Competitive Boardgame League
Join us for a new way to play your favorite game!
Welcome to the Dogpatch Games competitive league!
Each Tuesday we host a tournament that will take you from playing for the first time to crowning a champion! Compete for glory, prizes, and an opportunity to compete in the Tournament of Champions this November!
In April we'll be playing The White Castle, a dice drafting and worker placement game quickly rising in popularity where you play as a noble family in feudal Japan competing to place your different family members into different positions in the The White Castles royal court.
Rules for competition: The Tourney will take place over 3 weeks of randomly seated tables. Player will draft starting cards in reverse player order. Week 1 and 2 are worth 10, 7, 5, or 3 points while the final game will be worth 15, 11, 7, 5 points. Tiebreakers will be money, followed by reputation, followed by reverse starting player order.
Prizes: The top player will win the money prize pool, a spot in the November Tournament of Champions, and a badge on the community Discord Server! All other placements compete for their spot on the leaderboards and points qualifying for the Tournament of Champions, so each placement and win matters!
Calendar
The Learn to play will be on April 1st! The Learn & Play is for anyone playing for the first time or that needs a full rules refresher. If you’re familiar with the game, you can join at the same time for a practice game with other participants at regular Table Play rates.
The tournament dates are April 8th, 15th, and 22nd. Sign up there! —>
How does the league work?
Play against the rest of the league participants in a random selection each week, earning points for your placement. Final weeks are worth progressively more points giving players the opportunity to fix their mistakes and grasp victory from the jaws of defeat! Some months feature longer/heavier games in a 3 week format, played once per week. Others feature 2 different 2-week tournaments for shorter/lighter games, with 2 games played each session.
Each month’s winner will earn a permanent badge on our Dogpatch Games Discord as well as a guaranteed slot in our tournament of Champions. All other placements will earn points for the yearlong competition to qualify for the Tournament of Champions in November, and all players earn points tracked in the 2025 Competitive League Leaderboards, in-store and on this page below!
The Tournament of Champions will consist of the highest contenders of the year competing in a random game played throughout the year that they didn't claim the crown for so it's important to be a well-rounded player!
Monthly Pricing: $75 (Basic Member Pricing $40, $15 for Premier Members to qualify for Prizes)
End of Tournament prizes $$$
Premier members will be ineligible for cash prizes unless they pay $15 into the pool
Meet People! Make Friends! Play Games! Win!
2025 calendar!
Our March game will be Brass Birmingham. A legendary euro game where players compete both in economy and territory control to capitalize on the industrial revolution.
Rules for competition: The Tourney will take place over 3 weeks of randomly seated tables. Player with compete over both ages using the default setup for their player count. Weeks 1 and 2 are worth 10,7,5, or 3 points while the final game will be worth 15,11,7,5 points. Tiebreakers will be money followed by reverse starting player order.
In April we'll be playing The White Castle. A dice drafting and worker placement game quickly rising in popularity where you play as a noble family in feudal Japan competing to place your different family members into different positions in the The White Castles royal court.
Rules for competition: The Tourney will take place over 3 weeks of randomly seated tables. Player will draft starting cards in reverse player order. Week 1 and 2 are worth 10, 7, 5, or 3 points while the final game will be worth 15, 11, 7, 5 points. Tiebreakers will be money, followed by reputation, followed by reverse starting player order.
For the first half of May we'll be playing Settlers of Catan. A game that truly needs no introduction flex those negotiation skills and rolls the dice to collect resources and settle at a level of competition you've never experienced before.
Rules for competition: The Tourney will take place over 2 weeks with 2 games being played each day. For this reason each player will have a 20 minute clock that they start before they roll dice on each of their turns. Negotiation will cut into your time so feel free to make deals on other players turns and it’s on you to decide when there isn’t a deal to be made and pass the turn. Once you run out of time you will have 15 seconds per turn. Starting positions will be snake drafted in player order. Game ends immediately upon reaching 10 points.
In the second half of May strap yourself to the back of your seat for a game of Galaxy Trucker. Build your ship out of different parts in real time to start out the game and then navigate your vessel through through dangerous missions to score as many points without falling apart!
Rules for competition: The Tourney will take place over 2 weeks with 2 games of 3 rounds each being played each day. Players will play with the default rules for building ships and playing out the game. Tie breaker will be highest ending score in the final round.
For June we're moving back to the euro genre for Ark Nova! A strategic action management game about building out a zoo to both be as appealing as possible while making sure you take the time to save the endangered animals that truly need it.
Rules for competition: The Tourney will take place over 3 weeks of randomly seated tables. Each player will be randomly dealt 2 maps and choose one having seen the base conservation tracks and bonus tiles but not starting hands. Tiebreaker will be supported base conservation projects followed by money.