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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

1

Start

Open Communities from the main menu and select Add.
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Pick Gaming Group

Choose Gaming Group. You are set as the organizer of the group.
3

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

1

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.

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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 people to an event, the groups you are in are listed next to your friends. Select a 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, and which events show on the Events tab with Show events from. Groups don’t have an Overview tab.

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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.