Fire Emblem 8
Game and scoring:
1) Runners will play on a vanilla US/EU copy of Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones on hard mode. Super trainees may be unlocked
2) The draft is for four players.
3) The run will be scored based on turn count, with lower being better. If a defend map is played until the defend condition, the map’s reported turncount is the turn of the last player phase (the game erroneously adds an extra turn).
4) Racers may submit runs through twitch stream or youtube video upload. If you do not wish to submit your run, that is your prerogative, this is a casual event after all.
5) Emulators are allowed for play and planning, but submitted chapters must be played from start to finish without any emulator savestates, hacks, or scripts. Speedup is poor form but not prohibited.
6) Use of the control enemy glitch is banned.

Drafting:
1) Eirika, Ephraim, Orson, Myrrh, and Tethys are all free
2) Seth is completely banned
3) Each player may freely choose which route to take.
4) Players pick in “snake order” 12344321
5) There are 28 characters to draft, and so each of the four players should have a team of 7 drafted units.

Allowed actions:
1) Undrafted units may not be deployed from the deployment menu unless they recruit someone in the chapter. You won’t even incur a penalty, it’s a strictly illegal move that will disqualify you.
2) Undrafted units who are on the map through force deployment, recruitment, or because they recruit a character through rule (1) may move, trade items/use supply, visit shops/armories (and buy/sell things), recruit characters, rescue undrafted units, dig up items in the desert, and use vulneraries, elixirs, or pure waters.
3) Undrafted units cannot do any other actions, including but not limited to: build supports, unlock doors/chests, visit villages, enter combat, heal, use torches, go into the arena, or promote
4) The players who draft Ewan or Amelia may use the tower of Valni to train them out of their tier zero class (into knight, cav, mage, shaman, trainee2, or pupil2). Turns spent during this time are not counted towards the final total. Items gained through this must be discarded.
5) The Tower of Valni, Lagdou Ruins, and map skirmishes are banned for all purposes except as stated in (4). Players may, however, enter a skirmish, deploy only their lord, and immediately retreat.

Penalties:
1) Disallowed use of an undrafted character is a 4 turn penalty per unit per chapter.
2) Disallowed use of Seth is an 8 turn penalty per chapter.