The tournament will consist of rounds, each round the duration of one game. The tournament will include multi- player games, with games normally consisting of three players each. The tournament will be split into two sets of players, the active set and the inactive set. All players begin the tournament as active. By playing other active players, active players will advance through the rounds in single elimination fashion.
Players switch to the inactive set when they lose a game.
Inactive players are permitted, if they wish, to continue play against other inactive players. There will be no elimination by loss from the inactive set. For all active and inactive players, the results of each game will be recorded with two values, the Influence Points and the Victory Points. In the case of any two-player games, victory points will be awarded only to the winner of the game.