{"id":10979,"date":"2026-09-28T17:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=10979"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T23:29:32","slug":"seti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/index.php\/gaming\/tournament\/seti\/","title":{"rendered":"SETI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-10597\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Seti-150x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Designers:<\/strong> Tomas Holek<br \/><strong>Publishers:\u00a0<\/strong>CGE<br \/><strong>Boardgamegeek Info:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/418059\/seti-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence\">https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/418059\/seti-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h5>GAMEMASTER<\/h5>\n<p><strong>GM:<\/strong> Imran Akram\/Dalton Versak<\/p>\n<h5>SCHEDULE<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Demo:<\/strong> Thurs, 9 AM<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"\/index.php\/schedule\/\">schedule<\/a> for Heat times<\/p>\n<h5>PLAQUES<\/h5>\n<p>The top two finishers in the final will receive a plaque.<\/p>\n<h4>Event Description for 2026<\/h4>\n<p>SETI Board Game Championship. Embark on a scientific race to make humankind\u2019s greatest discovery in our first annual SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence tournament! \u00a0 Lead your scientific institute across four competitive rounds. Deploy real-world space technology, launch probes across our rotating solar system, tune radio telescopes, and process deep-space data to discover evidence of alien life.<\/p>\n<h5>SETUP<\/h5>\n<p>All games will be played with the Space Agencies expansion (if available) and no promos. Games in the two Heats will be 3-player with any surplus players making one or two 2-player games. Standard point EQ awards for finishes, with 1st place in a 3-player game being more points than 1st place in a 2-player game. The semi-final will be the top 12 players for 4 3-player games. The final will be a 4-player game. Rules and setup will be the same in all rounds. Not all winners will necessarily advance<\/p>\n<h5>PRELIMINARY ROUNDS<\/h5>\n<p>Two 3 1\/2 hour heats will be played.\u00a0 Preference will be for 3-player games but we will use 2-player games as necessary.\u00a0 No modifications to the rules<br clear=\"none\" \/>Please bring your copy of the game.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"yiv9916902656yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507907228619_9417\" dir=\"ltr\">ELIMINATION ROUNDS<\/h5>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>If there are at least 32 total players:<br clear=\"none\" \/>The Top 12 players advance to the semi-finals, as determined by the standard Euro Quest tiebreakers. These players will play four 3-player games, the winner of each advancing to the finals.<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>If there are less than 32 total players:<br clear=\"none\" \/>With 4 or fewer unique winners, we will skip directly to a final with those winners.\u00a0 If necessary, the next top ranked player(s) without a win will advance to fill the table to 4.<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>With more than 4 unique winners, we will advance either 6 or 9 (depending on the number of unique winners) to a semi-final.\u00a0 The next top ranked players without a win may be included to fill out the tables.\u00a0 Advancement of non-winners in the semifinal will be determined by placement in the semifinal game and then highest percentage of the semifinal winner\u2019s score.\u00a0 The top 4 players from the semi-final will advance to the final table.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 id=\"yiv9916902656yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1507907228619_9418\" dir=\"ltr\">TIEBREAKERS<\/h5>\n<p>The following tie breakers will be used in all rounds.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>1. Sectors won<\/div>\n<div>2. Alien traces<\/div>\n<div>3. Probes<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Past Winners<\/h3>\n<p>2026 is the first year for SETI<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"138\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1375\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Meeple-League-Logo_Side-Text-300x87.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Meeple-League-Logo_Side-Text-300x87.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Meeple-League-Logo_Side-Text-1024x300.png 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Meeple-League-Logo_Side-Text-624x182.png 624w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Meeple-League-Logo_Side-Text.png 1512w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In 2026 SETI will offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meepleleague.com\/\">Meeple League<\/a>\u00a0points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designers: Tomas HolekPublishers:\u00a0CGEBoardgamegeek Info:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/418059\/seti-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence GAMEMASTER GM: Imran Akram\/Dalton Versak SCHEDULE Demo: Thurs, 9 AM See schedule for Heat times PLAQUES The top two finishers in the final will receive a plaque. Event Description for 2026 SETI Board Game Championship. Embark on a scientific race to make humankind\u2019s greatest discovery in our first annual SETI: Search &hellip; <a href=\"\/index.php\/gaming\/tournament\/seti\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SETI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1230,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10979"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11035,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10979\/revisions\/11035"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}