| From: | Bull <chaos@*****.COM> |
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| Subject: | Shodown: Origins Tournament Rules |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Jun 1998 03:11:19 -0400 |
OK, here are the rules for Showdown, the Tournament rules being used at
Origins. [NOTE: This is copied exactly as I got it, with my comments in
brackets]
DESCRIPTION
This is a simple head to head tournament. This works with an even
number of players and is designed to challenge the players knowledge and
skill in the game. The tournament is organized swiss-style (players
compete with other players in their skill range) and guarantees that
participants will be able to play for this entire tournament.
SETUP
Players, after signing up and registering with the judges, will be
paired with their first opponent by whatever random mechanic deemed by the
judges. Then each player will be issued a scoring sheet, one starter box,
two packs of booster, and a label (or post it paper). [[NOTE: No idea if
Starter will be 1st or 2nd run, and not sure if booster will be main set,
or Underowrld or Corp War]] Then the players will have 30 Minutes to
construct a 70 card deck using ONLY the cards they were given. At the end
of the time period, they will then take the remaining cards and place them
in the card box. Next they will put their name on the label (or post it)
and then attach it to the box. The judges will then take up the boxes and
hold them until the end of the round. Before each following round players
will be allowed 15 minutes to get their boxes and re-sort their decks.
After the first round, the individual score sheets of the players will
be sorted according to score from highest to lowest. Next, the pairing for
the next round will be set up as follows: the two highest scores will be
paired, then the two lowest scores will be placed together, and this
pattern will continue until all players are paired. Thuis will be repeated
for the final round. This way, the competition level will be kept high for
each player and everyone gets a chance to win.
COUNTING NUYEN
*In the case of a tie*, the tied players count their nuyen remaining
at the end of the round. Surviving runners (in play at the end of the
round's end only) count as assets; add their nuyen cost to the total, plus
+1 Nuyen per xspecial abilities (For Example, Fame 2 = 2 Nuyen, Stamina and
Anti-Social = 2 Nuyen). [[NOTE: This may be an error. Beryl Turner said
that negatve traits do not count. Also unconfirmed is whether or not
actual Special Abilities (Not traits), like 1 nueyn: Turn to do X count
for this.]]
If players are STILL tied after adding nuyen, the tied players each
roll a six-sided die. The higheest result wins the tie.
This system is also used to determine the winner of the final round.
[[NOTE: This is a change from my last report. Assets are NOT used during
the first two rounds except to determine ties.]]
[[NOTE AGAIN: Clarification on ties. This is for after Rep is added at
the end of a round. Thus, if Loki and Caric both have 110 Rep after 2
rounds of play, then we'd go look at their Assetts.]]
CARD RESTRICTIONS
Objectives taken by Saeder-Krupp Location do not count towards the
game total and are considered lost. This card cannot win the game in
tournament play.
DECK CONSTRUCTION
Standard Deck Construction Rules as detailed in the SRTCG rulebook
apply. All judges decisions are final. [[HEY! That's me!!!]]
ANyways, that's it!
Hope to see some of you there, and Good Luck!
Bull
PS: there are 2 other Tourney Styles outlines: Brawl in the Sprawl and
Urban Brawl. Both these styles are designed for larger, multi-player
games. The copy I have is somewhat of a playtest copy, so the Tourney
Styles weren;t quite finalized, but it looks that these will be the
"official" rules. But don;t quote me on that :]
