New York PCAG event

General

• On 15 Feb. 2006, Mind Candy manned a booth at the American International Toy Fair to spread the word of Perplex City to North Americans
  • Michael, Fi, Andrea and Paul were present
  • As part of the promotion, some Wave 3 cards were revealed: 001: Dem Old Bones and 004: Zoo Zanyism
• Later that evening, Earth players gathered at Stitch, a bar in midtown Manhattan, to participate in the first of several Earth-based PCAG matches
  • Throughout the event, Scott, bagsbee and rose contacted Lhall and those in IRC to keep them updated
• Participants received Wave 0.5 card packs, t-shirts, and copies of Perplex Magazine issue 0
• During the evening, players at the bar received phone calls with a mysterious recording:

"You keep on searching, but you don't know what you're looking for or what's looking for you. I can help. I have some inside information about the Third Power. Tell your people to stay sharp in London, and they'll come away with more than just a trophy." direct link to UF .mp3 recording

The Games

• Players first tackled 'Roundabout', Perplex City's version of Rock-Paper-Scissors -- using Cube-Pyramid-Sphere
  • Three rounds of three games each
  • Sphere beats Pyramid beats Cube beats Sphere
• Then the atheletes played the card game Set, found in the Firebox catalogue
  • Be sure to check out the awesome online version of Set here
• Next, from the 8 people who had the most points from those two games, four were eliminated through two rounds of Qbiczu, a 3D tic-tac-toe game
• Finally, the four were reduced to two through Batik
• The remaining two competed for the championship through "Clash", in which a trivia question or puzzle was put on a videoscreen, and the two had to ring in faster than the other
  • Some Wave 3 and 4 cards were revealed
  • Gabriel won with five, Stephen lost with two

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  bagsbee, staying in contact with the IRCers

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  Roundabout

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  Set

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  QbicZu

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  Batik

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  Clash

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  A transcription of the mysterious voicemail

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  Gabriel accepting his prize

Photographs

• Fountain's flickr photostream
• Pennance368's flickr photostream

References

• Scott's excellent account of the evening can be read here.
• The Scarlett Kite
  • entry, 24-FEB-06, "New York PCAG tournament" (link)
• The Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 27-FEB-06, "Blafard in NY Crowned First Earth PCAG Winner" (link)