Card Game Submission Tips
Facilities:
Card games are usually scheduled in a salon, though there can be exceptions based upon specific need.Players and Game Length:
Please allow realistic but not excessive time for each game. As examples, a big Munchkin game can be expected to run two hours with set-up and tear-down, while a Magic the Gathering 8-player tournament would run closer to three hours. We want to allow adequate time for players to finish a game, but we hope to schedule many games into the available space.GM Compensation and Scheduling Games:
- No games running less than 2 hours or seating fewer than three people will be scheduled.
- Anyone running two games that, in combination, offer at least 20 player hours and seat at least six players in the aggregate will qualify for a full membership.
- Anyone submitting more than 1 game must submit 2 utterly different games at the same time, so Catan + Seafarers of Catan is unacceptable. (If you offer a 2 hour 3 player game (6 player hours) and a 4 hour 4 player game (16 player hours), you are offering 7 seats and 22 player hours, which meets this requirement.)
- Anyone who has a complimentary full convention membership may schedule 1 board or card game as an official game so long as they are not scheduled to run 3 games in other subgenres.
- Board and card games are interchangeable for qualification purposes. You may not exceed scheduling two games by submitting both board and card games.
We do not schedule anyone who wants to run just one board or card game that doesn’t meet the requirements for a complimentary membership, And we will not schedule one game that doesn’t qualify by itself until you submit a second acceptable game. It’s best for everyone if you submit both games at the same time.
Multiple iterations of the same game in the same time slot will not be scheduled. On this last point, it also means we will not schedule two different GMs to start the same title in the same session, so as to give potential players alternative times to play their favorite games. Please note that you do not qualify as a player in your own game, so if you want to play in the game, allow for that when you list the number of players you want, or hope you can take an empty seat. We do not schedule homebrew games. The games you offer must be listed by Board Game Geek.
Individual games seating less than 3 people will not be scheduled. Multiple iterations of the same game in the same time slot will not be scheduled. On this last point, it also means we will not schedule two different GMs to start the same title in the same session, so as to give potential players alternative times to play their favorite games. Please note that you do not qualify as a player in your own game, so if you want to play in the game, allow for that when you list the number of players you want, or hope you can take an empty seat.
A Note on Tournament Offers
We will not schedule tournaments unless the game is especially suited to a tournament setting, with very quick individual games and a simple set-up. For example, an 8-player tournament of Magic: The Gathering consisting of 24-player games and three rounds can be held easily in about 3 hours, if not less. Some card games are ill-suited to tournament format and will not be considered. No player can be knocked out of a tournament, so all players get to play for the full duration of the time assigned.Assistant GMs:
Card games do not support a comp for an assistant GM except under very unusual circumstances.Things to be aware of when making your game request
Please read our Game Policies before submitting a game.
The first games start on Friday at noon. Don't ask for an earlier start time, it won't happen.
The last game ends on Monday at 4pm. Don't request a 10- or 12-hour game on Monday!
We accept submissions only via this website, or an e-mail with the necessary information attached or incorporated in the body of the e- mail. We no longer accept submissions via U.S. Mail, as we need a working e-mail address to communicate with all our prospective GMs.