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What board game should we play tonight?

The game night picker — swipe your shelves together, match on a game.

Free · No install · Works on every couch

How it works

  1. 1

    Shuffle the shelf

    Your BGG collection, the group's shelves, or BGG's trending and top-ranked charts.

  2. 2

    Seat the table

    Six-letter code, any phone. Player-count and age filters fit the actual table.

  3. 3

    Swipe the games

    Yes, no, maybe — and a veto for the game you've played to death.

  4. 4

    Roll into it

    Match on tonight's game, mark it played, claim new favorites for your shelf.

What's in the deck

Questions

What is pickaru dice?

pickaru dice ends the shelf stare-down that eats the first half hour of every game night. Deal a deck from the group's own collections — sync your BoardGameGeek collection or hand-pick what you own — filtered by player count and age, and tuned by play time, rules weight, and the table's mood: party laughs, big-brain strategy, co-op, or backstab city.

Everyone swipes privately, games that only play well at the wrong player count never even show up, and a veto benches anything the table has played to death. Full match or top picks — or let the dice decide. New to the hobby? Deal from BGG's trending and top-100 charts instead of a shelf.

How do we pick a board game everyone at the table wants to play?

Deal a deck from the group's shelves filtered by player count and mood, then everyone swipes privately. A full match means the whole table said yes; otherwise the top-voted games are ranked and the dice can decide.

Does it work with my BoardGameGeek collection?

Yes — sync your BGG username and your owned games and wishlist become your shelf. You can also hand-pick games without a BGG account. Board game data courtesy of BoardGameGeek.com.

What if nobody at the table has a collection?

Deal from BGG's trending list or top-100 ranked games instead — a discovery deck that needs no shelf at all.

Does it respect player count?

Yes — games whose supported player range doesn't cover your table's size are filtered out of the deck (with a sensible fallback if that would leave nothing to deal).