Open this page twice. The laptop on the projector runs the board. Your phone runs the host controls.
Final Showdown
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Question 1 of 5
The Family Showdown
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The game will appear here when it starts.
Waiting for the game to start
Tap Next question to begin
Type the families in as they sign in. Generate the schedule when everyone has arrived, then tap Start on a game to load it.
Just play these two
Type any two family names and go. Nothing else needs setting up.
Match ups
Pick two families, then Load to put them on the board. Close this and tap START. Or add games to the list and load them one at a time.
Teams
Who is here. Add walk-ins, or bring in everyone who signed up online.
One family per line, straight off the sign-in sheet.
Five questions each, two players. Type what they say while the clock runs, then reveal them one at a time after the buzzer.
One team per line. Under six teams plays a round robin — everybody plays everybody. Six or more switches to single elimination.
Soundboard
Music
Hear the game on this device
Leave this off in the room. Turn it on if you are running the board from somewhere else
and need to hear the timing.
Sound plays on the board laptop, not on this phone. Plug the laptop into the room's speakers. If no board is open, nothing will be heard anywhere.
Changes the big screen instantly. The phone stays as it is.
Wipes scores, lights, the pot, the current question, the tournament and the used-question list. Your saved questions and theme stay.
Let the winning family choose
Puts the categories on the big screen. Tap the one they call out.
Pick the categories for the next questions. With none picked the game uses everything.
Question on its own line, then each answer as answer | count. Blank line between questions. Any number of answers — the top eight are kept and rescaled to total 100.