Renaissance: The TournamentA new expansion brings a new tournament, and this one comes with a twist: it starts day 1.
This tournament, featuring the Renaissance expansion, will start the first day Renaissance is available and last for 5-6 weeks thereafter.
Tournament StructureThere will be 36 participants who will be initially divided into 12 groups of 3. Each group winner will advance to one of four groups of 3, and the winners of these groups will play a 4 person single elimination bracket. This means each participant is guaranteed at least 2 matches.
Within each group, each player will play both of the other members. The group standings will be determined first by matches won, then head-to-head record, then number of games lost.
Sorting into groups will be done through a snake order from seeding by Shuffle iT mu as soon as signups are filled.
Round timing (noting that league is running simultaneously to this tournament, I am trying to give at least 1 week per match, and perhaps more earlier):
First group round: Release until Wednesday, November 21
Second group round: End of first round until Wednesday, December 5
Semifinals: End of second round until Wednesday, December 12
Final: After semifinals
Match StructureEach match will be played first to 3 wins. Tied games do not count towards scoring.
The first game should be played with 2 cards required from Renaissance, with each subsequent game adding 2 to this number (so for example a fourth game in a match would require 8 Renaissance cards) - in the event of a tie, play another game with the same number of cards.
Starts should alternate with the first game's first player decided randomly.
Spectator FriendlinessAs with all of my tournaments, I require 3 things to make this tournament enjoyable for spectators:
- ‘Players can see Spectator chat’ must be turned off
- Spectators must be allowed to see the hands of both players
- All matches must be announced at least 1 hour in advance on the Dominion discord or on the match calendar at least 12 hours in advance, optionally (and preferably) both
SignupsSignups are closed. Please see the post below for a list of participants.
I expect that any person who signs up will subscribe to Renaissance as soon as it is available for at least the duration of this tournament.
I am not making any rules against people who have participated in any sort of testing of this expansion participating; any restriction other than the subscription comes from some other power.
Match ReportingPlease report the result of your matches in this thread and how many games were won by each player.
As always, have fun!
