News Archive

The EBGL is 5 years old!

May 31, 2011

The EBGL as you know it officially started in May, 2006.

For those of you who may not know our story, the EBGL actually evolved out of a small, role playing game group that met weekly at Mike's dining room table back in 2003-2005. In 2005 we started calling ourselves the "Martyrs Gaming Club" (mostly because Mike already owned a similarly-named domain for a World of Warcraft guild) and used the website www.martyrgaming.ca to post RPG campaign updates, etc. When our RPG campaign finally ended we slowly began to branch out into various Euro and American board games that Shawn R. owned. Friends started inviting other friends out to play and, in May 2006, we had become an official board gaming club with 10 members!

Seeing the growth potential, Mike and Shawn decided to re-brand the group in 2009 as the Edmonton & Area Board Gaming League, launched www.ebgl.ca, and moved the events from Mike's dining room table down to his basement.

Zoom ahead two more years to 2011 and we're now approx. 40 members strong, with store sponsorship, and have officially outgrown Mike's entire house. :)

On behalf our club and sponsors, thank you to all of our members (past and present) who have made these past 5+ years extremely successful and fun for the EBGL and we hope we can continue the trend for many more years to come!

Note: we plan to commemorate this date by awarding everyone who attended any EBGL event in May with a special, one-time anniversary achievement.

EBGL24 Results!

May 03, 2011

Congratulations to the 7 players who survived for the full 24 hours: (Shawn R, Mike, Shawn T, Casey M, Samson C, Mark H, and Boris).

The first place winner of the marathon tournament event was Casey M (with 7 total wins), second place was Shawn R (with 5 total wins), and Greg B won the "most games never played before" award. Over $500 in gift certificates and prizes were given out during the 24 hours!

Thanks to everyone who came out and gave it their best shot to stay awake!

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!