August 30 Monthly Tournament

Official Rules · Last updated: 24 August 2026

1. Who is running this

FableBrawl, run by Nick Huber, PO Box 325, 1110 East El Camino, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Questions: hello@fablebrawl.com. This tournament is not sponsored, endorsed, or run by Discord, Twitch, Google, or Apple.

2. Who can enter

• You must be 18 or older on 30 August 2026.
• You need a FableBrawl account in good standing, created before the qualifying cutoff.
• You need Discord, so you can check in.
• Void where prohibited or restricted by law. You are responsible for knowing whether skill-based prize competitions are allowed where you live.
• Not open to anyone who has worked on FableBrawl, or to their immediate family or household.

3. How to qualify

Reach a FableBrawl rating of 4,000 or higher in ranked play by 27 August 2026 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time. Ratings come from the August season, which began 1 August 2026. Ranked play is free.

Everyone who reaches 4,000 by the cutoff is in. There is no cap on qualifiers and no invitation step.

We take one automatic rating snapshot at the cutoff, and that snapshot is final. Rating gained afterwards does not count, and rating lost afterwards does not remove you.

4. Confirming your seat

Every qualifier must confirm by direct message before the deadline in the Discord announcement. Send:

• Your exact FableBrawl account name
• The email on that account, so we can verify you own it
• Your Discord username
• Confirmation you can check in on time
• Confirmation you have read and agree to these rules
• Your Twitch profile, if you plan to stream — optional

Send your email by DM only. Never post it publicly. We use it once to confirm you own the account. We do not publish it, add it to any mailing list, or share it with anyone.

A qualifier who does not confirm by the deadline gives up their place.

5. Check-in and start

• Check-in: 30 August 2026, 3:30 PM Pacific Time
• First game: 30 August 2026, 4:00 PM Pacific Time

If you have not checked in by 3:30 PM PT, your seat goes to the highest-rated alternate who is present. If we still cannot seat eight players per lobby after check-in, we may start late, reduce the number of lobbies, or — only as a last resort — fill a seat with AI, which we would announce in the lobby before play.

6. Format

Games are ordinary eight-player FableBrawl matches. They do not change anyone's ranked rating.

Every lobby seats eight human players. We never fill a tournament seat with AI, because a computer opponent is far weaker than a qualified player and drawing one would be an unearned advantage.

To make that work, the field is topped up to a multiple of eight by inviting alternates — the highest-rated players who fell short of 4,000 at the cutoff, in rating order. Alternates are full participants and may win. Everyone who reached 4,000 keeps their place regardless.

If the field is eight

Everyone goes straight to the final. Skip to section 7.

If the field is larger

We run a preliminary round first, seeded by rating from the snapshot, to cut the field to eight:

Each lobby plays three games, scored the same way as the final (see section 7). Because every lobby is the same size, scores compare directly across lobbies.

If players are tied for the last advancing place, the tie goes to most first-place finishes, then best single finish, then higher rating at the cutoff.

7. The final, and how someone wins

Eight players, one lobby, games played back to back. Each game scores:

Points add up across games. Once you reach 16 points you are on match point.

To win the tournament you must win a game while already on match point. Reaching 16 in the same game you win does not count — you must start that game on match point and then take first place. So the champion always wins the final game played.

Games continue until someone does that. Most tournaments should finish in four to six games. If nobody has won after twenty games, the player with the most points wins; if that is tied, the tie goes to most first-place finishes, then to the best single finish, then to a one-game playoff.

If a player disconnects, the game carries on and AI plays their seat. A game that cannot be finished because of a server fault is replayed. We decide, in good faith, whether a game counts.

8. Prize

• US$100 to the winner, paid by PayPal.
• There is no second-place or participation prize.
• Paid within 30 days of the tournament, once we have confirmed the winner's identity and PayPal address.
• The prize cannot be transferred or swapped for anything else. If we cannot pay by PayPal, we may pay another way of the same value.
• The winner is responsible for any taxes owed on the prize.
• If we cannot reach the winner within 30 days, we may award the prize to the runner-up.

9. Conduct

The FableBrawl Terms of Service apply throughout. In particular: no cheating, no automated play, no exploiting bugs, no second accounts, no arranging results with another player, and no harassment. Streaming your own play is welcome.

We may disqualify a player, in good faith, for breaking these rules or the Terms of Service. A disqualified winner forfeits the prize.

10. Recording and privacy

Tournament games are recorded like any other FableBrawl game, and final boards from this event may later be used as opponents for the game's AI. That is shown in the lobby before play starts. By entering you agree we may publish your FableBrawl player name, your Discord username, and your results. We will not publish your email address. Our Privacy Policy covers the rest.

11. Changes and cancellation

We may change these rules, reschedule, or cancel if we have to — a server fault, too few qualifiers, or anything outside our control. Changes will be posted here and announced in Discord before play begins. If we cancel before any game is played, no prize is awarded.

12. Governing law

These rules are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.