Recommended turn order based on play times:

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==

Please get ready for round 4! 2 games will be delayed a bit as 2 matches (marcuspers vs rrrrookie and leon feargus vs Saunattontu) got delayed.

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==

Pandapocalypse are going to be replaced in round 5. This is how it will proceed:

Currently we have 2 matches ongoing in round 5:
- match #1: Mab's Sons vs Dread & Mac
- match #2: Deaf Ogres NWO vs SleepingDog & personian

The losers from matche #1 and #2 wills play a qualification match. The winner of the qualification match will replace Pandapocalypse

== Balance ==

Last few days to vote for the Tigran RG poll: What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Tigrans?

The following changes are confirmed for v1.3:

GC30a
All
Ziggurats now provide the same rewards: one or two items picked among
Legendary and Mythical items, and between 0 and 281 gold in average,
depending on the rarity and number of items received: 0 gold if 2
Mythical items are received, 281 gold if 1 Legendary item is received
(was between 26.8 and 51.3 gold in the non-Naga Ziggurat and between 300
and 393 in the Naga Ziggurat)

GC50d
True Resurrect costs 40 CP (was 50 CP)

GC76
Item Rack's item reward rarity depends on the strength of the defenders:
- Very Weak & Weak Defenders: Common items
- Average: Strong items
- Strong and Very Strong: Epic items
(in modding terms, it's split it into 5 different adventure sets)
(was 1 reward set with all items available, and value of items linked to defenders' strength)

So03a
Mend
Magical Being is once per battle for Apprentices (was 2 turn cooldown
in the balance mod and once per battle in the official game)

Ea05
Earth Elemental has Regeneration (was Regrowth)

Ea06
Earth Elemental has 60% Fire and Frost Protection (was 100%)

The following changes will be confirmed for v1.3 if no further feedback:

GC11b
Mind-controlled units cost more in upkeep:+50% gold / turn (was +25%)

Th08c
Evangelists have Lesser Convert (was Convert; as a reminder, Lesser Convert has strength 8

Ro16c
Bards have Lesser Charm (was Charm)

GC77
Siege Workshop (was Master' Guild) gives Repair Machine to Builders built in the city.

GC79
Obsidian Armor of the Black Knight gives 40% Blight, Fire, Frost, Shock, Spirit Protection and +2 Defense (was 60% light, Fire, Frost, Shock, Spirit Protection and +3 Defense)

GC80
Frost Wyvern Egg, Fire Wyvern Egg, Cursed Egg are Legendary (was Epic)

GC81
Draconian Diet Dish is Legendary (was Mythical)

GC82
Wooden Walls cost 90 gold (was 100 gold)

The following changes are considered for v1.3:

GC83
Builder's Hall (was Siege Workshop) unlocks the racial defensive building (e.g. Filth Pit for Goblins)

== Misc ==

Check out the latest news article: Shadow Realm Community Expansion: open beta launched!

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== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==

Piao was replaced by leon feargus.

5+ days left until end of round. The 2 games where players got replaced get an extra 2 weeks so will continue after the end of round.

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==

Round 5 gets an extra +2 weeks to compensate for the winter holidays. End of round in 27+ days.

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==

redrum was replaced by marcuspers following a random draw (Piao could have been replaced instead): https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=1500222KKVRQ

We are still looking for an appropriate player to replace Piao. phirpo should get a free win vs Retromancer in the loser bracket and Retromancer will then be replaced in round 4.

Round 3 gets a 2 weeks extension to compensate for the winter holidays. So about 1 month left until the end of round.

== Balance ==

A final RG poll has been opened for the Tigrans: What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Tigrans?

Some people still haven't voted for the previous one about High Elves, please remember to vote.

The following changes will be confirmed for v1.3 if no further feedback:
GC30a
All Ziggurats now provide the same rewards: one or two items picked among Legendary and Mythical items, and between 0 and 281 gold in average, depending on the rarity and number of items received: 0 gold if 2 Mythical items are received, 281 gold if 1 Legendary item is received (was between 26.8 and 51.3 gold in the non-Naga Ziggurat and between 300 and 393 in the Naga Ziggurat)

GC50d
True Resurrect costs 40 CP (was 50 CP)

GC76
Item Rack's item reward rarity depends on the strength of the defenders:
- Very Weak & Weak Defenders: Common items
- Average: Strong items
- Strong and Very Strong: Epic items
(in modding terms, it's split it into 5 different adventure sets)
(was 1 reward set with all items available, and value of items linked to defenders' strength)

So03a
Mend Magical Being is once per battle for Apprentices (was 2 turn cooldown in the balance mod and once per battle in the official game)

Ea05
Earth Elemental has Regeneration (was Regrowth)

Ea06
Earth Elemental has 60% Fire and Frost Protection (was 100%)

The following changes are considered for v1.3:

GC11b
Mind-controlled units cost more in upkeep:+50% gold / turn (was +25%)

Th08c
Evangelists have Lesser Convert (was Convert; as a reminder, Lesser Convert has strength 8

Ro16c
Bards have Lesser Charm (was Charm)

GC77
Siege Workshop (was Master' Guild) gives Repair Machine to Builders built in the city.

GC79
Obsidian Armor of the Black Knight gives 40% Blight, Fire, Frost, Shock, Spirit Protection and +2 Defense (was 60% light, Fire, Frost, Shock, Spirit Protection and +3 Defense)

GC80
Frost Wyvern Egg, Fire Wyvern Egg, Cursed Egg are Legendary (was Epic)

GC81
Draconian Diet Dish is Legendary (was Mythical)

GC82
Wooden Walls cost 90 gold (was 100 gold)

Refineus joined !!

DrLight joined !!

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
Most games have started or are starting.
Once your game is started, please remember to update it to "Ongoing" on the Battlefield ("I would like to" then "Change status to Ongoing" in the game blog).

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==
Replacement of Pandapocalypse still being discussed.

== Balance ==
There is a new poll about RG, please vote for it to help correctly assess (and then change through the balance mod) the RG upgrades: What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living High Elves?

The following changes are considered for v1.3:
GC11b
Mind-controlled units cost more in upkeep:+50% gold / turn (was +25%)

GC30a
All Ziggurats now provide the same rewards: one or two items picked among Legendary and Mythical items, and between 0 and 281 gold in average, depending on the rarity and number of items received: 0 gold if 2 Mythical items are received, 281 gold if 1 Legendary item is received (was between 26.8 and 51.3 gold in the non-Naga Ziggurat and between 300 and 393 in the Naga Ziggurat)

GC50d
True Resurrect costs 40 CP (was 50 CP)

GC76
Item Rack's item reward rarity depends on the strength of the defenders:
- Very Weak & Weak Defenders: Common items
- Average: Strong items
- Strong and Very Strong: Epic items
(in modding terms, it's split it into 5 different adventure sets)
(was 1 reward set with all items available, and value of items linked to defenders' strength)

So03a
Mend Magical Being is once per battle for Apprentices (was 2 turn cooldown in the balance mod and once per battle in the official game)

Ea05
Earth Elemental has Regeneration (was Regrowth)

Ea06
Earth Elemental has 60% Fire and Frost Protection (was 100%)

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
Round 3 has started!

In the end, due to delays on the release of v1.29, we'll stick with v1.28, sorry for the trouble... So please host games with the main branch of the balance mod + Strong Defender Normal Rewards mod.

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==
SleepingDog & personian replace xlnt & Henry (cf. https://www.randomresult.com/... ).

Round 5 has started!
Same as for the Duel Tournament, in the end we are forced to stay with v1.28.

== Balance ==
Please vote on the Racial Governance polls if you haven't yet (the last two have few votes in particular):
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Frostlings?
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Halflings?
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Dwarves?

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
Minerva Madin, who dropped, is replaced by Markymark.

Thanks to all who sent their class/race, @all the rest: please do so quickly.

The start of the round is delayed a bit as there are delays with the release of v1.29, sorry for the trouble...

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==
Judges decided that xlnt & Henrysix would be replaced by one of the losing teams from the losing bracket, i.e. Bastards of the North or SleepingDog & personian. The replacement team is picked randomly through this website: https://www.randomresult.com/... (result available tomorrow evening Europe time).

Pandapocalypse are apparently dropping out of the tournament. A discussion is ongoing among judges to see how best to deal with that.

As for the Duel Tournament, the start of the round is delayed a bit as there are delays with the release of v1.29, sorry for the trouble...

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
Round 2 has ended. We are currently waiting for scores from NobCob vs Gilafron so that judges can assess who won the game through score.
Round 3 will use v1.29 of the balance mod, which should be released Sunday or Monday on the main branch of the mod. It means games won't be able to be hosted before Tuesday. Please send your class/race without waiting though, so that matches can start immediately after v1.29 is available.

Round 4 will also use v1.29. We won't switch to v1.3 before round 5.

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==
Round 4 has ended. Judges are assessing the scores of Bastards of the North vs Dread & Mac.
xlnt & Henry are going to be replaced since Henrysix is not playing any more.

Round 5 will also use v1.29, so the same planning as for the Duel Tournament applies: matches will be able to be hosted only around Tuesday. Please send your class/race ASAP though.

Round 6 will also probably use v1.29.

== Balance ==
There are new Racial Governance polls (reminder: RG balance will be big chunk of v1.3):
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Frostlings?
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Halflings?

And this one is still open if you haven't voted yet:
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Dwarves?

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
15 days left before the end of the round, please start thinking about your next class/race.

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==
Round 4 gets +3 weeks to compensate for the delays during the summer holidays. So a bit more than 12 days left.

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
Round 2 gets +3 weeks to compensate for the delays in some games during the summer holidays. Please hurry up to finish your games so that round 3 can start ASAP.

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==
So the round should have expired 2 days ago but we are still discussing it among judges. Please keep playing and we'll update you ASAP. Sorry for the uncertainties...

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
All matches are ongoing except Hiliadan vs Redrum.
About 23 days left until end of round, though a time extension of a few weeks is likely to take into account summer holidays, to be confirmed soon.

== 2018 PBEM 2vs2 Tournament ==
About 20 days left until the end of round in theory.

== Balance ==
v1.29 has been released on the beta branch of the balance mod today! Please check its changelog on the official changelog: https://docs.google.com/docum... />
Please remember to vote on the following polls to help balance Racial Governance (big chunk of v1.3):
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Humans?
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Draconians?
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Dwarves?

== Misc ==
If you haven't checked it yet, I encourage you to read the last and final edition of the Stronghelm Globe (EDIT: and here is the link I forgot: http://www.the-battlefield.co... /EDIT)! Here is the content of this edition:
- The Shadow Wars - The lost tales of Ambir - a sneak peak into the Shadow Realm Community Expansion
- The grand finale of the story of Sverina the Golden vs Krinla Peas (BBB vs Fluksen)
- Interview of Hiliadan

It would be interesting to know from tourney players, how often your start position was appeared at the center of the map's edge on north/south (not in the corner of the map). And how do you think, is it acceptable for such start at tourney match? 
Of course, for 2v2 games it's not so important as for duels, though I will glad all your opinions 

Piao quitted!

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
Round 2 has started. For some matches, we're still waiting for a decision by the judges on score victories during round 1. So if I didn't post in your game blog, it means the roster is not yet confirmed for your game.

Reminder: please use the MAIN branch of the balance mod for this round (and not the Tournament Edition like for round 1), it's this one: http://steamcommunity.com/sha... />
The lucky prize was awarded to DreadReapr, congratz to him: http://www.randomresult.com/t... As he already owned Planetfall, he gave it to a friend.
Thanks to BBB for offering this generous prize!

Round 3 should also use v1.28 of the balance mod, though there is a possibility it might use v1.29. To be confirmed later on, depending on when tests for v1.29 can start and finish.

== Balance ==
The article describing v1.28 has finally been published, sorry for the delay. Please read the explanations and full changelog here: http://www.the-battlefield.co... />
== Misc ==
A Planetfall league has opened, you can use your credentials from this league to join it: https://www.g4l.eu/games/312/ It's still in beta so please report issues to Markymark.

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
4 days left before the end of current round.
Match #1 gets an exceptional extension of 1 week due to summer holidays and 1 player being away for 3 weeks.
Match #14 gets a time extension of 2 weeks + potentially a few days due to very late start.

Round 2 will still start on 6 August evening, the same day as the release of Planetfall. Several matches will however be delayed to wait for matches #1 and #14.

The draw for the lucky prize has started: http://www.randomresult.com/t... />Henrysix was excluded as he is inactive. If some players have also become inactive by 6 August, they won't be able to receive the prize and the draw will be restarted.
REMINDER about the lucky prize: one player will receive a free copy of Planetfall. It will be gifted by BBB on Steam.

@the following players: please send your class/race to Jonny Thunder, marcuspers and/or me for round 2 as you already know your opponent:

phirpo vs mahimka
SpiritSeeker vs Piao
xlnt vs DreadReapr
rrrrookie vs batbl4
Goh12 vs Minerva Madin
Guttzu vs Olop

== 2018 2vs2 Team Tournament ==
Sleeping Dog & personian got the score victory on round 3, when score penalties were included for delays caused by Brews Brothers.
Round 4 ongoing.

== Misc ==
Only 7 votes for the poll about Orc RG, we really need more! What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Orcs?
Same issue for Human RG: What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Humans?

== 2019 PBEM Duel Tournament ==
About 15 days left until end of round. We'll have the draw of the lucky prize (AoW: Planetfall copy) on 6 August.
The 2 matches which started late will probably have some extra time to be able to be completed.


== 2018 2vs2 Team Tournament ==
Round 4 started.
Lck sent screenshots of the score and judges are discussing them, we should have a decision on the result of Sleeping Dog & personian vs Brews Bros (from round 3) soon.

== Misc ==
Please vote in the ongoing polls:
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Orcs?
What Racial Governance (RG) upgrade do you usually take when playing living Humans?

This will help the RG balance effort. v1.3 should have a big RG overhauld so it's very important to get the community's opinion to get the balance right.

quetzal_tr joined !!

redrum68 joined !!

Minerva Madin joined !!