Rio Grande Riot


click on the sword for Con information	The 4rd Annual Rio Grande Riot Welcome to the Rio Grande Riot -- an invitation to play games published or distributed by the Rio Grande Games company. You will have the opportunity to play a great variety of games... whatever you like best. Make yourself comfortable and get an overview from reading the following: Do I need previous experience to play in the Rio Grande Riot? The Rio Grande Riot is for everyone, whatever their playing ability. Experienced players will be on hand to guide everyone through the game rules, from novice to expert. If you are on your own, then the organisers will team you up with suitable opponents. What games will I play, and how long will it take? You can play any of the games that have been published or distributed by Rio Grande Games (which includes some games by Ravensburger, Queen, and Zoch). Some games take only a few minutes to play, others may take an hour or more. You can play a number of different games or one game more than once. You can come and go as you wish over the course of the event. It is all entirely up to you -- whatever suits you best. Many games will be provided but, if there are particular titles that you'd like to play, it is best if you bring your own copies. What happens after each game? Once a game is over, you should complete a score sheet in order to record the name of the game, each players' name and their finishing positions. Two of the players should sign the score sheet and hand it to one of the judges (Only the score sheets handed in before the end of the tournament will count), then play your next game. Nothing more is required of you -- the organisers take care of everything else. If you feel competitive, you may want to have a look at the posted scores every now and then to see how you rank. How does the scoring work? Your score in each game depends on two things: your final position in the game played and the assigned game weight. You can play the same game as many times as you wish, but only your top score in that game will count towards your total Rio Grande Riot score. It therefore pays to play in as many different games as possible, as each one adds to your overall score, even if you place last. Points are earned according to the number of players in your game. Basically, you get 10 points for playing and an additional 10 points for every player that you beat, as shown below: 8 Players… 1st=60, 2nd=50, 3rd=40, 4th=30, 5th=20, 6th=10, 7th=10, 8th=10 7 Players… 1st=60, 2nd=50, 3rd=40, 4th=30, 5th=20, 6th=10, 7th=10 6 Players… 1st=60, 2nd=50, 3rd=40, 4th=30, 5th=20, 6th=10 5 Players… 1st=60, 2nd=50, 3rd=40, 4th=30, 5th=15 4 Players… 1st=60, 2nd=50, 3rd=40, 4th=20 3 Players… 1st=60, 2nd=50, 3rd=25 2 Players… 1st=60, 2nd=30 Your points will then be multiplied by the weight factor of the particular game. Each game is weighted according to its estimated playing time and difficulty level. The complete game list, with their assigned weights, is shown below. Your weighted average score becomes your tournament rating. How is the winner of the Rio Grande Riot determined? The top 5 rated participants will compete together for one final game on Saturday evening. The final game to be played will be determined by the participants, but if they cannot decide, it will be Thurn and Taxis. The final participants and the winner of the event will each receive a 'Winner's Certificate' suitable for framing. Any prize support that is received through Rio Grande Games or from any of the local retailers will be raffled off among everyone who participated in the event... so everyone has a chance of winning a prize. Games List: Game weights are arbitrarily assigned based on average time required to play each game as well as on game complexity. It is approximately one 'Game weight' for every half hour of game play, plus or minus 1, depending on complexity. The maximum weight is 5 regardless of game length. The following list was current to Jan 15, 2008. If a game is not on the list, but is published or distributed by Rio Grande games, a weight will be assigned by a judge at the Convention: Weight 1 Adam & Eva Barnyard Critters Capt'n Clever Circus Flohcati Crocodile Pool Party Galloping Pigs Gargon Gulo Gulo Halli Galli Heave Ho! Katzenjammer Blues Trick 'r Treat Zig-Zag Weight 2 Africa Aton Babel Balloon Cup Barbarossa Big Manitou Bohnanza Bohnaparte Cabale Caesar and Cleopatra Canyon Caprice Caribbean Chicken Cha Cha Cha Clans Clash of the Gladiators Coloretto Corsairs Corsari Dawn Under Difference Between Women & Men, The Dracula Duckling Dancin' Evergreen Fangfrisch FBI Fiji Fjords Frank's Zoo Ghost Chase Gnumies, The Gone Fishing! Hellas Hera & Zeus High Bohn Plus If Wishes were Fishes Igloo Pop Jambo Kahuna King of the Elves King's Breakfast Klunker Knights Landlord Lord of the Rings - The Duel Lord of the Rings - The Search Lost Cities Mamma Mia! Medici vs Strozzi Mississippi Queen Mississippi Queen: The Black Rose Money! Odin's Ravens Pick Picknic Pickomino Rat Hot Reef, The Ruse & Bruise Samarkand San Juan Secrets of the Tombs Siesta Space Beans St. Petersburg Submarine T-Rex Tally Ho! Techno Witches Times Square To Court the King Toppo Toscana TransAmerica TransEuropa Vampire Vampire Web of Power Where's Bob's Hat? Yeti Slalom Weight 3 Aaddin's Dragons Alexandros Alhambra Alhambra: The City Gates Alhambra: The Vizier's Favor Alhambra: Thief's Turn Andromeda Ark Around the World in 80 Days Attika Attila Augsburg 1520 Australia Bean Trader Big City Bolide Buccaneer Bucket King, The Cape Horn Carcassonne Carcassonne - Hunters and Gatherers Carcassonne - Inns & Cathedrals Carcassonne - King & Scout Carcassonne - The Castle Carcassonne - The City Carcassonne - The Count of Carcassonne Carcassonne - The Discovery Carcassonne - The Mini Expansion Carcassonne - The Princess & the Dragon Carcassonne - The River Carcassonne - The River II Carcassonne - Traders & Builders Carolus Magnus Cartagena Cartagena II Celtica Dragonland Dragonriders DVONN Edison & Co. El Caballero Elfenland Euphrates & Tigris Card Game Fearsome Floors Fifth Avenue Formidable Foes Fossil GIPF Goldbräu Hacienda Hare and Tortoise Heimlich & Co. Ido Indus Industria Industrial Waste Inka Isfahan Java Mü und Mehr Mall World Mammoth Hunters Manila Marco Polo Expedition Masons Master Thieves Medici Meridian Message to the Czar Mexica Mykerinos Niagara Niagara - Diamanten Joe Notre Dame O Zoo le Mio Oltremare - Merchants of Venice On the Underground PÜNCT Palazzo Pizarro & Co. Ra Ricochet Robot Robber Knights Rum & Pirates Samurai Shark Spirits of Niagara Stephenson's Rocket Ta Yü Taj Mahal Taluva TAMSK Thief of Baghdad, The Thurn & Taxis: For Power & Glory Thurn and Taxis Time Pirates Torres Tower of Babel Trias UR Veritas Wyatt Earp YINSH ZÈRTZ Weight 4 Amun-Re Aqua Romana Arkadia Caylus Magna Carta Doge El Grande El Grande Expansions, the El Grande: Grandissimo Friedrich Funny Friends Gloria Mundi Goa Hermagor In the Shadow of the Emperor Inkognito Löwenherz La Città Louis XIV Medieval Merchant Medina Merchants of Amsterdam, The Tikal Traders of Genoa, The Vino Ys Yspahan Weight 5 6 Billion Antike Caylus Imperial Magna Grecia Power Grid Princes of Florence, The Puerto Rico Shogun Union Pacific