How to Create TCG Tournaments

Creating a tournament on TopDeck.gg is a straightforward process designed to be quick and user-friendly. You'll start by entering a few basic details; later you can modify these or view more advanced options within th tournament manager itself.

Step 1: Navigate to the Dashboard

Navigate to the tournament dashboard. On the top right of the card, you click the button New Tournament. A configuration screen will pop out with required tournament details for you to fill out.

Step 2: Enter Tournament Details

Once on configuration screen, you'll need to enter a name (longer than 3 characters), date and time, and select a game/format from the dropdown. You can also quick enable self reporting.

Optionally, you can enter basic event page information such as player cap, price, location, and contact details.

Once you're ready, click the Create button and your event will be created. You can then navigate to it by clicking Manage Tournament.

Step 3: Setting Up Advanced Configurations

When you select a game/format, the program assigns default configurations for you per selection. You can modify this further by navigating to the Configuration tab in the tournament manager.

You'll have a few options:

Points Mode

Select a standard win/loss/draw points mode, or something more custom.

• Score Based: Instead of entering game wins and losses, scores are entered based on "points"
• Point Wager: Players start with a set score and "wager" a percentage of their points per game, with the winner taking all.
• Advanced: Gain access to all options if you want to set something more customized.

Round Settings

Basic settings for each round, such as round length, table numbers, and more.

• Round Duration: How long each round will run for
• Bye Mode (Commander only): Set if you want byes, 3 player pods, and more
• Starting Table Number: Select where the first table starts (default 1). If, for example, you're at a convention and the event spans from table 200 onward, you would set this to 200 to make Table 1 -> Table 200.
• Player Identifier: Select what names are displayed for players, by default their actual names.

Tournament Features

Tournament specific features you can use.

• Self-Reporting: Allow users to self-report their matches
• Require Confirmation: If Self-Reporting is toggled on, set this to require confirmation from all players on the reported result.
• Judge Call System: Turn on judge call system for this tournament, allowing players to call judges from the app and website.
• Player Chat: Allow players to communicate with each other with an onboard chat room for each table and round.
• Show Decklists: Make decklists public on the bracket page.
• Decklist Submission: Allow players to submit decklists for this event.

Registration Settings:

Settings for allowing players to register

• Sign-up Link: Allow players to navigate to a sign-up link to sign up for the event.
• Event Page: Allows you to create an event page with event details, pricing, and more. Players can register from the page. More details on this in Creating Event Pages.

Advanced Settings

In the advanced settings, you can change the default tie-breakers for your tournament. Simply click Edit and drag-and-drop the tie breakers in the order you want them.

Once you're satisfied, you can hit Save to save your configuration settings.

Cloning Tournaments

From the tournaments dashboard, you can click the Clone button on any event to create a duplicate of it. You'll still need to update the name and anything else you want to change.

Embedded Event Calendar

You can view your event calendar by clicking the calendar icon on the tournaments dashboard.

You can click the Embed button to get a code to place on your website, embedding your tournament calendar on your webpage. This calendar stays up to date as you add and create new tournaments, circuits, and more.

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Supported Games

Here is a list of our currently supported games: