WIZARD NEWSLETTER May 2008.

2008 Tournament Update
Co-directors: Ken Fisher & Ken McCoy.
Regalia: Wizard, Jester or any other playing card theme is acceptable.
Free Wizard T-Shirt for all who participate.
A curse may well befall non-participants…(be forewarned)
On or about June 16 “U.S. Games” will be mailing announcements to promote the tournament
If you are considering registering I suggest that you do so before that date because the maximum is 100 and we currently have 60 registered. With only 40 spots available the maximum could be reached rather quickly.
Visit www.wizardcards.net for the most recent updates

Cargobeep
Cargobeep has won the Top 10 for the month of April. This win gives her 11 Top Ten victories breaking the record of ten Top10 wins previously set by Fizzwiz1. Clearly cargobeep ranks as one of the best online players ever.
We’d like to congratulate her in person and her presence as part of the Canadian contingent at the 2008 Tournament would be appreciated. If you’d like to contribute $10 or more to bring cargobeep to Niagara Falls send an e-mail stating the amount of your contribution to Kenneth.fisher@sympatico.ca

A Brief & Undocumented History of Gaming (continued)
Last month the 3 major game categories were identified as: Board games, Dice games and Card games. It may be naïve to attempt to select the most successful game in each category but let’s be bold and do exactly that. The classic game of “Chess” tops my list as the ultimate board game. Chess as we know it today is about 2,000 years old and continues to be popular world-wide. Although there are many excellent games based on the rolling of dice perhaps the game of “Craps” has the best claim to be the pre-eminent dice game. “Craps” is a simplification of the Old English game “Hazard”. Its origins are complex and may date as far back as the Crusades. This brings us to the Card game category. Arguably “Poker” is the most successful of all card games. Its origins are not clear and there are many varieties of the game but it is as popular today as it has ever been.
To summarize the top 3 games in each of the 3 main categories of games are;
Board Games: Chess
Dice Games: Craps
Card Games: Poker
Next month I’ll attempt to answer the question, “What is the most successful game?”

Wizard Clubs
(a) Toronto East Club
Next Meeting: TUESDAY MAY 06!

(b) Toronto West Club
Next Meeting: The Toronto WEST club's final Tourney is scheduled for Saturday May 10/08 at Pops & Ruby's in Cambridge.
Next Online Tournament
. Delayed Reveal Bid...Hosted by DougJ
Saturday May 10
Register 8-8:45 Start 9 pm EST
Question: Why cant you play a decent game of Wizard in the jungle?
Answer: There are too many cheetahs around.
Did You Know?
1. 78% of all online Wizard players are women.
2. 83% of all online Wizard players are over 60 years of age.
3. 92% of the top ranked players are men..
4. 100% of the above statistics are false.
Parting Comment
”The only time I know what merlin is holding in his hand is when he posts “brb” to go to the washroom.”