Previous Winners None

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Event Results Eric Freeman, PAO  Stefan Mecay, TXO  Aran Warszawski, isO  Haim Hochboim, isO  Raphael Lehrer, CAO  K. Wojtaszczyk, NY

Max Jamelli, PA

Previous Winners 2004 Peter Staab, PA 302005 Jim Gutt, TX 302006 Bruce Monnin, OH 322007 Jeffrey Martin, CT 402008 Bruce Monnin, OH 382009 A. Warszawski, is, 382011 Tournament in progress

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Event Results Dennis Nicholson, NYO  Dan Leader, MAO  Harry Flawd, PAO  Mark Yoshikawa, CAO  Terry Coleman, CAO  Don Greenwood, MD

Bruce Monnin, OH

Previous Winners 1999 Vince Meconi, DE 222000 Ed Menzel, CA 392001 Jon Lockwood, VA 432004 D. Greenwood, MD 442006 Andy Gardner, VA 462008 Darren Kilfara, uk 462011 Tournament in progress

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Event Results Jon Lockwood, VAO  A. Applebaum, MAO  Bruce Reiff, OHO  K. Bodenheimer, MOO  Robert Drozd, ILO  Phil Watkins, au

Bruce Monnin, OH

Play-by-e-mail tournaments are the answer to many players’ most common com-plaints—lack of time and inability to find skilled opposition. BPA does not run

PBeM tournaments; rather, we provide support for hobbyists willing to host events. E-mail tournaments are counted the same as face-to-face action in BPA’s prestigious Caesar com-petition, with Laurels based solely on size of the field and the average face-to-face playing time.

Entry in these tournaments is free to current BPA members. For anyone who is not already a member, an Associate membership costs only $10 to cover the costs of this program. (Players have no obligation to keep their memberships current once the tournament begins.) For informa-tion about running a PBeM tournament, contact the BPA PBeM coordinator Hank Burkhalter at ussChevalier@abovethefields.com or check out his webpage at www.abovethefields.com/top_pbem.

Previous Winners 2008 K. Wojtaszczyk, NY 302009 Greg Thatcher, FL 30

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Event Results Haim Hochboim, isO  Aran Warszawski, isO  Curt Collins II, PAO  K. Wojtaszczyk, NYO  Chris Trimmer, TXO  Grant LaDue, NY

Kevin Wojtaszczyk, NY

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Previous Winners 2008 K. Gutermuth, NC 34Curt Collins II, PA 40

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Event Results Tom DeMarco, NJO  Greg Thatcher, FLO  Raphael Lehrer, CAO  Bob Hamel, CTO  Steve Cameron, PAO  Marc Houde, VA

John Pack, CO

Previous Winners 2006 H. Burkhalter, GA 312008 George Seary, NY 30

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Event Results Hank Burkhalter, GAO  George Seary, NYO  Keith Wixson, NJO  Rob Taylor, MIO  Suzanne Tuch, NYO  Ray Freeman, CA

Ric Manns, IN

Previous Winners 1999 Gary Dickson, CA 192000 Gary Dickson CA 222001 Doug James, NC 232002 Gary Dickson, CA 442003 Tom Gregorio, PA 402006 Doug James, NC 342008 Tom Gregorio, PA 312011 Tournament in progress

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Event Results Gary Dickson, CAO  Bert Schoose, ILO  Ari Kogut, TXO  Mike Pacheco, CAO  Mike Kaye, MDO  Ed O’Connor, NJ

George Karahalios, IL

Previous Winners 2003 Ed Menzel, CA 262008 B. Sinigaglio, AK 26

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Event Results Bert Schoose, ILO  Joe Beard, AZO  Ed Menzel, CAO  Jon Lockwood, VAO  Vince Meconi, DEO  John Popiden, CA

Bruno Sinigaglio, AK

Previous Winners None

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Event Results Lisa Gutermuth, NCO  Dennis Nicholson, NYO  Josh Githens, SCO  Nicole Reiff, OHO  David Stiffler, VAO  Rob Drozd, IL

Bruce Monnin, OH

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Previous Winners 2001 Stefan Mecay, TX 402005 S. Valkyser, de 682006 T. Drueding, MA 642009 Stefan Mecay, TX 89

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Event Results Stefan Mecay, TXO  Nick Anner, NYO  Mauro Faina, itO  David Dockter, MNO  Tom Drueding, MAO  Nick Frydas, uk

Peter Reese, VA

Previous Winners 2000 Randy Heller, NH 202001 Bob Ryan, MI 272002 Tom Gregorio, PA 252005 Phil Evans, fr 272008 B. Sinigaglio, AK 32

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Event Results Bruno Sinigaglio, AKO  Mike Kaye, MDO  Lance Roberts, AKO  Larry Meyers, CAO  Tom Gregorio, PAO  Jeff Lange, ae

Bruno Sinigaglio, AK

Previous Winners 2001 Tom Taaffe, VA 322002 B. Crenshaw, VA 572003 Jason Levine, NY 572004 Arthur Field, SC 632006 H. Henning, CT 432008 Mark Neale, RI 48

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Event Results Carl Damcke, ILO  Thomas Browne, PAO  Mark Smith, KYO  Ewan McNay, NYO  Phil Watkins, MNO  Dan Leader, MA

Greg Stripes, VA

Previous Winners 1999 Jim Doughan, PA 342001 John Crabtree, CA 362003 B. Passacntndo, CT 482004 D. Greenwood, MD 472006 T. Dworschak, GA 50

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Event Results Don Greenwood, MDO  Scott Fenn, MDO  Kevin Hammond NYO  Tom Gregorio, PAO  Scott Moll, VAO  Hank Burkhalter, VA

Mark Gutfreund, KY

Previous Winners 2007 Tom Taaffe, VA 362008 Bill Edwards, VA 352010 Stefan Mecay, TX 36

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Event Results Bill Crenshaw, VAO  Peter Pollard, TNO  Arthur Field, SCO  Peter Staab, PAO  Rob Kircher, RIO  Carl Damcke, IL

Bill Crenshaw, VA

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There was a major winter storm the night before WAM IX was set to begin in Timo-

nium, Maryland, but the “Card Sharks” dug themselves out and showed up anyway! 38 CDG players made the trek, compared to 37 in 2010 and 40 in 2009.

This year’s four tournaments with sched-uled rounds were: Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage (HRC), Twilight Struggle (TWS), Combat Com-mander (CBC) and the new kid on the block, Washington’s War (WWR) as WAM took on a

more structured approach than in years past. After Action Reports of each of these tourna-ments are posted on the BPA website in the WAM archives. Players were asked to enter each tournament just prior to the start of Round 1 and at the start of each successive round at-tendance was called from that list. Each eve-ning, I displayed a detailed schedule of the next day’s events. We continued the concept of Open First Rounds on Thursday (because it is a travel day). Fifth rounds were scheduled on

Sunday morning only when required. Only TWS re-quired a Round 5 this year.

Between tournament games there was much open gaming. Games ran pretty much non stop from 0900 in the morning to as late as 0200 at night. Game designer Volko Ruhnke was also on hand to run an informal introductory event for his newly pub-lished CDG, Labyrinth, on Saturday. Volko also dem-onstrated his new game under development, An-dean Abyss.

Above and beyond the playing of games, I can’t really adequately describe the social aspect of WAM. We have been doing this for nine years now, and the core of participants has pretty much stayed intact. Many of us have become very good friends, but we also welcome and encour-age new people to attend. I can’t speak for anybody else, but it is easily my fa-vorite weekend of the year. It was not surprising then that an offer to merge with the larger EuroQuest con-ference at a bigger site was discussed and declined in favor of preserving the sta-tus quo.

Chris Byrd, CTO  Chad Mekash, NYO  Bob Heinzmann, FLO  James Terry, NJO  Michael Johnson, MAO  Bill Edwards, VA

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James Pei, VAO  Randall MacInnis, NJO  Stuart Tucker, MDO  Bill Pettis, VAO  Roderick Lee, CAO  Michael Mitchell, GA

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Stefan Mecay, TXO  Roderick Lee, CAO  Tim Bina, CAO  Keith Wixson, NJO  James Terry, NJO  Bruce Monnin, OH

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Tim Miller, GAO  Michael Mitchell, GAO  Keith Wixson, NJO  James Pei, VAO  Paul Gaberson, PAO  Terry Coleman, CA

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Stefan Mecay became the first BPA Caesar to extend his reign by repeating as BPA’s top

competitor in 2010. His strategy again revolved around running up a big lead before WBC by winning or placing in three email tournaments (1960, Manifest Destiny and Stone Age) and pad-ded that further with a second at WAM (Twilight Struggle). He cemented his title defense with three WBC titles in his Card Driven specialties (Paths of Glo-ry, 1960 and Twilight Struggle). It was a far cry from his record setting pace of 295 laurels in 2009, but his total of 182 laurels still ranked as the 4th highest an-nual total earned to date. Even so, it proved necessary to outdistance a record setting Consul performance by the plaque king, Bruce Reiff, who finished just 19 laurels behind despite limited email and no mini-con participation. Stefan’s back-to-back titles will save him a return trip to the toga em-porium when he once again model’s the latest fashions for a reigning Caesar when accepting his top gamer award this summer.

Stefan’s rise in the BPA lists has been ac-complished in record time. He now ranks 7th

in tournament wins (18), 5th in oppo-nents defeated (847), and 4th in total lau-rels (1026) in only five years of compe-tition—surpassing many with a seven-year head start in the BPA laurels race.

Bert Schoose finished third in the scor-ing by double dipping in two events with 54 laurels in the email wars (1st in Afrika Korps

and 2nd in Russian Campaign) while winning or placing in four WBC

events for 104 more (Afrika Korps 1st again, Football Strategy 3rd,

Panzerblitz 3rd, and Russian Campaign 1st).

Rounding out the top six BPA competitors for 2010 were Terry Coleman, Richard Beyma and Robert Kircher in that order. Only eight of last

year’s Top 25 players managed to retain that high ranking (up

from seven in 2009) led by Me-cay who remained atop the heap.

The other top scorers to retain their high standing were Richard Beyma, Keith

Wixson, Alex Bove, Arthur Field, Tom De-Marco, James Pei and Chris Byrd. Bove and Byrd were the only ones to retain their Top 25 status for the third straight year while 17 new names graced the leader board.

Bruce Reiff, OH Bert Schoose, IL Terry Coleman, CA Robert Kircher, RI

- The 2011 Caesar Line of Succession -

158163 134 132 124

Richard Beyma, VA

Past Caesars1999 Marvin Birnbaum, NY 1352000 Ewan McNay, CT 1202001 Nick Benedict, CA 1382002 Marvin Birnbaum, NY 1462003 Nick Benedict, CA 1132004 James Pei, VA 2932005 Arthur Field, SC 2242006 Jeff Mullet, OH 1662007 Raphael Lehrer, MD 1702008 Alex Bove, PA 1592009 Stefan Mecay, TX 295 2010 Stefan Mecay, TX 182

70 Caesar Award