End of Month

The End of Month League will now be divided into 2 EOMs : Base League End of Month and Cities & Knights League End of Month. The Base League EOM will take place on a weekend coinciding with a Cities & Knights League Open Tournament, and Cities & Knights EOM will take place on a weekend coinciding with a Base League Open Tournament. If you decide to compete in any of the End of Month Tournaments, you will not be able to compete in the Open Tournaments qualifier taking place on that day. However, you will be able to qualify on the other days for the Open Tournament. The End of Month Tournaments will be on weekends starting from the second weekend of the new month.

Base League EOM

The Top 16 players on the Base Month Leaderboard will be invited to the EOM for an exclusive tournament. You can check your rank and the leaderboard by typing !baserank or !leaderboard base in #bot-spam.

The game settings for all games in the tournament are the same. However, accommodations may be given to those who need it. In these cases the tables will be notified by a @Host in the tournament table chat. It is everyone's responsibility to check that these are correct before starting the game.

Settings

The game must be set to private
Hidden bank cards must be ticked
Game speed set to fast
Victory points set to 10
Discard limit set to 7
Game mode set to Base

Format

You are ranked in 3 groups:

Rank 1 - 6 and you can be one win away from the Grand Finals! Lose and you have a chance at redemption!
Rank 7 - 14 and you can lose your first game and still make it to the Grand Finals!
Rank 15 & 16 and you gotta fight your way to the top!

You can view the guide below for every possible scenario!

Players Ranked 1st - 6th place at the end of the month skip to Upper Semifinals.

Win → Grand Finals!
Lose → Lower Semifinals
- Win → Grand Finals!
- Lose → OUT!

Players Ranked 7th - 14th play in Upper Quarterfinals.

Win → Upper Semifinals
- Win → Grand Finals
- Lose → Lower Semifinals
  - Win → Grand Finals!
  - Loser → OUT!
Lose → Lower Quarterfinals
- Win → Lower Semifinals
  - Win → Grand Finals!
    - Lose → OUT!
- Lose → OUT!

Players Ranked 15th & 16th are fighting for their life in the Lower Quarterfinals!

Win → Lower Semifinals
- Win → Grand Finals!
- Lose → OUT!
Lose → OUT!

(Refer to the image at the bottom of the page)

Prizes

The Winner of the End of Month Tournament will be awarded and $20 USD. The Finalists will be awarded $10 USD.

Cities & Knights EOM

The Top 16 players on the Cities & Knights Month Leaderboard will be invited to the EOM for an exclusive tournament. You can check your rank and the leaderboard by typing !ckrank or !leaderboard ck in #bot-spam.