This row has the fewest editions of any brand in the catalog and long stretches with nothing at all. Northern summer, June to August, when the mega-editions are held.

There is no other peak because there are barely any other events. Registration opens twelve to eighteen months ahead and the host city's accommodation is consumed for a fortnight.

Competitors who enter multiple sports face a schedule they cannot control and often extend their stay accordingly, which lengthens the trip and the booking. Masters clubs and associations, national and city delegations, affinity organisations that predate and outlast the event, and alumni networks from previous editions.

The quadrennial world masters edition, the quadrennial affinity Games, the European masters edition, and the biennial national senior games. The cycles are staggered, which means most years have something, but no year has many.