BGB Championship Series
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The BGB Championship series is a series of tournaments played asynchronously and primarily on Board Game Arena. Each tournament will give participants points towards becoming the overall champion.
In order to accommodate different players, there will be two main tracks: The Breezy Series and the The Main Event Series. There will also be a third Experimental track for those wanting even more.
The Breezy Series will be for lighter, easy to learn games that should play relatively quickly, usually in 5 days or less. The season will also be shorter at 6 tournaments. Tournaments will not overlap.
The Main Event Series is for longer, more involved games. It is expected that players in these tournaments be able to make a couple moves a day to keep the games moving. The season will be longer, spanning most of the year
Participation
All tournaments are optional. Anyone can join any tournament and participants are not required to play all the tournaments in a series.
Why have a series?
Because we like to play games, so why not a game within the game? Also, having a schedule gives people time to try games ahead of time and decide if they want to participate. It also gives time for people to practice.
Point system
We will use the Formula One system for each series
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th – Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points Awarded | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Whoever has the most points at the end of the series wins!
Breezy Series
The Breezy Series is designed to accommodate as many players as possible. The games are lighter and shorter. And the tournament settings will give players more time so people don't have to worry about timing out if they can't make moves as often.
Season
August through December/January.
Number of tournaments
6. New tournaments will start at the end of previous tournament, so exact start dates are all estimates.
Formats
5 round Swiss
Once it's out of testing there’s also the group stage then knockout format for 2p tournaments
Time Allotment
Game Max Duration will be set to 15 or 30 days, which should give everyone plenty of time to finish their games
Games
| Est Start date | Game | Player Count | Est Days Per Round | Rounds | Est Days |
| 8/3 | Can't Stop | 3 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 8/28 | Haiclue | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 9/27 | Draftosaurus | 4 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 10/17 | Incan Gold | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 11/16 | Patchwork | 2 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 12/11 | Railroad Ink | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
Main Event Series
The Main Event Series is for longer, more involved games. It is expected that players in these tournaments be able to make a couple moves a day to keep the games moving.
Season
September through June. We will try and end before the summer.
Number of tournaments
9. New tournaments will start at the during the Finals round of the previous tournament. This will mean there will be overlap for the Finals group, but
Formats
4 round Swiss with 2 rounds of playoffs for the Top 10 players.
Once it's out of testing there’s also the group stage then knockout format we can use.
Time Allotment
Game Max Duration will be set to 7 or 10 days. This means players should be ready to make a couple of moves per day.
Games
Games are still being discussed on the discord. Here's the schedule so far.
| Est Start Date | Game | Player Count | Estimated Days Per Round | Rounds | Est Days |
| 8/24 | Welcome To | 4 | 9 | 5 | 45 |
| 10/8 | Race for the Galaxy | 2 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 11/7 | La Granja | 3 | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| 12/7 | Castles of Burgundy | 3 | 10 | 5 | 50 |
| 1/26 | Game 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 3/7 | Game 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 4/16 | Game 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 5/26 | Game 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 40 |