The Short Schedule was originally "News" back in... Man, I forget now... But one of the big Trade Shows. They announced it then, put up a nice link and portal and explanation page on the News Page and all....

But people either ignored it, or forgot it, even though it was titled something like "The Future of Organised Play"...

Ohey, it was March!


https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/3/15/the-next-step-in-organized-play/

I remember the heads up but I didn't realize they skipped store championships entirely.

Both the regionals in my area are historically part of larger events, yet are listed as the hosts regardless...not sure how to interpret that.

Really FFG.....two regionals in the California central valley but you ignore the SF Bay Area, where the last regional they had there drew 150 players, for two locations within two hours of each other? Bad move.