Interface

Demonstration game

Using an online voice chat utility, such as Skype or Google Hangouts, improves the playing experience considerably.

dok brings Rats x3, Raelin, Q9, Krav Maga Agents.
Dysole brings Sudema, Ashigaru Harquebus x4, Nilfheim.

• Dysole wins the diceoff and elects to make the opening bid. She chooses dok's army, sitting 4 rats.
• dok counter-offers to sit 2 rats and Raelin, and to let the other army choose map side and place first.
• Dysole counter-offers to sit 3 rats and Raelin. (Other side still places first.)
• dok accepts the bid.

The matchup will be:

Dysole: 9 rats, Q9, Krav Maga Agents
dok: Sudema, Ashigaru Harquebus x4, Nilfheim (choosing map side and placing first)

Important Note: A few of these maps differ in some ways (most commonly glyph placement, but some other changes) from the standard build instructions. Links here go to the top-downs that will be used in the event. The top-downs are the official maps for this event, not the build instructions.


Ayrwode's Bluff by Gamebear (Gerda and Dagmar)
https://www.heroscapers.com/download...sbluff_S66.jpg

Normandy Beach by Bengi (Zawit and Ulaniva)
http://www.heroscapers.com/downloads..._beach_329.jpg
We will allow Hive placement on water for this map.

Rising Pressure by Killometer (Dagmar)
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1268074221

The Mirke by nyys (Holdir and Wannok)
http://www.nyys.us/HS/maps/MirkeThe03.jpg

Halfway Up the Downs by dok and ollie (Lorja Ivor, Valda, and Kelda)
https://www.heroscapers.com/communit.../halfway23.jpg

In Betweener by ollie (Gem of Lava Resistance and Heroic Rune)
http://www.heroscapers.com/downloads//inb11_Q1Z.jpg

Where the Road Ends by LongHeroscaper (Wannok and Yngvild)
https://www.heroscapers.com/download...adends_69l.jpg

Dice-off Equalizer - A check before each game to see the dice off win % for the tournament for each player will be made. If a player has a lower Dice off win % than their opponent, that player will automatically win the dice off. Should the win % be tied, a dice off will be performed.

Time Controls

If, at the end of any turn, both of the following conditions are met:

• One player has taken 20 minutes less game time than their opponent according to the app AND
• At least 60 minutes of gameplay time has passed since the timestamp of the first set OMs,

Then the player who has taken less time than their opponent may note the current time gap in the chat window and warn their opponent that they are approaching the timed game finish. After that point, if the time gap between the two players increases by another 10 minutes beyond the noted gap, then the player who has taken less time than their opponent may end the game on time. The game will then go to partial card scoring.

Additionally, if one player has taken 40 minutes less game time than their opponent, the player who has taken less time than their opponent may note the current time gap in the chat window and warn their opponent that they are approaching the slow play forfeit. After that point, if the time gap between the two players increases by another 20 minutes beyond the noted gap, then the player who has taken less time than their opponent may claim a win on time, irrespective of the game situation.
The organizers reserve the right to nullify either of the time controls rules if we find that it is being abused or if we believe the time recorded on the app is incorrect. (NOTE: the hour value in the time controls is currently not working, but minutes and seconds should be correct.)

Because of the time control rules, it is important to use the app's clocking features correctly.

• Always press the "done" button when your turn is complete.
• If you decide to move to a position where your opponent has the option of a leaving engagement attack or engagement strike, use the appropriate quick message button to tell them to make that roll.
• If you have any out-of-turn movement (scatter, scurry, etc), press "done" when you are done with that movement.
• If you decline an out-of-turn action (e.g. you don't want to attempt a leaving engagement attack on Krug, or you don't want to scatter), press "done" to decline the action.

Stalemate Rule

At the end of any round after the fourth round of the game, a player may activate the stalemate countdown by informing their opponent in the chat window. After that call, if three or more consecutive rounds pass where:

1. There is no attack or attacking power* used against an opponent, and
2. Each player wins initiative at least once,

Then the game is over and the winner is determined by partial card scoring.

Note: If a wound is healed (and/or a destroyed figure is returned to the battlefield) then the attack or power that inflicted the wound (and/or destroyed the figure) does not count for the purposes of avoiding a stalemate.

* "attacking powers" are defined as any special power on an army card or glyph that inflicts wounds, destroys figures, or takes permanent control of figures.

Scheduling

Once the last game of a given round (including playoff bracket rounds) is announced, players in that round have one week to complete their game. Please attempt to schedule a time to play your game with your opponent. If the game is not completed, a forfeit or double forfeit may be handed out.

If you cannot come to an agreement with your opponent on a time to schedule the game during that week, or if you cannot reach your opponent after three days, then please post in the tournament thread so that the organizers are aware of the issue.

The tournament organizers reserve the right to manually set the pairings involving players with a history of either failing to schedule their games, or not showing up for scheduled game times. Such players will also not be given the benefit of the doubt should scheduling conflicts arise.

Reporting Game Results (and dropping out)

The winner of the game must use the game result form to report results. (This will be linked once the tournament begins.)

If you do not want to continue in the tournament into the next round, please PM an organizer to let them know.

Etiquette for watching games

• Only the tournament referees (awesomeunleashed, Bengi, dok, Dysole, Filthy, kevindola, Kinseth, Typhon, Xorlof) are authorized to make binding rulings. If no referee is present in a game, ask before offering your opinion.
• Refer to this thread for etiquette guidelines for Online Heroscape.

Disputes

The tournament referees are awesomeunleashed, Bengi, dok, Dysole, Filthy the Clown, kevindola, Kinseth, Typhon2222, and Xorlof. These players may make rulings on in-game disputes (line of sight, figures fitting on a space, dice rolled too soon/too late, etc) in games where they are not playing. If there is a dispute and one of these players is online, they may issue an on-the-spot ruling. If you have a dispute you cannot resolve, and none of the referees are present, you may stop the game and PM the tournament referees for a ruling.

NOTE: if a ruling is made late in the week and there is not enough time to schedule completion of the game, the tournament referees may issue a forfeit loss to the player who was ruled against.

If you were allowed to re-set the bidding by changing side choice, then the bidding could get caught in a loop. Yes, there are ways around this, but most of them are quite complicated, and the ones that do a good job of assigning some sort of "market value" to the side choice end up making the bidding take quite a bit longer. This approach gets the job done and provides a clear ratcheting effect to the bidding.

In practice, the obvious option that will work most of the time in the hypothetical case where your opponent has bid on the army you want to place across and downhill from you is to just respond with a bid that surrenders first placement with no other change. This is not a "trick" unless you feel your opponent has weakened the bidded army too much to make that a viable bid. If that's the case, then you just don't get to decide which army is on which side for that game - just like you can lose all sorts of options in all of our formats when you lose a dice-off.