WORLD SERIES OF BOARD GAMES

“You’ve come to the right place for competition!” Jonathan Hagmaier, Chair of the Board at the World Series of Board Gaming (WSBG) says with a laugh. It certainly seems he’s right – WSBG is a huge international event, taking place in Las Vegas in September and boasting huge prizes for successful gamers. We found out more about what it takes to win the grand prize…

Charlie Pettit

WHAT IS THE WORLD SERIES? “A friend of ours had an idea four years ago about doing a truly competitive, let’s crown the best board gamer ever. We just fleshed out this idea and we have a great event and we’re going into our third year now with the World Series.” Jonathan explains. The main events are ring events – so called for the prize for winning, a $3,000 World Series of Board Gaming Ring – of which there are 16. Each event focuses on only one board game, which you’ll play through to find the victor. There’s one champion of each ring event, who then move onto a semi-finals playing a different game, before the finals. The list of games to play consists of what he describes as “the…

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