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A gaming group is a private space for the people you play with. Everyone’s games are combined into one shared library, so you can see at a glance what the group owns. The group also gets its own chat and a place for your game nights. Looking for a café, club or other public place? See Communities.

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Create a group

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Start

Open Communities under Explore in the main menu and select Add.
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Pick Gaming Group

Choose Gaming Group, then I am the organizer, host or techie of this group. You become the group’s owner.
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Name it

Enter a Name between 4 and 64 characters, then select Create.
You need a complete profile to create a group. A guest account is not enough. See Account types. A group always has a shared library and always needs your approval to join, so there is nothing else to set up. Add an image, a description and a location later from the Manage tab.
Hobbyists can own one group or community. Enthusiasts can own more.

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Invite people

There are two ways to bring people in: a link they ask to join with, or an invite link that lets them in straight away.

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Ask to join

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Share the link

Open the Members tab and copy the link under Share this link with people you want to invite! Send it to your friends in any chat.
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They ask to join

Your friends open the link and select Request Membership. Their button shows Request Pending until you answer.
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Accept them

Their request shows up in the Members tab. Select Accept or Reject.
As the owner, open Manage and select Create link under Invite links. You can limit how many people can join with it (Max uses) and for how many days it works (Expires after (days)). Leave either empty for no limit. Anyone who opens an invite link gets Accept invitation, and is in right away, without waiting for approval. A guest account works too. You can cancel a link at any time with Cancel link. People who already joined with it stay members. An invite link doesn’t get anyone past the member limit.

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Members

A group has an Owner and Members. There are no moderators, and roles can’t be changed. The owner can remove someone with Kick user from the member’s menu. A group can have up to 12 members. If one of the group’s owners has Enthusiast, the limit is 50 members. When the group is full, you can’t accept new requests until you make room.

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The shared library

When someone joins the group, their collection is added to the group’s library. The Sharing column in the Members tab shows whose games are included.
  • Each member can turn sharing off, and back on, for their own collection.
  • The owner can change sharing for anyone in the group.
To search the group’s games, pick the group under Collections on the Search page. You get all the Search filters, so finding a three-player game under an hour takes seconds.
Want the library on the group page too? Turn on the Board Game Library tab under Manage. It is off for new groups.

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Game nights with your group

When you invite friends to an event, choose Everyone in a group and pick the group to invite all of its members at once.

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Tabs and settings

The owner opens the Manage tab to change the group’s image, name, description and location.
The group’s location is visible to others. Use a city or a country rather than a private address.
Each tab can be turned on or off, and you choose who sees it. Everyone means anyone who opens the group’s page. You also choose which tab opens first under Default Tab, which events show on the Events tab with Show events from, and, for the Gallery, Who can add photos. See Photos. The Overview tab is a front page for the group, built from modules. See Customize your community.

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Keep it private, or list it

New groups are Unlisted: only people with the link can find them. Under Manage > Discoverability you can make the group Listed, so it shows up on Explore and in search engines. To be listed, the group needs:
  • An image of its own.
  • A description of at least 50 characters.
  • A location that can be shown on the map. This can be a city.