Paths of Glory IX BPA Tournament Page
News: (11/21/2024)
Round 8 is on-going, two of four matches still in progress. We will have 120 days starting Wednesday, September 18, and completing on January 16, 2025.
Useful Links: Tournament Standings. Beginners Guide (DRAFT) FAQ Page Optional Cards Usage Tourney Admin Log. CSW POG Discussion. Errata and Minor Updates (1/8/2022);
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. Unlike earlier tournaments, supply warnings are required for BPA IX. The GMT Deluxe Rules for POG (2018) are in effect.
- Players may agree, IN ADVANCE, to use a different scenario, modified rules, or go without 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 10.5 module is the latest; it works with the latest version of VASSAL and has numerous ease-of-play enhancements.
- 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. (The same scenario that has been used the last ten years for the BPA WBC and PBEM events.) 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 not yet 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 2022 Tourney Participants: We find our true friends on the battlefield — NS. We had 133 participants in 2019, let’s not refuse the call in 2022. (26% newcomers thus far.)
- Tom Gregorio
- Michael Dauer
- Paul Hubbard
- Ron Stockfleth
- Nick Benedict
- Max Duboff
- Erin Weir
- Michael Miler
- Dan Leader
- Paul Sampson
- Alex Gregorio
- Gilbert Collins
- Brian Lusignan
- Gareth Williams
- Carl Adamec
- Brian Reynolds
- Steve Kolezar
- Joshua Lowe
- Chris Anthony
- Johannes Nordstrom
- Larry Hollern
- Pierre Jaradudias
- Jukka Hintikka
- Lance Roberts
- Fred Finkenbinder
- Stéphane Chevallier
- Peter Corrigan
- Gerard Burton
- Tasos Tsoufis
- MIchael Ussery
- Johnny “The Judge” Hasay
- Bill Pettus
- Robert Frisby
- Michael Kimmitt
- Doug Austin
- Charlie Hickok
- George Brandeth
- Tom Drueding
- Mathieu Danel
- Gregg Miller
- Mark Gibson
- Rob Anderson
- Derek Landel
- Shane DeStefano
- Asher Diamant
- Carl Degaardt
- Diarmuid Crowley
- Jonas Strandberg
- Ken Gutermuth
- David Lopez
- Wayne Melnick
- Simon Hepple
- Andy Friedmann
- Jack Jung
- Paul Zrimsek
- David Bozzini
- Todd Wilde
- Richard Class
- Scott Burns
- Thomas Bostrup
- Lee Bridgeman
- Jakob Jurij Snoj
- Jeff Lange
- Ted Torgerson
- Daniel Squindo
- Paul Seage
- Niels Soendergaard
- Tuomas Kauppinen
- Mauro Gasbarroni
- Sven Vasseur
- Paweł Jarosz
- Nenad Mitrovic
- Rick Byrens
- Jesse Alexander
- Michael Mitchell
- Robert Champer
- Mark Greenman
- Nando Martorana
- Jari Kemppainen
- Forrest Metz
- David Aud
- Jeffrey McKee
- Dominic Smyth
- Barrington Beavis
- Nemanja Kacavenda
- Thomas Avila
- Dan Marshall
- Nevenko Lazovic
- Robert Ford
- Ettore Cossutta
- John Sy
- Arnaud de Peretti
- Andy Czerwonka
- Cyril Lagvanec
- Jarmo Larsson
- Richard Beyma
- Nathaniel Pendleton
- Eric Wilson
- Paul Schorfheide
- Richard Rubin
- Dane Leach
- Brett Hetherington
- Dirk Van Kaathoven
- Geoff Krueger
- Eric Wooley
- Andy Allison
- Keith Layton
- Steve MIller
- Jon Rosenberg
- Max Payne
- Aaron Day
- Edgar Chen
- Trevor Sturmy
- Nick Yates
- Alex Blankenberg
- Francisco Loyola
- George Young
- Roger Hart
- Pat Duffy
- Jeff Lewis
- Duncan Rosales
- Mike Mozelle
- Geoffrey Smith
- Alan Heath
- Michael Forsyth
- Ronny Esterluss
- Pavel Meshov
- Alan Schmuck
- Nick Anner
- Marc DeRoo
- Hank Burkhalter
- Mauro Faina
- Lars Geysir
- Jim Falling
- Eric Ketterman