Board games

The Carcassonne tournament is played as an open one. Anyone can participate by playing at least three games of Carcassonne in the specified times of the preliminary rounds. The preliminary games are scored by the results of the games played, with the players who played more than three games gaining a small bonus. The five highest ranking players after the preliminaries play a final in Saturday. The winner of the final wins the tournament.

The tournament is organised by Vesa Virri (vesvir@utu.fi, 040-7441842).

Devil Bunny Needs a Ham LIVE is a live board game. Forget the usual boring tiny board and pieces, in this tournament the players get a much deeper feeling by playing their pieces theirselves on a huge "board"!

The tournament is played by teams of three players, but of course you can form a team instantly with two other lonely players. The tournament is organised by Visa Mäkelä (Fissile@planet-save.com, 050-3664300).

Diplomacy is one of the greatest strategy games in the world. The game emphasizes the diplomacy between players rather than actual combat - but the diplomacy can be very brutal too! You can learn more about the game in the talk called Introduction to Diplomacy in Friday.

The tournament consists of two rounds, which are scored by the C-Diplo system. The player with the most points wins the tournament. The tournament is arranged by Martiska Reinikka (kapuski@hotmail.com, 040-7249978).

Diplomacy is a 50 years old strategy game. Seven great powers of the World War I are fighting over the control of Europe, but unlike most of the military strategy games, the emphasis of the game is on the diplomacy between players rather than pure combat. Nothing is forbidden in the negotiations. Introduction to Diplomacy introduces deeper aspects of the game and strategies to win.

Settlers of Catan is one of the most popular board games of all time. Like many German games, Settlers is easy to learn and light to play, but many think it is one of the best board games ever. The two highest ranking players of the tournament also get to represent Finland in Settlers of Catan World Championship in Germany.

The tournament consists of three preliminary rounds, played in Saturday. Based on their results, sixteen highest ranking players move to semi-finals, played in Sunday. The winners of the semi-final play one final round.

The tournament is organised by Stefan Engblom (sengblom@hotmail.com, 050-3413041), who also takes pre-enrollments. The owners of the game are also encouraged to loan their game for the tournament.