Welcome to the 2008-2009 For The People PBeM Tournament Page.

This is a BPA sanctioned tournament started January 8, 2008.
Mark Herman is your game master.
Tom Thornsen will help administer and report game results for AREA rating.

• Ladder
  last updated Monday October 19, 2009

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 the 2006 rules with all options 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:

• Unlike previous tournaments, this is a single elimination tournament.  There are 32 starting players. The winner of each game will advance to the next round.
• Players 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.
• The tournament scenario is used for all games.

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.

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.  Post questions to the "For the People" folder on consimworld 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.

Other stuff:

• PDF file of the card text that includes the cards added in 2006 can be found here.
• AREA ratings page for For the People can be found here.

Bill Pettus - winner of the 2003-4 For the People tournament results can be seen here.

James Pei - winner of the 2005-7 For the People tournament results can be seen here.

Chris Byrd - winner of the 2008-9 For the People tournament can be seen here.

Ladder  Round 1 victories - 10  10
              Round 2 victories -   7   3
              Round 3-5 victories -   6   1

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