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1. Rule #1. Never, any I repeat never, rely on anyone to do anything for you.
2. If you have the store to make your tournament, do it.
   These are the things you can expect form the store owner:
   • He gives you a place to play the tournament if he has space available.
   • He gives you a reasonable deal on cards for sealed deck tourneys (you do not want to run Constructed when dealing with new players, they don't have the card pools for it).
   • He pays the postage on the mailing of fliers to surrounding game stores as long as you present him with a receipt he can use for tax purposes. You should make this clear with him first.
   What you might be able to get away with: Prize support. Ask him if he would like to donate some boosters or perhaps a single card if he deals in singles. Or see if you can cut a deal that you can buy prizes for wholesale.
   What the Retailer should expect from you:
   • That his stores name, address, telephone, fax, e-mail address are on every piece of literature you make for your tournament.
   • That you clean up after your tournament.
   • That you buy some product from him. If he has great deals, buy a bunch, if not a Booster now and again will do.
3. Contact WotC with your tournament (I don't know how long this one will last). Michael Brooks is in charge of prize support for us here in Germany. I don't know if she (yes it's a woman ) does the prize support for whereever you are, but she could probably direct you to the right person if she does not. Her e-mail address is: mbrooks@castle.wizards.com.
4. Contact any other source of prize support you can think of. If Wizards has a local rep, contact them as well.
5. Make your flier. These things should be on it:
   • The Netrunner Logo.
   • Where it is (and directions on how to get there by car, including where to park, as well as by bus/ train, including the times they run).
   • When it is (including opening, registration, and tournament start times).
   • Format. As I said before start with Sealed Deck, 4 or 5 rounds Swiss System.
   • Contact Information: Your telephone number and e-mail address should be sufficient.
   • If you find you have enough prize support, mention that all participants will win something.
   • Entry Fee.
   • Mention that it is Sanctioned! All Tournaments are Pre-Sanctioned by Matthias Nagy at the Netrunner Weekly
6. Post your tournament. Three places to start include: The Netrunner Weekly, Top Runners Conference Website (Paul Barron), which has a discussion segment and is linked to The Netrunner Weekly, and this List. Post at least a month in advance if possible, as you never know who might be travelling where a what time.
7. E-mail or telephone every known Netrunner player in the area with your tournament information. Ask them if they have any tournaments coming up that you might attend.
8. Try to find a place where out of town players could 'pitch a sleeping bag' so that you can make this offer (perhaps on the flier if you are sure of it).
9. Send your tournament results to Matthias Nagy.
10. Know the rules. This is important. Nothing turns off new tournament players more than having their judge not knowing how to settle a dispute.
11. Lastly, if you say it, do it.

For those of you who have no game store with enough space in the town where you want to hold a tournament, some suggestions:

• University residences usually have common rooms where you could hold one as long as you book it in advance. Example: all the Bonn tournaments are at present held in one of these.
• Churches usually have basements, Community Centres usually have rooms available as well.
• If you know of a player in another town near you that wants to the same, so much the better. Alternate the tournaments, try to find a third town that is equally distant and start demos there.
• Another thing you can try is booking side events to other tournaments in your area. As an example, the Sealed Deck in Dortmund on April the 20th is a side event for a Qualifier for the German Championship in M:TOG. Some of you may have problems with that I'm not sure, but I have a place to play that I would normally not get, a chance to swing some of the early casualties of that tournament, and an opportunity to infect a new town (runnerspeak there).

Another point, for those who have a sizable turnout at tournaments. One tournament administator should be doing game demos, especially if you are doing support for another game.

I hope this is a help to someone.