ROAD TO THE WORLD SERIES
Empire wants to send YOU to the World Series of Board Gaming 2026 in Las Vegas! Play for your shot at a Stay And Play pass to the World Series of Board Games, a $1199 value!
CHANGES TO THIS YEAR'S ROAD TO THE WSBG: 4 games this season will be split into 2 different nights. The winners from the first week will be invited back for the finals of that game the next week. Participants in the finals game will not have to pay for game time that day.
The 4 games that will be split are: Terraforming Mars, Brass: Birmingham, Ark Nova, and SETI
The Semi-Finals and Grand Finals for the whole series will also be split into 2 weeks to allow for competitors to prep a little bit more before the finals, to make it a more competitive game, and to allow for the possibility of longer games in these weeks.
EVENT STARTS AT 6PM
Please be here and ready to play at 6pm
Tournament Structure:
- Each Tournament Day will admit 16 players.
- All games will be played at 4 players, attendance permitting.
- Each event will consist of 2 rounds.
- In the first round, 4 games with 4 players each will be played. The winner of each of these games will move on to a second round.
- The winner of the second game will be the Champion of that particular game, and qualify for entry into the Final Championship day at the end of the series. If the winner has already qualified for the Final Championship day, the highest placing competitor who as not qualified yet will qualify.
- Where applicable, we will use rules adjustments or specific modules/expansions, based on WSBG practices.
Beginning in February, Empire will be holding a series of tournaments each Wednesday night:
- Each tournament will be one of the 16 games to be played during the World Series of Board Gaming.
- Winners from these tournaments will qualify for a championship night, to be held at the end of the season, where our winners will compete for the Grand Prize.
- Each night will also feature a GIVEAWAY RAFFLE! Each participant will receive a raffle ticket, and a copy of whichever game is being played the following week (when available - other games may be raffled) will be raffled off.
- The WSBG main event games cover a wide range of genres and complexity levels.
Games at the WSBG this year are:- Wingspan, SETI, The White Castle, 7 Wonders, Ticket to Ride, Ark Nova, Brass: Birmingham, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Earth, Dune: Imperium Uprising, Acquire, Azul, Terraforming Mars, Castles of Burgundy, Cascadia, Splendor
Tickets are $15 per participant, and will include entry to the event, and a free drink. As well as open play if you are knocked out of the running and would like to play other games. Each participant will also receive a raffle ticket to be eligible to win a copy of the game being played the following week.
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FULL INFORMATION:
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
EVENT STARTS AT 6PM
Please be here and ready to play at 6.
There will be no "teach" for these games. Participants must know the rules of the game they are playing.
Feb 4 - Ticket To Ride
Feb 11 - Cascadia
Feb 18 - Terraforming Mars
Feb 25 - TFM FINALS
Mar 4 - Acquire
Mar 11 - Wingspan
Mar 18 - Brass: Birmingham
Mar 25 - BRASS FINALS
Apr 1 - 7 Wonders
Apr 8 - Ark Nova
Apr 15 - ARK NOVA FINALS
Apr 22 - Earth
Apr 29 - Splendor
May 6 - Lost Ruins of Arnak
May 13 - Castles of Burgundy
May 20 - SETI
May 27 - SETI FINALS
June 3 - Azul
June 10 - Dune Imperium: Uprising
June 17 - The White Castle
June 24 - SEMI FINALS
July 1 - GRAND FINALS
What is Road To The World Series of Board Games?
Beginning in February, Empire will be holding a series of tournaments each Wednesday night:
Each tournament will be one of the 16 games to be played during the World Series of Board Gaming.
Winners from these tournaments will qualify for a championship night, to be held at the end of the season, where our winners will compete for the Grand Prize. (Stay And Play Package for WSBG, including 5 days of gaming and tournament entries, and 4 nights hotel stay $1200 value!)
If the winner has already qualified for the Final Championship day, the highest placing competitor who as not qualified yet will qualify.
Winners of multiple events can receive a "home-field advantage" in the semi-finals round!
The WSBG main event games cover a wide range of genres and complexity levels. Games at the WSBG this year are:
- Wingspan, SETI, The White Castle, 7 Wonders, Ticket to Ride, Ark Nova, Brass: Birmingham, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Earth, Dune: Imperium Uprising, Acquire, Azul, Terraforming Mars, Castles of Burgundy, Cascadia, Splendor
What does a ticket to our Road to the World Series of Board Gaming event get you?
$15 gets you entry to the event, and all day open play. You will also get a free drink with your entry, and a raffle ticket.
Each night will feature a GIVEAWAY RAFFLE! Each participant will receive a raffle ticket, and a copy of whichever game is being played the following week will be raffled off.
Tournament Structure:
Each night, participants will play one of the 16 games played at the WSBG this year. Each night will consist of up to 16 players.
Round 1: 4 games, of up to 4 players each. Winners advance to Round 2.
Round 2: 4 Players play to become Store Champion of the game being played that evening.
Champions will be invited back at the end of the season to play in our Tournament Championships, to compete for the Grand Prize.
If the Champion already has an invitation to the Finals tournament, the invitation will be awarded to the highest placing competitor who has not secured their spot in the Semi-Finals.
In the Semi-Finals at the end of the season, the competitors with the most event wins will get to choose their Semi-Finals game as a "home-field advantage."
Where applicable, we will use rules adjustments or specific modules/expansions, based on WSBG practices.
Championship Day Structure:
We will be using a similar structure to the WSBG for semi-finals and finals games, with a slight difference.
Semi-Finals: Players will be grouped together to make up to 4 games, as evenly as possible. A seeding system will be used to create the match-ups for the semi-finals tables.
Games will be chosen as such: At a table, any games that were won by a Champion at that table may not be played. Out of the remaining games, the player who has won the most Championships may choose the game for that table (Home-field advantage.) If players are tied, or there is not someone with multiple wins, the game will be randomly drawn from the remaining games.
FINALS DAY WILL TAKE PLACE THE WEEK AFTER THE SEMIFINALS
Finals: The semi-finals winners will play 1 more game for the Grand Prize. This game will be randomly drawn, from games that none of the players have previously won a Championship or semi-finals game.