The Boardgame Players Association is a non-profit corporation established to support the shared interests of

board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a comp ...

players. The BPA is best known for hosting the

World Boardgaming Championships The World Boardgaming Championships is a convention held yearly since 1999 by the Boardgame Players Association. It was previously held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but it moved to the Seven Springs Mountain Resort in 2016. It is next schedul ...

. In addition to its flagship event, the BPA also sponsors or co-sponsors the following annual events: * Enlightentment – Held in

Timonium, Maryland Timonium is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,926. Prior to 2010 the area was part of the Lutherville-Timonium CDP. The Maryland State Fair is held in Ti ...

focusing on the ''

Age of Renaissance ''Age of Renaissance'' is a board game designed by Don Greenwood and Jared Scarborough and published by Avalon Hill in 1996. The game is for 3-6 players and the box claims that the game should take 2-6 hours to play, though as with any serious ...

'' game * D-Day – Held in

focusing on the '' Breakout Normandy'' game * Waterloo – Held in

focusing on the ''

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

'' game The BPA also Play-By-eMail Tournaments for selected games, including: * '' Breakout: Normandy'' * ''Manifest Destiny'' * ''

Paths of Glory ''Paths of Glory'' is a 1957 American anti-war film co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of ...

'' * ''

The Russian Campaign ''The Russian Campaign'' is a strategic board wargame published by Jedko Games in 1974 that simulates combat on the Eastern Front during World War II. Avalon Hill later bought the game and produced several editions. The unit scale is German ...

'' * '' War at Sea'' * '' Victory in the Pacific'' * ''

We the People The Preamble to the United States Constitution, beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles. Courts have referred to it as reliable evidence o ...

'' * ''For the People'' * ''Empire of the Sun'' * ''Wilderness War'' The BPA formerly sponsored the following annual events: *

Euro Quest This is a list of noteworthy gaming conventions from around the world. This list is sectioned by location, and each gaming convention includes the dates during which it is typically held. Dates listed are approximate or traditional time periods for ...

– Held in

focusing on a variety of European-style board games * Winter Activation Meeting (WAM) – Held in

focusing on two-player historical card-driven games

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