Boardsquares Revamp

What's New

Boardsquares is expanding into an online service that will provide entertainment-only sports square boards for office parties, private groups, and tournaments.

Pro Boards

Participant claiming and premium tools

Pro boards unlock participant self-claiming, live scoring where available, Potential Outcomes for football, result notifications, branding, and activity history.

Private Access

Join by code, link, or QR

Boards are moving away from public browsing. Participants access boards through a private code, link, or QR flow, then sign in before board actions.

Board Page

Cleaner square claiming

The 10x10 board stays familiar, while claim status, owned squares, available counts, results, and board progress are easier to see.

Host Controls

Better setup and board management

Hosts get tools for board setup, lifecycle status, participant limits, team labels, assignment mode, board activity, and manual score entry.

Game Flow

Draft, open, locked, completed, archived

Board lifecycle states make it easier to prepare a board, pause claiming, lock assignments, record results, and hide old boards when archived.

Free vs Pro

The revamp separates simple manual boards from paid boards with premium hosting tools.

  • Free: one active board at a time.
  • Free: host-assigned squares only.
  • Free: manual scoring and basic board management.
  • Free: sharing, cloning, export, and print-friendly board tools are planned.
  • Pro: participants can sign in and claim their own squares.
  • Pro: live scoring where sports data is available.
  • Pro: activity history, branding, result notifications, and premium board controls.
  • Pro: football Potential Outcomes, live scoring where available, and premium host tools.

Software-only hosting

Boardsquares is being rebuilt around board hosting, not participant payments or prize handling.

  • Participant-money and payout wording is being removed from board flows.
  • Boardsquares does not collect participant payments, hold funds, manage prizes, or distribute payouts.
  • Manual score entry remains available while sports API scoring is explored.
  • Football, basketball, and tournament square boards stay in scope.
  • Guided host setup, QR sharing, TV mode, and custom branding are planned premium areas.
  • Final public wording will stay subject to legal and provider-rights review.