The World Series of Board Gaming (WSBG) and Renegade Game Studios plan to host World DipCon (WDC) 2027 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament will be held in conjunction with the WSBG championship to crown the brightest star in board gaming. WDC 2027 will be a four-round Swiss tournament with a Top Board to determine the World Champion. WDC 2027 will take the place of the existing “National Diplomacy Masters” event at the World Series of Board Gaming. The hotel site is also the event site, so no additional travel is required. Additional event information can be found at the WSBG site (https://wsbgvegas.com/) and on the Renegade Game Studios official Discord (https://discord.gg/uGzzUQbq).

Event Name: World DipCon (WDC)

Event Dates: September 2027

Location: Horseshoe Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Official Site to Signup: https://wsbgvegas.com/?ref=S0024502

WDC 2027 Informational Site: https://wdc2027.com/

Hotel Booking: https://www.caesars.com/horseshoe-las-vegas

Email Contact: WDC2027LasVegas@gmail.com

Rules: 6^th edition, Renegade Games

Scoring System: C-Diplo

Round Structure: Three qualifying rounds followed by a fourth round with a Top Board

Tournament Director: Thomas Haver

TD Assistants: Shane McBee (Overall WSBG & PrezCon Tournament Director) & Trevor McGregor (Organized Play Manager with 20+ years’ experience and Las Vegas native coordinating events and meals)

Background about the TD: Thomas Haver is a veteran events organizer. He’s been volunteering for Rogue Judges running board game events since 2007. In 2016 he was named a Volunteer Events Coordinator for Hasbro / Wizards of the Coast and TD of the US Diplomacy Championship at Gen Con. Since 2022 he’s served as an Expert Consultant with Renegade Game Studios on Diplomacy, Diplomacy Era of Empire, and Acquire. Most recently he’s been named the Renegade Heroes program coordinator for community outreach. Thomas is the most prolific event coordinator in the history of Diplomacy, running 50 tournaments and countless Introduction events; he’s taught close to 2,000 players how to play Diplomacy. He was named to the inaugural class of the Renegade Hall of Fame (https://renegadegamestudios.com/renegade-hall-of-fame) and he’s the only Diplomacy TD to win the Board Player’s Association “GM of the Year”.