Tournaments

Revision as of 08:39, 2 August 2020

Dominion Tournaments are the method by which organized competitive Dominion takes place. They are run by members of the community and currently are usually hosted on the Dominion Discord. Both live and online tournaments exist, with online tournaments generally being considered more competitive due to ease of access for top players. This article gives a timeline of major tournaments (results easily found, 8 or more players), ordered roughly chronologically by start date.

2011

• IsoDom 1 - won by shark_bait, organized by MeanMrMustard. This was a 16 player single elimination tournament with matches played first to 3 wins.

• IsoDom 2 - won by Rabid, orgainized by MeanMrMustard. This was a 32 player single elimination tournament with matches played first to 4 wins.

• 2011 DominionStrategy.com Championships - won by olneyce, organized by theory and rrenaud. This was a 256 player single elimination tournament with matches played first to 4 wins, excluding the final which was played first to 5 wins. Kingdoms for the final were taken from a design contest.

2012

• IsoDom 3 - won by Fabian, organized by MeanMrMustard. This was a 44 player single elimination tournament with matches played first to 4 wins. Once at 32 players, each round used a designed kingdom for the first game of a match.

• IsoDom 4 - won by RisingJaguar, organized by MeanMrMustard and Kirian. This tournament consisted of a group stage with group winners then split into 2 groups of 4 players who played matches of 5 4-player games, with the winners of those matches facing each other in a best of 9 final.

• 1 Day Cup 5th May - won by ednever. organized by Rabid. This was a 26 player double elimination tournament taking place over the course of a single day with matches played first to 3 wins, excluding the semifinals and finals which were played first to 4 and first to 5 wins, respectively.

• One Day Cup: Take Two, Finals - won by qmech, organized by zxcvbn2. This was a 14 person tournament taking place over the course of a day starting with 6 5-game matches of Swiss with the top 4 advancing to a single elimination braket with matches played first to 4.

• IsoDom 5 - won by Stef, organized by Kirian. 65 players were split by skill level into divisions of roughly 20 players each. Within each division, 5 5-game matches of Swiss were followed by a single elimination bracket of the top 8 players, played first to 3 wins. blueblimp and Qvist won the two lower divisions.

• One Day Cup - 8/4 - won by Mic Qsenoch, organized by zxcvbn2. This was a 9 player tournament taking place over the course of a day starting with 2 groups from which the top 2 players advanced to a 4 person single elimination bracket.

• BGG Store Tournament - won by Rabid, organized by yuma. This was a 32 person single elimination tournament with matches played first to 3 wins. The tournament was sponsored by the BGG Store, with the winner receiving a copies of the five Promo cards released to that point.

• 2012 DominionStrategy.com Championships - won by Stef, organized by theory, greatexpectations, and jonts. This was a 256 person single elimination tournament with matches played first to 4 wins, excluding the finals and third place match which were played first to 6 wins. Kingdoms for the finals and third place match were taken from a kingdom design contest.

2013

• GokoDom 1 - won by Mic Qsenoch, organized by Kirian. This was a 53 person tournament with 5 matches of Swiss followed by a single elimination bracket with the top 8 finishers. Matches were played with a modified first to 3 wins format.

• GokoDom 2 - won by WanderingWinder, organized by Kirian. This was an 83 person tournament with 7 matches of Swiss followed by a single elimination bracket with the top 8 finishers. Matches were played with a modified first to 3 wins format.

• 2013 Dominion Team World Cup - won by the Netherlands (Stef, SheCantSayNo, florrat, Victor Savenije), organized by Qvist. 12 teams of 4-5 players representing their country played a group stage, with the winner of each group advancing to a Play-Off stage.

2014

• GokoDom 3 - won by Andrew Iannaccone, organized by Kirian. This was a 113 person tournament with 7 matches of Swiss followed by a single elimination bracket with the top 16 finishers. Matches were played with a modified first to 3 wins format.

• Dominion League started - originally organized by Stef, currently organized by SamE. In each season of the league players are placed into a division with similarly skilled players with whom they compete in a round-robin tournament consisting of 6-game matches. Between seasons, players who perform well promote and move up the pyramid structure of the league while those who perform poorly demote and move down. In the top division (A), the two best performing players play in a 6-game championship match to determine the season winner, with the results of the championship match added to their season totals.

• Dominion League Season 1 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Dominion League Season 2 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Dominion League Season 3 was won by Stef

• Dominion League Season 4 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Dominion League Season 5 was won by Stef

2015

• 2015 Dominion Team World Cup - won by the Netherlands (Stef, SheCantSayNo, florrat, Victor Savenije, Hugovj), organized by Qvist. 10 teams of 4-5 players representing their country played a group stage, with the top two finishers in each group advancing to a Play-Off.

• Dominion League Season 6 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Dominion League Season 7 was won by Stef

• Dominion League Season 8 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Dominion League Season 9 was won by Stef

• Dominion League Season 10 was won by Stef

• 2015 DominionStrategy.com Championships - won by Mic Qsenoch, organized by Stef, mith, and assemble me. This was an 88 person single elimination tournament with matches played best of 6, with a tied match after 6 games broken by playing a tiebreaker match in which the second player is counted as the winner in case of a tie.

• Dominion League Season 11 was won by Stef

• Dominion League Season 12 was won by Stef

2016

• Dominion League Season 13 was won by Stef

• New online tournament - won by Dan Brooks, organized by Limetime. This was an 8 person single elimination tournament with best of 3 matches.

• Dominion League Season 14 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Dominion League Season 15 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Dominion: Survival - won by jsh357, orgainized by AdamH. This was a 34 person tournament. There were two Swiss stages of 4 4-game matches from which the overall top 8 advanced. Knock-out matches were played first to 3 wins, excluding the final which was played best of 9.

• Dominion League Season 16 was won by Stef

• Online tournament scavenger - won by tracer, organized by Limetime. This was an 8 person single elimination tournament with matches played first to 4 wins.

• Dominion League Season 17 was won by Stef

• 2016 DominionStrategy Championships - won by Stef, organized by drsteelhammer, assemble me, and Deadlock39. This was a 108 person single elimination tournament with matches played best of 6, with a tied match after 6 games broken by playing a tiebreaker match in which the second player is counted as the winner in case of a tie.

• Dominion League Season 18 was won by DG

• Mono-Set Tournament - won by Rabid, organized by Chris is me. Kingdoms contained cards from only one expansion, with expansion chosen alternately by the players. This was a 16 player double elimination tournament with matches played first to 3.5.

2017

• Dominion League Season 19 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Mono-Set Tournament #2 - won by Dan Brooks, organized by Chris is me. Kingdoms contained cards from only one expansion, with expansion chosen alternately by the players. This was a 16 player double elimination tournament with matches played first to 3.5.

• Dominion League Season 20 was won by markus

• Dualset Tournament #1 - won by markus, organized by LaLight. Kingdoms contained cards from 2 expansions, one chosen by each player. This was a 23 person double elimination tournament with matches played first to 2.5.

• Dominion League Season 21 was won by drsteelhammer

• Dualset Tournament #2 - won by markus, organized by LaLight. Kingdoms contained cards from 2 expansions, one chosen by each player. This was a 16 person double elimination tournament with matches played first to 2.5.

• Dominion League Season 22 was won by markus

• Yet another Dualset Tournament - won by markus, organized by LaLight. Kingdoms contained cards from 2 expansions, one chosen by each player. This was a 16 person double elimination tournament with matches played first to 2.5.

• Dominion League Season 23 was won by Rabid

• Dominion Online Championship 2017 - won by Dan Brooks, organized by drsteelhammer, assemble me, Deadlock39, and irrationalE. This was a 389 person single elimination tournament with matches played first to 3.5. This tournament was sponsored by Shuffle iT with cash prizes to the top 4 finishers, and online expansion subscriptions to quarterfinalists.

• https://dominionleague.org/past_standings/season24 Dominion League Season 24] was won by Rabid

• Noctournament - won by tufftaeh, organized by tracer. Kingdoms were from Nocturne, which had just been released, and one other expansion, chosen alternately by the players. This was a 24 person tournament, starting with a group stage with 8 groups of 3, from which the first, second, and third place finishers were placed in separate single elimination brackets. Group stage matches were 6 games, elimination matches were played first to 3.5, with games past the 6th played only with Nocturne cards. The second and third place finisher brackets were won by aku chi and xyrix, respectively.

• https://dominionleague.org/past_standings/season25 Dominion League Season 25] was won by Rabid

2018

• 2018 Dominion Team World Cup - won by the United States (Dan Brooks, PerryGreen, Limetime, Mic Qsenoch, Bryan, Titandrake), organized by amoffett11 and Seprix. 12 teams of 4-6 players representing their country played a group stage with 4 groups of 3, with the top 2 teams from each group advancing to a Play-Off.

• Dominion League Season 26 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Cage Match Tournament 1: Nocturne - won by tracer, organized by tracer. Matches were played fixing a card from Nocturne determined by a pre-tournament vote to appear in all games - higher voted cards appeared later in the tournament. This was a 16 player single elimination tournament, with matches played first to 3 wins.

• Dominion League Season 27 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Dominion League Season 28 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Cage Match Tournament #2: Empires - won by amoffett11, organized by Seprix. Matches were played fixing a card and a Landmark from Empires determined by a pre-tournament vote to appear in all games - higher voted cards and Landmarks appeared later in the tournament. This was a 16 player single elimination tournament, with matches played first to 3 wins.

• Dominion League Season 29 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Real Table Talk Tournament - won by xyrix, organized by RTT. During matches, players were required to be in voice chat with each other. This was a 24 person tournament, starting with 4 4-game matches of Swiss followed by a single elimination bracket among the top 4 players.

• Dominion Online Championship 2018 - won by Mic Qsenoch, organized by Ingix, drsteelhammer, Gazbag, and volfied. This was a 254 person single elimination tournament with matches played first to 3.5. This tournament was sponsored by Shuffle iT with cash prizes to the top 4 finishers.

• Dominion League Season 30 was won by tracer

• Renaissance: The Tournament - won by SamE, organized by tracer. Kingdoms featured increasing numbers of cards from Renaissance forced into them throughout the match. This was a 36 person tournament, with 2 group stages followed by a single elimination bracket with 4 players. All matches were played first to 3 wins.

• Rapid Turn Tournament (info on Discord) - won by xyrix, organized by GreyEK. Players were to play quickly. This was a 20 person tournament with 5 first-to-3.5 matches of Swiss followed by a single elimination bracket among the top 4 players.

• https://dominionleague.org/past_standings/season31 Dominion League Season 31] was won by RTT

2019

• Sudden Tax Explosion Fun - won by RTT, organized by RTT. Players named a card at the start of each game that cost one more for the other player. This was an 8 person single elimination tournament with matches played first to 3.5.

• Four Unvertical Cards Kingdoms (info on Discord) - won by Dan Brooks, organized by wharf_rat. Kingdoms featured four Landscapes. This was a 24 person tournament with two group stages followed by a 4 person single elimination bracket. Group stage matches were played first to 3 wins, elimination matches were played first to 4 wins.

• Dominion League Season 32 was won by markus

• Renaissance Cage Match Tournament - won by SamE, organized by tracer. Matches were played fixing a card or Project from Renaissance determined by a pre-tournament vote to appear in all games - higher voted cards appeared later in the tournament. This was a 28 person single elimination tournament with matches played first to 3 wins.

• Dominion League Season 33 was won by tracer

• Intrigue Mix - won by wharf_rat, organized by RTT. Kingdoms were selected from a set of 75 cards and some landscapes curated by Donald X. to feature themes from Intrigue: cards with choices, those with multiple types, and those that care about types. This was a 24 person tournament starting with 4-game matches in a group stage from which 2 players advanced into a single elimination stage with matches played first to 2.5, excluding the final which was played first to 3.5.

• Banlist Tournament - won by xyrix, organized by Freaky. Players were required to select 10 cards which would not appear in their games. This was a 16 person double elimination tournament with matches played first to 3 wins.

• Dominion League Season 34 was won by RTT

• Dominion Doubles Tournament - won by The Mountie Banks (amoffett11 and markusin), organized by Lemonspawn. Teams of 2 players used screensharing to discuss games together as they were being played. This tournament featured 9 teams in a single elimination bracket with best of 3 matches.

• Prosperity Mix - won by Sicomatic, organized by SamE. Kingdoms were selected from a set of 75 cards and some landscapes curated by Donald X. to feature themes from Prosperity: Treasures, cards that care about Treasures, VP tokens, and expensive cards. This was a 39 player double elimination tournament with matches played best of 5.

• Mulligan Tournament - won by Freaky, organized by ceviri. Once during a match players were allowed to resign before they had shuffled twice (thrice in the elimination stage) without penalty. This was a 20 person tournament consisting of a group stage with 4-game matches followed by a single elimination bracket, where games were played first to 3 wins.

• Dark Ages Mix - won by singletee, organized by tracer. Kingdoms were selected from a set of 75 cards and some landscapes curated by Donald X. to feature themes from Dark Ages: when-trash, interaction with the trash, trash-for-benefit, and non-Supply cards. This was a 36 person tournament with a group stage followed by a 16 person single elimination bracket. Group stage matches consisted of 4 games each while elimination matches were played first to 3 wins.

• Dominion League Season 35 was won by tracer

• Captain + Church Celebration - won by RTT, organized by RTT. Kingdoms featured Captain, then Church, then both. This was a 32 person single elimination tournament with matches played best of 3.

• Seaside Mix, elimination stage on Discord - won by aku chi, organized by RTT. Kingdoms were selected from a set of 75 cards and some landscapes curated by Donald X. to feature themes from Seaside: Duration cards and top-of-deck. This was a 30 player tournament with 4 4-game matches of Swiss followed by a single elimination bracket with the top 8 players. The top 3 finishers received an online subscription to Seaside.

• Dominion Online Championship 2019 - won by Freaky, organized by Ingix, drsteelhammer, Gazbag, truffles, and volfied. This was a 211 person single elimination tournament with matches played first to 3.5. This tournament was sponsored by Shuffle iT with cash prizes to the top 4 finishers.

• Blind Tournament, knockout stage - won by hakha3, organized by ceviri. Games were played in blind mode, where cards are blacked out to the players other than the cost and a fake name, with Bandit Fort and Museum forced into games. This was a 16 player tournament with a group stage followed by a single elimination bracket. Matches in the group stage were 4 games and those in the elimination bracket were played first to 3 wins.

• Dominion League Season 36 was won by RTT

• Truffle iT Championship (info on Discord) - won by Lemonspawn, organized by truffles. This was a live-play tournament in New York City. 18 players attended and played a pre-scheduled set of 3-player games, with the top 3 players after those games playing for the title.

• Hinterlands Mix - won by Freaky, organized by alibby1152. Kingdoms were selected from a set of 75 cards and some landscapes curated by Donald X. to feature themes from Hinterlands: when-gain/buy effects and filtering. This was a 35 player tournament with a group stage of 4-game matches followed by an 8 player single elimination stage in which games were played first to 2.5 wins.

• Dominion League Season 37 was won by RTT

• Monoset III - won by Lemonspawn, organized by tracer. Kingdoms contained cards from only one expansion, with expansion chosen alternately by the players. This was a 16 player tournament with 4 5-game matches of Swiss.

2020

• 2020 Dominion Team World Cup - won by Germany (Freaky, RTT, E.Honda, Sicomatic, drsteelhammer), organized by amoffett11. 16 teams of 4-6 players representing their country played a group stage with 4 groups of 4, with the top 2 teams from each group advancing to a Play-Off.

• Dominion League Season 38 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Menagerie Mix - won by E.Honda, organized by tracer. Kingdoms were selected from a set of 75 cards curated by Donald X. featuring all cards from Menagerie plus more reactions, weird costs, set-aside cards, and animals, and also one Way and one Event from Menagerie. This was a 67 player tournament where players were divided by skill level with a group stage followed by a single elimination bracket, with one player from the lower division entering the bracket with 7 players from the upper division.

• Small Games Tournaments - organized by Rozyroz on the Dominion Discord, these tournaments are limited to players below a certain rating. So far, these tournaments have consisted of a group stage followed by a single elimination stage.
  • Small Games 1 - won by namek. This was a 16 player tournament only for players level 45 or below, with 4 advancing to the elimination rounds.
  • Small Games 2 - won by OG Patrik. This was a 12 player tournament with a cutoff of 0.5 mu raised to 0.6 mu for returning players, with 4 advancing to the elimination rounds.
  • Small Games 3 - won by Sportingelijah and turbobaseball. This was a 16 player tournament with a cutoff of 0.5 mu raised to 0.6 mu for returning players, with 4 advancing to the elimination rounds.
  • Small Games 4, Finals video - won by oshiimine. This was a 16 player tournament with a cutoff of 0.5 mu raised to 0.6 mu for returning players.
  • Small Games 5 - ongoing. This is a 18 player tournament with a cutoff of 0.5 mu raised to 0.6 mu for returning players.
  • Small Games 6 - upcoming. The cutoff for this tournament will be 0.5 mu raised to 0.6 mu for returning players.

• Quarantine Cup - organized by Mic Qsenoch on the Dominion Discord, these tournaments take place over the course of 3-4 hours. Particpants match with each other during a free-play period where they are awarded points for wins and deducted points for losses. Starting with Quarantine Cup 2, the top 4 players from the free-play period play in single elimination one-game play-offs.
  • Quarantine Cup 1, Video - won by tracer. 36 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 2, Video - won by RTT. 30 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 3, Video - won by wharf_rat. 26 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 4, Video - won by tracer. 24 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 5, Video - won by Stef. 24 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 6, Video - won by hakha3. 27 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 7, Video - won by Lemonspawn. 25 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 8, Video - won by swordfishtrombone. 25 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 9, Video - won by Dan Brooks. 31 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 10, Video 1, Video 2 - won by Fircoal. 26 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 11, Video - won by Freaky. 19 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 12, Video - won by apostolosoruler. 26 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 13, Video - won by SamE. 20 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 14, Video - won by Dan Brooks. 19 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 15, Video - won by Mic Qsenoch. 14 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 16, Video - won by tracer. 12 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 17, Video - won by Dan Brooks. 20 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 18, Video - won by tracer. 20 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 19, Video - won by nottoobad. 18 players.
  • Quarantine Cup 20 (see Dominion Discord for more details), upcoming on Sunday, August 2nd at 18 UTC.

• Dominion League Season 39 was won by Mic Qsenoch

• WELP - won by Mic Qsenoch, organized by kHz and kaplane. Kingdoms feature a Way, an Event, a Landmark, and a Project. This was a 56 player tournament with 6 4-game Swiss matches followed by a single elimination bracket with the top 8 finishers.

• Dominion of Canada Blitz Tournament - won by tracer, organized by xyrix. Games were played using a timer giving 15 seconds per turn and pausing for 1.5 seconds after each decision. This was a 10-player 4-round Swiss style tournament with players from Canada with a few special invitees.

• Friendly Mix - won by nasmith99, organized by alibby1152. Kingdoms were selected from a set of 75 cards curated by Donald X. focusing on cards with player interaction, but with no attacks. This is a 60 player tournament with a group stage followed by separate single elimination stages for each finishing place in the group stage.

• https://dominionleague.org/past_standings/season40 Dominion League Season 40] was won by Mic Qsenoch

• Blitz Dominion - ongoing, organized by truffles. Games were played using a timer giving 15 seconds per turn and pausing for 2 (group stage) or 1.5 (elimination stage) seconds at each decision. This iss a 45 player tournament with a group stage consisting of 9 groups of 5, with the group winners and 4 wild cards advancing to a single elimination bracket.

• Tournament Big Money - ongoing, organized by H.exe. 16 player double elimination tournament with sign-up priority given based on ladder rank. Cash prizes for top finishers.

• Power Up - ongoing, organized by Rozyroz. Players will collect power ups throughout the tournament.

• Nocturne Mix - ongoing, organized by tracer. Kingdoms were selected from a set of 75 cards curated by Donald X. including all of Nocturne and cards that work with the cards in Nocturne. This is a 46 player tournament with a non-elimination stage consisting of randomly selected matches followed by a single elimination bracket of the top 16 finishers.

• Dualset 2020 - ongoing, organized by assemble me. Kingdoms contain cards from 2 expansions, one chosen by each of the players for each game. This was a 36 player tournament with a group stage consisting of 9 groups with 4 players each, followed by a single elimination bracket.

• Dominion League Season 41 is ongoing.

• 3p Tournament - ongoing, organized by nottoobad. Games were 3-player, whereas most English-language tournaments consist of 2 player games. This is a 27 player tournament with a 3-spoke single elimination bracket.