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What board game should we play tonight?

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

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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.

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).