This page describes the people who have contributed and continue to contribute to the Great Canadian Board Game Blitz organization.

Marc Lanctot

Marc is a board game enthusiast and graduate student studying Artificial Intelligence with a focus on AI in games. Marc's blitz story is that he attended Justine's mixed Euro-Game Tournament (MEGA) at KingCon 2009 in Kingston and was blown away by how much fun it was. That summer, he proposed the same tournament format to Justin Mohareb. Marc maintains the web site, plans and runs tournaments.

Justin Mohareb

Justin is the gaming coordinator for FanExpo Canada. After a successful first tournament, Justin was the first to suggest a country-wide tournament circuit. Justin, and the FanExpo committee, have generously sponsored the GCBGB tournaments by giving entry passes to first-place winners to participate in the GCBGB Finals each year.

Sara VanderWal

Sara is a local Toronto gamer who works at Snakes and Lattes, the local gaming Cafe / lounge in Toronto. Sara has been a huge help in the planning and execution of tournaments in 2009 and 2010. She has ran several tournaments in Toronto, helped improve the general tournament structure, and has helped with publicity and refereeing.

Justine Scala

Justine Scala is a co-owner of the Kingston game store Minotaur Games and Gifts, as well as the main organizer of KingCon, Kingston's annual game convention. Justine Scala is ultimately responsible for starting the GCBGB based on the format and idea by Patrick McInally. The blitz is an incarnation of their tournament that was first run at KingCon 2009. The tournament has changed very little since! Justine is also the KingCon championship coordinator.

Patrick McInally

The Great Canadian Board Game Blitz format originally comes from a tournament idea by Patrick McInally and was first held at KingCon 2009. As he was busy with other aspects of KingCon that year, Justine Scala took the reigns and made the event a reality. The rest, as they say, is history!

Local Championship Coordinators

Local coordinators are volunteers who have either run local championships or are in the process of planning one. Without these people, the Great Canadian Board Game blitz would not span as great a distance as it does. Coordinators volunteer their time to publicizing the blitz championships locally, and most often provide their own games to use in their events.

Marc Beauregard and Romain Jacques

Marc and Romain are part of the Ludo-Outaouais community in Gatineau, Québec. They ran the GCBGB at Game Summit in 2010.

Shaun Ventura

Shaun is a board gamer from Montreal. He participated in GCBGB @ CanGames 2010 and then organized and ran the GCBGB @ Grand Roludothon 2011.

Daryl Andrews

Daryl is the main organizer of GameCampLondon, a board game mini-convention, starting up in summer 2011. The first event on Aug 6th was a GCBGB championship, organized and run by Daryl. GameCampLondon will take place every three months, in London.

Pierre

Pierre ran the KeyCon 28 championship in Winnipeg.

Raymond Saulnier

Raymond organized and ran the Impossibile Realities Championship in Saint John and Comunicon in Fredericton.

Michael Dorsey and Jason Smith

Michael Dorsey organized and ran the Hal-Con 2011 Championship. Jason helped Michael run the event.

Lachlan Salter

Lachlan is a board gamer from Ottawa and a previous CanGames blitz champion; he tied in points with the 2010/2011 Canadian champion (Micah Fuller) for the title at the finals. Lachlan will be running the blitz @ CanGames 2012.

Dan Erickson

Dan organized and ran the blitz at GottaCon 2012.

David Derksen

David is from Winnipeg. He was one of the founders of Wincon and has run it every year since. He will be running the blitz at KeyCon 29 in May 2012. He's been playing board games for almost four decades and has no intention of stopping now.

Jim Buchanan

Jim is one of the co-founders of a new games convention in Winnipeg called JimCon. It ran for the first time in November of 2011 and will be an on going annual event. He has been playing RPG's for the past 30 years and in the last 5-8 years really got hooked on boardgames. Jim will be helping David run the blitz at KeyCon 29 in May 2012.

Daryl Chow

Daryl Chow is a board game enthusiast and designer from the Ottawa area. He is also part of the Game Artisans of Canada. He will be running the board game blitz at Game Summit 2012.

Con Organizers & Helpers

These people have helped co-organize blitz championships, helped with publicity, and/or helped with sponsorship.

• Paul Paterson and Abby Terpstra-Paterson from FunGamesCafe.
• Chris Lang at Polymancer Studios, Inc. and Conjurations.
• Maurice Tousignant and Ian Davies from Windsor Gaming Resource and Hügin and Münin.
• Matthew De-Serres from Hal-Con.
• Mikael Andersson and Angela DeLong Andersson from HammerCon.
• Marquis Côté from GameSummit and Games for All.
• Jasen Robillard from FallCon.
• Grayson Doherty from Toys on Fire.
• Steve Lefort from MeepleMart.
• Bill Belanger and Lindsay Searles from Animaritime.
• Shawn Roberts from Edmonton Board Gaming League.
• Darcy Paulin from Drexoll Games.
• Jay M. Tummelson from Rio Grande Games.
• Daniel Tatone from Gamer's Vault.
• Ben Castanie from Snakes & Lattes.
• Quinn Ortmeyer from Rumbletum Cafe & Gifts.
• Kurt Arnold from Kurt's Games, Let it Roll.

Thanks to volunteers who have helped run previous tournaments: Damian Suffoletta, Daniel-James Rafferty, Joanne Berta, and Lee Weishar.. and to all the particpants who helped explain the rules during a blitz! Your help is appreciated.