This time we have results not of one, but two different tournaments. First, our official tournament that took place on June 8-11. Below you can find an additional data related to this event – as well as the list of the winners ːfireappleː

DATA

• Participants: 868 unique players participated in the tournament.
• Involvement: 189 players of the tournament completed 8 or more sessions. 115 players received the "Facepalm" lobby icon for completing all 8 tournament sessions for the first time. About 300 players completed more than half (5+) of their sessions.
• Sessions played: 1,184 tournament sessions were played in the course of the tournament.
• Average lenght of sessions: 39 minutes / 48 rounds.
• Bans: 2 players have been banned for the breach of the Fair Play Rules during this tournament.
• Tournament chests: 1,964 tournament chests were distributed during the tournament (overall, including non-tournament sessions, 3,015 chests were distributed to players in this period).

TOP-10 – AMSTERDAM

668 participants 01. ːab_frenchflagː paulcharly (1236) – 8 sessions, 8 victories. ːfirstplaceː ːHoly_Grailetː x5, ːgreengemstoneː x7, Bomb-o-mat, A Contraband Box of Goods x 3 02. ːflagukraineː buffalo_b (1119) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːgreengemstoneː x7, A Contraband Box of Goods x 2 03. ːRUSflagː ZombieBeach (1113) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːgreengemstoneː x6, A Contraband Box of Goods 04. ːRUSflagː anatman (1107) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːgreengemstoneː x6 05. BY green_v (1105) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːgreengemstoneː x6 06. ːRUSflagː Куда (1091) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːgreengemstoneː x6 07. ːQuestionsː kinako (1089) – 8 sessions, 7 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːgreengemstoneː x5 08. ːRUSflagː Thainlex (1018) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːgreengemstoneː x5 09. GE Funny Bunny (1010) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x1, ːgreengemstoneː x3 10. ːab_frenchflagː [CPC] Ghargan (990) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x1, ːgreengemstoneː x3

TOP-10 SINGAPORE

200 participants 01. ːJapanFlagː ReReRe (960) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːfirstplaceː ːHoly_Grailetː x5, ːgreengemstoneː x7, Bomb-o-mat, A Contraband Box of Goods x3 02. ːQuestionsː cucumber (954) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːgreengemstoneː x7, A Contraband Box of Goods x2 03. ːRUSflagː Евгений (952) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x4, ːgreengemstoneː x6, A Contraband Box of Goods x1 04. ːQuestionsː kinako (906) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːgreengemstoneː x6 05. ːQuestionsː 天界万万岁 (882) – 8 sessions, 6 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːgreengemstoneː x6 06. ːQuestionsː RunningAway (867) – 8 sessions, 5 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x3, ːgreengemstoneː x6 07. ːRUSflagː Legatee of Carthage (825) – 8 sessions, 5 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːgreengemstoneː x5 08. ːRUSflagː holotrop2 (817) – 8 sessions, 5 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x2, ːgreengemstoneː x5 09. ːQuestionsː leonohakabusa2 (793) – 8 sessions, 5 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x1, ːgreengemstoneː x3 09. ːflagukraineː Henrik (793) – 8 sessions, 5 victories. ːHoly_Grailetː x1, ːgreengemstoneː x3 ːHoly_Grailetː = Tournament Chest (limited, tournaments only) ːgreengemstoneː = Spring Chest (limited, Spring 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.

COMMUNITY TOURNAMENT "ULTIMATE CHAMPION"

Another tournament has been completed during the last weekend – "Ultimate champion", organized by the community veteran green_v! 64 players from 10 countries (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Italy, France, Greece, China, Brasil, and Argentina) have played dozens of sessions in the course of 2 months in a 2-player format with a modified deck so at the end only one of them could be announced as the ultimate champion. And the winner is: ːRUSflagː ARCHER Even more so, Archer became the undisputable champion of the tournament, who has won all 11 duels that he played. Second place goes to ------, a very experienced player from China who defeated many strong players on their way to the final. The full list of participants of the tournament and their prizes: Country, player | prize (for top-16). 01. ːRUSflagː Archer | Steam Gift Card €25 + any in-game item x1 + A Contraband Box of Goods x1 02. ːchinaː ------ | Steam Gift Card €10 + any trail + A Contraband Box of Goods x1 03. ːchinaː bowandarrow100 | Steam Gift Card €5 + any trail + A Contraband Box of Goods x1 04. ːRUSflagː Meowth | any trail + ːHoly_Grailetː x5 05. ːchinaː 小天马mon | ːHoly_Grailetː x5 06. ːRUSflagː Privet20 | ːHoly_Grailetː x5 07. ːflagukraineː Rgon | ːHoly_Grailetː x5 08. ːRUSflagː ZombieBeach | ːHoly_Grailetː x5 09. ːchinaː Yangkai | ːgreengemstoneː x3 10. ːchinaː Rune | ːgreengemstoneː x3 11. ːflagukraineː Artikune | ːgreengemstoneː x3 12. ːRUSflagː consulloki | ːgreengemstoneː x3 13. ːRUSflagː Darker | ːgreengemstoneː x3 14. ːflagukraineː The_Dolphin | ːgreengemstoneː x3 15. ːRUSflagː GrekHek | ːgreengemstoneː x3 16. ːRUSflagː Thainlex | ːgreengemstoneː x3 17. ːchinaː winter1703 18. ːab_frenchflagː baltic40 19. ːab_japaneseflagː isasasa7 20. ːRUSflagː Kieli 21. BY green_v 22. ːRUSflagː Lina2000 23. ːab_japaneseflagː Standard of Ur 24. ːRUSflagː il_sidor 25. ːRUSflagː Debaser 26. ːchinaː The_whisper 27. ːchinaː 蛮自在 28. ːRUSflagː Куда 29. ːRUSflagː Izmegul 30. ːRUSflagː Galneryus 31. IT Popot 32. ːRUSflagː semAz 33. ːflagukraineː paranoy 34. ːflagukraineː buffalo_b 35. ːRUSflagː Breakmind_VNV 36. ːRUSflagː Алукард Дракулов 37. ːab_frenchflagː BasteI 38. ːRUSflagː KILLERxam 39. ːab_frenchflagː Misstik 40. ːRUSflagː ohlokrat 41. ːRUSflagː BomjAlexander 42. ːRUSflagː Fargal81 43. ːstarsandstripesː Silence 44. ːRUSflagː Flibustier-USSR 45. ːstarsandstripesː bowbowboom 46. ːRUSflagː xd1r1 47. ːRUSflagː CLINTik 48. ːRUSflagː Stealth Frag 49. ːRUSflagː Just Monika 50. ːstarsandstripesː Trentdep 51. GR extenion 52. ːRUSflagː БабаНюра 53. ːflagukraineː 4nsZei 54. ːchinaː lunaticleeee 55. BR Euridices 56. ːRUSflagː klksenia 57. ːRUSflagː Icewindfrost 58. ːRUSflagː ТЕКЛИС 59. ːab_frenchflagː Tuilindo 60. ːRUSflagː aqpeP ♕ <3 61. ːRUSflagː ahimas26 62. AR MATRIX_ARG 63. ːRUSflagː Vitki 64. ːRUSflagː PiereCancer ːHoly_Grailetː = Tournament Chest ːgreengemstoneː = Spring Chest ______ Results of all sessions of this tournament can be found here: Stage 1. Stage 2. Stage 3. Stage 4. Final. We congratulate all the winners of both tournaments and wish good luck to everyone in future events! Thank you for being such an awesome community! ːvotesː ______
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This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer modes, with ranks and ladders. Unleash your inner gremlin!

HOW DO YOU PLAY THIS GAME?

Gremlins, Inc. is designed for 2 to 6 players, in multiplayer or in single-player mode (with AI bots). Each player has 6 cards on their hand (replenished from the same deck), and uses them to move around the playing field and to perform a number of different game actions. There is a lot of interaction with other players, and duels are significantly different from 3-player or 4-player games. You play for score limit, or rounds, or for time limit in custom or ranked sessions (with matchmaking by rating). Password-protected private sessions are also available.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PLAY ONE SESSION?

The game offers different session settings to make them fit your available time, and single-player mode offers automatic Save/Load function at every turn so that you can take a break whenever you want (multiplayer mode offers re-connect functionality as long as the session is still in progress). A quick duel for 20 score points with a fast timer can finish in under 20 minutes, while a 4-player session for 60 rounds can last for 2 hours or more.

SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES?

There are different types of cards in the game (permanent, regular, secret and criminal) and as each card can be used either to move or for action, you will develop both short-term and long-term strategies for making the most out of where you are, and what you have in your hand. Normally you spend half of your game time accumulating things, and another half controlling other players (stealing, arresting, making them pay a fine, initiating player conflicts, and so on). The more you play, the more new strategies you will discover, especially when combining the effects of several cards played in a row.

MAKE DECISIONS, PLAN YOUR MOVES

• This is an intense strategy game: make decisions at every round! Plan your moves, then adjust to the actions of the other players and new cards drawn.

• The design of the playing field and the layers of optional features allow for a variety of strategies. The more you play, the more roads to victory you discover, using a combination of features based on the particular setup of the session.

• The game offers a resource system that allows for many comebacks even after you're robbed or arrested (or both). With score, money, votes, malice, income and bribes, the tension remains until the very last round.

• In this game, you have to be mean to win: not letting the others to score is as important as scoring yourself. The only true moment of unity in a multiplayer session is when everybody's united against the player who's about to win the game. Earn and steal resources, set traps, arrest, initiate Player Conflicts, bluff and climb up the political ladder to become the Governor.

• The multilayer mode of the game features a system of ratings, ladders and ranked sessions: compete in a specific league, and take part in the regularly organised tournaments (normally, over 1,000 players participate). A system of anonymous masks allows everyone to compete on equal terms in a ranked session, so that you can't really disregard someone as a newbie player, or target a veteran as your prime suspect in a political race.

• In addition to the multilayer mode, the game offers 9 single-player challenges plus the option to create custom single-player sessions with different AI bots (with each major update, we keep adding new challenges).

FACTS & FIGURES

• The game currently features 169 cards in the main deck: permanent, regular, secret and criminal, each with a hand-drawn steampunk illustration (with each major update, we keep adding 1-2 new cards to the core deck).

• The game also features 34 telegrams of Misfortune in the Misfortune deck: send and receive events that may disrupt another player's plans, or significantly improve your own standing (with each major update, we keep adding 1-2 new cards to the Misfortune deck).

• Chaos Cards: an optional set of 6 cards available to every player in the game, that changes the dynamics of the session.

• Special Character Abilities: an optional feature that enables 12 sets of abilities unique to each character type, which then defines the core strategy of every player.

• There are 11 locations – the Office, the Plant, the Dump, the Marketplace, the Inferno, the Jail, the Casino, the Court, the Treasure, the Bank and the Astral Plane – and 7 spot types – Danger, Gamble, Police, Income, Bribe, Misfortune and Tribune.

• The game took us three years to develop from concept to Early Access and to full release, and we're committed to the continued support of the community and development of new features and new content. It is the brainchild of Alexey Bokulev, the acclaimed creator of Eador.Genesis. There are currently over 35,000 players of Gremlins, Inc. on Steam from all over the world, including USA, Russia, China, Japan, UK and France. Collectively, players launched over 400,000 single-player and multiplayer sessions since the game's full release in March 2016.

FINALLY, WHO ARE THE GREMLINS?

You think that’s just a pocket watch in your hand, a watch that’s a bit late because you keep forgetting to wind it up? No, no and no – you couldn’t be further from the truth! What you carry around is a whole gremlin town packed into this tiny mechanism: a town with its own bank, its own casino… and even its own jail! Gremlins are the microscopic creatures that inhabit any mechanism that they can possibly infiltrate. If a watch or a telescope malfunctions, then it’s probably due to gremlins who took up a residence there.

More than anything in life, gremlins value money, political power and prestige: prestige that one can claim after completing some sort of a grandiose engineering project. Aside from working on their own projects, gremlins mostly spend their time preventing other gremlins from building something even more grandiose. This they achieve through bribing officials and lying to the electorate, as well through stealing from their competitors - and outright arresting them.

A DISCLAIMER (JUST IN CASE)

We felt it important to note that Gremlins, Inc. is not a free-to-play game. Also, this is not a CCG or TCG: you do not need to buy boosters or packs, in every session the game offers the same deck to every player, and everyone's chances are equal.

OUR DLC POLICY

We remain committed to the principle of continuously updating the game with new features (e.g. special character abilities) and new content (e.g. new cards, new Misfortunes) that come in the form of regular updates that are FREE for every owner of the product. At the same time, from time to time we create and release fun stuff (animations, character portraits, alternative music themes) that is not related to the game mechanics, as paid DLCs. If you like it, you can support our efforts by your purchase. However, there is absolutely no pressure to own any of the DLCs in order to play the game or compete in the tournaments.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT ONLINE CONNECTION

Gremlins, Inc. was designed as a digital board game with the multiplayer mode at its heart. This is not to say that we don't like single-player – we do, and there's a separate section with the single-player challenges as well as the mode where you can create any custom single-player session that you like. However, the architecture of the game is built in a way that allows us to continually update the game mechanics and AI logic, which for this reason is processed entirely on the server side. Therefore whether you play Gremlins, Inc. in a single-player mode or in a multiplayer mode, your game client needs to be connected to Steam, and game's server, at all times. If you are looking specifically for a game that can be played offline, then Gremlins, Inc. in the current state is not the right product for you. An offline-only version of the game is currently in development for release later in 2016.

AMSTERDAM AND SINGAPORE SERVERS

The game currently supports 2 separate servers: Amsterdam and Singapore. Players are able to check their ping value for each of these servers, and play on the server that is the most convenient. Each server has its own player ladder, statistics and player profiles. Most players choose Amsterdam, since ping to Amsterdam from anywhere in the world rarely exceeds 300. However, as we saw more and more players from the Asian region join the game, especially from China, we added the server in Singapore in order to be able to offer faster connection specifically to these players. We hope that this works well for every player, as good player experience is our top priority. We will continue to monitor the quality of our server/client connection in order to adapt the servers to the changing requirements and we thank you for your patience.