If there are any players out there interested in becoming a marshal please email me (ashburygm AT gmail DOT com) or see me at an event.
For those seeking to become a rules marshal there are two things we look for:
1. Rules knowledge (duh). You must pass both a written exam and a Q/A discussion of some what-if scenarios.
2. Be an honest, upstanding player with a good sense of fair play and spirit of the rules.
So what does #2 mean exactly? Well for one, if you've ever been caught cheating, don't bother applying. For two, we are looking for fair, objective people with the good of the game at heart. Marshals are there to clarify misunderstandings, correct mistakes and mediate disputes. All of this is supposed to help maintain a certain level of order to keep the game fun for everybody. I don't care if you can recite the rulebook verbatim - if you're a rules-gnoming individual who would rather argue rules than uphold them, that's not the kind of marshal we need.
