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Feature March 18, 2026

Introducing Board Designer: Prototype Your Next Bingo Before It Goes Live

Board Designer gives hosts a faster way to build, refine, and share bingo board drafts before moving into full event setup.

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The best bingo events usually start with a strong board idea, not a form.

Board Designer is a new board-first workspace built for that exact moment. Instead of jumping straight into full event setup, hosts can now open a dedicated editor, experiment with layouts, refine tiles, and save a version worth sharing before they ever create the live bingo.

It is a faster way to go from “I have an idea” to “this board is ready.”

Start with the board, not the admin work

When you are still shaping the format of an event, the full setup flow can feel early. Dates, Discord settings, registration rules, and prize details matter, but they are not always the first thing you want to lock in.

Board Designer removes that friction by letting you work on the board itself first. You can focus on the structure, difficulty, and pacing of the event before committing to the rest of the configuration.

For hosts who iterate a lot, that is a much cleaner workflow.

Build and refine tiles in one place

Board Designer gives you the same hands-on board editing experience you would expect from bingo creation, but in a lighter-weight drafting environment.

You can:

  • Click into any tile and customize it directly
  • Build from supported sources like items, pets, and combat achievements
  • Adjust required amounts and point values
  • Add custom titles, descriptions, and images
  • Reorder tiles until the board feels right

Whether you are balancing a competitive board or just trying out ideas for a community event, the workflow is built to support iteration instead of forcing a first-pass layout to stick.

Test different board sizes without rebuilding from scratch

Some events need a compact board. Others need more room for longer grinds, varied goals, or team strategy.

Board Designer makes those comparisons easier. You can add or remove rows and columns from the board edge or enter the dimensions manually when you want more control. That means you can quickly test the shape of a board and see how the overall event changes before you decide on the final version.

Try the look before you share the board

Board Designer also includes board palette selection as part of the drafting experience.

That gives hosts a simple way to preview how a board will feel visually while they are still editing it. If you are planning a seasonal event, a clan competition, or a board with a specific theme, you can carry that visual direction into the draft from the start instead of treating it as a separate finishing step later.

Save the draft and keep moving

Once a board is ready, you can copy a share link for that exact draft.

That link can be used to reopen the board in Board Designer later, share the concept with collaborators, or import the board template into bingo creation when it is time to launch the real event. It creates a clean bridge between prototyping and publishing.

You can also import an existing board template back into the designer, which makes it easy to revise older concepts, branch off a previous board, or keep iterating on a version someone else shared with you.

Why this matters for hosts

Running a great bingo is not just about having features once the event is live. It is also about making the prep work easier.

Board Designer helps reduce the cost of experimentation. Hosts can explore more ideas, compare more formats, and get better boards in front of players without turning every draft into a full setup task. That makes the product more useful earlier in the planning process, when good events are actually being shaped.

Try Board Designer

If you have been sketching boards in your head, in notes, or in half-finished setup flows, Board Designer gives you a better place to work.

Open the designer, build the board, and keep the share link for the version you want to bring into your next bingo.

Try It Now

Start Designing Your Board

Open Board Designer to prototype a layout, tune your tiles, and save a shareable draft before you launch the full bingo.

Open Board Designer