This is the eighth tournament in my series based on my original homeland -- Czechoslovakia -- and Oneyed 's excellent map of it. Each of the 25 tournaments in this series celebrates some aspect of a different town or city on the map, and matches it to some game type or setting on CC. To avoid favouritism, I have randomized the order of the towns. For more information on this series visit the DKs CSFR Frag series Infocentre Today Praha is known for happy things like beautiful architecture, artists' festivals, a thriving busker community, great food and beer, and more opera houses per capita than any other place on earth. It does, however, have a darker side. Many incidents of murder and mayhem darken Prague's history, including some of the world's most famous Assassinations. Appropriately, then, this is an ideal opportunity to feature the
Assassin game type in the CSFR series.
Sign-ups: Premium only. I think I can handle up to about 90 players in this, so sign-ups will stay open for twenty days or up to 90 players, whichever comes first. I will be sending out PMs to players who have played in my tournaments previously. However, the first 48 hours I will leave this unpromoted to give everyone a chance.
Maps and Settings: Forty percent (40%) of the games will be on the CSFR map. The remainder will be on other maps, as specified in the spoilers below.
Six of the eight phases will feature Assassin games (Automatic, Sequential, with a 30-round limit.) Two of the eight phases (the Interludes) will feature non-Assassin games, and it is possible that phase 3 (1st Interlude)
may include some manual or freestyle games. Most phases will feature 6-player games, phase 1 will feature 4-player games, and phase 3 (1st Interlude) which may include any game size. Regardless of what size games a phase is trying for, it may vary depending on the number of players remaining in the tournament. Game lists will be randomized separately, so if games of a non-specified size are required, it will not be the same players in all of them. All games will have a 30-round limit.
Prizes: To celebrate my birthplace, I will have more prizes than I have
ever before given out in a tournament! There will be a grand total of
Six Years of premium handed out, as follows:
3 months premium for the winner of each of the eight phases. One year premium to the tournament winner. One year premium to the player who scores the most in the creative components. Six months premium to the second-place player overall. Three months premium to each of the third, fourth, and fifth players overall. Three months premium to each of the second, third, and fourth-placing players in the creative components Creative Components: Each phase will include a creative component. Creative components will ask you to post a picture or a story to add to the colour and flavour of the tournament. After each phase I will score your creative contributions. Everyone who participates will get 1 point, the best will get 5 points, and the 2nd best will get 3 points. It is not mandatory to participate, but there are benefits to participating.
The person who scores the most creative points overall will win a year's premium. I am applying for a GA medal for the creative component. Creative score will be the tiebreaker for the phase win prizes. The players who win the most creative points in the first two phases will help to choose the games for the third phase. The players who win the most creative points in phases three and four will help to choose the games for the fifth phase. The timer for creative components starts when the first invitation for that phase is sent and stops 7 days later.
GA Medals: I am applying for 2 GA medals. One will be for the most creative participant, the player who contributes the most to the creative components and scores the most points in them. The other will be for the person who wins the most of the non-Assassin games. Note that GA medals are not official until approved.
Update: GAs have been approved! Subject: DKs CSFR series 08 -- Praha mcshanester29 wrote: GA Medals have been approved
Scoring: The bulk of the score will come from the Assassin games. These will score as follows:
Winning a game by killing your target -- 7 points Winning a game by any other means (ie. round limit) -- 3 points Surviving a game (not winning, but still being on the board at the end) -- 0 points Losing by being assassinated -- minus 1 point Losing by deadbeating from a game or by killing the wrong target -- minus 5 points Other games (if used) will score as follows:
Standard games (if any) -- 2 points plus 1 extra point for each additional player in the game Terminator games (if any) -- 2 points plus 1 point per kill Team games (if any) -- 2 points plus 1 additional point for each opponent (player in the game not on your team) Polymorphic games (if any) -- 3 points for a Poly dubs win, 4 points for Poly trips, and 5 points for Poly Quads Click here for the scoreboard General Game Load: Five games per phase, for a total of 40. I will wait until each phase is well advanced before sending the next, but I will not wait for all games to end. On average, therefore, I expect you will be playing in six or seven games at a time.
show: 1st Assassination Good King Wenceslaus 935
Duke Wenceslaus I, better known as Saint Wenceslaus (or Svatý Václav in Czech -- Wenceslaus in Czech is Václav and therefore Saint Wenceslaus is Svatý Václav, the patron saint of Bohemia.)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia wikipedia wrote: Wenceslas was considered a martyr and a saint immediately after his death, when a cult of Wenceslas grew up in Bohemia and in England.[3] Within a few decades of Wenceslas' death four biographies of him were in circulation.[4][5] These hagiographies had a powerful influence on the High Middle Ages conceptualization of the
rex justus , or "righteous king"—that is, a monarch whose power stems mainly from his great piety, as well as from his princely vigor.[6]
Referring approvingly to these hagiographies, the chronicler Cosmas of Prague, writing in about the year 1119, states:[7]
But his deeds I think you know better than I could tell you; for, as is read in his Passion, no one doubts that, rising every night from his noble bed, with bare feet and only one chamberlain, he went around to God’s churches and gave alms generously to widows, orphans, those in prison and afflicted by every difficulty, so much so that he was considered, not a prince, but the father of all the wretched. Several centuries later the legend was claimed as fact by Pope Pius II.[8]
"Wenzeslaus by Peter Parler" by Peter Parler (?) - http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Biographi ... slaus.html where this photo is published as Public Domain. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... Parler.JPG Games: Creative Component: Good King Wenceslaus . Rewrite a verse of this carol to celebrate this tournament and/or Conquer Club. Post your verse NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.
show: 2nd Assassination Jaromir 1035
Jaromir was a hapless soul. I'll let Wikipedia tell the story:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarom%C3%ADr,_Duke_of_Bohemia wikipedia wrote: Jaromír (c. 975 - 4 November 1035) was the second son of Boleslaus II the Pious and Emma of Mělník. In 1003, he rebelled against his elder brother Boleslaus III, who had him castrated,[1] but was unable to secure the throne, which was subsequently taken by Bolesław the Brave, King of Poland. Jaromír and his brother Oldřich then sought military backing from the German King Henry II. At Merseburg, Jaromír promised to hold Bohemia as a vassal of Henry. This action definitively placed Bohemia within the jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Empire.
"Jaroměř-Jaromír". Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... C3%ADr.jpg Games: Creative component: NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.
show: 1st Interlude Charles IV
After 200 years of fratricidal war, Bohemia found peace and stability for a while. King Přemysl Ottokar II acquired Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola. Dynastic wars briefly continued and then petered out. John of Luxembourg inherited the throne of Bohemia and Poland as well as Luxembourg, creating a mini-empire that had included elements from the Rhine to the Bug and from the Baltic to the Adriatic. His son, Charles IV, inherited not only all of the above but became Holy Roman Emperor as well.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_University_in_Prague#Rankings ) Charles was a literate man and fluent in five languages: Latin, Czech, French, German, and Italian. Artists and scholars were happy to seek his patronage, and not just for an income.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague#The_era_of_Charles_IV wikipedia wrote: Prague flourished during the 14th-century reign (1346–1378) of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the king of Bohemia of the new Luxembourg dynasty. As King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, he transformed Prague into an imperial capital and it was at that time the third-largest city in Europe (after Rome and Constantinople).
Games: Creative component: NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.
show: 3rd Assassination 1st Defenestration 1419
With the accession of John of Luxembourg the dynastic wars had ended, but soon a new evil was to stalk the land. During the reign of Charles IV, freethinking was encouraged. By the 1370s a reformist movement had begun in Prague, with new, university-educated priests calling for reforms in the Church that would be considered minor by today's standards.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Reformation#Origins Jan Hus openly rejected the authority of the Pope and was soon excommunicated. The Reformation was under way (despite the later pretenses of Germans to date the Reformation as beginning with Luther, whose career began almost 100 years after Hus'.)July 30th 1419 a Hussite mob led by Jan Želivský marched through the streets, demanding that Hussites jailed for heresy and other crimes be released forthwith. When the Town Council refuse, the Hussites stormed City Hall and hurled the Councillors out the window. (Defenestration, literally, means the act of throwing someone out the window.) This mass murder became known as the First Defenestration of Prague and touched off 230 years of religious violence, extremism, and civil wars."Prague Praha 2014 Holmstad - Det nye rådhuset - Novomestska Radnice - The New Town Hall - Nove Mesto - First defenestration" by Øyvind Holmstad - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... ration.JPG Games: Creative Component: NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.
show: 2nd Interlude Age of Rudolph II, Rabbi Leow and The Golem, Tycho Brahe and Kepler
Our second Interlude features a "Little Golden Age" in the reign of Rudolf II Habsburg . wikipedia wrote: Rudolf's legacy has traditionally been viewed in three ways:[1] an ineffectual ruler whose mistakes led directly to the Thirty Years' War; a great and influential patron of Northern Mannerist art; and a devotee of occult arts and learning which helped seed the scientific revolution.
John Dee , but he also supported many legitimate scientists like the botanist Charles de l'Ecluse. A balanced view is that in that time it was impossible to have one without the other. There was no easy way to separate hoaxers from legitimate scientists, and a seeker of knowledge would have to deal with both. In fact many scientists were both, such as alchemists who nonetheless were laying the foundations for modern chemistry. Tycho Brahe was the official court astrologer, but he was also a legitimate astronomer whose careful observations paved the way for Johanne Kepler's discoveries, and in fact Brahe made important discoveries in his own right.a Golem to serve and defend the Jewish quarter of Prague. Most of the Golem's activities were benign: carrying water from the river, splitting firewood for orphans and widows, and so on. In some legends, however, the Golem becomes violent, and murders Christians who have persecuted Jews.Games: Creative Component: NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.
show: 4th Assassination 2nd Defenestration 1618
Rudolf II, while Catholic, had been largely agnostic and increased religious freedom, especially for Protestants. Upon Rudolf's death, his younger brother Matthias inherited Bohemia. Matthias also had a tendency towards religious tolerance, and he was prepared to give even more freedom and self-government to Protestant communities. However, being elderly and childless, Matthias named his cousin Ferdinand as his heir. Ferdinand was cast of a different substance. A conservative Catholic and an outspoken champion of counter-reformation, Ferdinand insisted that Matthias repeal certain concessions that had been made to the Protestants. Among these was the construction of Protestant chapels on royal land, construction which had already begun and was now outlawed.Second Defenestration. All three men survived the plunge from the 3rd-story window. The Catholic version states that angels appeared and assisted them to land safely. The Protestant version is that they were lucky enough to fall into a wagonload of dung which was being hauled out of the Imperial stable. (The Protestant version has inspired about a thousand copycat scenes in Hollywood movies.)Games: Creative Component: might have saved the lives of the Lords Regnant?. Post your thoughts NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.
show: 5th Assassination Heydrich 1942
In 1938 Czechoslovakia was forced to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany, and in 1939 the rest of the country fell under German occupation. Slovakia was split off as an “independent” puppet state, while Bohemia and Moravia were put under direct German “protection.”Operation Anthropoid , the operation almost failed. On May 27th, 1942, Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš attacked Heydrich's car on his daily commute to Prague Castle. Gabčík's Sten gun jammed, whereupon Kubiš threw a grenade which fatally injured Heydrich. Initially it was thought that the attack had failed, and Gabčík and Kubiš were depressed, but eight days later Heydrich finally died, most likely of septicemia caused by the grenade blast, although the evidence is sketchy."Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-039-44, Heydrich-Attentat" by Unknown - This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive.. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... tentat.jpg Games: Creative Component: NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.
show: 6th Assassination Masaryk 1948
Our final assassination is called the Third Defenestration by some. Others deny that it even was an assassination.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Masaryk wikipedia wrote: In February 1948 the majority of the non-communist cabinet members resigned, hoping to force new elections, but instead a communist government under Gottwald was formed in what became known as the Czech coup (Victorious February in the Eastern Bloc).[5][6] Masaryk remained Foreign Minister, and was the only prominent minister in the new government who was neither a Communist nor a fellow traveller.[6] However, he was apparently uncertain about his decision[citation needed] and possibly regretted his decision not to oppose the communist coup by broadcasting to the Czech people on national radio, where he was a much loved celebrity.
wikipedia wrote: On March 10, 1948 Masaryk was found dead, dressed only in his pajamas, in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry (the Černín Palace in Prague) below his bathroom window.[8] The initial investigation by the Ministry of the Interior stated that he had committed suicide by jumping out of the window, although for a long time it has been believed by some that he was murdered by the nascent Communist government.[5][8][9] (Others in the country put it thus: "Jan Masaryk was a very tidy man. He was such a tidy man that when he jumped he shut the window after himself.") In a second investigation taken in 1968 during the Prague Spring, Masaryk's death was ruled an accident, not excluding a murder[10] and a third investigation in the early 1990s after the Velvet Revolution concluded that it had been a murder.
Games: Creative Component: NO SOONER than the day I send the first invite in this phase, and no more than 7 days after that.
Creative component scoreboard is here:
https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=215515#p4744157 Game scoreboard is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sqMgZ48N7dHCqhl0yGp_aORwhkWKOgAHaJD4PsKceWU/edit?usp=sharing List of games and single-phase prize winners is here:
https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=215515#p4744156 
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