Windy City Weasels

Exactly one month from now, maybe at this exact moment, you may be looking at
your board at the third round of CODCon on Sunday morning. It's Fall 1903 and
you are preparing your stab on your ally and tournament co-leader. They don't
suspect a thing. But why not, you ask?

Over the first two rounds, 6 boards have already been played. You've managed to
pull off two good scores, and almost solo'ed in round 2. Your ally in round 3
managed to slow you down enough in round 2, preventing you from the solo, and
now it's time for them to pay. You're ready to pull ahead of everyone in the
tournament for good. You hear the timer expire, everyone is throwing in the
booklets and the sweat begins to form on your brow. The first couple sets of
orders are read, including the orders of your unsuspecting ally. WOW! You
can't believe they left open a home center and another neutral center. This is
too good to be true...

UNLESS you do not sign up for CODCon 2010.

CODCon is a great gaming festival in the western suburbs. It's about 30-40
minutes from downtown and there is housing nearby if needed. Check-in time on
Saturday April 10th is at 9am, with another round to be played that evening.
Side gaming will be going on all weekend, both during the rounds if you are
eliminated early and after the rounds. Lunch on Saturday is usually had at
Alfie's, the greatest burger joint this side of the Mississippi (I don't know
that to be true, but I like that phrase).

For any questions or to sign-up, please feel free to email me [kodiplomacy at
gmail(dot)com], go to our Meetup CODCon Page or post back to this
message. We look forward to seeing you in Glen Ellyn at the College of DuPage
on Saturday and Sunday April 10th-April 11th.

-kevin


Kevin O'Kelly
2010 CODCon Tournament Director


P.S. Make sure to read the tournament rules before the start of the games. The
rules are posted at www.windycityweasels.org in the Files section.
 

Fasten your seatbelts. March Madness is under way.

Our third annual March Madness extravaganza tipped off today with Game No. 91 at my place in Oak Brook, and what a start to a month in which we expect to play six games of Diplomacy. The center lead changed hands five times, with five players at least sharing it at various points.  The game also saw:

• Austria and Italy open with a Key Lepanto.
• France grab three centers in 1901.
• Russia fail to build and fall in 1905.
• Five players at six centers in 1903.
• Turkey go from two in 1904 to nine by 1908.
• Germany own Moscow and Spain.
• Austria play two short after jumping from six to 11 in 1904.
• Russia convoy a British army from St. Petersburg to Sweden.
• Italy convoy a German army from Spain to Tuscany.
• Several misorders.
• A couple of surprising retreats.
• And a desperate race to prevent a solo.

When the dust cleared in Fall 1910, it was Sam Bassett atop the board with a 15-center England. The final center counts were:

Our third annual March Madness tips off tomorrow at the Prime Weasel's pad in Oak Brook. The game will begin at 9 a.m. (And as an aside, one of the players is seeking a replacement, so if you want to play, speak up.)

This year, other clubs on the continent are getting in on the action. The Houston group also will be playing tomorrow, while the Potomac Tea & Knife Society will tip off on Sunday. Later in the month, we expect to see games in the Bay Area, Vancouver, New England and possibly Toledo.

We still need one more for next Saturday's game at Dan Burgess' home in Downers Grove. And to free Dan to concentrate on blogging and serving you beer, we could actually use two more players.

The event at Thom Comstock's home in Oak Park on March 20 needs two more players to round out a second board. Thom is promising prizes, including a Diplomacy game and one of Greg's cool linen maps.

Finally, the wrap-up event at Guthrie's Tavern on March 25 needs one more player for a second board.

Don't miss an opportunity to tune up for the CODCon Open, which is right around the corner on April 10-11. Grab one of these openings today!

Who would have thought it possible? Our March Madness extravaganza just got even more extravagant!

That's right, we've added one more Diplomacy event to a month that's already packed with three Saturday sessions. We're now going to wrap up our third annual March Madness with at least one board but preferably two at Guthrie's Tavern!

1. Jim O'Kelley (will give up his seat for Belgium)
2. Matt Sundstrom (will give us his seat for less frequent player)
3. Adam Berey
4. Pete McNamara
5. Scott Yahne
6. Eric Brown
7. Keith Bareman
8. Yuji Takata
9. Michael Martinez
10. Peter Yeargin
11. Christian MacDonald 
12. Chris Paxhia
13. John Gramila
14. Nate Cockerill

Don't make me and Matt give up our seats! We need one more for a second board.