Top Tactics 25 Invitational Wargaming Tournament
Announcing Marine Corps University's (MCU) TOP TACTICS 25 (TT25) wargaming tournament! This is an online, individual competition hosted in MCU's Wargaming Cloud. Game play is asynchronous and turn based, enabling participants to complete turns independently. The tournament is open to all the USMC, Joint Forces, and Allied organizations, but the overall number of participants is capped at 2000. This is a tactical, company level tournament focused on a modern, contemporary fight. In a series of 3 rounds, players compete at the company level. This tournament will utilize the prototype version of the Company Commander wargame. While multiple representatives from the same unit or organization can participate, this is an INDIVIDUAL tournament.
Road to the Cup: The TT25 tournament is conducted through MCU's FIGHT CLUB, an extracurricular activity designed to provide participants with an opportunity to practice tactical and operational decision-making in a wargame environment that hones their individual cognitive warfighting skills. The scenario for TT25 is focused on rifle company tactics and warfighting concepts and capabilities. The TT25 tournament serves as the first of two qualifier events for the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Cup. The CMC Cup is an annual, in-person wargaming tournament held at Modern Day Marine, where the top wargamers from across the USMC, Joint Force, and Allied military members compete in a team-based, three-day, multi-wargame competition. The second CMC qualifier event will utilize the Flashpoint Campaigns Professional Edition wargame. Additional details on the second qualifier event will be released at a later date. While both qualifier events are invitational wargaming tournaments open to all servicemembers, civilians, and contractors associated with Department of Defense (DoD) entities, only uniformed military servicemembers from the DoD or allied/partner countries who participate in both events on the Road to the Cup are eligible for a CMC Cup invitation. Team scores will be determined by aggregating the individual scores from both qualifier events for players from the same military unit, with two-man teams representing each unit. The two-man teams representing each unit will not be identified until after the qualifier events. The teams with the highest combined scores will be invited to compete in the CMC Cup.
Tournament Details: The TT25 tournament is set in a Western Pacific scenario between Red and Blue forces. TT25 includes 3 rounds in which participants fight a paired match against an opponent. In a paired match, players compete in two parallel games playing red in one and blue in the other, with the scores from each game combined into a total score for the match. The time requirement to play a paired match in this scenario is approximately 3 hours of playing time total. This is spread across 10 to 20 turns. Players have approximately four weeks to complete their paired match in each round. Players must complete their turns within 96 hours of notification, or they will automatically forfeit the match. Players are encouraged to complete their turns within 24 hours of receiving email notification.
Round 1 - Begins 12 Sep and concludes 7 Oct.
Round 2 - Begins 8 Oct and concludes 3 Nov.
Round 3 - Begins 6 Nov and concludes 8 Dec.
Eligibility: The TT25 tournament is open to the first 2000 players to register. While the primary target audience is Marine Corps personnel, the tournament is open to participation from across the joint force and allies/partners. MCU reserves the right to limit participants from individual units to ensure an equitable distribution across the force. Generally, the max number of participants from an individual battalion is limited to 20 but may be exceeded on a case by case basis. Participants from PME organizations will be given priority for access. All participants will be granted access to MCU's Wargaming Cloud capability for the duration of the tournament. Participants will access the Wargaming Cloud from outside the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) using personal computers and an internet connection. In addition to a MCU Wargaming Cloud account, participants will need a Slitherine account. Slitherine accounts can be created for free at https://www.slitherine.com/login. Participants should choose their username knowing that the name will be posted on public leaderboards. Furthermore, participants should pick their username for the long term since it is very difficult to change once set. We recommend use of a gamer name rather than the participant's real name. If a participant already has a Slitherine account, the existing account may be used. Participants must have a Slitherine account before completing the registration form.
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Registration closes at 2359 on 07SEP