This was my first WBC. When I looked at the selection of tournament games, I concluded that there was only one I had the remotest chance of winning: Facts in Five. That didn't stop me from entering other tournaments, including Puerto Rico, Settlers, Taj Mahal, and Aladdin's Dragons, winning no games in any of them. I was only ten points out of first place in my Traders of Genoa game, which was remarkable because (a) I had never played it before and (b) I stink at negotiation games. The last event I attended was the Facts in Five tournament, and guess what? I won it.