Game controls

You move pieces and make choices on the board itself. The game's designer decides how those work, so read the game's Rules to learn them. Around the board, Boardweaver gives every match the same controls:

Control	What it does	Who sees it
Rules (book icon)	Opens the game's rules beside the board.	Players, when the game has rules
Full screen	Gives the board the whole screen.	Everyone
Speaker button	Changes music and sound effects for this match. See Sound settings.	Everyone, when the game has sounds
Eye icon	Shows that the match is Open to spectators. The host can select it to open or close the match to them.	The host, and everyone else while the match is open
Three-dot menu	Holds Open to spectators for the host, Abandon game for players, and Stop watching for spectators.	Everyone
Game log, arrows, Play, Skip to now	Show earlier moves and move you back to the current one. See Review moves during a match.	Everyone, in games that show the match bar

While reviewing moves, the match bar offers Back, Play or Pause, Forward, and Skip to now, with Rules and match actions alongside. Example data from the local development UI. Select the image to enlarge.

The host match menu includes spectator access and the action to end the match. Other roles see different actions. Example data from the local development UI. Select the image to enlarge.

Where the controls are

Some games show a match bar under the board, with the move controls in the middle and the other controls at its right end. Other games show the controls in a bar above the board, and draw their own history if they have one.

On a phone, the controls are in a drawer under This match. Open it with the menu button at the left end of the match bar, or with the floating button in a corner of the board. See Play on your phone.

The phone drawer brings match switching and sound controls into reach without leaving the game. Example data from the local development UI. Select the image to enlarge.

Abandon game ends the match for every player and cannot be undone. Before you use it, read Leave or end a match.