Entry, or re-entry into the tournament costs $1.00. The fee will be waived (once per receipt) if the player has purchased any "LOST WORLDS" product, at this convention.

• A) The "Ongoing "LOST WORLDS" Tournament opens at the start of the convention and ends at 2PM on Sunday. It will be run from the LOST WORLD'S sales booth (i.e. FLYING BUFFALO), and officiated by the LOST WORLDS TOURNAMENT MASTER, who will sign-up, post and record scores on a public display board.

• B) Entry into the ongoing tournament can be made at any time during the tournament by the TOURNAMENT MASTER.

• C) Each entry into the tournament gives the player ONE CHARACTER of his choice with 3 LIVES.

• D) For each entry, the player will be given a tournament badge with an assigned number and the name of the character he is playing.

• E) Tournament play may take place anytime or anywhere within the convention confines including player's hotel rooms.

• F) A player may challenge any other player wearing a tournament badge to play one game. The challenged player must accept the challenge, or he/she suffers a 1/2 point loss. Note the following three exceptions.

• G) EXCEPTION 1: A player only has to accept one challenge from any other player. A second challenge, using the same characters, may be refused with no victory or loss recorded.

• H) EXCEPTION 2: A player may refuse a challenge, if he or she has a sufficient reason (i.e. on the way to a scheduled event).

• I) EXCEPTION 3: Players may always refuse challenges from characters who have at least 10 victories more than the challenged character with no penalty.

• J) To record a victory, either player must report to the TOURNAMENT MASTER at the tournament booth (i.e. FLYING BUFFALO's BOOTH) during normal convention hours and report the results of the combat. Remember to get your opponent's character number. No victories can be credited without both the winning and losing player's numbers.

• K) PRIZES: Three or more prizes will be awarded. Their value will be determined by the total number of entrants into the tournament. Only one prize will be awarded per player. The minimum number of prizes will be:
  1. FIRST PLACE: for a player's character with the greatest number of victories without three losses. The first place player gets two permanent "Tournament Points" for each participant in the tournament, plus some free merchandise.

  2. SECOND PLACE: for a player's character with the second greatest number of victories without three losses. The second place winner gets one permanent "Tournament Point" for each participant in the tournament, plus merchandise.

  3. CONSOLATION: for a player's character with the greatest number of victories with three losses. The consolation winner gets 1/2 a tournament point for each participant in the tournament.

• L) MODIFICATIONS: Because some of the LOST WORLDS characters outclass other characters the tournament handicaps the following characters in the following way:
  1. COLD DRAKE: Sorry... prohibited from play.
  2. TROLLS: reduce BODY POINTS to 18.
  3. SKELETON: increase BODY POINTS to 10, and add +1 to ORANGE ATTACKS
  4. UNICORN: reduce BODY POINTS to 12.
  5. MANTICORE: reduce BODY POINTS to 12.
  6. CHIRON: reduce BODY POINTS to 12.

  (*Notes for the Manticore: Undead characters are not affected by venom.)

  Character improvement bonuses (i.e. fantasy cards) will be awarded by the Tournament Master to a player's character after a character scores 5, 10, 15, 20, etc., victories. The cards are issued one per occasion from a random deck. If the card is not appropriate for the character issued, then the TOURNAMENT MASTER will draw again.

• M) ALL combat results must be reported to the TOURNAMENT MASTER by 2 PM Sunday. Winners not present must leave an address in order to recieve their awards. (If players want to receive permanent Lost Worlds Tournament Points, they must give their names & addresses or Flying Buffalo Account Numbers to the tournament master.)

COPYRIGHT c. 1995 Dennis Greci

• A) Players may use any Lost Worlds book printed by Nova games, Chessex, or Flying Buffalo, with the following exceptions/modifications:
  1. COLD DRAKE: Sorry...prohibited from play.
  2. TROLLS: reduce BODY POINTS to 18.
  3. SKELETON: increase BODY POINTS to 10 and add +1 to ORANGE ATTACKS.
  4. UNICORN: Reduce BODY POINTS to 12.
  5. MANTICORE: reduce BODY POINTS to 12.
  6. CHIRON: reduce BODY POINTS to 12.

• B) Store may set up either DOUBLE ELIMINATION, ROUND ROBIN, or ONGOING CHALLENGE type tournament.
  1. For Double Elimination, use a standard double elimination tree. (Any store may receive a sample for 16 players by sending a postal request, or email to Flying Buffalo.) If you have fewer than 16 players, fill in names in every other space, starting from the top, and fill in the unused spaces with "Bye".

     Anytime a player is scheduled to play "Bye", he automatically wins. Players play until they have two losses. The last player left is the winner, and the last person he defeated is second place, and the loser of the final "losers round" game is 3rd place.

  2. For Round Robin, use any round robin match setup where everyone plays everyone else. ( A sample of this for 8 players may also be obtained from Flying Buffalo.) The winner is the player with the most victories, second is second most, and third is third most.

  3. For Ongoing Challenge, set a period of time that the tournament will take place. The tournament master will assign each player a number and give him or her a badge to wear, indicating his character and player #. Players can sign up at any time during the tournament. We suggest one free entry for buying a lost worlds book, or $1 entry fee for those who already have their books. Each entry gets you one character with 3 lives. If you lose three matches, you can join again.

     Players can play each other anywhere they meet; in the store, at home, etc. A player can challenge any other player wearing a tournament badge to play one game. The challenged player must accept the challenge or suffer a 1/2 point loss.

     Note the following three exceptions:

     • Exception I: A player only has to accept one challenge from any other player. A second challenge, using the same characters, may be refused with no victory or loss recorded.

     • Exception II: A player may refuse a challenge for good reason (i.e. a doctor's appointment in 10 minutes). (Tournament master's decision on what is a good reason, is final.)

     • Exception III: Players may always refuse challenges from characters who have at least 10 victories more than the challenged character, with no penalty.

     To record a victory, either player must report the result to the Tournament Master, who will post the results on a public board. Players must remember to get their opponents' character number. No victories can be credited without both the winning and losing players' numbers.

     The winner is the character with the greatest number of victories without three losses. Second place is the second greatest number of victories without three losses. Third place, or consolation prize, is the character with the greatest number of wins with three losses.

     (Note: this can be run as an all-day event with the players hanging around the store for one day, or can be spread out over a week or more with players reporting results, which are recorded on a large board for everyone to see.)

• C) Reporting official results: The Tournament Master must report the following information to Flying Buffalo Inc. as soon as possible after the tournament is over:

  • The name and address, or the name and Flying Buffalo Account number of everyone who participated in the tournament; (If someone does not want his or her address reported to us, that person does not count as a participant in the tournament, for purposes of awarding points.)
  • the names of the winners;
  • the name, address, account number, and phone number of the Tournament Master;
  • the name, address,and phone number of the store or convention where the tournament was run;
  • the name and signature of the store manager or convention;
  • and the date that the tournament happened.

  (The reporting form may be obtained from Flying Buffalo.)

• Anyone who doesn't have an account number already will be assigned one, and given a "membership card" to the ranks of Lost Worlds tournament players. Victory Points will be awarded on the following basis: everyone who participates in the tournament will get at least one point just for playing. The winner of the tournament gets two points for each player in the tournament. The second place player gets one point for each participant. The third place player gets 1/2 point per participant, rounded up to the next point. The Tournament Master also gets one point for each participant, for his trouble.

• Points are permanent. Players will be given prizes for reaching various levels of points, plus the names of winners and players with large numbers of points will be listed in the newsletter. (When a player gets to ten points for the first time, he is awarded a year's subscription to the newsletter for free).

(Note to the Tournament Master: everyone whose name & address is reported to us, will receive something from us in the mail. If we find you have reported people who do not exist, or did not play in the tournament, we reserve the right to cancel points awarded, deduct an equal number of points from your previous total, and/or ban you from being a tournament master. If we get any returns at all, we will be checking with the store or convention. This system is set up to encourage you to get as many players in the tournament as possible, and we realize it will also encourage a small number of people to cheat. Please don't. This is supposed to be fun for everyone. Please try to make sure all participants give you genuine addresses, and just don't report anyone who seems suspicious or wants to report a pseudonym. If someone wants to play, but doesn't want to give an address, allow them to play; they just don't count for scoring. If one of these people should happen to win, award them the local prize, tell them what they would win if you send their score to us, and give them one more chance to give you an address to send in. If they still don't want to get their name on our mailing list, when you make the report, just say the winner didn't want his name listed. We will still award points to the other places, and the one point for participating to everyone else.)

(Note to the EMAIL tournament master: you are welcome to ask questions, make suggestions, or report problems by email. But we want the official winners report by postal mail, with a return address and real signatures. Sorry - just my paranoia I guess.)

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