About swiss pairing in multiplayer games
Posted: 17 June 2020, 10:27
Hi all,
first of all, I apologize in advance is this is not the correct thread for this question.
I rule several tournaments here in BGA and I miss a lot a feature that would allow play tournaments for more than 2 players.
So, my friends and I are playing tournaments "manually" for those games (like 7-Wonders).
There is a lot of info about swiss system in 2 player games (chess specially) but I would like to know best how to make pairings in multiplayer games (3,4,5 players) and how to work when there is not an even number of players. Is there anywhere on the net some formal info about swiss pairing algorithm for more than 2 players? I found nothing about it.
If not, how do you work with swiss system? how do you make pairings or decide players who will have a BYE in a given round?
Thanks in advance.
first of all, I apologize in advance is this is not the correct thread for this question.
I rule several tournaments here in BGA and I miss a lot a feature that would allow play tournaments for more than 2 players.
So, my friends and I are playing tournaments "manually" for those games (like 7-Wonders).
There is a lot of info about swiss system in 2 player games (chess specially) but I would like to know best how to make pairings in multiplayer games (3,4,5 players) and how to work when there is not an even number of players. Is there anywhere on the net some formal info about swiss pairing algorithm for more than 2 players? I found nothing about it.
If not, how do you work with swiss system? how do you make pairings or decide players who will have a BYE in a given round?
Thanks in advance.