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May & June 2011 Game of Focus Announced!

Apr 24, 2011

The May & June 2011 Game of Focus will be Ad Astra!

The database only lists a couple copies shared so please let us know if you're interested in purchasing a copy for the upcoming focus. The practice night for Ad Astra is scheduled for May 13th.

Thanks to all 17 of our members who took the time to vote and good luck to everyone at the tournament!

Through the Ages Tournament Results

Apr 09, 2011

The Through the Ages tournament ended on April 8th, with a four-way tie for first place between Corey G, Patrick C, Chris F, and Casey M with 10 points (2W,0L) over the three days. Second place was a three-way tie between Brent, Rebecca, and Andy M with 7 points (1W,1L).

Thanks to all of our members who helped make this tournament so much fun!

Great Canadian Board Game Blitz!

Mar 14, 2011

The EBGL would like to invite everyone with a love for games to Edmonton's First running of the Great Canadian Board Game Blitz (GCBGB). What is the GCBGB you ask? The Great Canadian Board Game Blitz is a circuit of board game tournaments held at Canadian game conventions and retailers. You play several rounds of games over the span of eight hours, collecting points based on your finishing rank in each game. The finals are held each summer in Toronto at Fan Expo (August 2011 this year).

The day of fun starts at 10:30am and runs till around 6:30pm and will be held at Mission:Fun and Games (http://www.missionfunandgames.com), the official EBGL Gaming Headquarters! For more information you can check the Great Canadian Board Game Blitz site at http://www.gcbgb.ca , on the Boardgamegeek forum posting (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/614452/great-canadian-board-game-blitz-edmonton-area-cham) or the Facebook site at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129953740410875.

Registration is $3 with all money going to store gift certificates as prizes. Space is limited so please sign up ahead using the Facebook page, or by sending an email to the address listed on http://www.gcbgb.ca/contact.php.

Best of luck to everyone!

February 25th Free-For-All Game Selected!

Feb 13, 2011

Thanks to our diligent voting members, the Feb 25th FFA game will be Pandemic.