There’s about a 5-minute window to enter a next game before the tournament is automatically finished!

There are no real pauses in between games. All results of matches already played by that player will be disregarded. Once a tournament starts, there’s about a 5-minute window in which player have to enter before it is automatically finished.Ī player who fails to show up for 2 duels in the group stage, will be expelled from the competition. If a duel cannot be played due to the absence of one of the two players, the player that has not shown up will lose the duel. Regarding the play off stage: Duels have to be played at 20u on the final day of that play-off stage.If more than 1 player of a group still has to play 2 duels, the order of games is decided by group stage draw order.

If a player still has to play 2 duels, the first duel is to be played at 19u against the first drawn player of the group stage draw order and at 21u30 against the last drawn player of the group stage draw order of the others players involved.

Regarding the group stage: Tthe remaining duels have to be played on the final day of this stage at 19u.

Please send an e-mail if you don’t get a response from the other player.

If players do not reach an agreement about date + hour. Note that if a player runs out of time during a game, it’s a loss for the game (not the entire duel.) (Note that each player’s clock sometimes differ slightly from the server/log clock during a turn, but the time remaining is re-sync’d after each turn.)įor fair play reasons, we request that all games are finished except in the case described above. If that player does not concede the game he must be reminded to do so. If a player exceeds the allowed game time, the player who runs out of time should concede and loses the game. Although a subtle note is added to the game log, it is not part of the game play, so we ask that you inform your opponent (via the chat window) whenever you discard a tile. The other player, however, does not see this. During a game, if a player can’t legally play their tile, the BGA platform automatically discards it at the beginning of their turn, and the player receives a new tile. If still in the group stage, all results of matches already played by that player will be disregarded.ĭiscarded Tiles. A player caught using tools, will be expelled from the competition. All players have to play their games on their own. Help through hints or in any other way from other people during the match is also forbidden. The help of any kind of tool is not allowed!!! (No scripts, no computer applications, no taking notes on paper…). All best-of-3 duels in the play-offs have to be played according to the rules of the 5-game real time swiss-tournament set-up as described in the Group stage section. In the play-off stage there is only one possible setting. If one player selects this option and the other agrees, the game is abandoned. The option to abandon a game is available by pressing the menu icon (three horizontal bars) near the top right corner of the game window. (TIP: put in the chat who starts the game, so you don’t have to look it up at the end of the game) The 4th (and possible 5th) game of the tournament will have to be played regardless who starts. (In case players started playing without alternating the starting player and the starting player can play his/hers 4th tile, play will have to continue and the game will be valid). Players will have to abandon their second and/or third game of the tournament if the start player stays the same as in game 1. The possible third game of a duel will thus decide who will have the start-player advantage 2 times (instead of the first game in the previous edition). (Players who have played for the national team are obliged to agree with a 5-game set-up if this is proposed by their opponent.) This to allow an alternation of the start-player between the first 2 games. If both players agree, they can set-up a 5-game real time swiss-tournament with a 22,5-minute clock for each player.

If the duel is decided after 2 games, the 3rd one doesn’t have to be played (and will not be considered if played). The standard setting for a duel is a 3-game real time swiss-tournament with a 22,5-minute clock for each player. Open to players of the group: Carcassonne Belgium Name of the tournament: Group Name + Number of the duel in the group (see groups page with results) New name for the championship: BCOC 2023 + bga-name

Basic carcassonne rules