some women, again, I’ll have to pay more attention to his technique.) Bill and I talked about day trading, Paul C. failed to convince me on the merits of having a 56k home internet connection, and the Schoose brothers were entertaining as always. Marty was as calm as ever and Rob B. also made an appearance. (I always seem to get in a game of ‘something’ with him that ends early, this year it was BWD.) Played Martin S., I thought I recognized the name but the ‘mental picture’ did not match the real life person. Despite never having played hold-em poker before, I surprisingly won the second heat to make it to the finals. (Where I got blown out, early.) Bert gave me a few tips going into the heat and I made good use of them. Before I play again, I’m going to have get a book or something to review poker stats because I had no clue as to what I was doing in terms of the hand probabilities. FAB: The Bulge, from GMT, seemed to very popular. Too popular, I felt obliged to buy a copy. It’s a block game, and probably not really suited to PBEM play, but my son loved Hammer of the Scots so figure this will be a good entre into the dark woods of the Ardennes. Top notch components, rules seem to be clean. Stay tuned. Bitter Woods had a good showing. Forrest Paffenburg, my gaming nemesis, spanked my Americans handily but I went undefeated otherwise. My decision to not participate in the finals, a team campaign game, was purely a result of my inability to work well in a team, I know I’d be hard pressed to relinquish any decision-making or cardboard caressing to a team-mate. Had a memorable match with Bill Morse. Another one of those games that I deserved to lose but Lady Luck bailed me out in the end. (Shades of the BWD WBC ’07 finals!) For next year, assuming I run TRC again, I’m going to really focus on bumping up the participant count. Given the folks who show, this really should be a 16+ event, I just need to figure out how to more effectively recruit for this regional event. Saturday, March 1, 2008 Dr. Lewis Pulsipher Prezcon ExperiencePrezCon 2008I attended the 15th annual PrezCon in Charlottesville, VA 21-24 February. Rick Steeves and I arrived later Thursday evening, PrezCon is a miniature WBC (World Boardgaming Championships), with the focus almost entirely on board (and card) game tournaments. Registered attendance was over 550. Justin Thompson, who runs the con, says it has grown larger every year. PrezCon is purely boardgames and non-collectible card games--no role playing, no Magic or Yu-Gi-Oh, no "pure" miniatures (there was a Star Wars Minis tournament), no electronic games. I don't go to conventions to play games, and I don't have much luck getting people to playtest because they're so busy with the official tournaments. Players pay a single fee and play as many tournaments as they can fit in, with wooden plaques for the winners. Most tournaments have two or three heats or rounds, then the most successful players play in a final. GMT, Mayfair, Z-man, Cafe, and other game companies were there, but the vendors are a minor part of the convention compared with Origins. It really is a miniature WBC. I've been at PrezCon every other year since 2004. I noticed this year that there seemed to be more kids (under18), and more folks in their 20s and 30s, and more females, though the most common demographic was still a gray-haired male. Some of those kids are offspring of the older folks, but the increase was certainly noticeable. Early Friday I talked with Jason Hawkins (co-designer of Parthenon) at length about his elaborate but quite clever prototype game of Alexander's successors. I'm afraid Jason thought I was a curmudgeon with my questions about the complexity of it--I seem to be more and more into simple games these days rather than ones with a lot of detail. I also watched a bit of Richard Berg's prototype Dynasty (China) game being played, and skimmed the rules. Berg was also playing a cowboy game that he called a "growth game"--someone asked what had happened to him, as he's very well known for nuts-and-bolts wargames--but there was some gunslinging in it. Dynasty also appeared to be more about about growth than about war. Evidently Richard likes to write a full set of rules fairly early on, rather different from my typical practice (though I write the first-draft rules for quite simple games pretty early in the process). The most useful thing I did was talk with Ron Magin of Cafe Games about my prototype Law & Chaos. He, Rick, and I played, and he then recommended to Pete, CEO of Mayfair Games, that he should try it. Pete talked at some length about where he has games printed (US, Germany, occasionally China, depending on what needs to be printed). The US has become cheaper than Germany owing to the high value of the Euro (or low value of the dollar, depends on how you look at it). Mayfair is one of the larger US publishers, in particular having the US franchise for Settlers of Catan, which sells in enormous numbers (six figures). There was a small Britannia tournament, two rounds and then a final board, won again this year by Mark Smith in a tight game. About a third as many people participated as at WBC, which fits the attendance numbers (WBC is 1,500+ attendees). Though I don't play at conventions, I look at lots of games in progress and talk with various people, and get a lot of good game ideas at a con. One in particular (using techniques from Law & Chaos) is likely to turn out well. Another is a space-themed, broader market, analog to Robo-Rally, my friend Rick's favorite game. Rick also played an eight hour Axis & Allies game, which reminded me of an old project I had to try to make a two hour WW II game that concentrated on the virtues of A&A (strategy) rather than its "unvirtues" (lots of dice, economy-driven, LONG). Many notes and much discussion took place, but I don't know if I'll get any further this time than last. At the con I heard about a "broad market" (as opposed to mass market) version of a famous gateway game. That gateway game is quite simple, but this version is MUCH simpler, to appeal to a broader market--people who don't normally play boardgames at all except for Monopoly and such (I think), and who might buy them in places like Target or Macy's. Just for the heck of it, I'm trying to develop a "broad market" version of Brit (the kind of thing that would sell with Risk and similar games). History may be too serious for a broad market, especially medieval British history, but it's an interesting exercise. I already have a "Brit Lite" version, and that can be played by casual gamers and video gamers, but I'm aiming at the sort of folks who might play Risk and Monopoly and checkers or chess, but not much else. I'm doing this for my own amusement, not with the idea of ever having it published. Friday, February 29, 2008 PrezCon Announcement’sPrezCon Announcement’sI first want to thank all of you who attended the con! PrezCon was a great success. It wouldn’t have been so great with out our excellent GM’s or excellent players! I know ever year we thank you for attending but this year we really want you to take notice to the fact we had a 20% increase of our 2007 numbers. That means you took the time to spread the word to your friends, gaming buddies and family members. It will take your good will for us to continue to see the growth we want and you deserve! We had 19.75 players per game tournament average this year! That is up from 16.01 in 07! Our tournaments in 2008 had 8 or more players 92% of the time. That is up from 74% in 07! I could go on and on about all the great numbers we had in 2008! I think you get the point! THANKS! The con is poised to make dramatic leap into becoming the largest pure board game convention outside of the WBC! It is a great time to be in the hobby and to enjoy playing games with all of your friends and family. Changes for 2009! 1. A (1) sheet GM form that will be filled out with the 1st thru-4th players and brought to the Convention Desk! We will then allow the winners to pick up there plaques right away. 2nds and 3rd will be slightly delayed but never more than a few minutes! 2. (1) Ironman for the whole con! We enjoyed the track Ironman’s but outside of the Euro or Horsepower tracks nobody really was interested. So in 2009 we will have (1) Ironman for the whole con and it will be awarded after the con in completed. 3. New Sportsmanship award will be awarded in 2009! 4. The Auction Store will be back in 2009 in a larger way. Stay tuned for the new revamped store in 2009! 5. Quarterly News Letters will be coming to you soon! If you gave us your e-mail you are already on the list. If you would like to be added to the list just send me a e-mail kingmaker@prezcon.com 6. Junior Events! Yes we will have a full slate of events in 2009! If you would like to GM an event in 2009 please send us an e-mail. Stay tuned for a announcement on how these new events will be run in 2009! Request: If you found some Poker chips in the Main Ballroom and mistakenly took them home with you please contact me at kingmaker@prezcon.com so we can get them back to the owner. The chips were a gift to one of our players and he would like to see if anybody found them. Thanks for your help! Dealers in 2009! All of this year’s dealer’s will be returning in 2009! That is GMT, Columbia Games, Worthington Games, SherCo Games, Mayfair Games, Z-Man Games, Café Games, Lock in Load Games and Troll & Toad. Our Operations Director Bill Alderman is retiring! Yes after 5 years of solid contributions to PrezCon’s Success Bill will be taking a step back. We will be retaining him as a consultant on future PrezCon’s! His contributions will be behind the seen’s but very much felt at our future events. He will be missed and very hard to replace! We do expect to have him as a player at the con! So for all of you Combat Commander, Down in Flames or Upfront players our loss is your gain! That is all for now! Once again thanks! Justin Thompson Convention Director 434-531-9191 kingmaker@prezcon.com Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Kevin Brown's PrezCon ReportTuesdayI was seriously considering leaving at 11:00 Monday night in order to play 1960 on Tuesday morning, but after an afternoon gaming session down home I just didn't have the energy. So I left Tuesday morning instead and arrived in time to play Advanced Civ. A seven player game that quickly divided into four haves and three have-nots, with me as a have-not in Babylon. I got the first civil war and just never recovered. Wednesday Started the con proper with a rousing round of Union Pacific. It was a strange game, with the purple train locked out of growing and three purple stocks on the board for most of the game. I couldn't get diversified. At game end I had only red, yellow, and black stocks played. Even though I led both red and yellow, which were the second and third largest trains on the board, I finished last. Only 13 dollars separated me from first, however. I got into a heat of Settlers next. It started close and ended with me having 18 cards in my hand after building the two cities I needed to win. Once the 6s and 9s started coming it was all over. Tikal was next. Apparently the rest of the world bids much more aggressively than we do at home. Chris Terrell won the game by often bidding in the 6-8 range during the mid-game, much higher than I'm used to seeing. His first camp went on a tile I placed going last in one turn, thinking I could go first the next time at a reasonable price and place one there myself. I had time for Alhambra after that. I tied for first, which should show the whole Middle Georgia crowd that either this game is purely luck or they could come and be competitive in the games we play alot of. As often happens, I had two competing walls, one finished at eight and the other at nine, that would have gotten me an outright win if I'd been able to connect them. After that came one of my favorite events, McGartlin Motor Racing. Due to scheduling, this was the only heat I was able to play. I finished the day by entering the Texas Hold 'Em tournament. I was the last one eliminated before the final table, more because of my conservative play than any great skill. Thursday None of the morning scheduled events really appealed to me. I considered Manifest Destiny, but I've only played once and didn't feel it would be that fair to the other players to be relearning the game in a tournament round. I decided to do Formula Dé instead. I'm not much more experienced at that, but since it's just a matter of picking between two dice and trying to roll the right number I figured I couldn't damage anyone's chances much. As it happened, I rolled well and won, including a redline/slipstream thing at the finish line for the win. Carcassonne was next. As usual I did poorly. Ran into the one of our locals that did attend, Derek Croxton, in this game. I got a distant third out of five. St Petersburg was up next. I got an early Observatory, went green mining for a couple of turns then started noble hunting. I finished with eight unique nobles, which vaulted me to the win. I was GMing Air Baron, which was next on the schedule, and elected to play in the first heat. I got a couple of hubs, Detroit and Washington, took out a loan, and went...nowhere. The dice killed me in fare wars, then my chits wouldn't come when I came out. I was getting just enough money to pay my interest with practically nothing to spare. While I was waiting to gather enough cash to make another attempt at a fare war run, the game ended with defending champ Lee Presser gathering enough cash to put him over the top. Finally, 6:00 arrived and I got to the only tournament I've ever won here that hasn't been eliminated, Railroad Tycoon. My old friend David Hood decided to not let me play my traditional yellow, so I spent the game screwing with him around Chicago. We're both pretty good at this game and finished 2nd and 3rd, behind Tom McCorry who was mostly left alone in New England. The top three advanced to the final, so we would meet again later that evening. In between the RRT heat and the final was the semis and finals of Alhambra. In the semis, I got a long wall going early and won going away. It was 18 long in the second scoring round and 24 by game end. The final was a very closely contested affair between the top three. Again I got a long wall going but was struggling with tile scoring. On the last play of the game I bought two purple tiles, one of which I couldn't play, which got me second in purple and second in the game. 1-2-3 were separated by only eight points. The RR Tycoon final was after that. A very rich opening set of cards came out. I won the bid at 14 to do Atlanta-Richmond. David Hood did the big train thing, then built onto my line from Charleston. That was bad for me, I spent much of the game maneuvering around his track, but worse for him as we both got cut off from the west by Ray Alderman and I got to Savannah to keep him from moving down to Jax. I was able to squeeze second place out of the mess, Hood ended up 5th. Alderman wound up winning, in no small part because Hotel Atlanta netted him about a dozen points. Shortly after that Hood and I got into a pickup game of Outpost. Tom Kobrin won, playing the Data Library strategy. I got the other early Scientist and wound up two points behind. No big card for me on the last turn, I had to settle for 15 ore factories. Friday More St Petersburg in the morning. I took second in the heat, missing a win when no orange upgrades came out on the last turn. The semifinals were after that. I got completely dusted, leaving myself short a green on the second turn and having trouble keeping space available in my hand. With nothing going on for a while. I got into a demo game of Amazing Space Venture. It's a silly space exploration game, with Carc-like tile placement mixed with value added card play (kinda like Station Master, except other players only get to add on if you don't play a card of a certain type). The game was unfinished, though I was leading when we quit. Speaking of Carcassonne, that was my next event. Derek was at my table again, and again I finished mid-pack. With not much of interest going on, Derek & I got some other games in. He had picked up Take Stock on the cheap over at the Z-Man games kiosk so we tried that. I don't recall who won, though I was leading early. I think I'd like it better with more than two players. We then started up Race for the Galaxy with Dave Platnik and another player. I like Dave, but I think I'd rather learn a new game with someone else. After a short break, Dave roped me into a game of Apples to Apples Junior with a little girl (whose name escapes me) and her father that wanted to play with some grownups. It's a party game, so winning/losing is irrelevant. A good time was had by all. Finally it was time for a real event, in this case Puerto Rico. I got forced into a shipping strategy, with much corn and indigo, but came up short because I couldn't generate enough cash to get any decent buildings. Ra was the last game of the day. I won, mostly because I was able to wait everyone out to get free draws at the end of the second era. I got a whole rack and about a quarter of another everyone else was out of sun tiles. Saturday My plan for Saturday was to play Twilight Struggle all day. The first round was at 9:00. The system here was to dice for sides, with the loser of the die roll having the option to bid influence to switch sides (it's open bidding, the winner could overbid and so on). I won the roll and chose the Soviets. Jim Stevens, my opponent, declined to bid. I was going along well, getting a few points here and a few there. Turn 5 I was at -13 and could have scored SE Asia for six more, but decided to push for eight to end the game. He scored Africa for four, which meant my scoring card only got it to -17. Turn 6 I got OPEC. It was only worth three, the MidEast wasn't as red as usual, but that was enough for the auto win. The next round didn't start until 1:00, so I had time for one more round of Carcassonne. I got locked into a very large city that I couldn't complete. It still scored me 22 points, but that wasn't enough as I got yet another third place. Round two of TS was over before it really got started. I lost the roll and declined to bid, accepting the US. At the end of turn 2, the Soviet played CIA Created while we were at DEFCON 2. He was already in Cuba, thanks to Fidel, so I couped there to end the game. If it had been a friendly game, or even the first round, I would have let him take it back and play his other card (Truman Doctrine, which would have been bad for him as well). By the second round, everyone should know better. That left me with lots of time until the third round, so Jon Kwiatowski got me into a game of Brass. Since one of the players was learning the game, it took longer than usual. I had to leave after the canal phase. I had a slight lead and a nice setup for the second half. Round three of TS was the quarter finals. I won the roll, but Phil Rennert bid two to play the USSR. I took the two IP and the US. This game was just not to be. He played Flower Power as an event on turn 4 and I got dealt war card after war card. I managed to control Africa to get back to -7, but he slowly and surely beat me back down. He headlined Europe Scoring on turn 7 to push it to an auto win. I got into another heat of Ra after that, finishing second. After some food, the semifinals of Ra were up. Ra is fundamentally about patience, and I displayed very little of it. In era two I was out of sun tiles with only two Ra tiles drawn. Needless to say, I finished last. Late night, David Hood and the rest of the CAD contingent got me into another Railroad Tycoon game. No mercy this time, I won by 32 points playing in the SE. I got the opening bid at 6 for the Raleigh Service Bounty, with a yellow cube in Wilmington. I eventually closed off the whole SE for myself, making the whole loop from Richmond to Atlanta to Savannah back to Richmond. One City Growth gave me enough cubes to finish the game. Sunday I had qualified for the quarterfinals at Settlers, but wasn't that thrilled at the prospect. It took very little cajoling to get me into a pick up game of Brass instead. The cards didn't lend themselves to what I wanted to do, so I decided to find out if this was a game where you could force the game you want to play despite bad cards. The answer seems to be no, as I finished third and had income problems throughout. I still want to get a copy. Troll and Toad were sold out when I went to look for one Saturday, so I guess I'll have to go online. That's my con story, and I'm sticking to it. See my website! http://members.cox.net/pilight/ Monday, February 25, 2008 PrezCon 2008 is in the books!Yes PrezCon 2008 is over! We had a great time! The attendance was up 20% over 2007! The Dealers had record sales! The Auction was a great success! Thank you all for attending and making this our best event ever! more details to come soon......We will have the winners list and auction totals posted soon! Thanks for a Great Year! Justin Thompson Monday, February 4, 2008 PrezCon Auction Update!PrezCon Auction!We are very excited about the on-line registration! If you haven’t seen it go to this link: http://www.prezcon.com/auction/show_auction_items.aspx We currently have close to 200 items on the auction list! We normally have 650 or more! We would like you to give the on-line registration a try! Just go to this link: http://www.prezcon.com/auction/auction.aspx And read the rules. We would request that you use your name as your user ID! That will help us when it comes to creating the accounting files. The Auction Store will be limited to the first 200 items we take in! Please put your items of value in the Main Auction. The Auction Store is for items that shouldn’t be in the Auction. Items in the Auction store are for games that will draw a lower sale price. http://www.prezcon.com/auction/storeitemsheet.doc Go here to download the Auction Store Slips. Bruce will have exact details of the store posted ASAP! The Auction sign-up is easy and only takes a minute. Go to this link: http://www.prezcon.com/auction/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fauction%2fregistration%2fadd_auction_items.aspx to get started uploading your items. After you are done hit the review your items list and hit print slips. All you have to do is use painters tape to attach them to your games. If you need tape we will provide it at the con! We look forward to you uploading your games! If we don’t sellout the 650 auction space before the con we will accept items at the con on a first come first come basis. Thanks again for your support! Justin Thompson Saturday, January 26, 2008 PrezCon Update!Hotel Update! Thank you all for booking 100% of the Hotel Rooms in our block. That is just exceptional! For those of you who were planning on getting a hotel room at the con we are sorry you will need to make alternative arrangements. Here are a few of the Hotels close to the con!Fairfield Inn: (434)-964-9411 577 Branchland’s Blvd Charlottesville Va. 22901 Directions: Travel south on 29S to the intersection that has the Waffle house on your right. Turn left at this light and you will see the Fairfield Inn on your right behind the Applebee’s. This hotel is approximately 2 miles from the con. http://www.fairfieldinn.com/chofi Marriott Courtyard: 434-973-7100 638 Hillsdale Drive Charlottesville Va. 22901 Directions: Travel south on 29S to the intersection that has the Waffle house on your right. Turn left at this light. Go to the stop sign and turn left. Go 300 yards and the entrance will be on your left. This hotel is approximately 2 miles from the con http://www.courtyard.com/choch http://members.tripod.com/~RichardHBerg/cowboyberg.jpg Richard Berg at the Con! Richard has decided to Play test quite a few of his upcoming titles! Check the PrezCon Website Schedule http://www.prezcon.com to find the exact times of his demos! Thanks Richard for attending and sharing your new offering with us! http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/2903/764/150/184670/gse_multipart10039.jpg Lewis Pulsipher will be in attendance. He is the creator of the board game Britannia! He will be stationed in the Demo room all weekend! He doesn’t have any scheduled times for play testing he enjoys the stop by play test! So stop by and take a look at his new offerings. Pre-Registration! It is going very well and we are expecting a record attendance in 2008! If you are not registered or you know someone who isn't now would be the time! The free gift goes away Jan 31st! The $10 discount goes away Feb 15th. We give you a free Color T-shirt as a gift for pre-registering. After 2 years of hard work I am very pleased to announce our on-line Game Auction sign-up! Yes you will need to go to the Auction Link at: http://www.prezcon.com/auction/auction.aspx Once there read all of the info provided before proceeding. We are charging you a $1 to insert a lot or game into the 2008 auction. We hope you understand that we are charging this so folks who sign-up will bring there games to the auction. WE MUST receive your payment by Feb 17th. Just add up the lots and send in a check for the total to PrezCon Inc. P.O. Box 4661 Charlottesville Va. 22905 or Pay pal us at kingmaker@prezcon.com the original 10% will be deducted after your item is sold. A friendly piece of advice, start your auctions at $1 and let the market work for you. If you want to put a larger starting price we will respect your wishes. We will only accept 650 lots in 2008! Don't be left out. Note: If we sellout all of the 650 lots in advance we will NOT accept games at the con! Sign-up your games today! Go to http://www.prezcon.com to get started. Update! We already have 170 Items up on the site. http://www.prezcon.com/auction/show_auction_items.aspx Don’t be locked out of the auction sign-up today! Go to the auction link and take a look at what we have already listed. 2 Titan Gorgons (Mint) already up on the site! PrezCon will be hosting a small Auction Store at the con! This will be a first come first serve auction store. We will allow 200 items only to be displayed at the auction store. We open the doors at 8:00AM on Sat. If you want to put items in please bring your items by at that time. We will charge you .25 to put a item into the auction store. The regular 10% commission will be deducted at the end of the store hours. YOU will need to pickup any left over items at the end of the store hours. We will attempt to find you but if can’t all items not picked up will become property of PrezCon Inc. RevCon 3! Yes, RevCon has been around for 3 years now! RevCon is the con with in a con that we host each year. It is focused on the Revolutionary time period. All games: Liberty, 1776, We The People, Clash for a Continent and American Rev War Series by Mark Miklos! Mark is your host of this fine event. Go to: http://www.prezcon.com/minicons/revcon/George_Washington.gif to see what RevCon is all about! With the Jan 31st date looming I am ask you to forward to message to all of your gaming friends! Talk up the con! Tell them about your experiences at the con! Invite them down! Please just take the time to be a advocate for the con! We thank you in advance! We are looking forward to this grand event and expect to see you and your gaming friends in Feb! Questions? Call me at 434-531-9191 Justin Thompson Convention Director kingmaker@prezcon.com 434-531-9191 Thursday, January 10, 2008 PrezCon Update!For those of you who are from the VA Beach/Tidewater/Richmond Area coming up the 64 interstate please listen up! I have a attendee who is traveling from Florida to the Richmond Airport. He is arriving Feb 19th at 6pm. He is in need of a ride to the con. If anybody is willing to be kind and give him a ride please let me know! kingmaker@prezcon.com or call me at 434-531-9191 I will give you his contact info and we can get him to the con!Hotel Update! Thank you all for booking 95% of the Hotel Rooms in our block. We have 10 days till the Jan 20th cut off and we are 95% filled! That is just exceptional! For those of you who have been planning to get a hotel room at the con we are down to King Beds and Smoking Doubles. If you need a room call the hotel NOW! 434-973-2121 Once again Thanks for supporting the con! Richard Berg at the Con! Richard has decided to Demo and Play test quite a few of his upcoming titles! Check the PrezCon Website Schedule http://www.prezcon.com to find the exact times of his demos! He is also going to host a Blackbeard Demo of the upcoming GMT release! Thanks Richard for attending and sharing your new offering with us! Pre-Registration! It is going very well and we expect a record attendance in 2008! If you are not registered or you know someone who isn't now would be the time! The free gift goes away Jan 31st! The $10 discount goes away Feb 15th. Troll & Toad will be at the con! For those of you who have missed Toad & Toads advertisements, they are buying Board game collections! If you have any size collection they want to talk to you! Just stop by the Booth at the con and talk to the guys! After 2 years of hard work I am very pleased to announce our on-line Game Auction sign-up! Yes you will need to go to the Auction Link at: http://www.prezcon.com/auction/auction.aspx Once there read all of the info provided before proceeding. We are charging you a $1 to insert a lot or game into the 2008 auction. We hope you understand that we are charging this so folks who sign-up will bring there games to the auction. WE MUST receive your payment by Feb 17th. Just add up the lots and send in a check for the total to PrezCon Inc. P.O. Box 4661 Charlottesville Va. 22905 or Pay pal us at kingmaker@prezcon.com The original 10% will still be deducted after your item is sold. A friendly piece of advice, start your auctions at $1 and let the market work for you. We will only accept 650 lots in 2008! Don't be left out. Note: If we sellout all of the 650 lots in advance we will NOT accept games at the con! Sign-up your games today! Go to http://www.prezcon.com to get started. Update! We have Auction Games already up on the website! Go to the auction link and take a look at what we have already listed. 2 Titan Gorgons (Mint) already up on the site! Rumor has it that Prezcon will be hosting a small Auction Store at the con! This is not confirmed at this time! More to follow......Soon! Gettysburg "What If" Seminar and Demo Presenter: Dr. Jonathan S. Lockwood, DHS Faculty Chair, National War College, Washington DC This seminar features a board game staff simulation and demo based on the Battle of Gettysburg. It is designed to introduce the factors of "limited intelligence", "fog of war", and "friction" to up to 20 active participants in the staff demo itself, with room for additional observers on a space available basis. This "what if' simulation allows you to change the overall operational strategy and tactics for either side. Originally developed by Dr Jonathan Lockwood in 1998 as a modification to the RAND Games Associates "Lee Versus Meade" version of Gettysburg in their Command Games series (1975), was an integral part of Dr Lockwood's Intelligence Collaboration Exercise Course (ICEC), piloted by DHS and FBI participants on 24 August 2006. The game is designed to accommodate from 20-30 participants (although 20 is recommended), evenly divided between Union and Confederate staffs. The simulation uses one "master map" controlled by the referee, and two larger gaming maps, one for each staff. The maps are an historical representation of the Gettysburg battlefield, with a 12X12 grid superimposed on the map to facilitate movement of units. Each game turn represents one hour of "real time" on the battlefield. The entire game comprises 41 turns, governing the entire three days of Gettysburg; however, most staff simulations have been governed by a 2-3 hour time limit, at the conclusion of which the game is adjudicated based on the number of "victory points" each side has scored. In this way the relative effectiveness of each competing staff can be assessed. Scheduled for Saturday Feb 23rd at 12noon! We hope you will take the time to enjoy this "What if" Event! Ok, If all of this doesn’t get your Board Gaming juice's flowing.... I don’t know what will. We hope to see all of you in 40 Days! If you have any Questions please feel free to call me at 434-531-9191. Justin Thompson Saturday, January 5, 2008 Special Seminar presented by Jonathan LockwoodGettysburg "What If" Seminar and DemoPresenter: Dr. Jonathan S. Lockwood, DHS Faculty Chair, National War College, Washington DC This seminar features a boardgame staff simulation and demo based on the Battle of Gettysburg. It is designed to introduce the factors of "limited intelligence", "fog of war", and "friction" to up to 20 active participants in the staff demo itself, with room for additional observers on a space available basis. This "what if' simulation allows you to change the overall operational strategy and tactics for either side. Originally developed by Dr Jonathan Lockwood in 1998 as a modification to the RAND Games Associates "Lee Versus Meade" version of Gettysburg in their Command Games series (1975), was an integral part of Dr Lockwood's Intelligence Collaboration Exercise Course (ICEC), piloted by DHS and FBI participants on 24 August 2006. The game is designed to accommodate from 20-30 participants (although 20 is recommended), evenly divided between Union and Confederate staffs. The simulation uses one "master map" controlled by the referee, and two larger gaming maps, one for each staff. The maps are an historical representation of the Gettysburg battlefield, with a 12X12 grid superimposed on the map to facilitate movement of units. Each game turn represents one hour of "real time" on the battlefield. The entire game comprises 41 turns, governing the entire three days of Gettysburg; however, most staff simulations have been governed by a 2-3 hour time limit, at the conclusion of which the game is adjudicated based on the number of "victory points" each side has scored. In this way the relative effectiveness of each competing staff can be assessed. Scheduled for Saturday Feb 23rd at 12noon! We hope you will take the time to enjoy this Whit if Event! Monday, December 31, 2007 Prezcon 2008/InfoIf you are receiving this twice please accept my apology!Happy New Year! 50 Days till PrezCon begins! 5 days of Games Feb 20th-24th 2008! After 2 years of hard work I am very pleased to announce our on-line Game Auction sign-up! Yes you will need to go to the Auction Link at: http://www.prezcon.com/auction/auction.aspx Once there read all of the info provided before proceeding. We are charging you a $1 to insert a lot or game into the 2008 auction. We hope you understand that we are charging this so folks who sign-up will bring there games to the auction. WE MUST receive your payment by Feb 17th. Just add up the lots and send in a check for the total to PrezCon Inc. P.O. Box 4661 Charlottesville Va. 22905 or Pay pal us at kingmaker@prezcon.com The original 10% will still be deducted after your item is sold. A friendly piece of advice, start your auctions at $1 and let the market work for you. We will only accept 650 lots in 2008! Don’t be left out. Note: If we sellout all of the 650 lots in advance we will NOT accept games at the con! Sign-up your games today! Go to http://www.prezcon.com to get started. ANNOUNCEMENT! For those of you who have already made a hotel reservation and are staying in a Double Bed please listen up! We have sold-out all of the Hotels Double Beds. This is very nice but we have still quite a few King Bedrooms still open. Most folks want a Double Bed but there are a few of you who I know plan to stay alone. If this is the case please get in contact with the hotel directly and make the switch to a King Bedroom. This will allow a few extra folks to get a hotel room at the con. Call 434-973-2121 to make the change! Thank you for your help! For those of you in need of a Hotel room NOW is the time to get it done! Call 434-973-2121. Our Block in nearly sold-out but there is still time. Jan 20th is the last day to get the discounted rate! Go to this link: http://www.prezcon.com/register/double_tree_reservations.aspx Pre-registration! PrezCon offers you a few ways to save money off the door price of $60! 1. We offer you a $10 discount if you pre-reg by Feb 17th 2008! 2. We offer you a FREE gift in the form of a Color T-Shirt if you pre-reg by Jan 31st! 3. Lastly, we are offering you many options in the form of upgrades in regards to your free Gift! Please checkout the Gift Catalog to see what we have to offer before you pre-reg: Gifts/Upgrades Checkout the My Schedule Feature and make you’re our schedule to see what over laps. Go to this link to check it out. My Schedule Link Any Questions? Call me directly 24/7 434-531-9191 Justin Thompson Convention Director 434-531-9191 kingmaker@prezcon.com Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Hotel Update!The Doubletree hotel just called me to let me know that ALL of the Non- Smoking double bed hotel rooms are now Sold-out! They still have a few Non-Smoking King bed hotel rooms left. If you need a room PLEASE call the hotel! 434-973-2121! The deadline to make a reservation is Jan 20th. Remember they do have rollaway beds for a small charge.If anybody would like a roommate I have 1 person who is looking to share a room. He wouldn't be able to make it till Friday. If you have any interest please let me know. kingmaker@prezcon.com or call me at 434-531-9191! Have a Great Holiday! We are looking forward to seeing you Feb! 62 Days till the opening ceremonies! Thanks Justin Thompson 434-531-9191 kingmaker@prezcon.com Tuesday, December 18, 2007 PrezCon Hall of Fame Class of 2008This year we had 12 Players and Gm’s on the ballot for election into the PrezCon Hall of Fame! All of the folks who were on this years list were well deserving of admittance into the Hall of Fame. The Players and Gm’s were also devoted attendees of our con (Many years for most) and tireless volunteers. Each of the members of the current Hall and all of the PrezCon Board of Directors were allowed to vote for 2 players or Gm’s. To be elected into the Hall they needed to receive 67% of the total vote. We had 2 who were the top vote getters but only one got the necessary percentage to be elected.The Class of 2008 is well represented by the newest member to the PrezCon Hall of Fame: Stuart Pierce!!! Congratulations Stuart, no one is more deserving than you to be elected. Here are Stuarts Wins over the years: Europe Engulfed (04, 05, 06) For the People (03) Liberty (05, 06, 07) Crusader Rex (06, 07) War of 1812 (07) Wargames Iron man (07) It wasn’t until 2003 that Stuart just exploded onto the Championship stage. He has attended PrezCon since 1998 and has been a GM for most of those years. We want to thank Stuart for his passion for our hobby and his commitment to gaming excellence. We will have a ceremony at this years con on Friday night. Please join us as we induct Stuart Pierce into our Hall of Fame! Justin Thompson PrezCon Convention Director Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Merry Christmas! Pre-Register today!I want to thank all of you who have pre-reged. Remember the Pre-Reg Deadline is Jan 31st! Pre-Registering offers you many benefits. We give you a free Gift of a Full Color Logo T-Shirt or if you would like you may choose to upgrade. This year we are offering Polos, Tumblers and Game Bags as upgrades. The cost to upgrade is on our registration page.We are shooting for 600 players in 08! It is our 15th annual event and it is shaping up to be our best! With 4 Pre-Con's, 85+ Tournaments, 40+ Demos and our excellent Jr. Events we are all set and ready for play in 08! If you have not made a hotel reservation, please hit the Doubletree link and make it now! We always sellout the block and we wouldn't want you to have to stay up the road. We are 80% soldout as we speak! The Doubletree is an all enclosed hotel with 9 floors, Indoor pool, Bar/Restaurant and a fitness room. The Rate is $89 this year and it will be our last at this exceptional rate. In 2009 we are going to $99! You may have up to 4 people in your room at no extra cost. Roll always are available for a small fee. Call 434-973-2121 or just hit the Doubletree link and follow the instructions. Doubletree Reservations Link Checkout the My Schedule Feature and make your our schedule to see what over laps. It will help you plan your event so you can Game, Game, Game! Justin Thompson Convention Director 434-531-9191 kingmaker@prezcon.com Friday, November 16, 2007 PrezCon Update!We are Rolling Now! Yes the schedule is done! The Winter Flyer goes in the mail Monday. The hotel is filling quickly. Wow!I want to thank all of you who have pre-reged so far and for those of you who are going to pre-reg soon thanks as well! We are shooting for 600 players in 08! It is our 15th annual event and it is shaping up to be our best! 85 Tournaments, 40+ Demos and our excellent Jr. Events are all set and ready for play in 08! If you have not made a hotel reservation, please hit the Doubletree link and make it now! We always sellout the block and we wouldn't want you to have to stay up the road. The Doubletree is a all enclosed hotel with 9 floors, Indoor pool, Bar/Restaurant and a fitness room. The Rate is $89 this year and it will be our last at this exceptional rate. In 2009 we are going to $99! You may have up to 4 people in your room at no extra cost. Roll always are available for a small fee. Call 434-973-2121 or just hit the Doubletree link and follow the instructions. Doubletree Reservations Link Checkout the My Schedule Feature and make your our schedule to see what over laps. Go to this link to check it out. My Schedule Link Lastly, We are offering you many options in the form of upgrades in regards to your free Gift! Please checkout the Gift Catalog to see what we have to offer before you pre-reg: Gifts/Upgrades Justin Thompson Convention Director 434-531-9191 kingmaker@prezcon.com Monday, November 5, 2007 PrezCon Schedule is now up!The Schedule is now done. Go to http://www.prezcon.com to checkout the schedule. The "My Schedule" feature is also working. If you haven't signed up now is a good time! The hotel is also starting to fill so make your reservations via the website or call 434-973-2121.I will also be sending this to the folks who are currently registered. The Main flyer will go in the mail Nov 21st. Please talk up the convention to all of your friends. With your support 600 players in 08 is a real possibility. We are hosting our 15th annual event in Feb. There can be NO doubt that 2008 will be a very special year. Remember when you are signing up to check out the upgrade items. The PrezCon Tumbler, Hat, Polo and Game Bag are great upgrade options to the Free T-shirt we give away each year. Once again the schedule is rolling so check it out! Justin Thompson kingmaker@prezcon.com 434-531-9191 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 All PrezCon Tournaments have a GM!Yes, there are few of you who still need to get your money in and a few who need to fill out your GM forms but as far as PrezCon is concerned we are all done. Yes! For the first time in 15 years all of our games have a GM by Oct 1st! Every year 3 or 4 games were always in need of a GM but not this year! We actually have 5 or 6 people who want to GM who are waiting for games in need of a GM! I just want to thank all of you who have stepped up to GM a game. With out you the con wouldn't be what it is today!Now please go to the Doubletree link and make your hotel reservation. We always sellout so don't be left having to go down the road to get a hotel. The $89 rate is on its last year. Next year the rate goes to $99! Use the link or call 434-973-2121. Once again THANKS! Justin Thompson Monday, October 1, 2007 PrezCon Update!I want to thank all of you who have pre-reged to GM a game for us in 2008! The response has been overwhelming. We now have all of the open games covered. Thanks to all of you who signed up as a GM!There are a few GM's in need of filling out there GM forms: Doug Galullo - Formula De John Emory - Up Front James Adams - Here I Stand Mark Smith - Victory in the Pacific All of the above GMs have committed to GM there game. There just need to fill out there GM forms. If they don’t fill out there GM forms by Oct 1st those games become open to the first person who volunteers to Gm them. If by Nov 1st they don't have a GM they will be replaced or dropped. We start making the schedule this week! We hope to have it up on the web by Nov 1st! Once again thanks to all the Game Master who has already signed up to GM there games. Justin Thompson 434-531-9191 kingmaker@prezcon.com Thursday, September 20, 2007 PrezCon GM Alert!GM's We are coming up on the deadline to complete the GM registration. Whatdoes that mean? Well..... 1. You get 50% off the pre-registration fee ($50 Normally) 2. You will receive a free Polo Shirt or Tumbler Mug or Hat for Gming a Game for us! What we ask..... 1. Sign-up on-line at http://www.prezcon.com as a GM! That means Read the Gm Guidelines and fillout the GM forms. 2. Send in your payment by Oct 1st! After Oct 1st the cost goes to $50! Send in your pay emnt to PrezCon Inc. P.O. Box 4661 Charlottesville Va. 22905 or Paypal to kingmaker@prezcon.com If you are getting this and you have already sent in your Forms or your Payment we apologize! If you are still waiting please do it today! The con is looking better than ever and with your help we expect a record crowd in 2008! We start making the Schedule Oct 5th. That allows you folks who are waiting to the last minute to get your forms and payments in! If you have already sent in your GM forms but have not paid....YOU NEED TO DO THAT BY OCT 1st! Questions? Call me at 434-531-9191 We do have a few games in need of a GM and a few of you receiving this e-mail are being targeted for GM duties! The games that need a GM are: Acquire Cowboys Caylas We The People: Part of RevCon 1776: Part of RevCon 1960: This is to be run as a Pre-Con Feb 19th starting at 9am. We do have other games in need of a GM. Folks have contacted me and asked to GM or had questions about Gming those games so I have not included them in the above list. If you are getting this e-mail and are one of those please GM one of the open games if you can! Please know that we THANK you for your time and effort! Justin Thompson kingmaker@prezcon.com 434-531-9191 Monday, September 17, 2007 GM's 14 Days to go............GM's! You have 14 days to get your GM registration in and Paid! The 50% discount will be gone Oct 1st! Please take the time to Pre-reg NOW! The Games and GM's listed below are the one's we need to submit there GM form! Those of you who have already submitted your GM info.... Thanks! For those of you who still need to get it done NOW is the Time! Go to http://www.prezcon.com to get your registration done! Most if not all of you have contacted me to tell me that you’re going to GM in 2008! We thank you for your support!Bitter Woods.... Bruno Sinigaglio The Russian Campaign.... Tom Gregorio Panzer Blitz/Panzer Leader.... Bert Schoose Carcassone.... Michelle Hymowitz St. Petersburg.... Steve Quade Power Grid.... Gerald Lientz Thurn & Taxis.... Bill Navolis Ticket to Ride - Marklin.... Katie McCorry Ra.... Eric Hymowitz Tempus.... Jack Jaeger Circus Maximus.... John Jacoby Formula Motor Racing.... Jeff Bakalchuck Formula Dé.... Doug Galullo Tabletop Aces.... Ed Wagamon Down in Flames.... Rich Phares Robo Rally.... Tom McCorry Lost Cities.... Ivan Lawson Titan the Arena.... Luke Koleszar Battleline.... Jeff Mullet Football Strategy.... Bert Schoose Cowboys.... Gerald Lientz Star Wars Miniatures.... Bruno Sinigaglio Clash for a Continent - RevCon.... Grant Wylie History of the World.... Shane McBee Empire Builder.... Lee Presser Age of Renaissance.... Bill Crenshaw Manifest Destiny.... Bill Crenshaw Railroad Tycoon.... Ray Alderman Atlantic Storm.... Scott Buckwalter Titan.... Steve Koleszar Risk.... Randy Dean Axis & Allies.... Dan Strock Monsters Menace America.... Mark Love Queen's Gambit.... Bruno Sinigaglio Memoir '44.... Steve Lollis Napoleonic Wars.... Scott Pfeiffer Path of Glory.... Patrick Duffy Up Front.... John Emory Here I Stand.... James Adams Victory in the Pacific.... Mark Smith Advanced Civ.... Kevin Youells Justin Thompson kingmaker@prezcon.com 434-531-9191 Thursday, August 16, 2007 PrezCon Update!Announcement: Effective immediately Bruce Reiff has been appointed to the title of Vice President in charge of all things “Auction”!We are very pleased to add Bruce’s extensive experience to our board of directors. As you may already know Bruce is currently serving his 3rd term as a board member of the BPA! He founded the Cabs game club and is a mover and shaker in the Origins and Buckeye Game Fest seen. Bruce started attending PrezCon five years ago and in his second year took over hosting the auction. He and his crew of devoted gamers have transformed the PrezCon auction into the place to sell your used games. The WBC saw how well Bruce ran the Auction at PrezCon and the WBC’s Auction shortly came into existence. He has nearly quadrupled the sales of the Auction at PrezCon from $3000 to nearly $12,000 last year. We are planning to have on-line auction sign-up. This will be a (hopefully) easier form Auction item Registration. We will offer 650 Lots…Yes lots. That means you may group games into bundles in 2008! The on-line registration will cost $1 per lot. This is the same fee the WBC charges to insert a game into the auction. Bruce will have complete control over what is allowed into the auction. The Auction Store is gone in 2008. If you have any questions concerning the Auction contact Bruce at breiff@ific.com. We welcome Bruce to the PrezCon team and we expect great things coming out of the auction in 2008! Justin Thompson Convention Director kingmaker@prezcon.com 434-531-9191 Wednesday, August 15, 2007 PrezCon GM'sWe are just 45 days away from the GM deadline of Oct 1st. The GameMaster Pre-Registration form is up and waiting for you! Please take the time to read the guidelines and then fill out your form. After you fill out your GM form you will be automatically moved to the player registration. You are being routed to the player page so you can let us know what you would like to play at the con. All of your info will automatically be moved to the player page.The Gm page will offer you a free Polo Shirt as a reward for GMing. We know many of you have many years of these so we are offering you our GM's a few options. For the same price of $0 we will give you a PrezCon Hat (Embroidered) or The PrezCon Tumbler Mug. If you would like to upgrade you may do so by upgrading to the Game Bag (Embroidered) for $15 additional. What ever you choose we THANK YOU for your time. We also offer our GM's a 50% discount off the Pre-Reg price of $50. That means you pay $25 instead of $50. This discount is good until Oct 1st. NOW is the time to Pre-Reg so do it NOW! Questions? Call me at 434-531-9191 or Email me at kingmaker@prezcon.com Justin Thompson Convention Director Tuesday, July 3, 2007 PrezCon UpdatePrezCon Update!Game Masters Pre-registration for Game Masters is now open for PrezCon 2008. Thanks for your support of PrezCon, your efforts help make the con what it is today. Our End-of-Convention Survey for 2007 said that most of you would be returning to GM again. Past PrezCon GM's know about the 50 percent discount we offer to GM's if you pre-register (and pay) by October 1st! All should pre-register early so we know what tournaments have GM's for 2008. GM gifts! We are offering the same embroidered Polo shirt we've given to GM's. Many of you have been Game Mastering at PrezCon for over a decade - perhaps you'd like something other than a shirt. We offer three alternatives: An embroidered Cap or a New Tumbler Mug with the PrezCon Logo as an even swap for the Polo Shirt. (We'll also offer these items to the general public but at an upgrade price.) If you would like to upgrade to the new PrezCon Logo Embroidered Game Bag, add $19.99 to your $25 registration. Price increase for larger shirt sizes! Larger sizes will cost $3 for 2XL, $6 for 3XL and $9 for 4XL. No extra charge for Small through Extra Large (XL) shirt sizes. The default size will be XL. That means if you forget to choose a size, we'll order you a size XL. Scott Stewart (Game Director) moved his entire family to England this summer! Alas, we will be without him in 2008, and Bill and I will need you to be patient. Make sure you read all of the GM guidelines before you summit your GM forms. PrezCon 2008 will open on Wednesday at 9 am. That's a whole day instead of a half-day. Veteran GM's: please sign-up early. If your tournament format has multiple heats, either start early and finish in the middle of the con, or start Friday or early Saturday and finish Sunday. You who are Game Mastering for the first time, please let us know when you will be arriving and when you will be leaving. We will guide you through the scheduling process and make sure you get a suitable schedule for you and PrezCon. Tournaments that need GM's: 1. 1776 (NEW) RevCon 2. Shifting Sands Player Pre-Registration Pre-Registration is open to all, including you! Sign up early - get into PrezCon for a lower price, and get a great gift too! Player gifts! We are offering you the same great color Tee Shirt we've given to all of our Pre-Registered players. Many of you have been coming to PrezCon for years - perhaps you'd like something other than a shirt. We offer four alternatives: A Cap or a New Tumbler Mug, Polo Shirt (Royal Blue this year), or the New Embroidered Game Bag. All have the PrezCon Logo. To upgrade to the Cap or Mug costs $5. To upgrade to the PrezCon Polo Shirt costs $15. To upgrade to the New Embroidered Game Bag costs $24.99. Price increase for larger shirt sizes! Larger Tee Shirt sizes will cost $2 for 2XL, $5 for 3XL, and $8 for 4XL. Larger Polo Shirt sizes will cost $3 for 2XL, $6 for 3XL and $9 for 4XL. No extra charge for Small through Extra Large (XL) shirt sizes. The default size will be XL. That means if you forget to choose a size, we'll order you a size XL. Open Gaming: Open Gaming will now be exclusively in the Main Ballroom foyer area. You may setup your games for open play there without the threat of having to be moved. Keep your area clean and the aisles free of chairs and games is all we ask. The foyer will be setup with 50 percent 6-Foot Rounds and 50 percent 8-Foot Rectangular Tables. We plan to use the Promenade Ballroom (downstairs, next to the indoor pool) for our Horsepower Track tournaments in 2008. The Horsepower Track takes more space than typical board games and we have lots of room in the Promenade Ballroom. Dealers: These fine dealers have committed to return in 2008! 1. Troll & Toad 2. Columbia Games 3. Mayfair Games 4. Z-Man Games 5. Worthington Games 6. Cafè Games 7. GMT Games We have room for one or two dealers who'd setup outside the Ballroom in the Hall area. If you are interested, please let me know. Pre-Register today! Thank you all very much! Justin Thompson kingmaker@prezcon.com 434-531-9191 Friday, June 15, 2007 Game Masters Sign Up for PrezCon 2008GM's have lined up for almost all of the events for 2008. There are a few openings left for events. If you have the guts and want the glory of GM'ing, please sign up starting (July 1 2007) for one of our openings.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Here are the 2007 winners
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