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Northeast The RA of this region, Dennis Bradford, wanted to highlight a Judge Conference occurring on Sunday, April 26th in Bernardsville, New Jersey at The Bearded Dragon Games. If you want to know more about this Judge Conference, apply to attend, or help Dennis administer higher-level advancement exams, take a peek at the JudgeApps event.

Last year, Judge Foundry sponsored a year-long review contest. This year it’s back, bigger, and better! More than $1700 of judge’s dues will go back out to the community in this contest, rewarding multiple regions for their collective efforts and at least ten judges for investing time and energy in their fellow judges. As with

Northeast The RA of this region, Dennis Bradford, wanted to highlight a Judge Conference occurring on Sunday, April 26th in Bernardsville, New Jersey at The Bearded Dragon Games. If you want to know more about this Judge Conference, apply to attend, or help Dennis administer higher-level advancement exams, take a peek at the JudgeApps event.

Running a conference is a fun way to gather judges and candidates, help people learn magic rules and policy, and find ways to build community in your area, as well as help people learn and grow as people themselves. Many skills of judging are very useful in other careers and in the community, so we

Northeast The RA of this region, Dennis Bradford, wanted to highlight an Invitational Series being run in NYC by Jenn Taylor. You can read more about The NYCIS Heavy Play Championship, and personally, I find it fascinating that players and judges alike were able to experience 3 rounds of Standard, 3 Rounds of Pauper, and

The current Board of Directors has re-established a commitment and unified goal on supporting the Judging Community; more importantly, providing the dollars, resources, and infrastructure to allow individuals to grow and lead their community as they see fit. Hence, the JF Conferences Committee, led by Stephan Classen, and the JF Judge Recruitment, led by Ryan

JumpStart If you just want to get started, here is the quick-start guide: Who needs to complete their checklist in 2026? All Judge Foundry judges need to complete their checklists, with a few exceptions. These haven’t changed this year.  If you don’t fall into one of those categories, you will need to fill out your

Plains The RA of this region, Jordan Powell, is planning and organizing at least three conferences this year, possibly a fourth, dependent on excitement and demand. The tentative timelines for the conferences are as followed: 1. First being in late Q1 or early Q22. Second being in late Q2 or early Q33. Third being in

The 2025 review contest has come to a close, and we have some winners! The goal of this contest was to encourage judges to help each other improve. Feedback is one of the best parts of judging. Taking the time to write up some thoughts for a fellow judge shows them you care about their