Welcome to the 2005-2007 For The People PBeM Tournament Page.

This is a BPA sanctioned tournament started December 1, 2005.
Mark Herman is your game master.
Tom Thornsen will help administer and report game results for AREA rating.

• Round Robin Preliminary Round
  Single Elimination, Round of 16
  Quarterfinal Round
  Semifinal Round
  last updated Tuesday January 08, 2008

Tournament Qualifications

• Must be a member of the BPA, Associate level or higher.
• Must have an email account.
• Must have world wide web access (reason : ongoing tournament information will posted here)
• Must own a 'hard copy' of the game. Please note that this tournament will use rules version 2.6 posted by Mark Herman at For The People Offical Website
• Must AREA rate the game. The results of all games must be reported to both Mark and Tom, who will report the results to AREA.

Start Dates and Format:

• Players will be assigned to 4 player divisions. Each player will play one game against each other player in their division. The player with the best overall record will advance to a single elimination format set of rounds, number to be determined by the number of participants.
• Players may agree to sides. If they cannot agree then determine sides randomly. Once sides are determined report them to both Mark and Tom for recording.
• At the games conclusion report the final turn number, SW for each side and reason for the game ending.
• For AREA rating purposes, let Tom know if the two of you have played For the People previous to this game.
• Player's records: Each player scores 1 point for a win, 0 for a loss. A draw is counted as a Loss.
• Ties: any tied record must be broken by playing a game.
• Scenarios: The Campaign game, v2.6 rules, no optionals. Players are encouraged to use ACTS as the official vehicle for playing out games. Players can use other formats by mutual agreement.

Time limits: Each game will be allotted 120 days (players should commit to making one card play per day), although extensions may be granted due to interruption of the ACTS server or some other event beyond the control of the players.
Some Great Software:

• Other details will be posted as needed, such as FAQs.

Error Handling

• Player A makes an illegal move(s), attack(s), etc.
• Player B can accept the move as is without changes, or declining this, ...
• Player A must redo the entire move. Once additional cards have been played the error stands, so pay attention.
  

Rule disputes

• The GMs will rule on rule disputes. The rules Guru is Mark Herman.
• There are FAQs but these are incorporated into the new version of the Rules.

Other stuff:

• Email Mark Herman to sign up. Please do not email for pretty much anything else. Instead, post all questions and comments to the FTP ConsimWorld BB, found under the path Boardgames/Individual Games section/ American Civil War/ For The People.
• If during a game you have a rules dispute, post it to the FTP BB first, then email the questions, with "FTP Questions" in the subject line to Mark.

The summary of the 2003-4 For the People tournament results can be seen here.

2007 Final game

Semifinals

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal Qualifier Round

Preliminary Round

Round 1 beings on 1 December 2005 and all games should be completed by 31 March 2006.
Round 2 begins on 1 April 2006 and games should be completed by 31 July 2006.
Round 3 begins on 1 August 2006 and MUST be completed by 30 November 2006

SW/T represents final Strategic Will and Turn number for that game.

* Scott Burns replaced Wojciech Kamusella as player 6-4 after round 2.