My idea is to have 3 rounds which follow the life of Frederick Barbarosa
1st round
His rise to the throne of German King which will be played on the Germany map.
The 1st round will have 32 players divided into 8 groups of 4. Each group will play a match on the Germany map with the winner advancing to the next round. Players will be assigned groups randomly.
2nd round
His conquest of Italy ultimately leading to him being crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV. This will be played on the Italy map. The eight remaning players will be randomly divided into 2 groups of 4. Each group will play 3 times on the map with points being awarded for finish position. 1st 10 2nd 6 3rd 4 4th 2. The top 2 players from each group advance to the next round.
3rd round
Frederick Barbarosa's journey ended on his way to the holy land to try and preserve the christian occupation of the holy land and to recapture the holy city of Jerusalem. He drowned in a river in Turkey. As we don't have a Turkey map I've decided to use the middle east map as it includes both the place of his death and his intended destination. The final four will play 2 games with a player eliminated each time to reach a final. The final two will play a best of 3 with one game on each map (Germany, Italy and the middle east)
The settings for all games and maps will be Automatic, Sequential, Escalating, Chained, No Fog. The 1st round groups will be announced once 32 players have signed up
