And then it happens; the final whistle sounds, and your heart sinks as you realize you have lost by a single goal. Then you reflect and think: how unfair! Of course, you might recall that league tables isn’t simply measures of who has won or lost. Rather, they’re complex mathematical formulas in which a very … Read more

It starts at game table, ends up as a spreadsheet, and finishes with clear numbers that nobody can dispute. After a nail-biting league night or round robin, there are handshakes all around, but it turns out that three of you scored exactly the same number of points. Suddenly the tension reappears, because no one’s prepared … Read more

To account for this, the calculator assigns a power score to each session using their notes, factoring more then who finished first. Every win isn’t weighted equally; one won against someone new doesn’t count as much as one won against current champ. Players input average skill level of their competitors, then it tweaks rankings based … Read more

When the last round finishes with three anglers tied, all hell break loose in the room. No one can understand a tiebreaker explanation and they want to know now who’s moving on. Tournament integrity hang in the balance in seeding pool play, and who gets to play who in the playoff rounds make a big … Read more

That’s how it begins: one click of a blue tile sliding into its place on your wall board. You’ve blocked off an opponent’s chance at a column. You’ve stretched out your own horizontal line another three tiles. Not bad, you’re feeling good. Then the turn ends. Your floor spaces gets filled in with discarded marbles. … Read more

A local board game night sounds easy: we just need to set up some games. Everyone plays nice, and we’ll get it all done in time on a Tuesday evening. Nobody want to sit idle for forty-five minutes while waiting for their turn. Chaos can follow; but with a bit of clever construction, the double … Read more

Your board game night went off the rails when three of your friends argued over the rules no one could remember, while pizza grew cold. There were two player sitting around waiting forty minutes for empty table. Hosting any kind of tournament, whether it’s a casual night with friends or a larger event, requires planning, … Read more