Proposed “Word Turbo” Tournaments
Word Turbo is a digital board game is 23 by 23 spaces with 204 letter tiles to make words on 529 squares, some of which have bonus points. Player with the most points wins the board and moves to the next board, like a tennis tournament elimination bracket. Each board can have 2 to 8 players.
Our online ”Word Turbo” board, each member plays with 2 to 8 players to lay word tiles on flat board to achieve highest point total, until all word tiles have been exhausted.
Each letter awards a point score denoted on each letter tile. A tile space may be designated as a special bonus space. Position placement of special bonus points squares will be determined at random and the special bonus square positions will change with each time a winner sees a new opponent at the next bracket level with a new digital board.
529 Letter Tile spaces with 204 letter tiles
The Tournament Process
The Word Turbo tournament is similar to a tennis tournament. There is an elimination bracket draw. If a player wins his board match by having the most points, his opponents are eliminated from the tournament and the winner goes to the next bracket level. The loser of a match is does not progress to the next bracket level.
If a player wins a brackett level with 6 boards, then the winner goes to the final board.
A Word Turbo board is 23 spaces by 23 spaces and approximately 204 letter tiles to place on a space to make a word.
To create challenge and adversity. Board shapes and sizes may change.
The spaces with offer double and triple the letter and word score may be placed on spaces throughout the board.
See the game “Rules” on another page. A standard board has 529 spaces and 204 letter tiles. Each letter has a different point score.
Each player is allotted a total 20 minutes to play during the entirety of each board game. With 6 players the maximum time of play is 120 minutes, but like will be less since each player will not use their entire 20 minutes.
Long Term Planned Development – Future crowdfunding Phase
A tournament with 6 players per board and 216 entries with have 3 levels of brackets: 216 players on 36 boards, then 36 players on 6 boards, and finally 6 players on the final board. Each level takes a maximum of 120 minutes to complete the game, depending on how the players use their maximum 20 minutes. Thus 3 elimination levels (brackets) take take a maximum of 360 minutes, however probably much less actual playing time. Upon completion of each board level, there will be a 5 minute break.
Each type of Word Turbo event has 4 methods of participation.
• Online tournaments – $ 10 per month subscription
• Face to Face local MeetUp tournaments – Solo and Teams
• TV reality game show – Solo and Teams – televised weekly
• Global Word Turbo Masters Tournament Championships – face to face – solo and teams – televised annually
At a later date, we will have tournaments with an entry fee and winners receive prizes and awards. The monthly subscription will be $10 per month to play for prize awards.
The leading winners of each type word game from online and face to face local tournaments, can qualify to for TV reality game show …. the Global Word Turbo Championships.
Marketing
Main types of marketing amid branding.
Unlimited entry to free tournaments – Monthly membership is $5 per month
1. Charitable and Non-profit organizations and individuals can use Word Turbo to raise funds for their cause. We offer private branded fun word tournaments with a URL link and password.
A Charity can ask patrons to buy an tournament entry ticket with the Time and date for the tournament URL link and password. A charitable Word Turbo can have a company sponsor to create good citizen publicity.
Newlywed couples may build their funds with a bridal registry at Word Turbo tournament
College grads may want to travel as a reward for achievement. The parents can offer patrons an opportunity to win a prize via the Word Turbo Fundraising tournament. The remaining funds can be used for a travel reward.
2. Members will have the opportunity to get credit for one month subscription fee by inviting 7 friends to play in a free tournament. Members get credit for two free months subscription fees when one friend when they invite a paying subscriber.
3. Paying subscribers are invited to play in a brick and mortar tournament at the regional face-to-face Word Turbo tournament.
4. Paying subscribers and free members can host an invite for 5 friends to play with the host in an free 6 player tournament with the winner to receive a 6 month paid subscription.
5. Affiliate marketing will pay affiliate sponsors a one time fee of $15 per new paid “Player” member. We would ask wordgame and crossword clubs to become affiliates to recruit their club members.
6. We would sponsor our own brick and mortar “MeetUp” clubs to meet once per week to create club loyalty. Expecting 50 members per club in 20 cities would create 4,000 face to face meetings each month. Special club incentives would be created to induce local participation. Each new “MeetUp” guest attendee would receive an affiliate link to expand participation of their friends and increase their earned affiliate paycheck. Their unique affiliate link could be used by email, Facebook, LinkedIn, SnapChat, etc. etc.
7. Online Game rooms can become link affiliates. This is a huge market. Video gamers are excellent centers of influence.
8. Local televised tournaments will get publicity. It will feel like a reality show with individual personalities. There will be varieties of tournaments over several days. It will be necessary to have a traveling national, or global tournament, director to organize, facilitate and coordinate each tournament contest.
Each contestant will receive an affiliate link to make some money. Additionally, each player will be interviewed for YouTube and will receive an email with the YouTube link to share with friends. Thus each player will get two links: one with a YouTube interview and also an affiliate money link.
9. YouTube and Podcast audio interviews with players will be introduced through social media channels such as Facebook Live and Google Hangouts.
10. Outstanding excellent players may stream their game board play to earn monthly subscription fees from paying fans.