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I was able to purchase a few decks myself from the ATM Gaming booth while I was in Cannes for the Festival International des Jeux a few weeks back and brought it back home to the States.

I probably should have bought a few more decks than I did, but my luggage didn't have room.

I am curious at how many players are playing in spots way outside their time zone... (For example those in Europe playing in the US Pacific time zone)

The player from Brazil, chucrute2000, https://x4.boardgamearena.net/data/avatar/defaults/default-2466.jpg has an unusual profile : only 14 games on BGA, 14 wins... and a ELO who has already came over 400. His last victory was against Larrioto, seed n°6 of the Eastern tournament. A close one 99 - 95...

Tournaments in France were sometimes preventing players from outside a club to join. In the US, if you were not living in the lucky 10 cities hosting a tournament you had no shot to participate (or spend plane tickets and hotel rooms to play a Mega 5player game, a bit steep for a lottery ticket). I...

Just want to put some commentary here... I feel that DoW rushed this as I noticed it could have been better implemented, and COVID plus the Ukraine situation didn't help things. Had this been planned (and started) in 2023, it probably would have come out much better. Namely, I think that this should...

ELO doesn't tell the true story at all, especially if the player in question doesn't play on BGA often or usually plays it in another format (with/without 1910 and if that players usually plays this more often in 2er, 3er, 4er or 5er), etc. It might be those who have been involved in previous tourna...

@Rwain - I see there are 9 rounds in the qualifying rounds for those that are filled up. Now the Q is, if a player makes it to at least Round 7 (where there would be only 8 surviving players by that point...), then presuming if that player is still eligible, this player will still make it to semifin...

1. What would you call it? Personally, I'd call it TTR 1913 or something like that. 2. What tickets would you add? I'd add tickets that have cities that are quite under-represented (eg, Charleston, Little Rock, Dallas (big city), Helena) 3. What other things would you do for this expansion? Personal...