How Do You Get Meeple League Points?
by Rob Kircher
New for 2020 – Revised points for tournaments. After looking at the results of the past 3 years, we have decided to make a small adjustments to how many points are awarded.
To determine player standings across events for each of the Meeple League’s featured games every year, points are awarded based on how well the players do. Here I will explain how the points are determined.
First by just playing in one game of a tournament you will get your first point. Next, if you win any game during the tournament you will get 3 more points. If your tournament has a semi or quarterfinal, just for playing in those rounds you will earn additional points. Lastly, if you get to play at the final table you will get more points for the place you finish in. Now, the number of points for playing in the quarter/semi/finals of a tournament will depend on the total number of different players entered into the tournament.
For example, let’s say that you play in a 37 player Ticket to Ride tournament and you finish 3rd overall and the tournament includes a semifinal round which you win. You would get 5 points for playing in the semi, plus 18 for finishing 3rd overall. Your total for the event would be 27. The other 4 points are coming from entering and winning a game during the tournament.
Meeple League Point Awards 2020
| Finish or | Number of Different Players | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achievement | 8 - 16 | 17 - 32 | 33 - 64 | 65+ |
| 1st Overall | 15 | 25 | 30 | 35 |
| 2nd Overall | 10 | 18 | 24 | 30 |
| 3rd Overall | 7 | 14 | 18 | 22 |
| 4th Overall | 6 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
| 5th Overall* | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| 6th Overall* | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| In Semi Final | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| In Quarter Final | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Win any game | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Play a game | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* Only awarded if 5th and/or 6th player in final game.
Standings Tie-Breakers
First tie-breaker is number of events where the players made the final table.
The second tie-breaker is how many people each player placed above in tournaments where they made the final table. That would be calculated as the sum of each tournament size minus the finish at the final table. For example, finishing second in a 32-player tournament adds 30 to that total.
Points before 2020
Through 2019, live play points were distributed differently as shown below:
Meeple League Point Awards 2019 and Earlier
| Finish or | Number of Different Players | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achievement | 8 - 16 | 17 - 32 | 33 - 64 | 65 - 128 | 129+ |
| 1st Overall | 15 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
| 2nd Overall | 10 | 20 | 26 | 32 | 38 |
| 3rd Overall | 7 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 |
| 4th Overall | 6 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 |
| 5th Overall* | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
| 6th Overall* | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| In Semi Final | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| In Quarter Final | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Win any game | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Play a game | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* Only awarded if 5th and/or 6th player in final game.