Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about running a board game league on Meeple Cup.
Getting Started
Meeple Cup is a web platform for running board game leagues and tournaments with live standings.
Yes. It is currently free, with no ads, hidden fees, or credit card required.
It is built for friends, clubs, cafés, and communities that want a clear and fair competition system.
No. Meeple Cup works in the browser, so you can start right away.
Yes. The interface is mobile-first, so league management works well on phones.
Monthly, seasonal, or multi-session formats usually create the most meaningful standings.
Yes. Some groups use it for friendly tracking, while others run serious club rankings.
Meeple Cup is more than a spreadsheet. It is a complete league platform that handles invites, roles, scoring, standings, and public pages in one place. You can also earn achievements, appear in the top 10 of your favorite game on its game page, level up, and enjoy many features that a simple spreadsheet cannot offer.
No. Meeple Cup is easy to use, and these steps are simple for anyone to handle. Create a league, invite the players, record the results, and you are ready to go. If you get stuck anywhere, write to us and we will help.
Yes. It works well for a few friends and also scales up for larger communities.
League Setup
After signing in, you can start creating a league from the dashboard and fill in the main settings.
At the moment, you can choose from three practical options: a league for any games, a league built around one specific game, or an elimination competition for one specific game.
If you are unsure, we recommend a league without selecting a specific game. It gives you the most freedom. In elimination format, you must choose one specific game, so it is usually the better fit for shorter events, even one-day competitions.
Yes. Start and end dates are informal, but they are useful when you want to give the championship a clear timeframe.
Yes. The owner can play as a participant or stay in an organizer-only role.
Yes, you can change certain settings later, but not everything. The important thing is that you do not need to set everything perfectly at the beginning. Just get started, and if you get stuck, write to us and we will help.
If enabled, each player can score with a specific game only once in that league.
Yes. A league can also be built around one specific game, and elimination format also requires one selected game. We mainly recommend this when your group really enjoys playing the same game many times.
Yes. A league can be reopened within 24 hours after it is closed, but after that it becomes final.
Players & Invites
You can invite players by email or share a public join link.
Yes. You can invite them, and once they register, they will automatically be added to the league you invited them to.
It is a shareable URL that lets existing or new users join a league more easily.
Yes. The organizer can turn the join link off at any time, reactivate it, or create a completely new link.
If the organizer does not revoke the join link, the system allows later entry as well. So if a new player agrees to join the league later, they can still take part.
Yes. Their past match history stays preserved for the integrity of the competition.
Yes. Someone can help run the league without competing in it.
League admins and assigned scorekeepers can record results.
Yes. Meeple Cup supports a combined player and scorekeeper role.
The organizer can send a fresh invitation or use the public join link instead.
Scoring & Standings
Scoring combines game complexity, playtime, player count, and final placement.
The model rewards the games that usually demand more time, commitment, and depth.
Yes. Meeple Cup rewards participation, so even last place still earns points.
The more players take part in a match, the more points the system distributes among them, because winning becomes harder.
In cooperative games, the participants share the points equally if they win together. If they do not win, then in this special case nobody receives any points.
No. Strong finishes and more demanding games also matter, not only match count.
Standings are driven primarily by total score and refresh immediately after saved results.
An authorized organizer can edit the match and the standings will recalculate.
Yes. Authorized users can enter past play dates when catching up on results.
Yes. Saving a match updates the relevant scores and standings right away.
Matches & Results
Choose the game, select the players in the order they finished, and then save it.
You need the game, the participating players, and the final placement order.
Yes. Authorized users can edit recorded matches when something needs correction.
You can choose from more than 20,000 games in the platform database. If you still cannot find one, you can easily submit it, and we usually add it within 24 hours and notify you when it is available.
The platform database already includes more than 20,000 games. If you still cannot find the one you need, you can easily submit it, and we usually add it within 24 hours and notify you when it is available.
Yes. Notes are useful for context, reminders, or memorable moments.
Yes. Meeple Cup supports entering past sessions when you need to catch up.
Yes, unless the organizer enables the unique-games-only rule.
Yes. Meeple Cup supports both, which makes it a strong fit for mixed game collections.
Yes. Points go only to the players who actually took part in that recorded session.
Tournament Formats
Today, Meeple Cup supports classic leagues and elimination tournaments.
Group-based playoff formats are prepared, but they are not yet part of the normal public offering.
Elimination brackets are designed for counts such as 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128 players.
One featured game keeps the bracket easier to compare, follow, and understand.
It shows where the event is in its lifecycle, such as league play, elimination, or closed status.
Yes. Meeple Cup allows scorekeepers with the proper role to close a league.
A closed league can be reopened within 24 hours.
They can be marked as expired after a period of inactivity while preserving history.
Yes. Meeple Cup can notify league members when the event moves into a new phase.
Profile & Account
You can sign up with email and password, or use Google sign-in instead.
Yes. Google sign-in is supported as an alternative to email login.
Yes. Email activation is part of the registration flow.
Yes. Meeple Cup supports seven languages and stores your preferred locale.
Yes. You can update details such as username, avatar, city, motto, and bio.
Your public profile can show your basic details, stats, achievements, and follow information. It can also show when you appear in the top 10 of a game.
Yes. Meeple Cup includes a one-way follow system for player activity.
Yes. Meeple Cup includes an account deletion flow with a waiting period.
The request stays pending for 30 days so you can still cancel it before anonymization.
Yes. Superadmins can edit usernames when moderation or support requires it.
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The scoring model is designed to balance placement, game weight, game length, and player count.
Emails & Alerts
Depending on the situation, it can send activation, invite, match, phase, closure, warning, approval, and account emails.
Yes. Match-related notifications can be managed in your settings.
Yes. Phase notifications can be disabled in your notification preferences.
Yes. Closure-related notifications can be controlled in your email settings.
Yes. Guest invitations can be emailed automatically by the platform.
Meeple Cup can notify you by email when the requested game becomes available.
Yes. Accounts that use password login can reset it by email.
Public Pages & Sharing
Yes. Leagues have public-facing pages that make sharing and following easier.
Yes. The standings page is designed to be easy to share with players and followers.
Yes. Meeple Cup includes public game pages for browsing the library.
Yes. Your public profile and other public sections can show the achievements you have earned.
Yes. Public profile pages make it easy to share your identity, stats, and achievements.
Yes. The join flow can show league-related information even before account creation.
Help & Policies
Yes. Structured leagues, nuanced scoring, and organizer roles fit dedicated board game communities well.
Yes. Meeple Cup works very well for recurring community events and venue-based competitions.
Yes. It is already live and usable, while development continues.
Meeple Cup includes a feedback option for comments, ratings, and suggestions.
Rich text is allowed, but it is sanitized through a whitelist for safety and consistency.
Past match history stays preserved so the competition record remains accurate.