Friendly Open Series

A Game of Thrones The Friendly Open was created December 2020 by Magnus, a player from the Norwegian meta. It was also created to get new players into the tournament scene.

 

History around FO

 

I found AGoT LCG sometime in 2018, and immediately got hooked. I bought everything I could get hold of and started to play with my buddy Leo. Unfortunately, no one else wanted to play, so our interest faded…

In December 2020, we found out that it was possible to play this game online, and joined a Christmas Charity tournament, and both managed to grab a win, and we were hooked again. Unfortunately, the tournament scene was non-existent, or very unorganized and badly promoted, and we couldn’t find any tournaments to join. So I decided to make my own tournament, with focus on getting new players into the game by hosting beginner friendly tournaments.

I asked around for help, and a couple of AGoT legends helped me out, and the test tournament had 6 players. So Leo and I were joined by Miha Vrbanec, Dennis Luke, Tamas Albeck and Stefan Topfstedt who all have been great supporters of the tournament”.

Fun fact: Leo, Miha and Magnus have been participating in all 32 Friendly Opens so far!

 

Evolution of the community

 

FO has grown both content wise and with a bigger crew and runs the Friendly Open in a much more professional manner than when it started! Our crew consist of Miha Vrbanec (Odrl in discord), Hannes Kröger (Feuerbart in discord), Renaud Belanger (mak in discord), Francesco Cirilli (Hagen in discord) and Magnus Sandelin-Nyhagen (Zinnie in discord).

 

The Friendly Open Series (2024)

 

Season 12

  1. The FO Series will consist of 7 tournaments of 4 rounds starting March 17th 2024 (ep1). With our busy life as organizers and many tournaments happening, episodes will be annouced progressively for  Season 12.
  2. In each Episodes, players will accumulate FO points based on their ranking.
  3. The points chart fluctuates based on the total numbers of players and every rank gets points (inspired by a poker reward chart).
  4. The winner of Season 12 is the player with the most total points.

 

 

Season 11

  1. The FO Series will consist of 7 tournaments of 4 rounds each between October 2023 (ep1) and November 2023 (ep7).
  2. In each Episodes, players will accumulate FO points based on their ranking.
  3. The points chart fluctuates based on the total numbers of players and every rank gets points (inspired by a poker reward chart).
  4. The winner of Season 11 is the player with the most total points.

 

 

Season 10

  1. The FO Series will consist of 7 tournaments of 4 rounds each between June 29th 2023 (ep1) and August 12th 2023 (ep7).
  2. In each Episodes, players will accumulate FO points based on their ranking.
  3. The points chart fluctuates based on the total numbers of players and every rank gets points (inspired by a poker reward chart).
  4. The winner of Season 10 is the player with the most total points.

 

 

Season 9

  1. The FO Series will consist of 5 tournaments of 4 rounds on the course of 1 month.
  2. In each Episodes, players will accumulate FO points based on their ranking.
  3. The points chart fluctuates based on the total numbers of players and every rank gets points (inspired by a poker reward chart).
  4. By accumulating points from Episode 1 thru 4, you'll get the chance to compete in the top cut of Episode 5.
  5. After 4 episodes, the Top8 players will compete in a top cut to become the overall champion of the Season.
  6. Playing in the cut will be a 1 game per week and 3-4 days to play it.

 

 

Season 1-8

  1. The FO Series will consist of 5 tournaments of ~4 rounds on the course of 1 month.
  2. In each Episodes, players will accumulate FO points based on their ranking.
  3. The points chart fluctuates based on the total numbers of players and every rank gets points (inspired by a poker reward chart).
  4. By accumulating points from Episode 1 thru 4, you'll get the chance to participate in Episode 5 to determine the FO Champ of the Season.
  5. Also, after 4 Episodes, the overall top 12 players will be eligible in the top cut in Episode 5.
  6. The top 4 players of Episode 5 also earns a top cut spot.

 

About the game and how it works

 

The Global Operations Team (sometimes abbreviated G.O.T.) is a community of player effort to continue producing and organizing the A Game of Thrones Second Edition LCG.

More then just "fan made" as they manage Design, Testing, Tournaments ("organized play") and oversee the card pool to restrict any strong combination/effect.
https://agot.cards/2021/04/06/faq/


Why not FFG?

FFG has stopped supporting the game around December '19/January '20. Passionate players retook the boat and kept it alive since.

 

State of the game?

The game is still active and in an excellent state where all factions is somewhat balanced overall.


New cards are still being made!

https://agot.cards/category/global-operations-team/design/ 

 

Where can I find the cards to print?

https://agot.cards/2021/08/19/card-files/

 

What cards are legal?

https://thronesdb.com/restrictions

 

I'm a new player -- Download Timing Reference Sheet

https://agotfriendlyopen.com/timingPDF

 

I'm a new player -- Where do I play online?

https://theironthrone.net

 

I'm a new player -- Where do I build decks?

https://thronesdb.com

 

I'm a new player -- Where can I learn the game (YouTube)?

https://agotfriendlyopen.com/learn

 

Where's the Restricted List?

https://thronesdb.com/restrictions

 

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