WHERE AND WHEN
You are invited to join us in celebrating another great year of our Association’s success, where there’ll be games galore as well as lots of opportunities to reward our members and supporters. We have enough board-gaming goodness to fill three rooms on Saturday 10 December from 11:00AM to 11:00PM at the Mt Claremont Community Centre, 107 Montgomery Ave, Mt Claremont .
COST
Entry is free to WABA members – there will be a list of current members at the door so you can check if your membership is current.
If it’s not, you should hang your head in shame and seek out a Committee member (wearing red vests), who will find you a sign-up form so that you can join – annual membership costs $5 and, as well as supporting WABA, means you’re now eligible for free entry to D-Con 2017.
Non-WABA members pay $5 for entry, unless it is your first time at a WABA event, in which case you get to try us out for free.
More details will be revealed over the coming weeks in the lead up to D-Con!
DOOR PRIZES AND RAFFLE
Every attendee is eligible to win a door prize as long as you are present at the time. These will occur at 12:00PM, 3:00PM, 5:30PM and 8:30PM, and are run by a coin flip.
The first round is only for non-members and offers an unmissable 50% chance of being out of the running straight off the bat. So, if you’re a member you have a 100% chance of successfully making it into the second round! Thereafter, everyone’s in it until there’s only one left standing.
The winner gets to select something from THE PRIZE POOL.
Every attendee is also entitled to one entry in the raffle prize, for which you do not need to be present to win but you must leave your name and contact details on the registration sheet (near the door). Four names will be selected randomly from the sheet and contacted according to the information they have left. In order of selection, each winner will get to choose something from…
THE PRIZE POOL
Prizes will be announced soon!
TOURNAMENTS, EVENTS AND GROUP GAMES
There’ll be games and gaming all day everywhere you look, but the WABA Committee and some members will be running tournaments, group games and other special events throughout the day, including…
Reiner Knizia’s Decathlon tournament
Time: 11:30AM – 5:00PM in the foyer
Run by: WABA Committee; Sign-up is not required, you can jump in and play whenever you wish, but your entry must be completed by 5:00PM.
A regular favourite and, if you know how to roll a handful of dice then you know how to play this (but, if you’re interested, click here for the rules).
Prize will be announced soon!
Pandemic Survival
Time: TBC in Room TBC
Run by: Warren and Andrew; Sign-up will be required in teams of two, as the tournament is limited to twelve teams.
Pandemic Survival is an “extreme” version of Pandemic where teams of two players compete to save the world. Their goal: to be the first team to find all four cures, or to be the last team still alive at the end of the game.
In this tournament-style version of the game all teams face the same problems: they all draw the same player cards, Epidemics strike at the same time for all teams, and every team has the same role cards. A Game Master will call the same Infection cards for everyone. The only difference is the decisions that teams make! Their strategic choices will lead each team in different directions, and one strategy will pay off in the end and lead to victory.
Prize will be announced soon!
Nobody but Us Chickens tournament
Time: TBC in Room TBC
Run by: Warren; Sign-up will be required
This is a fast-paced, simultaneous action selection card game where players earn points by capturing chickens with their predators (foxes and rats) or protecting chickens with their guard dog. The game is easy to learn, but exciting and unpredictable.
Prize will be announced soon!
Wits & Wagers tournament:
Run by: WABA Committee; Sign up will be required.
If you want to run your own event or scheduled game and require sign-up (or expressions of interest) you should create a thread in the WABA General Forums. If you would like your event listed in the schedule and on the annoucements list then please also send a geekmail to be sure it is not missed.
The WABA Committee may consider providing prizes for scheduled events that are open to participation by all attendees and serve to support the spirit of the day.
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Games for Sale
FOR SALE OR TRADE
For Sale Tables
From 11:30AM until 7:00PM there will be a designated area available for attendees to offer and make offers on games for sale or trade. You may offer anything related to table-top gaming that you wish, except family members (regardless of how much they like gaming, or don’t).
The Committee will make pre-formatted tags available that will show an asking price, whether or not you will accept “ONO” offers and/or trade offers, and space for people to write their offers onto the form. (Note: You are not obligated to use these, they are simply provided as a convenience for anyone wishing to use the For Sale/Trade table.)
Also, if you make an offer and you intend to leave before the table is closed, you should check with the owner to see if your offer will be accepted early, or leave contact details if you are happy for it to be accepted later.
Dinner
Drinks will also be available for purchase from WABA throughout the day.
