2010 Settlers of Catan Tournament

We'll be holding a series of Catan tournaments during January and February 2010, and the winner of our tournament will win a trip to GenCon, where they'll participate in the World Wide Catan Championship qualifying tournament.

Cat & Mouse Catan Championship Preliminary Events

Dates & Times

Friday, January 15, 6 pm - COMPLETED - Congratulations Phil Cottrell!
Sunday, January 24, 11 am - COMPLETED - Congratulations Daniel Parmet!
Saturday, February 6, 1 pm - FULL, no seats available
Sunday, February 21, 11 am - FULL, no seats available

Entrance Fee

$10 for each preliminary event entered

Seats & Reservations

16 seats are available for each event. A minimum of 12 participants is required for each event. You must reserve your spot by contacting Cat & Mouse Game Store at 773-384-4454 or linda@cat-n-mouse.com.

Players may participate in more than one preliminary event in an effort to secure a spot in the final four. However, to ensure that as many people as possible get a chance to participate, a player may reserve a spot in only one event at a time. Once the player has completed that event, they are free to reserve a spot in the next open event.

Prizes

The winner from each preliminary event will advance to the Cat & Mouse Catan Final. Small prizes such as promotional items from Mayfair will also be awarded.

Tournament Details

Each participant will play 3 games during a preliminary event, and each table will use identical game boards within each round. Players will face different opponents for each game, and every effort will be made to make sure each table has 4 players.

4th edition rules will be used. The following clarifies common points of confusion:

A “7” moves the robber on the first roll of the game. There is no “grace period” during players’ first turns.
Players may trade and build in any order, and may do so multiple times in any order.
Players may use ports on the same turn that they are obtained.
The robber MAY be moved to the desert by a player (new with the 4th edition rules).

We will use the scoring used in the World Championship event. The order and ranking are based on (by importance):

Number of wins: Two first-places beats all one first-place players
Number of points: Sum of points across all games
Percentage of points (PoP): Average percentage of points the person scored in each of their games

Cat & Mouse Catan Final Event

Date & Time

Saturday, March 6 at 1 pm, or a date and time mutually agreed upon the 4 finalists and Cat & Mouse Game Store

Prizes

The winner of the Cat & Mouse Catan Final will advance to the World Wide Catan Championship (WWCC) qualifying tournament at GenCon, which takes place August 5-8, 2010 in Indianapolis, IN. Our winner will also receive $100 in cash to put toward their travel to GenCon, and all participants in the GenCon WWCC qualifier will have their hotel stay paid for by Mayfair Games.

The winner of the GenCon tournament tournament will advance to the World Wide Catan Championship in Germany.