Due to Game Summit 2011 occurring on the weekend of February 19th the third league meeting of for Game of Thrones the Card Game has been moved to Sunday February 26th. The Location will be the fabulous Wizard’s Tower at 3350 Fallowfield Road in Barhaven (right across from the Fallowfield bus terminal).

This meeting will be special in that we will be having the first Swiss style AGoT Joust tournament. The rules for the Joust tournament are as follows:

To ensure that both new and veteran players can participate we will be only allowing players to use cards from the following sets and / or expansions:

Core Set

Kings of the Sea

Princes of the Sun

Lords of Winter

Kings of the Storm

Queen of Dragons

Lions of the Rock

All rules from FFG for tournament play are in effect including the banned and restricted list as found here: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=10&esem=4 we will be using the most up to date FAQ as of the date of the tournament.

Players will have 45 minutes to complete their joust game after which if a clear winner has not been determined then the player with the most power when time is called will receive the modified win. If both players have the same amount of power after time is called both players will receive a tie.

Players will receive 3 points for a win, 2 points for a modified win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a lose. Players will play four games paired against players which have a similar lost / win ratio. At the end of four rounds of play the two players with the highest total point score will play to determine who the winner overall is.

The tournament will begin at 5:00 PM. Players should arrive no later then 4:50 PM and must submitte a deck list to complete registration. The cost of registration will be $5 all of which will go towards prize support for the top two players.

Players who will be attending must submitted their Name, House and Agenda in an e-mail rto AGoTOttawa.gmail.com . This will ensure all the first round pairings can be completed prior to players arriving.

Sorry Ottawa is the city this is in.

Hey, a friend and I were looking forward to coming out for some tournaments (we weren't able to make your last two events due to the NFL playoffs...). I was disappointed to see that you're restricting the field of cards quite severely. Is this going to be an ongoing thing? None of my decks are legal, and I don't have much interest in creating a new deck with such a limited card pool to choose from.

Also, is there any chance of having weekly events in the future, rather than bi-weekly? Or more frequent tournament play?

The reason the cards pool is so limited this time is to allowing a large group of new players to try out tournament play without having to get all the cards. The tournaments will include all legal cards in the future.

As for having it every week if their was enough people who wanted it i am sure something could be worked out.

I will be applying to run a reigonal event this year and i will continue to host some come and learn the game events.

If you have time to make a deck you should come out to this event to meet the other players and get a shot at some sweet prizes (Stark play mat, store gift cards...special house card). We have at least two people from the Gatineau meta coming this time and i think once we expand the card pool we will be seeing even more joining us for the tournaments.