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Guides for game night

How to keep a record of your game nights, and how Tabletales keeps them for you.

Guides

Keeping a record of your game nights: what to write down, what to photograph, and how to track every play.

Game night journal ideas: what to write downWhat to write down after a game night: the games, who won, who was there, the moment everyone remembers, the snack and the house rule. Paper and app ideas.How to keep a game night scrapbookHow to keep a scrapbook of your game nights: photos of the table and the final scores, captions that say who won, a box for score sheets, or one app for it all.How to track your board game playsFive ways to track your board game plays: paper, a spreadsheet, BoardGameGeek's play log, BG Stats and Tabletales. What each one keeps, costs, and who it suits.

Inside Tabletales

What the app does, feature by feature.

Your crew: everyone at the table, on the app or notAdd everyone at the table, even friends without the app. Send a guest a one-time invite link, and the nights you shared appear in their timeline. Never public.Every game gets a historySee how many times you've played every board game, who you play it with and who holds the high score, plus quiet stats for game night. Free on iPhone and iPad.The Scorepad: keep score your wayThe Tabletales Scorepad keeps score at the table: highest or lowest wins, places, teams, co-op or who won. It adds every hand. Free on iPhone and iPad.

Compare

How Tabletales stacks up against other game night apps, honestly.

Tabletales and BG Stats: which one fits your game nights?BG Stats and Tabletales compared: price, platforms, statistics, BoardGameGeek sync, photos and privacy. Where BG Stats is stronger, and who each app suits best.Board game play trackers comparedBoard game play trackers compared: BG Stats, BGG, Board Record, NemeStats, Board Game Shelf, Meeple Tracker, paper and Tabletales, and who each fits.
Your next game night

Keep score tonight. Keep the night for good.

Tabletales adds up every hand, then saves the whole night: the games, the scores, the photos and who was there.

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