Tournament Format
Open Base Tournament
In the Open Base Tournament, you play three rounds against randomized opponents. These opponents are announced at the start of each round on the qualifying day in #tournament-announcements.
To qualify for the Semi-Finals, you need to finish in the top 4 of the qualifier. If you win the Semi-Final, you will advance to the Self-Scheduled Final. Once you’ve qualified for the Final, you can no longer participate in any further Semi-Finals. You may still play all the qualifying days for league points.
Game Settings
The game settings for all games in the tournament are the same. However, accommodations may be given to those who need them. 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.
- 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
- The game should be named as stated in the tournament table welcome message
Rankings
You are playing to win and to qualify for a spot in the semi-finals. The rankings are based on:
- Total wins
- Total victory points
- Table point percentage
- Table points
- Point difference
Semi-Finals
At the end of each qualifier, the top 4 players will immediately participate in a Semi-Final match after completing their 3 rounds. The winner of the Semi-Final qualifies for the Self-Scheduled Final.
Finals
Winners of all four qualifiers will self-schedule the Final. The Final should be scheduled for the upcoming week based on the earliest common availability of the finalists.
Backups for Finalists
The top-ranked non-winning player across all qualifiers will be invited as a backup for the Final. If the backup is present but not needed, they will receive 150 LP.
Open Cities & Knights Tournament
In the Open Cities & Knights Tournament, you play two rounds against randomized opponents. These opponents are announced at the start of each round on the qualifying day in #tournament-announcements.
To qualify for the Semi-Finals, you need to finish in the top 4 of the qualifier. If you win the Semi-Final, you will advance to the Self-Scheduled Final. Once you’ve qualified for the Final, you can no longer participate in any further Semi-Finals. You may still play all the qualifying days for league points.
Game Settings
The game settings for all games in the tournament are the same. However, accommodations may be given to those who need them. 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.
- The game must be set to private
- Hidden bank cards must be ticked
- Game speed set to fast
- Victory points set to 13
- Discard limit set to 7
- Game mode set to Cities & Knights
- The game should be named as stated in the tournament table welcome message
Rankings
You are playing to win and to qualify for a spot in the semi-finals. The rankings are based on:
- Total wins
- Total victory points
- Table point percentage
- Table points
- Point difference
Semi-Finals
At the end of each qualifier, the top 4 players will immediately participate in a Semi-Final match after completing their 2 rounds. The winner of the Semi-Final qualifies for the Self-Scheduled Final.
Finals
Winners of all four qualifiers will self-schedule the Final. The Final should be scheduled for the upcoming week based on the earliest common availability of the finalists.
Backups for Finalists
The top-ranked non-winning player across all qualifiers will be invited as a backup for the Final. If the backup is present but not needed, they will receive 150 LP.
Cash Tournament
In the Cash Tournament, you play three rounds against randomized opponents. These opponents are announced at the start of each round according to the schedule in #tournament-announcements.
Game Settings
The game settings for all 3 rounds are the same. It is everyone's responsibility to check that these are correct before starting the game.
- The game must be set to private
- Hidden bank cards must be ticked
- Game speed set to normal
- Victory points set to 10
- Discard limit set to 7
- Game mode set to Base
- The game should be named as stated in the tournament table welcome message.
Rankings
You are playing to win and to qualify for a spot to be 1 out of the 64 who will play in the semi-finals. The rankings are based on:
- Total wins
- Total victory points
- Table point percentage
- Table points
- Point difference
Play-offs
- < 32: Top 10 advance; #1 and #2 go directly to finals; #3-10 compete in semi-finals for 2 spots
- 36-48: Top 16 compete in one semi-final; 4 winners advance to finals.
- 52-100: Top 12 go to semi-finals; #13-28 play quarter-finals; 4 winners join top 12 in semi-finals.
- 100+: Top 8 reach semi-finals; #9-40 (32 players) play quarter-finals; 8 winners join top 8 in semi-finals.
Quarter-Final
There will only be a quarter-final if there are 52+ people participating in the tournament. The final rounds will be as follows depending on the number of participants.
Semi-Finals
The tables are based on placement such as 1-8-9-16 / 2-7-10-15 / 3-6-11-14 / 4-5-12-13. With quarter-finals, the winner of Table 1 becomes #13, the winner of Table 2 becomes #14, etc.
The Grand Final
The winner will take home the most cash! To see how much would be given out (it all depends on the amount of participants), have a look at #tournament-information.
Loser Finals
Depending on participation, there might be a Loser Final where players compete for Cash Tournament Tickets. This will be announced during the tournament. Since 25% of the players win a prize, there is a completely different distribution between 28 and 80 players.
