Who can enter:

The Australian Tantrix Championship is open to players of all standards who either live in or come from Australia. There is no entry fee and while there are deadlines for matches to be completed, there are no fixed match times - you arrange a mutually convenient date and time for each match with your opponents.

Even if you are new to Tantrix, this is a good chance to start getting in some tournament practice in time for the World Championship later in the year, though you might even surprise yourself in this tournament.

Please note that if you come from Australia but no longer live there, you should enter only if you are willing to play the majority of your games at times convenient to those in Australia, i.e. mainly their evenings and weekends. In addition, if you enter this tournament you will be treated as coming from Australia for the purposes of deciding your eligibility to enter any other tournaments in the first half of the year. eg. if you come from Australia but live in the USA, you can enter either the Australian or the Pan Am this year, but not both.

Tournament format:

There will be an initial group phase in July followed by a knockout phase in June/July for the top four.

You will need to play about 2 matches per week on average during the group phase and they will consist of 3 games, so they will each take about an hour. Knockout phase matches will be about twice as long and you will need to play 1-2 matches of 6 games each per week if you qualify for that phase. Please do not enter the Championship unless you intend to find the time to arrange and play all of your matches.

When the tournament starts, there will be links on this page to fixture lists and results, which will be updated AUTOMATICALLY.

Rules:

The standard tournament rules apply eg. the time limit is 15 minutes per player per game and matches are scored using tournament points, which are mainly based on who wins and loses each game but also make some allowance for margins of victory.