{"id":7635,"date":"2019-09-12T08:41:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T12:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=7635"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:04:46","slug":"azul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/index.php\/gaming\/tournament\/azul\/","title":{"rendered":"Azul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7636\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/azul-box-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/azul-box-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/azul-box-300x300.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/azul-box.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Designers: Michael Kiesling<br \/>\nPublishers:\u00a0Next Move Games, Plan B Games<br \/>\nBoardgamegeek Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/230802\/azul\">Azul<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>GAMEMASTER<\/h5>\n<p><strong>GM: <\/strong>Amy Rule<\/p>\n<h5>SCHEDULE<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Demo:<\/strong> Saturday 12:30 PM<\/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<\/h4>\n<p>In the game Azul, players take turns drafting colored tiles from suppliers to their player board. Later in the round, players score points based on how they&#8217;ve placed their tiles to decorate the palace. Extra points are scored for specific patterns and completing sets; wasted supplies harm the player&#8217;s score. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.<br clear=\"none\" \/><br clear=\"none\" \/>For this event only the original Azul will be played, and all games will use the colored wall side of the player boards. Exception: The Azul Master Chocolatier game may be used, but only with the basic board.<\/p>\n<h5>PRELIMINARY ROUNDS<\/h5>\n<p>Three one-hour heats will be played.\u00a0 Preference will be for 4-player games but we will use 3-player games as necessary.\u00a0 Standard rules as in the box and no expansions or promos will be used.<br clear=\"none\" \/><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><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">If there are at least 32 total players:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Top 16 players advance to the semi-finals, as determined by the standard Euro Quest tiebreakers.\u00a0These players will play four 4-player games, the winner of each advancing to the finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If there are less than 32 total players:<\/strong><br \/>\nWith 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.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 4 unique winners, we will advance either 8 or 12 (depending on the number of unique winners) to a semi-final.\u00a0 The next top ranked players without a win will 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&#8217;s 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\">1. Most horizontal rows.<br clear=\"none\" \/>2. Fewest tiles on your wall.<br clear=\"none\" \/>3. The player currently holding the start player marker (if involved in the tie).\u00a0 In other words, the player who picked up the start player marker during the last round.<br clear=\"none\" \/>4. Reverse turn order from the last round.\u00a0 Preference will be for players later in the turn order for the final round played.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<h5 dir=\"ltr\">Previous winners<\/h5>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">1st place<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">2<sup>nd<\/sup> place<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> place<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">4<sup>th<\/sup> place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">2024<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Andrew McCauley<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Chris Gnech<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">Mike Assante<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Rob Murray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">2023<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Vien Bounma<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Jeffrey Amos<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">William Hoch<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Anita Amos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">2022<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">D. J. Borton<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Ray Wolff<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">Norman Rule<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Loc Nguyen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">2021<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">John Corrado<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Marcy Morelli<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">Faith Wobbeking<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Dalton Versak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"72\">2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"138\">Jack Wolff<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Pascale Lafreniere<\/td>\n<td width=\"126\">Chris Gnech<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Tricia Wolff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>______________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Meeple-League-Logo_Side-Text.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Meeple-League-Logo_Side-Text-300x87.png\" alt=\"Meeple League Logo_Side Text\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Azul at EuroQuest 2025 will award <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meepleleague.com\/\">Meeple League<\/a> points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designers: Michael Kiesling Publishers:\u00a0Next Move Games, Plan B Games Boardgamegeek Info: Azul GAMEMASTER GM: Amy Rule SCHEDULE Demo: Saturday 12:30 PM See schedule for Heat times PLAQUES The top two finishers in the final will receive a plaque. Event Description In the game Azul, players take turns drafting colored tiles from suppliers to their player &hellip; <a href=\"\/index.php\/gaming\/tournament\/azul\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Azul<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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\/7635"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7635"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10560,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7635\/revisions\/10560"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}