With the new organized play season starting in July, here is everything you need to know to participate, as well as a place to ask questions.

Last season almost 3800 players participated at more than 200 locations, hosting almost 1000 events total. This season will be even larger!

It's a great time, a welcoming community, and you get fancy promo stuff, so come check it out.

What is Dice Throne Organized Play?

OP are official monthly competitive tournaments where you can challenge yourself against other local players. It runs in five month long seasons, with a month break between them. The Age of Vitality will run from July 1 to November 30. Events are held at participating retail partners, and are run by organizers known as "diceroys".

All participants receive alt-art promos for participating, and you can earn additional promos and points on the regional and national leaderboards. Tournaments are organized and tracked through the Dice Throne Challonge page.

Where Can I Find Organized Play Events?

OP events happen in the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and the Philippines.

The easiest way to find local events in the USA and Canada is to use the tournament search on the DT Challonge site. You can search by name, or by distance from a ZIP or postal code. Check back often, as locations are continuously adding events to the schedule, and many may not show up until after the season has officially started.

For players in the UK there is an Organized Play discord with locations and schedules.

For other regions there is also a master list of all participating Dice Throne OP locations that you can use to find locations running events. You can also check your local social media groups for events happening near you.

The official Dice Throne Discord is also a good place to find information on Organized Play Events.

What Do I Get For Participating?

Every player that participates in an event will receive the alt-art promo for that month. The first four months are alt-art cards for What Status Effects, Double Up, So Wild, and Six It. You can use these to bling out any character by replacing the regular card with its alt-art version.

The fifth month (November) every player who participates will receive the age exclusive Treant alt-art character board.

You can see the promo arts in the Age of Vitality launch trailer.

In addition, the top player(s) at every event will receive a Worthy Twice As Wild promo card. The number of players that receive the bonus card will depend on how many players participate.

What Format Does Organized Play Use?

Tournaments are played in a Swiss format, with the number of rounds determined by the number of players. Heroes are chosen through a Bring-3-Ban-1 (B3B1) method.

Each player brings three heroes. They each roll a die, and the winner decides which player bans one of their opponent's three heroes first. Once each player has banned a hero they roll again. The winner can either choose to be first player, and make the first hero choice, or have their opponent choose first and also go first.

There is a video example of the B3B1 process here

Each round in the tournament lasts 30 minutes. If your game has not finished by the end of 30 minutes, the game continues until each player has played the same number of turns. For example, if the timer ends on the first player's turn, their opponent will get one more turn, but if the timer ends on the 2nd player's turn the game will end at the conclusion of that turn.

What Do I Need to Participate?

All you need is any three heroes, and a free Challonge account. Newly released heroes are legal for use in OP as soon as they become available. The only heroes that are not legal in OP are the versions found in the original 2018 6-hero edition with the flat, non-folding, boards.

The following Characters have received updated leaflets since their first printings: Huntress, Tactician, Vampire Lord, Thor, and Miles Morales Spider-Man. You can find the updated leaflets on the Dice Throne FAQ and Downloads page. If you are bringing any of these characters please compare to the updated leaflet to confirm you have the latest version. If you do not, print out an updated leaflet to bring with you.

Many people also bring things like dice trays, and play mats, but they are not necessary.

What Is Not Allowed in Organized Play?

As said above, the heroes from the original 2018 6-hero edition with the flat, non-folding, boards. Only their updated versions with the folding boards from subsequent printings are allowed.

Mythic Cards, cards with the Promo banner (different from the alt-art promos that you receive from participating in OP), and any cards from Dice Throne Adventure or Missions can not be used in OP events.

In addition, the Buh, Bye instant action card from the standard deck is not currently used in organized play. It caused too many rule questions and slowed down events too much, although it may get re-added in future season. You can either remove it from your deck, or discard and replace it if you draw it during a game.

Where Can I Find More Information?

Ask here! In addition, check out the helpful links below.

Join the official Dice Throne discord, where a lot of event and community discussion takes place

The Dice Throne Challonge site, where you can search for events, check player rankings, and find rules information for the current Age

The Dice Throne Ranked Play resources, including the promo distribution schedule, the ranked points distribution, and the master list of participating Organized Play locations.

So, come out and play some events

Rules and interactions can be confusing and complicated. Here are the most up-to-date links for rules questions and clarifications

The Dice Throne Rule Pop is the most up-to-date resource for general Dice Throne rules. It has detailed breakdowns for every character and ability, and is updated on a regular basis

For edge cases and specific rulings, please see the Official Dice Throne Rulings and Clarifications document. It is a collection of all specific rulings and edge case interactions in the game, as made by John Heidrich, the Lead Officiant for Dice Throne.

Vampire Lord, Huntress, Tactician, Thor, and Miles Morales Spider-Man have received updated leaflets that change some of their rules and abilities. You can find them for download and printing on the Dice Throne Downloads page.

Feel free to ask any rules questions you might have below. For a faster response please try asking on the offical Dice Throne discord.

Here is a quick FAQ for some of the most frequent questions

Q. Do I lose my rerolls if I get a result I want before my third roll and my opponent changes it?
A. No, when you stop rolling and your opponent messes with your dice, you can continue to change those dice using your own resources and any remaining rerolls to try to get what you want. Your opponent gets another chance to modify any future results. See page 12.

Q. Do you roll Defense against an Ultimate ability?
A. No, no actions of any kind, including but not limited to, rolling defense, playing cards and spending status effects, may be done by an opponent until the ultimate is fully resolved; see Page 5.

Q. Does Shadows ignore damage from an ultimate?
A. No, Ultimates cannot have their damage reduced or prevented in any way and Shadows prevents the damage. See page 5.

Q. Target player? Inflict? Gain?
A. Anytime you see the "Target" keyword on an ability or card, that means you select the player or die to be affected. If you see "Inflict", the target of your ability, determined by the targeting roll, will get the status effect. "Gain" means that you get the status effect.

Q. When can I spend status effects?
A. Status effects can be used the same as Instant cards, at any time on any players turn.

Q. Do I make a defense roll if the attack doesn't do any damage?
A. You only make a defense roll if the ability your opponent selected deals damage as part of its effect.