2007 Barbarossa to Berlin PBEM Tournament
News Archive
July 21, 2007
Round 1 Results are in the books! Round 2 is underway ( Pairings for Round 2.)
Tournament participants should contact their assigned opponent by logging into ACTS and sending a message through the game that has been set-up for you.
The player with the lower AREA rating bids first (see here for AREA ratings). Players without an AREA rating entering the tournament, are considered to have an AREA rating of 5000. Players with identical AREA ratings determine the first bidder by a die roll.
Bidding Examples: Bidding +2 would mean that a player would need 22VP for an AXIS AV and would only get 18 VP from the Totaller Krieg card play. Bidding -1 would mean that a player would need 19 VP for an AXIS AV and would get 21 VP upon the play of Totaller Krieg.
Each subsequent bid must have an absolute value GREATER than the previous bid. Declining to bid is equivalent to accepting your opponent's bid at which point your opponent gets the AXIS at the declared bid. Note: If you want to play the ALLIES, bid low for the AXIS! Hint: Experience has shown that a balanced game, between equally experienced players, will exist with a bid between 0 and +2, inclusive.
For more information, review the PBEM Primer.
Once a final bid has been accepted, notify the GMs via email (btb@wargamereplays.com).
June 19, 2007
35 of 48 games are completed as of today. To remain on schedule to complete a full 18 turn game, you should be on turn 14 by now.
May 5, 2007
19 of 48 games are completed as of today. The current turn of each of the ongoing games is also displayed in the Results. To remain on schedule to complete a full 18 turn game, you should be on turn 6 or 7 by now.
April 15, 2007
Early returns are in! Our first three winners have advanced to round 2.
April 8, 2007
Bidding and side determination results have been posted. Please check to make sure we have your bid recorded accurately.
March 31, 2007
Pairings have been made and we are off and running!
Tournament participants should contact their assigned opponent by logging into ACTS and sending a message through the game that has been set-up for you. The first step is bidding for sides and if you are unsure how to get the bidding started, here is the description from the tournament rules:
Bids: You and your opponent will be ‘bidding’ for sides. If both players have AREA ratings, the player with the lower rating will bid first, otherwise players should roll to determine who bids first randomly. For example, one player should request an ACTS die roll and specify that on a 1-3 = Player A bids first, 4-6 = Player B bids first. AREA Ratings are posted here.
For more information, review the PBEM Primer.
Once a final bid has been accepted, notify the GMs via email (btb@wargamereplays.com).
We are still accepting late entrants, so there is still time to join the party!
March 26, 2007
Participant list updated to 78 participants.
Registered participants should receive an email confirming your registration within in the next day or so.
If you are "on the fence" about participating, please sign up soon! Participants registered by March 30th will be included in the initial pairings. After March 30th, we will take late entrants but cannot gurantee that you will be part of the event.
Pairings will be announced and games will be set-up by the GMs by April 1st.
Never played BtB by email? Check out the PBEM Primer to help you get started.
March 19, 2007
Participant list updated to 67 participants. We are less than 2 weeks until the opening round starts!
March 12, 2007
Participant list updated to 59 participants--approaching a "March Madness" field of 64!
Check out the FAQs to help answer questions you might have.
March 9, 2007
Participant list updated. Already we have 41 sign-ups and hope to surpass the BTB PBEM I turnout of 50 soon.
March 5, 2007
Sign-up now for the 2007 BTB PBEM tournament!
Send an email to btb@wargamereplays.com if you would like to participate. The tournament starts April 1, 2007. (Read more details)