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Intimate Diplomacy Tournament

Tournament Rules

Written by the Advisory & Disputes Board - Web Designed by Ally Bain

Introduction

This Tournament consists of a 7 Round Robin consisting of 8 players. Each player plays each other once in the Tournament and must choose a different home power in each round.

Section A: Rules

  1. Everybody puts in their preferences for home powers as normal with the following restrictions.

  2. You can't play the same power twice. So in Round 2 you would only put down 6 powers on your preference list, and so on, so for Round 6 two powers and for Round 7 you would know what home power you would have. A player must put down all powers on his preference list that he hasn't yet played in the Tournament with the exception of those powers that are temporarily restricted until Round 6 by way of application of Rules 5 and 6, or unless Rule 7 applies.

  3. The problem arises when in Round 7 two opponents are left with the same Home Powers. The solution is as follows.

  4. The 8 players are broken into two groups; the "Home or Left" Group and the "Away or Right" Group. 4 players are in the "Left" group for Round 6 and Round 7 and the other 4 are in the "Right" group of the draw. In other words, the players in the "Left" group can't play each other in the last two rounds and the same applies to the "Right" Group.

  5. The players in the "Left" group must leave two powers from England, France, and Italy to be played in the last two rounds. That is, in the first 5 rounds, they must play Germany, Russia, Austria, and Turkey, in addition to one of England, France, and Italy. Once they have played one of England, France or Italy in the first 5 rounds, they cannot put the other 2 powers in their preference list until Round 6.

  6. The players in the "Right" group must leave two powers from Russia, Austria, and Turkey to be played in the last two rounds. That is, in the first 5 rounds, they must play Germany, England, France, and Italy, in addition to one of Russia, Austria, and Turkey. Once they have played one of Russia, Austria, and Turkey in the first 5 rounds, they cannot put the other 2 powers in their preference list until Round 6. [By way of explanation, the Left Group are on the Left side of the Draw for Rounds 6 and 7 and must keep two of the Left Powers until these rounds. In fact, from Rounds 4 to 7, they are on the Left side of the draw and play the 4 players from the Right side of the Draw. In the first three rounds each player in each group only plays the other three members from his group and therefore can be on either the Left or Right side of the Draw. Therefore in Rounds 6 and 7 there can never be a clash (where the two opponents have the same powers left to choose) as the player from the Left side can only select from England, France, and Italy and are playing against players who can only select from Russia, Austria, and Turkey.]

  7. If in Rounds 2 to 5, one player has a potential preference list which is longer than his opponent (by way of application of Rule 5 or 6) that player need only submit the same number of powers on his preference list as the player with the less number of powers available to him, although he may still submit all his available powers if he wishes to do so.

  8. If the two preference lists are of different lengths and are identical up to the end of the player with the shorter preference list; the player with the longer preference list will get his next preference whilst the player with the shorter preference list will get his first preference.

  9. If the preference lists are identical, the Tournament Director will put the names of the two players in a hat. The first name he draws will get his first preference and the other player his second preference as per the normal Intimate Diplomacy Rule No 2. If it is though Round 5 and only one power has been chosen by each player and due to Rule 7 one player had more powers available to choose from, the other player will get his preference and the first player must choose a power from his other remaining powers available to him.

  10. The exception to Rules 5 and 6 occurs if in Round 5, the players would otherwise have to both play the same power. (eg both are from the "Right" Group and both have not played Italy yet.) In this case, they must include their other two powers that they haven't played yet in their preference list and may choose their order from their 3 remaining powers. In addition, any power that should have been played by the end of Round 5 must be put first on their preference list for Round 6.

  11. If in Round 6, two players have the same first preference, the player that was forced to put a power as his first preference must have that power for Round 6.

  12. If in Round 6, both players have been forced to put the same power as his first preference, the player from the "Right" group will play that power. (This will only occur if both have been forced to choose Germany as their first preference as with any other power one of the players could not have been forced to play that power as each player in Round 6 must come from a separate group. See Rules 4, 5, & 6 above.)

  13. Where a player has played against the same power at least twice already, you may not put that power as your first preference when playing that player unless you have to by way of the other rules above.

  14. Failing the above, the Advisory and Disputes Board has the final say to resolve any problems that may arise from players having the same home powers and will use its judgement to resolve the issue including the use of a coin.

  15. No Deadlines. A GM may impose deadlines if he feels the game is being dragged on.

  16. If a player drops out of this competition or is evicted, all of his games are scored as draws including completed games. Players will be also able to re-use the power for that completed game which is then scored as a draw.

Section B: The Advisory and Disputes Board

Any disputes with the rules of the Tournament, the rules of Intimate Diplomacy, and the rules of Diplomacy for this Tournament shall be referred to the Advisory and Disputes Board. A majority verdict of the three person Board shall be final.

The three person Advisory and Disputes Board shall consist of:

If one or more of the players in a dispute is on the Board, that player will be replaced on the Board for that dispute by an Alternate. Alternates:

Section C: The Draw

Players 1 to 4 shall be the Left group
Players 5 to 8 shall be the Right group

Section D: Play-offs

The winner of the Tournament will be the player highest on the League Table after the 7 Rounds. Should there be more than one player in equal first position, then play-offs will be held.

Section E: Divisions

There are two divisions with Promotion and Relegation after each season.

After each season the 7th and 8th ranked player in Division 1 is relegated to Division 2. The top two ranked players in Division 2 are promoted to Division 1. Note:

  1. If one player in the top six players of Division 1 doesn't continue onto the new season, the top three players in Division 2 are promoted.

  2. If two players in the top six players of Division 1 didn't continue onto the new season, the top four players in Division 2 are promoted.

  3. If three players in the top six players of Division 1 didn't continue onto the new season, the top four players in Division 2 are promoted and only the 8th ranked player in Division 1 is relegated.

  4. If four players in the top six players of Division 1 didn't continue onto the new season, the top five players in Division 2 are promoted and only the 8th ranked player in Division 1 is relegated.

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