What is the current order of tie breakers?

It's changed over the years, and I've lost track of what the current process is.

I'm always interested to see reminders/refreshers on this
especially in the post-COVy era with venue hire being a whole different thing in many locales.

the "Floor Official" DCI order of stuff?
Victory Point / Gambit Points, (Gambit is map-specific and usually center of the map etc)
points of pieces remaining undefeated
Reserves and pieces not on the field generally do not count* (*Unless they were on a figure being transported etc, those technicalities)

Locally, according to GenCon D.C.I. standing Floor Rules (the successor to Wizards Arbiter Framework)
That order is concurrent.
Some locales have instituted like Chess, a "Time Per Move" to prevent delaying tactics for a round etc.
In an effort to keep tournaments punctual.
I feel time-per-move can be an intimidation tactic of itself sometimes. it also nerfs Activation Control themed squads to an extent.

If those are still tied,
and time permits a dynamic duos sudden death round,
or if players agree to a bye (1point each in Round Robin format, same as a draw).
In the event no compromise can be found in time, its usually later in the tournament,
so people will award based on previous 2 or 3 rounds.
If its a key event, like a Regional, National etc or International,
review and arbiters are more thorough than at local league or invitationals.

If a game ends in a tie, the tiebreaker is whoever has a piece closest to the center of the map. If that is also a tie, whichever piece is higher cost wins.


For tournaments, match points is the first criteria (with 3-2-1-0 scoring). If there are ties, I'm pretty sure we still use the floor rules as posted here:

https://swmgamers.com/PDF/Rules/Floor%20Rules.pdf

We haven't had a new floor rules document in years, but the only changes have been the Map List (which changes every year) and balance committee rulings (which don't affect the tiebreakers).

Tiebreakers:

1. Total wins
2. Head to head (Only applicable if a player beats all other tied players)
3. Strength of schedule 1 - player's strength of schedule, minus the player's worst win. (For SOS, add up the Match Points of the opponents, with the exception of the worst win.)
4. Strength of schedule 2 - same as SOS 1, but only counting the defeated players
5. Strength of schedule 3 - Full strength of schedule, including worst win
6. Roll off D20

It's not stated in the floor rules, but I'd say that in the case of a tie with 3 or more players, after one player wins a tiebreaker, you restart from the beginning with the remaining players.

LOL.

Not restart the tournament, though that's a novel idea.

I just meant to restart the tiebreaking process.

Suppose 3 players are tied, and steps 1 through 4 don't break the tie. On step 5 player A beats out players B and C, but B and C are still tied (identical records and SOS). B beat C head-to-head. That was ignored in a 3-player tie, since A hadn't played both of B and C. Now that A is no longer in the tie, I think you should return to the top... B wins the tie based on head-to-head win over C. The other alternative is to proceed to step 6 and roll a d20. That doesn't seem right.

I don't see it spelled out in the floor rules, though, so it's either an ambiguity or (just as likely) I overlooked it. Someone probably knows better than me.

In almost twenty years of playing and nearly 100 tournaments and I have never seen tie breakers go to Step 6.

I think it should be decided by a best of 3 thumb wrestling match.

Yeah, if it comes down to a battle of "third thumbs" I'm out too.

Sorry to be a pest. We had some input, but didn't see a resolution.

Last I knew, the three player tie was an all-or-nothing tie-breaker. The idea of A "winning" part of the tie-breaker then sending B and C back to the top to go back through the steps makes sense.

But as FlyingArrow noted, that should be spelled out if that is the desire and/or intent.

I am not sure how rich has it set up in the program, but I believe that once you have removed one player from the Tiebreakers, you start the process over with the remaining players.

There was an Android version at one point. I don't have it installed right now and can't locate it, though.