Word Salad Bowl • 1st Edition (English):
I didn't realize the games would be set up that way. The table configurations are put together automatically by BGA's tournament management software. I thought it would try to distribute the players more evenly, like 8 tables of 4. But I guess instead, it creates as many tables as it can with the maximum number of players, and then deals with the remainder.

The only control I have is setting the min and max players per table, and the min and max number of players in the tournament. I set the min game size at 2 in order to avoid having some players be idle during a round. I didn't have any direct control over how many points those players would get, in comparison to points awarded in a 6-person game. (Unless I misunderstood the settings.)

This is the first Haiclue tournament I've ever created (and I think my third or fourth created tournament overall) so I'm just experimenting and learning the best way to do it. After it's all over, I'll try tweaking the settings to make the next one better. Maybe the min game size should be 3 or 4, and skipped players should be awarded 5 or 6 points? The point setting is tricky, because there's no control over who gets skipped, so it should be neither an unfair advantage nor a death sentence.

I will probably also try limiting the tournament size to an even multiple of the max game size... like 24, 30, or 36 for 6-player games. But there's never a guarantee of getting a full roster. Haiclue seems to have a smaller player base than many other games, so I wasn't sure how many would sign up for this. I was happily surprised to get all 32 spots filled!

Anyway, have fun everyone, and please let me know your suggestions for the next tournament.

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