GAUNTLET GAME INTRO

How the Gauntlet Game Works

You play and win in your leagues. We combine those great odds with big payout opportunities. These are 12-team leagues to start the year, until Week 13 when two leagues come together to form a bracket for the final weeks.

The Draft

24 players will join a league and buy in via LeagueSafe (majority rule). Buy-in is $33.

  • • 24 players randomly split into two separate 12-team leagues.
  • • Half play in the initial league; the other half may remain as spectators or rejoin later for the bracket.
  • • The remaining twelve will form the second league, and others can join to spectate.
  • • These leagues combine again in Week 13 to form a God Bracket.

Ready “Gods” will be scheduled to draft together in June, and the Bracket demo will be updated to represent the players in each God. This process repeats for each God.

One God from each Legion will be open at any time until all Legions are full. Each God has a Light and Dark league. Drafts will be 4-hour slow drafts to begin, derby startup, with no 3rd-round reversal and no pick trading.

Preregistration is open now. You can join a Legion by joining a God using the Sleeper links provided by your Game Managers. Once a God has 24 paid entries, we can begin.

Only one entry per player for each God, but you can claim an entry in each of the 12 Gods as they are released.

How to Play

If you draft well and play the game, you have roughly a 1 in 3 chance at winning a payout before Week 13. Everything after that is upside.

The game begins with 3 separate Legions, each Legion has 4 Gods. Each God represents a 24-player subdivision — a God Bracket.

Two individual leagues (Light and Dark) run from Weeks 1–12. These leagues come together in Week 13 to form a God Bracket.

The 3 Legs of the Gauntlet

Leg 1 – Redraft (Weeks 1–8)

You play a standard redraft game from Weeks 1–8. League median will play a role. You begin with $200 FAAB, and FAAB does not reset.

Roster for Leg 1:

  • • 1 QB
  • • 2 RB
  • • 3 WR
  • • 1 TE
  • • 1 Flex
  • • 1 Superflex
  • • 7 Bench

Leg 2 – Guillotine (Weeks 9–12)

Week 9 starts the Guillotine phase. The lowest player in total points will be cut for the next four weeks.

  • • After Weeks 9, 10, 11, and 12, the lowest-scoring team from each league must drop their roster (or have it dropped) by Tuesday night.
  • • Waivers run Wednesday night — make your claims during this window.

Rosters expand once after Week 10, before waivers for Week 11:

  • • 1 QB
  • • 2 RB
  • • 3 WR
  • • 1 TE
  • • 2 Flex
  • • 1 Superflex
  • • 10 Bench

Leg 3 – The Bracket (Weeks 13–17)

In Week 13, the format converts to Best Ball for the bracket portion. Your team is now permanent — you built it through Redraft and Guillotine, and now you cast it off into battle head-to-head until Week 17.

Managers will seed each player in the God Bracket as #1–#16 based on points:

  • • #1 vs #16
  • • #2 vs #15
  • • and so on…

Update 08/28/25: Seeding will occur within the leagues (Light 1–8 vs Dark 8–1).

Your only job each week is to outscore your opponent to move on. There is no reseeding — the bracket determines your opponents. Win again in Week 14 to unlock the next payouts, and each win adds more money.

Money & Payouts

All payouts, BONUSES, and conditional upside are fully detailed in the Cash Doc. As always, your Game Managers are available for any questions. Don't hesitate to ask — you might help us catch loose ends or missing details.

💸 View the Gauntlet Cash Doc