Section A
Running DCI Events is Easy
The DCI rates and ranks players in a number of games, including:
Magic: the Gathering® Dreamblade™ D&D® Miniatures Each DCI-supported game features a player-rating system that allows your tournament participants to more accurately compare themselves against the world community of players within that game. Given that players are being measured based on their performance against each opponent using the Elo ratings system*, the results of each match must be reported to the DCI.
A.1 - DCI Events Step-by-Step, from Sanctioning to Reporting
1. Fill out the electronic Tournament Organizer application.
- Follow the directions listed in the Tournament Organizer's Forum to sign up to become a Tournament Organizer. Doing so will let the DCI know that you are interested in running DCI sanctioned events.
- Once the form has been completed you are entered into the DCI database as a Tournament Organizer.
2. Sanction your first event.
3. Shortly after sanctioning your event, you will receive:
- An Event Report Summary customized by DCI staff for the event you’re scheduling.
4. You will want to procure the following items for your first event:
- You will want to download the latest version of the DCI’s Tournament pairing program from your personal information page.; and
- A pad of DCI Membership Application Cards for players who are new to tournaments. To sign up to receive this follow these steps:
- Go to the WPN Materials section of your sanctioning page.
- Select "Membership Card Request." Continue as you would to sanction any other event.
- You may also want to sign up to receive a Gateway Kit. Gateway Kits contain foil cards for you to give out to your players to increase their interest in your events.
- Go to the WPN Materials section of your sanctioning page.
- Select "Gateway Kit." Continue as you would to sanction any other event.
5. Register your players.
- Be sure to gather each player’s name and DCI number at registration. EVERY PLAYER MUST HAVE A DCI NUMBER TO PARTICIPATE. Give each player who does not yet have a DCI number one of the Membership Application Cards you received. The player must fill out the contact information portion of the card and return it to you. The membership-card portion of the card stays with the player for use at future DCI-sanctioned events.
6. Run your event and record match results.
- Your players can participate in every round of your event—regardless of how many times they win or lose—when you use the Swiss player-pairing system. See Section C "Tournament Operating Procedures" for an explanation of how you can run your events using this pairing method.
7. Send the Completed Event Results to the DCI for processing. For each event, please send the following information to the address listed below:
- A full Player Information List (containing name and DCI number).
- Match Reporting Forms featuring match results for each round of play.
- Membership Application Cards filled out by each new player receiving a DCI number at your event. (The player keeps the tournament card portion of the application so he or she can continue developing the rating they started with your event.)
- Or, if you used the DCI’s electronic tournament software to run your event, all you will need to do is upload the results to the DCI and send in any new player membership cards.
DCI Mailing Addresses:
DCI Tournament Sanctioning
P.O. Box 1080
Renton, WA 98057-1080
Or at: Wizards of the Coast
ATTN: DCI Sanctioning
1600 Lind Ave SW, Suite 400
Renton, WA 98055
