Welcome to the For The People PBeM Tournament Page. This page provides details and updates for the participants.

THIS IS A NEW TOURNAMENT!

This is a BPA sanctioned tournament that begins on October 15, 2003. Mark Herman and Mike Welker are your game masters. Mark handles rules questions and the like. Mike works on some administrative things.

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 (players are responsible for posting results to the AREA service).

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.
Drop-in or drop-out at any time.
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 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 and Mike .
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