A game's page is the home for everything about that one game, info, art, rules, components, playtests, pitches, and more. It's organized into tabs so you can focus on one part at a time.
This page tours each tab and points to the deeper articles for the parts that need a full walkthrough.
What this page helps you do
Get oriented when you open a game for the first time.
Find the tab for the thing you need.
Know which tabs change often vs which ones you set once.
Header
At the top of every tab:
Game cover thumbnail.
Title and a status chip.
A save indicator (if you have unsaved changes).
An Actions menu (top right) for whole-game operations: copy, archive, delete, share access.
If the game is an expansion, the header shows the parent game's title too.
Game info tab
The default landing tab. Holds the game's identity:
Name, status, descriptions, hooks, credits.
Genre, mechanics, player count, duration, age, complexity.
MSRP and currency.
BGG link.
Expansion toggle and parent game.
Most of what you set when creating the game lives here. See Create a game for the full field list.
Components tab
The list of physical pieces that make up the game, cards, boards, tokens, dice, manuals. Each component has a name, type, count, and optional variants.
Used heavily during production planning and when generating sell sheets. See Game components.
Media tab
Cover art, photos, prototypes, mockups, videos, sketches, anything visual about the game. Each item can be marked public or private; public items appear on the game's public catalog page (if you've enabled the catalog).
Rules tab
A working draft of your rulebook. Boardssey gives you a rich-text editor suited to long-form rules writing, headings, lists, callouts, images. You can export to PDF when ready.
See Drafting rules.
Notes tab
Free-form running notes that don't fit elsewhere, design decisions, ideas to revisit, references, scratch thoughts. Always private to the team.
See Game notes.
External resources tab
Links to anything outside Boardssey you want to keep close, Drive folders of art, reference documents, BGG threads, Loom videos. Each entry is a link with a title and optional description.
See External resources.
BGG forum tab
If you've added a BGG link to the game, this tab pulls the live BGG forum threads for the game so you can browse community discussion without leaving Boardssey.
Versions tab
Every meaningful change to the game tracked over time, v0.1, v0.2, etc. Each version can have notes about what changed. Useful when answering "what did v0.7 change vs v0.6?".
Expansions tab
Shows expansions linked to this game (or, if this game is an expansion, shows its parent). Lets you create new expansions linked to this base game.
See Expansions.
Permissions tab
Per-game access settings, who can view and who can edit this specific game. Used most often to grant Collaborators access to one game without giving them the whole portfolio.
Playtests, Pitches, Sell Sheets tabs
These tabs surface the rest of Boardssey scoped to this one game:
Playtests: every playtest set up for this game. See Playtest hub.
Pitches: every pitch logged on this game. See Pitch tracker.
Sell sheets: every sell sheet built for this game. See Sell sheets.
They're shortcuts to the relevant areas of the app, not separate data, the source of truth lives in the dedicated areas.
Whiteboard tab
Opens a per-game whiteboard scoped to just this game. See Per-game whiteboard vs standalone in the Whiteboard collection.
Tips & common questions
Why are some tabs missing? Plan-gated tabs (Sell sheets) only appear on Pathfinder and Oracle plans. If you're a Collaborator with view-only access, edit-related actions are hidden but tabs are still visible.
Can I rearrange the tabs? Tab order is fixed today.
My changes aren't saving, why? Most tabs auto-save. The Game Info tab requires you to click Save game. If you navigate away with unsaved changes you'll be prompted.
Can I duplicate a game's structure but not its content? Use the Copy action from the header. See Copy or archive a game.