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Till now, I thought it would be about how I am trying to exploit group stage to influence matchmaking. But yes, serpentine could also be a factor

dschingis27 wrote: ↑12 May 2026, 11:26 A tournament simulator would be nice but ideally, things just work.

Even if they work, it would often be much better to also know HOW they work

Imo there should be a tournament simulator that allows to forsee how BGA would set up each round of a tournament under certains participants counts and settings

there is no sense in how BGA set up this tournament https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=545281 6 out of 16 first round winners got eliminated without having not-won a game, despite the fact that 16 is a perfect number to set up a semifinal of 4 4p games. please support my bug report. there is n...

I created a new replacement tournament because we did not reach 64 registrations.
This one has 1 month time limit.
You have 27 hours left to sing up

https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=545281

Hi,
I had to choose between 1 month or 2, but 1 month is quite narrow when some games have 5 players. I hope that most (or all) games will be over after about one month, so you dont have to wait as long to continue

Eirik_Olavsson has won IKM Randgen Map Cup for the 2nd time 🎉 Signup for Randgen Map Cup 7 is open: https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=535434 Changes: +Mini Expansion 2 months time limit per game Increased minimum number of participants to 64 to avoid unwanted intermediate stages Every partici...

The karma requirement is quite high. If you cannot fulfill it, you may ask me for an invite

Big news for RandGen map fans: 1.Archipelago river template is now implemented to use for randgen map games. It can also come up when choosing random template. 2. The next IKM RandgenMap Cup will also include games on archipelago river template and sign up is open: https://boardgamearena.com/tournam...

sign up here for randgen map cup 5
https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=423827

This tournament also uses IKM RandgenMaps if you're interested: Great Clash between all Factions • Spring edition 2025 4p