Welcome to the home Underworld Explorers Online League! Please read the following rules carefully.
- The Underworld Explorers league is, and always will be, free to play.
- Players will be divided up into regions (Americas, Europe, Asia/Australia) for the Swiss rounds to try and minimize availability differences. Regions will merged if we don't get enough players (10) for a true region.
- Players are required to have a valid discord ID to join the league as it is the primary mode of communication in the league. It is encouraged that you join the Discord group to receive updates.
- Players will play 1 game per week for 6 weeks using Swiss matchups. The match-ups will be posted on the Sunday night prior to game week in question around 10pm MST (5am GMT).
- Swiss matches are encouraged to be best of three, but can be best of one if both players agree before beginning the match. Matches played for direct elimination bracket must be played as best of three. Schedule accordingly.
- Wins are 5 points. Modified Wins are worth 4 points. All losses are worth 0. Glory differential is not considered for the purposes of this league.
- You are responsible for scheduling your games with your opponent.
- Games can be played until 10pm MST (5am GMT) Sunday night.
- Once match ups are posted, you have 72 hours to contact your opponent and agree on time when you can both play.
- - If your opponent does not respond by 10pm MST (5am GMT) Wednesday, you may forward me (beardarm@gmail.com; beardarm#2421 on discord) copies of your attempts to contact them and claim a modified win.
- If you and your opponent are unable to find a time to play the game due to mutually conflicting schedules (very rare), you may message me and I will randomly determine a player to get a modified win.
- - If your opponent is more than 20 minutes late to scheduled game, you may report a modified win.
- - If one player disconnects during a game and is unable to reconnect. The opponent may report a full win or offer to replay at their discretion.
- - If you have reported a modified win but later a mutual time still exists, you may play and report the game as normal but you "lose" the modified win. If this happens, please notify me (beardarm@gmail.com; beardarm#2421 on discord).
- If you do miss your first week of swiss pairings, you will be removed from the league.
- If you miss any two weeks of swiss pairings, you will be removed from the league.
- After Swiss play is completed, a top cut will be played. All players with a record of two or fewer losses over the course of the 6 weeks of swiss will advance to a direct elimination bracket.
- The most modified wins any player can receive outside of scheduled BYE weeks is 2. Beyond that, I will need to evaluate if all efforts have been made to schedule a regular game.
- In the rare event of a dispute between two players, the decision of the tournament organizer (beardarm@gmail.com; beardarm#2421 on discord) is final. In the super rare event of a dispute between me and someone else the decision of the ad hoc mediator is final.
Additional Rules
- You can play any legal deck you wish each week. Deck legality is determined by current GW deckbuilding rules (FAQs, season restrictions, etc) for the Nemesis Format.
- For warbands that have regional release (such as Dreadfane) Vassal is considered to be the country of play, so if warband is released on vassal it is legal for play with the following conditions:
- Cards and warbands added to the Vassal mod that have been previewed/announced for preorder but not released are only legal for play with your opponent's permission.
- Once any warband or card is officially released by Games Workshop and at least theoretically available to the general public, they can be played legally without your opponent's permission.
- You don’t have to play the same deck each week but you can if you want.
- If you and your opponent can’t schedule a match for any reason, please contact me as soon as possible (beardarm@gmail.com; beardarm#2421 on discord).
- This league attracts players from around the world. By joining you are committing to playing 1 match per week for up to 10(ish) weeks. Keep in mind that not everyone lives in your time zone and you may occasionally have to play at weird times. Truly consider whether you can make this commitment before joining. It will require some flexibility of schedule.
- All games are expected to be played via the Vassal Underworlds module (https://discord.gg/U8x2d4F). However if by mutual consent you want to play on WUndersworlds Club, Tabletop simulator, real life, or some other method that is acceptable.
- By entering this tournament you forfeit all rights to complain about how it’s run.
- Have fun and don’t be jerks to each other!
League Schedule
- 4 Leagues per year will be conducted. Because the vast majority of our players are from the northern hemisphere they will be creatively named the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall seasons.
- Each League will last up to 11 weeks (6 rounds of Swiss, 5 rounds of elimination) + 2 weeks for registration (subject to participation)
- For 2018 and beyond, the winter League will run roughly Jan-March, Spring will be April-June, Summer will be July to September and Fall will be October to December. (subject to participation)
