US Southwest Judge Conference 2026

Organizer: Mitchell Nitz
Judge manager: Mitchell Nitz
Event type: Judge Conference
REL: N/A
Format: No Format
Event date(s): April 11, 2026
Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
Venue: Common Ground Games
1314 Inwood Rd
Dallas, TX 75247
Applications accepted through: April 10, 2026

Event Information

Welcome to the first region Judge Conferece for US Southwest!

We are excited to hold this conference so judges from the region can learn from others in the region. 

Apply to the event to sign up! 

Common Ground Games is an amazing welcoming space, and they are usually pretty busy on the weekends. They have graciously agreed to allow us into their store early so we can take advantage of their general space early before we brak off into the presentations in their private rooms.

We will have some availability for testing. If you are interested in testing for L1 or L2, please fill out this form => https://forms.gle/LP2nYcXvTFfDsgb1A 

We will be looking for presenters. If you are interested in presenting, please fill out this form => https://forms.gle/yjXvQcGZSmdzzV8o8

We will make selections for the presenters by March 22nd, so there's plenty of time to arrange the presentations in the schedule. We will provde further details once the presentations are selected.

We will be looking for some presentations to be geared towards L0/L1 judges, as well as some that are geared towards L1/L2. Presentations that will benefit everyone are also welcome.

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Itinerary for the day

Doors open at 9:30 AM

Welcome speech: 10:15 - 10:30/:45

Presentation(s) 1: 11:00 AM

Presentation(s) 2: 12:00 PM

Lunch: 1:00 PM

Presentation(s) 3: 2:00 PM

Presentation(s) 4: 3:00 PM

Staff Members

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Name Level Region Role
John White
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Attendee
Kevin Downs
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Attendee
Kyle Evans
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Staff
Mitchell Nitz
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Staff
Joseph Dunlap
Uncertified USA - Southwest Attendee
Brandon Tucker
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Attendee