In honor of the great Franz-Benno Delonge, designer of eurogame classics like TransAmerica, Big City, Dos Rios, Manila and the new classic, Container, Boardgame Babylon is encouraging listeners to join us in donating to the American Cancer Society to help fight the disease that claimed FBD's life at only fifty years of age.
As a tribute, Boardgame Babylon is hosting a TransAmerica tournament for donors at Boardgamegeek.CON on November 16th from 5 to 8 PM. The tournament will be a single elimination event, with Rio Grande Games kindly providing copies of the game for play. The finalists will win prizes provided by supporting game companies, retailers, and others helping with the drive. These wonderful companies include:
* Boardgamegeek.com (uh, that place where you are reading this)
* Meeple People.com
* Rio Grande Games
* Strategicon
* Thoughthammer Games
* Time Well Spent
* Valley Games
If you would like to help as a sponsor, please contact us at: sheylon@gmail.com. We are raising donations for a great cause but prizes are a nice extra thank you for donors who are supporting the drive.
Just make your donation here and you will be included in the tournament: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/boardgamebabylon
Further details are on the donation page.
You do not need to be at Boardgamegeek.CON to participate!
We welcome contributions from friends and fans of Judge Delonge's even if you are not attending the event but you would just like to honor his memory with a donation. We will even have a drawing after the tournament for some prizes to go out to donors that are 'playing at home' if they cannot join us at BGG.CON. This is open to gamers in all countries! If you win a prize and the supporting company won't pay to ship it to you, I will!
Of course, the REAL reason to support this effort is to fight this terrible disease - the prizes are just a nice thank you for supporting the cause. Your contribution goes directly and entirely to the American Cancer Society - the costs of setting up the event and prizes are being paid for by the terrific companies and individuals involved. Please donate what you can - it is all appreciated!
Once again, here is the link: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/boardgamebabylon
Thanks in advance to those who support of this event and this cause. I certainly believe this is a good way to honor Benno for all the great games he gave to us while also working towards the goal of a cancer-free world.
E.R. Burgess
www.boardgamebabylon.com
(photo courtesy of John Bohrer)
