TCG Card Shop Simulator: How to Host and Play in Your Own Tournament

Prepare the tournament furniture and numbered tables

Tournament hosting starts with the Tournament Prize Shelf added to MY DIY. The tournament also needs numbered play tables so participants can play; a shelf alone is not the entire setup. [1]

Steps

1. Obtain the Tournament Prize Shelf for the shop. [1]
2. Set a Table number on the tables being used for the event. [1]

Configure the tournament in the phone app

The phone’s Tournament app is the hosting control. It lets you choose an event size from 8 to 32 participants, select prizes and set the entry fee. [1]

Steps

1. Open the phone’s Tournament app to configure the event. [1]
2. Choose a participant count within the documented8–32 range. [1]
3. Choose the prizes for first, second, third and the top-eight participants, then set an entry fee appropriate to those prizes. [1]

Build a deck at the Workbench before joining

Version 1.0 adds playable Tetramon matches and lets you enter your own tournament. The Workbench unlocks at shop level 7 and contains the full rulebook as well as deck creation, so complete that early progression first. [2]

Steps

1. Use the Workbench to read the rulebook and create or modify your deck. [2]
2. Prepare a 50-card deck before entering your playable matches. [2]

Join the tournament you host

The 1.0 update enables participation in your own hosted tournament. Your final ranking determines whether you keep prizes, so hosting does not automatically award the tournament’s prizes to the shop owner. [2]

Steps

1. Use the tournament’s join function to play against its customers. [2]
2. Watch the live participant match rates and statistics as the tournament runs. [1]

Practise ordinary duels while the shop remains open

For a normal quick duel outside the tournament, approach a lone customer waiting at a play table and press RMB on PC or the gamepad’s right face button. The developer describes these as 3–5 minute matches while the shop continues operating. That is a practical way to learn the deck before making tournament results depend on it. [2]

Check the difference between joining and progression bugs

Build 1.01 fixes a joining problem; Build 1.02 describes its tournament-progression change only as a possible fix. If the event stalls, note whether the issue is joining a match or advancing the event rather than assuming they are identical. [2]