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World Wide Catan Championship ↔ Feb 7 Sentry Box Calgary Pre-Qualifier ↔ For CalCon 2010 Western Canadian Qualifier ↔
Win a free trip to the World Wide Catan Championships Qualify at local pre-qualifiers or risk missing out Play the game, defend your honour Settle Catan Why settle for anything less? CalCon 2010 marks the first year of many qualifiers for the World Wide Catan Championships held in 2010 Sept 17-20 in beautiful Burg Wildenstein Castle in Leibertingen, Germany. CalCon's Western Canadian Regional Qualfier will be held all day at the Radisson Hotel Calgary Airport 2120 16 AVE NE Calgary on March 27 at 9am the winner goes to on a round-trip to Germany. Sentry Box in Calgary on Feb 7 will be running pre-qualifier where the winners get into CalCon, tickets for the tournament for WWCC skipping the early rounds at the CalCon 2010 Western Canadian Qualifier with it's grand prize of a trip to Germany.
Overview The Worldwide Catan Championship once again returns to Germany for it’s 10 year anniversary! From its humble origins, the WWCC has been hosted three times at the Essen Game Fair. In 2008, Mayfair Games Inc. brought the World Championship outside Europe for the first time to the USA, at GenCon Indy in Indianapolis, IN. The 2010 event is the first year that the tournament will be a major event in itself, separate from the hustle and bustle of the game fair. Participants representing countries all over the world shall compete for the coveted title of Catan World Champion at picturesque Wildenstein Castle, in a truly medieval atmosphere!
The event will commence with a multinational welcome day, on Friday, September 17, 2010. On Saturday, the winners of the regional qualifying events from Europe, North America, Asia and the South Pacific will compete with the national qualifiers for a place in the finals. On Sunday while the finalists are struggling for the coveted title of World Champion, there will be a special event open to all other participants, including a hearty knights banquet among other things! United States player Todd Sweet won the World Championship title in 2008, for the 2010 event the cards have been completely reshuffled, we’ll see who shall prevail to become the 2010 World Champion! Pre-Qualifiers The following venues are running pre-qualifiers, the winner of a pre-qualifier receives a weekend pass and ticket to the Western Canadian Regional WWCC Qualfier skipping the early rounds, venues will also have additional prizes to distribute, contact your pre-qualifier venue for more information. Format is four 90 minute rounds so all players get to play in each player order position, the four players with the overall highest points advance to the final 2hr round where player order is bid.Venues wishing to run a pre-qualifier are encouraged to
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. | DATE | LOCATION | VENUE | Winner | PHONE # | NOTES | | | | | | | | | Feb 7, 2010 | Calgary, Ca | SENTRY BOX | TBA | 403-245-2121 | | | Feb 28, 2010 | Winnipeg, Ca | Pendragon Games | TBA | 204-772-5415 | | | Mar 7, 2010 | Calgary, Ca | SENTRY BOX | TBA | 403-245-2121 | |
Entry Fee $20 entry with a day pass or weekend pass to CalCon 2010, limited tickets at the door. Tournament Structure Preliminary- The structure for our qualifier will be four 2hr preliminary rounds so players get to play in each player order position, the eight players with the overall highest points advance to the semi-finals and join the pre-qualfier players plus wild cards from the preliminaries to fill out to 16 players.Semi-Finals- Here the 16 players play in four 90 minute rounds so players get to play in each player order position, the top 4 with the overall highest points advance to the final round. Finals- The four players will bid for player order position and the winner of the final wins among other prizes a round trip to Germany to the WWCC, bring home the title! Tournament Format The format for all rounds and pre-qualifiers will use 4th ed rules and official errata, games will be pre-set with identical setups and randomized seating, cards will be randomized. All Mayfair Games Tournament Rules, Procedures, and Restrictions apply. Prizes The winner receives a round-trip to Germany for the WWCC facilitated by Mayfair Games with contributions from the Calgary Games Convention and our supporting venue pre-qualifiers.The winner will receive a seeded invitation automatically to the next CalCon WWCC Qualifier. The winner receives a free weekend passes to CalCon 2011 plus more swag.The winner receives a free ticket to the CalCon 2010 Medieval Feast. Top 16 Additional Prizes; TBA (approx. $1000 eqv.) Registration Information For more specific tournament or rules information
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Some tournaments have multiple rounds. You should ensure you are able to attend subsequent rounds All prizes scale to the number of entrants; prize values are an estimate and may include cash and/or product and/or gift certificates.
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