Game night chooser
Games and fandomEach eligible choice has an equal chance. Previous winners can be selected again.
About this game night chooser
A full shelf makes game night slower, not faster. Everyone has a mild preference, nobody has a strong one, and twenty minutes go by. This wheel settles it, and it gets substantially better the moment you replace the generic styles with the titles you actually own.
Paste in your collection, one game per line. Then do the filtering that a wheel cannot do for you: check the player count against who is in the room, check the box time against how long you have, and disable anything that does not fit tonight. A four-player game on a wheel at a table of six is a wasted spin.
The two-stage approach is worth knowing. Keep the starter styles on one wheel to settle the mood first — cooperative, party, strategy — then open a second wheel holding only the games you own in that style. That works well for a large collection, where one wheel of forty titles is hard to read and half the entries are wrong for the evening anyway.
Random is right for picking one game. No Repeats suits a whole evening: spin, play, spin again, and you will not be offered the same game twice. If you use that, add up the playing times before you commit to a sequence of three, because a run of long games ends later than anyone planned.
Weights are the honest way to handle a group favourite. Rather than putting a game on the wheel twice, give it a larger weight and let everyone see the odds next to each entry. The wheel does not hold rules, setup instructions, or player counts, so whoever suggests a game should be ready to teach it.
How to use this wheel
- Review the 8 starter choices below. Rename, disable or replace any that do not fit.
- Keep Random mode to allow repeat winners, or choose No Repeats in Wheel Settings.
- Click the wheel to spin. The result saves locally before it appears.
- Export results as CSV, or share a link to send someone their own copy.
Customize your odds
Each starter entry has weight 1. Turn on Weights & colors to adjust its chance. An entry’s probability is its weight divided by the total weight of the eligible choices. Learn how weighted odds work.
Changing a color or spin speed does not change the winner. Read the selection rules.
Starter choices
This is the template’s original list. The editor above saves your personal version on this device.
- Cooperative game
- Card game
- Word game
- Drawing game
- Strategy game
- Trivia game
- Dice game
- Quick party game
Questions about the game night chooser
Does it include the rules for games?
No. It chooses a game style or a title you add. Use the game’s own instructions for setup and play.
Can I make a two-player shortlist?
Yes. Replace the list with games you own that suit two players, and save that version locally.
How do we choose several games for an evening?
Use No Repeats and draw a short sequence. Check the combined playing time before committing to the whole list.