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The New Year is near and what is the best way to celebrate it if not with another big tournament! 6 days, an extended prize pool, special prizes for the best players of both servers, modified decks on both servers, more sessions are taken into account... The New Year Tournament is almost here!

Please keep in mind that since rating points are frozen during tournaments and the monthly rating reset happens on the 1st day of each month, the December season actually ends a bit earlier, with the beginning of the tournament.

ːHoly_Grailetː 27.12.2019 12:00 PM GMT – 02.01.2020 12:00 PM GMT ːHoly_Grailetː

AMSTERDAM

ːcardsː Players: 4
ːscoreː Victory: 30 points
ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed
ːhealth_powerupː Character Abilities: allowed
ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible
ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set
ːRatsClockː Timer: normal
ːLocationː Field: Clockwork Colony

Special Rules: the deck is modified!

+1 Ancient Scriptures
+1 Business Development
+1 Clearance!
+1 Contraband
+1 Custom Order
+1 Forbidden Knowledge
+1 An Inspection
+2 An Interesting Find
+1 Investigation
+1 An Honest Exchange
+1 Operation Cleanup
+1 Personal Search
+2 Second-hand
+1 A Snitch
+1 An Unmasking
+1 A Well-Deserved Holiday

-1 Impeachment!
-1 A Compromising Document
-1 Coup d'etat

Tournament points (place in session/points gained):

1. +150 tournament points
   
2. +45 tournament points
   
3. +15 tournament points
   
4. 0 tournament points
   

SINGAPORE

ːcardsː players: 2
ːscoreː victory condition: 35 points
ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed
ːhealth_powerupː Character Abilities: allowed
ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible
ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random sets
ːRatsClockː Timer: normal
ːLocationː Field: Clockwork town

Special Rules: the deck is modified!

+1 An Honest Crook
+1 Operation Cleanup

-1 An Alibi
-1 An Award Ceremony
-1 A Bag of Money
-1 A Compromising Document
-1 A Fraudulent Transaction
-1 Judgement day
-1 An Honest Exchange
-1 The Police Dirigible
-1 A Set-up

Tournament points (place in session/points gained):

1. +60 tournament points
   
2. 0 tournament points
   

ːvotesː RULES:

Sessions that count towards the tournament:

Amsterdam: ːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinː (14)
Singapore: ːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinː (18)

For each win, players receive additional points that depend on the strength of the opponents over whom they have won. Important: your tournament points will continue to increase with the increase in the tournament score of your past opponents, over whom you prevailed – even if you already have reached the limit of sessions for the tournament. What this means is that the tournament is never over for you as long as your previously conquered opponents continue to play, and win.

During this tournament, regular rating points will be frozen for all the players. Your tournament sessions will NOT affect your regular rating.

Players get tournament points for the first 14/18 (depending on server) sessions played in the tournament on each of the servers. Any subsequent sessions won't give any tournament points, and won't increase the number of defeated opponents who give additional points. Nonetheless, victories of all opponents who were defeated in the first 14/18 sessions will affect your final tournament rating.



Awarded: Top 20 players on each of the servers. In addition to the main prize fund, every player who finishes all tournament sessions receives a special bonus player icon “Facepalm” (only if it has not been received before)!



ːhypnoheartː Special prize: the top-3 players on each of the servers will receive by registered mail a set of 4 hard enamel pins "Gremlins, Inc.". The pins will be mailed to the winners as a registered letter to any country in the world, provided that we receive the mailing address within 72 hours after the announcement of the tournament's results.



Place / Prize –

1. ːHoly_Grailetː x10, ːflakeː x10. All tradable trails. Supercups x10. The Miraculous Magnets of Dr. Brooms x10. The Warping Seekers x10. Smart Plugs x5. A set of 4 hard enamel pins.
   
2. ːHoly_Grailetː x10, ːflakeː x10. Blueprints for all seasonal chests. Supercups x7]. The Miraculous Magnets of Dr. Brooms x7. The Warping Seekers x7. Smart Plugs x3. A set of 4 hard enamel pins.
   
3. ːHoly_Grailetː x10, ːflakeː x10. Winter chest blueprint. Supercup blueprint. Supercups x5. The Miraculous Magnets of Dr. Brooms x5. The Warping Seekers x5. Smart Plugs x3. A set of 4 hard enamel pins.
   
4. ːHoly_Grailetː x8, ːflakeː x8. Supercups x3. The Miraculous Magnets of Dr. Brooms x3. The Warping Seekers x3. Smart Plug x1.
   
5. ːHoly_Grailetː x8, ːflakeː x8. Supercup x1. The Miraculous Magnet of Dr. Brooms x1. The Warping Seeker x1. Smart Plug x1.
   
6. ːHoly_Grailetː x7, ːflakeː x7. Supercup x1. Smart Plug x1.
   
7. ːHoly_Grailetː x7, ːflakeː x7. Supercup x1. Smart Plug x1.
   
8. ːHoly_Grailetː x7, ːflakeː x7. Smart Plug x1.
   
9. ːHoly_Grailetː x6, ːflakeː x6. Smart Plug x1.
   
10. ːHoly_Grailetː x6, ːflakeː x6. Smart Plug x1.
    
11. ːHoly_Grailetː x6, ːflakeː x6.
    
12. ːHoly_Grailetː x5, ːflakeː x5.
    
13. ːHoly_Grailetː x5, ːflakeː x5.
    
14. ːHoly_Grailetː x5, ːflakeː x5.
    
15. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːflakeː x4.
    
16. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːflakeː x4.
    
17. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːflakeː x4.
    
18. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːflakeː x3.
    
19. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːflakeː x3.
    
20. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːflakeː x3.
    

ːHoly_Grailetː = Tournament Chest (limited, tournaments only)
ːflakeː = Winter Chest (limited, Winter Season only)

In the case when at the end of the tournament two or more players will have equal number of tournament points, they will share the same (highest) place and get the same rewards. However, the award list will not be extended, and we will still award only the top 20 players on each server.



Q. Where do Tournament Chests drop?
A. Only in tournament sessions, which are available via Multiplayer Lobby.

Q. If I've finished all my tournament sessions, can I get more tournament chests?
A. Yes, as long as you will keep playing tournament sessions.

Q. Are the tournament items limited to this tournament only, or to tournaments in general?
A. The tournament items are available via tournament chests, which drop during every official tournament in the game.

Q. Is there a full list of tournament items available via tournament chests?
A. Yes, please see below:

• Message – No need to thank me. (uncommon)
  
• Message – Nothing personal. (uncommon)
  
• Emoticon – Winner (uncommon)
  
• Emoticon – Thief (uncommon)
  
• Lobby icon – Darbl fon Murblenton (rare)
  
• Player profile – Trophy shelf (rare)
  
• Main menu background – The Champion (rare)
  
• Governor frame – The Governor of Governors (contraband)
  
• Blueprint – Blueprint: "The Ruffian" (contraband)
  
• Special item – Bomb-o-mat (contraband)
  
• Token trail – Champion's trail (illegal)
  

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In just a few weeks, we'll celebrate the Lunar New Year. We currently work on adding 2 new cards to the game, and here's a preview of how they would work –


Location: Jail
Cost: FREE
Move points: 3
Type: secret, permanent
Get: +ːscoreː1

At the beginning of each round, every currently arrested player gets $25. Owner of the card, when arrested, gets $50 instead of $25.

"Because the prisoners couldn't find a common ground,
the discussion of the common fund got grounded."




Location: Plant
Cost: $350
Move points: 1
Type: permanent
Get: +ːscoreː6

Get $50 every time you use a card with 1 move point to move.

"If this vehicle were pedal-powered, we could have cut the fuel costs even further" – a disgruntled client



ːxmas_treeː We wish all of you a very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year's Eve! ːxmas_treeː

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ːmusicː Original Soundtrack on Spotify



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Dear community:

It's been a few years since we set up the Asian server cluster in Singapore, and things worked pretty for us there.

But time flies, things change, and during the last week our old reliable server in Singapore has experienced 3 crashes due to failures in hardware.

During the night of Friday to Saturday, we made the decision to upgrade the server and move it to a new, moder machine.

It seems like everything is now fine with one exception: the data link between China and Singapore for the new server reports too many data packet loss instances for certain Chinese providers.

We had the same issue with the old server in 2016, and we fixed it then. We are now looking into the way of fixing this at the new server as well.

We apologise for inconvenience to those of you who currently experience delays in connecting to the Singapore server. Please know that we care, and that we will not stop working on this until we fix this.

We wish that we could have planned it, but the little monsters that decided to crash the old server gave us no warning about the change.

If you have any problems with the conneciton to the Singapore server, please leave us a note on Discord or on Steam forums. We will look into each issue. Because the loading may be unreliable for some users, you may also experience delay in loading your inventory. Nothing is lost on our server. The delay is just due to connectivity issues.

We will update this message once the issue has been resolved.

We thank every player who reached out to us with description of their issues, because this allowed us to understand the scope of the issue.

Thank you, and we apologise one more time for this temporary inconvenience.

A special Halloween event!

Log into the game on November 1 (between 00:00 GMT and 24:00 GMT), and get these in-game items for free –

• Dead Gremlin (Emoticon, uncommon)
  
• Spooky Laugh (Emoticon, uncommon)
  
• The Abandoned Clockwork Town (Main menu background, uncommon)
  
• The Abandoned Clockwork Town (Music track, uncommon)
  
• Rusty Clockwork (Main menu background, uncommon)
  
• Rusty Melody (Music track, uncommon)
  

Log into the game on November 2 (between 00:00 GMT and 24:00 GMT), and get these in-game items for free –

• Pumpkin-head (Lobby icon, rare)
  
• Rise of the Automata (Global effect, rare)
  
• The Sentient Machine (Profile background, rare)
  

Log into the game on November 3 (between 00:00 GMT and 24:00 GMT), and get this in-game item for free –

• Pumpkin-o-Mat (Special item: Misfortune delivery, contraband)
  

The items are issued through the Steam inventory system, so you may need to allow the platform some time for processing this action.

Have a spooky Halloween!

ːHoly_Grailetː 18.10.2019 12:00 PM GMT – 21.10.2019 12:00 PM GMT ːHoly_Grailetː

AMSTERDAM

ːcardsː Players: 4
ːscoreː Victory: 30 points
ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed
ːhealth_powerupː Character Abilities: allowed
ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible
ːcheatdiceː Characters: from random set
ːRatsClockː Timer: normal
ːLocationː Field: Clockwork Colony


Special Rules: the deck is modified! All of the following cards are completely removed from the deck:

• Advocating Rebellion
  
• Contraband
  
• Coup d'etat
  
• A Deal with the Prosecution
  
• False Testimony
  
• Fast & Fair
  
• Investigation
  
• Jailbreak
  
• Judgement Day
  
• The Jumponator
  
• The Lesser Evil
  
• Misappropriation
  
• The Police Dirigible
  
• A Prank
  
• Properly Placed Bribe
  
• A Secret Passage
  
• A Somersault
  
• The Stash
  
• Visiting the Voters
  
• A well-deserved Holiday
  

Tournament points:

1st place: +150
2nd place: +45
3rd place: +15
4th place: 0

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SINGAPORE

ːcardsː Players: 2
ːscoreː Victory: 35 points
ːcursecardː Chaos Cards: allowed
ːhealth_powerupː Character Abilities: allowed
ːtelegramː Impending Misfortune: visible
ːcheatdiceː Characters: random
ːRatsClockː Timer: normal
ːLocationː Field: Clockwork Town


Special Rules: the deck is modified! All of the following cards are completely removed from the deck:

• Advocating Rebellion
  
• Contraband
  
• Coup d'etat
  
• A Deal with the Prosecution
  
• False Testimony
  
• Fast & Fair
  
• A Fraudulent Transaction
  
• Investigation
  
• Jailbreak
  
• Judgement Day
  
• The Jumponator
  
• The Lesser Evil
  
• Misappropriation
  
• The Police Dirigible
  
• A Prank
  
• Properly Placed Bribe
  
• A Quest from Adrageron
  
• A Secret Passage
  
• Slander
  
• A Somersault
  
• The Stash
  
• Visiting the Voters
  
• A Voodoo Doll
  
• A well-deserved Holiday
  

Tournament points:

1st place: +60
2nd place: 0

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ːvotesː RULES:

Sessions that count towards the tournament: ːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinːːbh2coinː (8)

For each win, players receive additional points that depend on the strength of the opponents over whom they have won. Important: your tournament points will continue to increase with the increase in the tournament score of your past opponents, over whom you prevailed – even if you already have reached the limit of sessions for the tournament. What this means is that the tournament is never over for you as long as your previously conquered opponents continue to play, and win.

During this tournament, regular rating points will be frozen for all the players. Your tournament sessions will NOT affect your regular rating.

Players get tournament points for the first 8 sessions played in the tournament on each of the servers. Any subsequent sessions won't give any tournament points, and won't increase the number of defeated opponents who give additional points. Nonetheless, victories of all opponents who were defeated in the first 8 sessions will affect your final tournament rating.



Awarded: Top 10 players on each of the servers. In addition to the main prize fund, every player who finishes all 8 tournament sessions receives a special bonus player icon “Facepalm” (only if it has not been received before)!

Place / Prize –

1. ːHoly_Grailetː 5, ːpumpkingː 7, Bomb-o-mat, A Contraband Box of Goods x 3
2. ːHoly_Grailetː 4, ːpumpkingː 7 A Contraband Box of Goods x 2
3. ːHoly_Grailetː 4, ːpumpkingː 6 A Contraband Box of Goods
4. ːHoly_Grailetː 3, ːpumpkingː 6
   
5. ːHoly_Grailetː 3, ːpumpkingː 6
   
6. ːHoly_Grailetː 3, ːpumpkingː 6
   
7. ːHoly_Grailetː 2, ːpumpkingː 5
   
8. ːHoly_Grailetː 2, ːpumpkingː 4
   
9. ːHoly_Grailetː 1, ːpumpkingː 3
   
10. ːHoly_Grailetː 1, ːpumpkingː 3
    

ːHoly_Grailetː = Tournament Chest (limited, tournaments only)
ːpumpkingː = Summer Chest (limited, Summer Season only)

In the case when at the end of the tournament two or more players will have equal number of tournament points, they will share the same (highest) place and get the same rewards. However, the award list will not be extended, and we will still award only the top 10 players on each server.



Q. Where do Tournament Chests drop?
A. Only in tournament sessions, which are available via Multiplayer Lobby.

Q. If I've finished all my tournament sessions, can I get more tournament chests?
A. Yes, as long as you will keep playing tournament sessions.

Q. Are the tournament items limited to this tournament only, or to tournaments in general?
A. The tournament items are available via tournament chests, which drop during every official tournament in the game.

Q. Is there a full list of tournament items available via tournament chests?
A. Yes, please see below:

• Message – No need to thank me. (uncommon)
  
• Message – Nothing personal. (uncommon)
  
• Emoticon – Winner (uncommon)
  
• Emoticon – Thief (uncommon)
  
• Lobby icon – Darbl fon Murblenton (rare)
  
• Player profile – Trophy shelf (rare)
  
• Main menu background – The Champion (rare)
  
• Governor frame – The Governor of Governors (contraband)
  
• Blueprint – Blueprint: "The Ruffian" (contraband)
  
• Special item – Bomb-o-mat (contraband)
  
• Token trail – Champion's trail (illegal)
  

• Participants: 1,022 unique players participated in the tournament.
  
  
• Involvement: 187 players completed 8 or more sessions. 79 players received the "Facepalm" lobby icon for completing all 8 tournament sessions for the first time. 315 players completed more than half (5+) of their sessions.
  
  
• Sessions played: 1,425 tournament sessions were played in the course of the tournament.
  
  
• Average lenght of sessions: Amsterdam (4 players, 30 points) – 50 minutes / 49 rounds. Singapore: (2 players, 35 points) – 25 minutes / 63 rounds.
  
  
• Bans: 10 protest have been investigated and 13 players banned for the breach of the Fair Play Rules during this tournament.
  
  
• Tournament chests: 2,014 tournament chests were distributed during the tournament (overall, including non-tournament sessions, 3,301 chests were distributed to players in this period).
  

703 participants

01. ohlokrat (1152) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːfirstplaceː ːHoly_Grailetː x5, ːpumpkingː x7, Bomb-o-mat, A Contraband Box of Goods x3
02. Mr.Pancake (1140) – 7 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː 4, ːpumpkingː 7, A Contraband Box of Goods x2
03. DicRoNero (1119) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːpumpkingː x6, A Contraband Box of Goods
04. troll (1062) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːpumpkingː x6
05. Вуди Вули (1047) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːpumpkingː x6
06. drovnik (1038) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːpumpkingː x6
07. Thainlex (1008) – 8 sessions, 5 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːpumpkingː x5
08. GaZZer (984) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːpumpkingː x4
09. neustrashimy (921) – 8 sessions, 5 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x1, ːpumpkingː x3
10. Termitnik (888) – 8 sessions, 5 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x1, ːpumpkingː x3

319 participants

01. kedaya (684) – 8 sessions, 8 victories. ːfirstplaceː ːHoly_Grailetː x5, ːpumpkingː x7, Bomb-o-mat, A Contraband Box of Goods x 3
02. 瓷蛋子 (672) – 8 sessions, 8 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːpumpkingː x7, A Contraband Box of Goods x 2
03. kanysta:D (636) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːpumpkingː x6, A Contraband Box of Goods
04. ohlokrat (630) – 8 sessions, 8 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːpumpkingː x6
05. rukifel (618) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːpumpkingː x6
06. Night flash (600) – 8 sessions, 8 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːpumpkingː x6
07. kinako (594) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːpumpkingː x5
08. 大王叫我来巡山呐~ (576) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːpumpkingː x4
08. СКВЕРНЫЙ CHARACTER (576) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːpumpkingː x4
10. 咸鱼王233 (558) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x1, ːpumpkingː x3

ːHoly_Grailetː = Tournament Chest (limited, tournaments only)
ːpumpkingː = Autumn Chest (limited, Autumn Season only)

* the number of sessions played shows only the sessions that were played while they had impact on the overall tournament score of that player.

** if two or more players have equal number of tournament points, they share the same (highest) place and get the same rewards.

We congratulate the winners and wish good luck to everyone in future events! Thank you for being such an awesome community! ːvotesː

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ːmusicː Original Soundtrack on Spotify



ːsummer_magicː Spire of Sorcery (Steam)
ːsummer_magicː Spire of Sorcery – Character Generator (Steam)
ːsummer_magicː Official Discord
ːsummer_magicː Dedicated forum
ːsummer_magicː Twitter (game updates)
ːsummer_magicː Facebook (game updates)



ːnotebookː Charlie Oscar’s developer page on Steam
ːnotebookː Twitter (studio news)
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ːhypnoheartː "Behind the scenes" Instagram
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