Overview
At Draft Mode champion selection, each team selects one female champion to be designated as their “Queen.” Throughout the course of the game, both teams will attempt to kill the other team’s Queen. The first team to have their Queen die 7 times loses and must surrender.
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Playing Field
The playing field is limited is half of the jungle area of Summoner’s Rift. The team that picks second in Champion selection decides whether the game will use Baron’s side of the jungle, or Dragon’s. Once the playing field has been decided, all fighting must occur within the playing field. If at any time the Queen retreats outside of the playing field, she must immediately suicide to the enemy team and it shall be counted as a point. Please see the picture for an outline of the playing field.
General Rules
1. Players are to avoid going within exp range of enemy minions at all times. If minions threaten to take down any Tower, players may use the Fortify Spell, if they have it. Otherwise they must let the Tower fall.
2. The Teleport summoner spell is not allowed.
3. The Blue Golem and Red Lizard as well as their helpers in the designated playing field may be killed by either team, but all other neutral monsters are to remain unharmed.
4. Once a Queen is slain, both teams may retreat out of the playing field. Players may chase enemy players as long as they remain in the playing field, but may not chase them once they have exited.
5. Once a Queen is slain, players not already in the enemy jungle may not enter the enemy jungle until both teams have 5 players in their respective jungles.
6. Once a Queen is slain and all combat has stopped, both teams are to return to their respective jungles.
7. Queens start the next round by signalling that their team is in their jungle. When both Queens have given their "Go", the round starts.
Queen-specific Rules
1. Upon death, the Queen is to return to the playing immediately and call out to the enemy team when she is back in play.
2. The Queen may not buy any items at any time during the match. However, she may purchase Oracle Elixers (She may not purchase any other types of elixers).
3. The Queen must run the Clairvoyance and Rally summoning spells.
Underling-specific Rules
1. Underlings may only return to the fountain to heal or shop after dying.
2. Underlings may purchase any items except for: Mejai's Soulstealer, Leviathan, and Sword of the Occult.
3. Underlings may not take the Clairvoyance or the Rally summoning spells.
4. As long as neither Queen has died, underlings may reenter the playing field immediately after respawning. If either Queen has died, they should wait until the reset.
5. If an Underling is executed (slain by a minion, turret, or neutral) they must remain at the fountain until at least 1 Queen is slain.
Notes
If you have any suggestions or insights, please feel free to post! I’ll update this post after some play testing and as issues arise to keep the game as fun and balanced as possible.
Changes:
5/22/11 - Snowball Items are no longer allowed. Underlings may no longer return the base without dying. Queen deaths to win reduced to 7. Changed wording of rules to count Queen suicide to minions as a point. Added rule regarding suicide to minions. Changed rules to allow all players to retreat outside of the playing field when a Queen is slain.
5/23/11 - Changed rule wording to prevent exp leeching from lanes. Added more info to FAQ.
5/24/11 - Added more info to FAQ, and moved it to second post so it doesn't clutter the first.