Choose how to play
A league, groups then a knockout, a knockout, or a scoreboard. Draftastic makes the matches and a timetable.
1Answer one question
In Setup, open Play and answer “How will you play?”. Each card says how many matches it makes and how long they take.
2Draftastic makes the matches
It draws the groups and builds a timetable from your areas, match length and start time. Nobody is put in two places at once.
3Start, and play
On the night, choose Start the groups. When they are done, Start the knockout. The bracket fills itself.
Good to know
- Times are a guide. Matches can be played in any order, and the timetable keeps up.
- Call your areas what you like, such as courts, lanes or tables, and say what a score counts.
- Playing is optional. Without it, a draft ends at the teams, as it always has.
How each way works
League
Step 1: Everyone plays everyone
Each team plays every other team once.
Step 2: Win 3, level 1, loss 0
After each match, the points go in a table.
Step 3: Most points wins
The team at the top of the table wins.
Level: Both teams scored the same.
Shorter league
Step 1: A few rounds
Every team plays the same few rounds, not everyone.
Step 2: Similar teams meet
Each round, you play a team on about the same points.
Step 3: Most points wins
After the last round, the top of the table wins.
Round: One set of matches. Every team plays once.
Straight through: You skip this round without playing. You still get the win.
Groups, then knockout
Step 1: Small groups
Teams play the others in their group.
Step 2: The best go through
The top teams in each group play on.
Step 3: Then a knockout
Win and you go on. One champion at the end.
Step 4: A plate for the rest
Teams that don’t go through play a plate instead.
Knockout
Step 1: 16 teams
Everyone starts in the first round.
Step 2: Win and you go on
Lose and you are out.
Step 3: One champion
The last team left wins.
Second chance
Step 1: Everyone starts in one knockout
Win and you go on.
Step 2: Lose once and you play on
You move down to the second chance.
Step 3: Lose twice and you are out
The two winners meet in the grand final.
Scoreboard
Step 1: Every team plays every round
All the teams take part each time.
Step 2: Each round, every team scores
The points go on the board.
Step 3: Add it up
The team with the most points wins.
Round: One set of matches. Every team plays once.
See it in an event
- School sports dayFour houses, races timed to the second, and the scores on the hall screen.4 houses · 6 races · fastest time winsUses Deal, Reveal, Ways to play, Scores, TV and phones
- Quiz nightSpread the quiz whizzes, keep friends together, and put six rounds on the big screen.8 tables · 6 rounds · highest total winsUses Deal, Preferences, Ways to play, Scores, TV and phones
- Five-a-sideFair teams on skill, then a league or a cup on the night, with every result on the clubhouse TV.20 players · 4 teams · 6 matchesUses Deal, Captains, Ways to play, Scores, TV and phones
- Office away-dayTeams that mix departments, so people meet colleagues they don’t usually work with. Then a challenge in rounds.20 people · 5 teams · 5 challengesUses Deal, Choose, Ways to play, TV and phones
- Esports nightCaptains pick on a timer, a coin toss for first pick, then a knockout with a second chance, on stream.20 players · 4 teams · lose twice to go outUses Captains, Reveal, Ways to play, Players’ scores
- Chess clubTeams of four boards, and a shorter league where teams on about the same points meet each round.24 players · 6 teams · 4 roundsUses Hand-pick, Ways to play, Players’ scores
Try it with your group
It’s free. Start without an account, and share the code.