What is a typical Game/Match?

1. Every match of Little Troubles card play begins the same, regardless of the format.
2. Players present their decks and verify the correct deck size according to the format being played.
3. Players sufficiently randomize their decks, then pass their decks to an opponent. The opponent performs one additional course of randomization (this is a must and is not optional).
4. For the first game in a match players will use a random method to determine who will go first such as a die-roll or flip a coin. For games 2 and 3, the loser of the previous game chooses who will go first.
5. Players will draw 10 cards and then either:
   1. Determine 6 cards to keep as their starting hand and shuffle the remaining 4 cards back into the deck OR
   2. If the format allows, a player may take a mulligan. They will shuffle all 10 cards back into the deck, draw 10 new cards, and proceed back to a)
6. Once all players have their starting hands, the decks will be reshuffled and randomized by the same process above.
7. Once all players are ready to proceed, play will begin with player 1’s turn one. Play will then proceed to player 2’s turn one. During each player’s first turn, players will not have a Fight Phase and will not receive the free 1 card draw during their Resource Phase.
8. Following turns are indicated as player turn 2, opponent turn 2, player turn 3, opponent turn 3, etc.
9. There is no limit to the turns in a game of Little Troubles.
10. Players win when they either win 10 fights or collect 100 cookies
11. For more information on how to play the game, please visit https://littletroubles.wiki/How_to_Play

Tournament Details

1. All tournament players will be provided with the materials to play when they show up to the tournament ballroom Saturday morning.
   1. This will include a semi-randomized starter deck, as well as 3 packs from the most recent sets, a promo card, tournament sleeves, a playmat, and a record scoring sheet.
2. Players will then be encouraged to build a 40 card deck from the materials provided. Deck size must be exactly 40 cards and may not contain any other cards from player’s personal collections or other events.
3. Players will then participate in a ‘League-style’ swiss tournament for the duration of Saturday. Players will up to 9 matches against opponents of their choosing.
   1. Players will play Best-of-3 matches against their opponent. Players will then sign each other’s sheet with the agreed-upon outcome of the match.
   2. Players are encouraged to find opponents of their own choosing, at their pace. There will not be any listed opponent match structure.
   3. In order to keep the tournament structure fair, there is a penalty system in place to encourage players to play opponents of roughly the same record and match count.
      1. Players are expected to find players with similar records and number of rounds played. For each round beyond a margin of one, a player’s potential points for that round are adjusted up or down by one, based on potential advantage. (If Player A has played 2 additional rounds beyond Player B, PLayer B will have a 1 point handicap awarded, and player A will have a 1 point penalty assigned.) A Big(game judge) may override this penalty if both players are in agreement.
   4. Players are encouraged to play at their own pace, make friends, and enjoy the event!
   5. Players may drop out of the tournament at any time if they so wish.
   6. Bigs (game judges) will be on hand all day to handle rules clarification/disputes.
   7. After 9 rounds, the top 8 players with the highest win percentage will then move on to Sunday Play.
      1. Top 8 announcement will happen at the beginning of the concert event Saturday evening. This information will also be shared to the website and listed on-site for player convenience.
4. On Sunday, the Top 8 players will then play a traditional swiss round event in Best of 3 elimination rounds.
   1. These players will be given new decks and packs for construction, as well as new sleeves.
   2. This will, after 2 rounds, culminate in a Finals game to determine the Champion of our first Playdate Sunday afternoon.

Tournament Prizes