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Is there any reason there's no option between 15 and 30 days for a tournament? I run several, and one in particular has more than a few games that time out after 15 days. But some finish in less than a week, and most that do time out are often at over 90%. If there were 20 days available, it would c...

Any thoughts on why the second iteration didn't fly? I set up one recently and just had 4 sign up. The minimum was 8 I think, so it didn't start either. Is the game just not that popular?

It seems like most games are Basic. Do people not like bidding? I like the extra strategy involved, especially if the volcano tile is an option.

What are people's thoughts on playing Side A versus Side B?

I had a busy day at work the other day and a tournament game of mine got down to just over an hour. I cannot use a joker and while I was totally available all day yesterday, it's not like I can check every few minutes. I'm in several other games so the general notifications will have a lot of "...

So in the example game you posted, you had 2 open spots when the other player finished their board, and they only had 1 when you finished your board in the second round.

From the How To Play section:

Tournament Mode
The game is played multiple times with each player getting a chance to go first.

The winner of each round earns two points.
The other players lose one point for each empty space on their grid.
Highest total score wins.

The two rounds aren't separate win-loss games. They have a score. Add up the scores for the final score. Kinda like those soccer tournaments where the teams play a home-and-home. Team A wins 3-0, then loses 0-1. Then they say "Team A won 3-1 on aggregate".

Is there a way to see how often the game is played with Heavy Shadows vs Light Shadows? Similarly for playing the extra round. I've only played Light Shadow for 3 rounds (seems like the default) but was curious how popular the other options were.