Guides
Practical steps, taken straight from how the app works. We’ll keep adding to them.
Getting started
- Start a board game clubFrom your account to your first logged play, in seven steps.
- Try the demoExplore a sample club with no account; nothing you do is saved.
- Invite members and share rolesInvitation links, open or by-request clubs, exactly what each role can do, and why trust matters.
- Set up your profileYour name, @tag, picture, favourite games and what other players see.
- Be in several clubsOne account for every club you run or play in, and how plans count clubs.
- Find a club or playersSearch public clubs by country and city, join or ask to join, and find players.
- Friends and private messagesFriend requests, private messages with photos, and staying in control.
- Install the app and turn on notificationsInstall TurnOrder from the browser on Android, iPhone or a computer, then allow notifications.
- NotificationsWhat you’re notified about, the bell, and staying in sync across devices.
- Use TurnOrder in English or RomanianSwitch language anytime; your account remembers it on every device.
Game nights
- Plan a game nightCreate the event, cap the seats, run the waitlist and let reminders do the chasing.
- Run a pollAsk the group anything, with a deadline and reminders.
- The “What do we play?” voteLet the group choose the game from your club’s catalogue.
- RandomisersPick a game, the turn order or the teams in one tap.
- Run a live sessionFollow a play in real time, with a chess-style clock for each player.
- Post announcementsClub-wide news with photos, sent to everyone as a notification.
- Use the club chatMessages and photos, private replies, reporting and moderation.
Scores and Club Points
- Log a play with Club PointsLog a play in under a minute and understand how Club Points are calculated.
- Club Points or ELO?Two ways to rank players, for different kinds of groups.
- Custom score sheetsBuild a score sheet for a game, field by field, and let it add up the total.
- Roles in gamesRecord who played which faction or character, and see win rates per role.
- Games where the lowest score winsSet the score direction once per game, change it for a single play.
- The score calculatorAdd up end-of-game points without leaving the score sheet.
- Browse your play historyFind any play by player, game or period, with its photos.
- Share a playSend a play as an image or as text, with everything that happened.
- Read your statsStats per game and player, plus advanced and cross-club stats.
- Club achievementsMilestones the whole club unlocks together.
- Photos of your playsAttach photos to a play; only club members can see them.
- Players without an accountLog plays for people who haven’t joined yet, and hand them their history later.
Tournaments, campaigns and co-op
Running the club
- Build your club’s catalogueAdd games from BoardGameGeek, import a collection, and who can change what.
- Write your club’s rulesHouse rules in articles, with a version and a date everyone can see.
- Moderate your clubHandle reports, remove content, mute or exclude someone.
- Export your club’s dataPlay history to CSV, the rules as PDF, and the full club backup.
- Back up and restore your clubExport the whole club to a file, and restore it if something goes wrong.
- Hand over or take over a clubTransfer ownership, take over a club whose organiser left, or close it.
- Plans, trial and billingThe 30-day trial, what happens when it ends, and managing your subscription.