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I've been reading how Swiss style tournaments are conducted. I have a suggestion for a slightly modified Swiss style tournament for Dragon Dice:

Swiss Format – In Swiss format tournaments a series of rounds is played between pairs of players. For the first round, players are paired up via tournament rankings, i.e. highest two ranked players play each other, on down. If there are unranked players, then pair them randomly. If there is an odd player, one player would get a bye, which counts as 1 point. At the end of the first round, any player that won the game by capturing two terrains, or eliminating all the other player’s units, get 1½ points. Players that won via the tie-breaking rules at the end of time, get 1 point. Any game that ended in a draw, both players get ½ a point. Losers get 0 points. For the second and later rounds, players with the highest totals pair off. If a group of more than two has the same total, then pair them off either by tournament rank, or randomly. No player should ever play the same player a second time. No player should ever get a second bye. At the end, the player with the most points wins. In the case of a tie, a tie-breaker game is suggested.

Note: a draw would be a game where both players have an equal number of eighth faces, both have the same health in play, and both have the same health buried. Usually at this point, a home terrian die roll is made to determine the winner. But in a Swiss style tournament, I don't see that it' needed.[url][/url]