UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS

What Is the "SWISS SYSTEM?"

General info about my tournaments:

• I am the GM. You may E-mail me via the link at the bottom of the page.
• I do not play in my tournaments.
• All my decisions are final.
• You are expected to know how to play the game. We will teach you. But, you probably will get crunched (badly).
• For multiplayer games, each player is responsible for watching the players on each side of him to make sure no mistakes are made.
• I, the GM, will determine who goes first. Unless the game says otherwise, play is clockwise.
• I will have a spot where a poster shows the current scores.

DOMINION (Rio Grande Games) @ KC Game Fair (www.kcgamefair.com) on Saturday, 11/6/10, at 9 am.

• 3-25 players with 3-5 players per game (Default = 4)

Minimum = 1 table with 3 players
Maximum = 5 tables with 5 players each
 
• Entrance fee & prizes - none (Subject to convention rules.)

 
• 4 rounds - 9 am, 10 am, 11 am, noon

 
• Game (& expansion) choice:

- Each player will indicate on a form which expansions they are willing to play with.
- Each game will play with the original Dominion set
- In addition, any expansions that are unanamously chosen by all players in a game will be used, if available.
- If not enough Dominion sets are available, Dominion: Intrigue will be used.
 
• Victory determination - We will be useing the Swiss System, popular in chess. Each player will play in each round, accumulating points according to the following schedule:


5-Player Game
1st place = 4 points
2nd place = 3 points
3rd place = 2 points
4th place = 1 point

4-Player Game
1st place = 4 points
2nd place = 3 points
3rd place = 2 points

3-Player Game
1st place = 4 points
2nd place = 2 points
 

INCAN GOLD (Sunriver Games) @ KC Game Fair (www.kcgamefair.com) on Saturday, 11/6/10, at 2 pm.

• 4-16 players with 4-8 players per game

Minimum = 1 table with 4 players
Maximum = 2 tables with 8 players each
 
• Entrance fee & prizes - none (Subject to convention rules.)

 
• 4 rounds - 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm

 
• Victory determination - We will be useing the Swiss System, popular in chess. Each player will play in each round, accumulating points according to the following schedule:


8-Player Game
1st place = 7 points
2nd place = 6 points
3rd place = 5 points
4th place = 4 points
5th place = 3 points
6th place = 2 points
7th place = 1 point

7-Player Game
1st place = 7 points
2nd place = 6 points
3rd place = 5 points
4th place = 4 points
5th place = 3 points
6th place = 2 points

6-Player Game
1st place = 7 points
2nd place = 6 points
3rd place = 5 points
4th place = 4 points
5th place = 3 points

5-Player Game
1st place = 7 points
2nd place = 5 points
3rd place = 3 points
4th place = 1 point

4-Player Game
1st place = 7 points
2nd place = 4 points
3rd place = 1 points

CONDOTTIERE (Fantasy Flight Games) @ KC Game Fair (www.kcgamefair.com) on Saturday, 11/6/10, at 8 pm.

• 3-12 players with 3-6 players per game

Minimum = 1 table with 3 players
Maximum = 2 tables with 6 players each
 
• Entrance fee & prizes - none (Subject to convention rules.)

 
• 2 rounds - 8 pm, 10 pm (optional: 2nd game may begin 15 minutes after both games are completed)

 
• Victory determination - We will be useing the Swiss System, popular in chess. Each player will play in each round, accumulating points according to the following schedule:


6-Player Game
1st place = 5 points
2nd place = 4 points
3rd place = 3 points
4th place = 2 points
5th place = 1 point

5-Player Game
1st place = 5 points
2nd place = 4 points
3rd place = 3 points
4th place = 2 points

4-Player Game
1st place = 5 points
2nd place = 3 points
3rd place = 1 point

3-Player Game
1st place = 5 points
2nd place = 3 points

• 4-40 players with 4-8 players per game (Default = 6)

Minimum = 1 table with 4 players
Maximum = 5 tables with 8 players each
 
• Entrance fee & prizes: (Prize money comes in the form of gift certificates for TableTop Games & Hobby.)

-Entrance fee: $2.50, payable at tournament
-100% of entrance fees returned as prize money, if even number of entrants
-100% minus $2.50 of entrance fees returned as prize money, if odd number of entrants
- Ideally, there will be 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place prize money, as well as a door prize. However, since the prize money will be in $5.00 increments of TableTop Hobby Dollars, the amounts will be decided at the tournament. Only 1st place is guaranteed.
• 5 rounds - Each game will start 5-10 minutes after the previous game.

 
• Victory determination - We will be useing the Swiss System, popular in chess. Each player will play in each game, accumulating points according to the following schedule:

    7-Player Game
    1st place = 7 points
    2nd place = 6 points
    3rd place = 5 points
    4th place = 4 points
    5th place = 3 points
    6th place = 2 points

    6-Player Game
    1st place = 7 points
    2nd place = 6 points
    3rd place = 5 points
    4th place = 4 points
    5th place = 3 points

    5-Player Game
    1st place = 7 points
    2nd place = 5 points
    3rd place = 3 points
    4th place = 1 point

    4-Player Game
    1st place = 7 points
    2nd place = 4 points
    3rd place = 1 points

• Individual game format - Each game will consist of 8 complete rounds of play, where each player gets a turn in each round. High score after the 8 rounds is the winner of the game. 
  
  
• Bonus Tournaments points - Besides getting tournament points each game for placing, bonus tournaments points can be earned (one bonus per game) for consuming the following groups of people in a game:

Family = 2 bonus points                       (6, 5, 4, 2)
Car Pool = 2 bonus point                     (6, 5x2, 4)
School Bus = 3 bonus points                (3x4, 2x4)
Office = 3 bonus points                        (6x2, 5x3, 4x3)
Granny = 1 bonus point                        (4)
Basketball Team = 3 bonus points        (8, 7x2, 6x2)

(Example: if during a game of play (8 turns or rounds), you get brain totals of 6 brains one turn, 5 brains twice, and 4 brains another turn, you consumed a Car Pool that game and you get a bonus of 2 points to add to the points you get for placing. If you had come in 2nd in a 6 player game, you would score a total of 8 points for that game (6 + 2).

(Note) Players must score all the points they roll. If they roll 4 brains, they cannot count it as 3.