To be part of a tournament, you need three things. 1 to register here; 2 to join a tournament; 3 to have access to WordsBy2, our game, available on the Apple Store, free.
Tournaments happen here, on our website.... but you play them on your iOS device (how to below).
Tournments are played solo on your phone: You don't need an opponent. Your game score and moves are displayed, and so are all the other players, on a tournament leaderboard, that goes live when the tournment does. You can play any time, as often as you want.
Finding a Tournament When you're registered and logged in, any tournaments you can currently join will be listed on the JOIN page. Don't see a tournament? If it's before the tournament starts, or after it ends, you won't see one. Our Twitter feed, or the banner on the home page have the current tournment status.
Joining a Tournament When you find a tournament ready to join, just click the "View Invitation" link. That takes you to a new screen that tells you all the details of the tournament.
On the Invitation Page, you'll see a "Join Tournament" link. Clicking that will join the tournament. If it takes you to the home page, it means that you can't join the tournament right now.
Why Can't I Join? Usually, because you've already joined a game that's ready to play. If that's the case, you can go to the WordsBy2 app, and log in with the same login as you used to register. You'll see the big Game On!! button. Tap that, and you're playing in the tournament!
One More Thing… The tournament is set up to allow you to play as many games as you want as part of the tournament. So if you made a mistake and think you could do better, or if you've just lost the lead: go ahead, join again here on the website, go to the game, and play again!
The video here introduces, in stages, each of the parts of the WordsBy2 game screen, and tells you what they do, and how to play using them. The main part is one minute long, which takes you through the main game play. Then, the rest is about how scoring works, and a few other details.
The simplest guide to getting started, though is this:
Seven Things Not in the Video