> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.wr-games.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How the Game Picker Works

> Where the game picker appears, which tab it opens on, how search and BoardGameGeek results work, and what the labels on each game card mean.

Whenever WR-Games asks you to choose a game, you get the same picker: a list of games, tabs across the top, and a search box. It looks and behaves the same whether you're adding a game to On the Table, setting up an event, or adding to a group's collection. What changes from screen to screen is what happens after you pick.

## Where You'll See It

| Where You Open It | What Picking Does |
| - | - |
| **Add a Game** on On the Table | Add as many games as you like, then settle who's bringing each one. See [On the Table](https://help.wr-games.com/features/on-the-table.md). |
| **Start a Table** | Pick one game from a compact list, then choose whose copy it's on. See [Start a Table](https://help.wr-games.com/features/start-a-table.md). |
| **Pick a Game** and **Pick Cover Art** in the event wizard | Tap a game and it's picked. The picker closes. See [Creating Events](https://help.wr-games.com/features/creating-events.md). |
| Adding games to a group's collection, **Assign Games**, and **Add Games** in My Collection | Add the games you want, then confirm. See [Adding Games to Your Collections](https://help.wr-games.com/features/adding-games.md). |

## The Three Tabs

| Tab | What's in It |
| - | - |
| **My Collection** | The games in your own collection. |
| **Group Collection** | Games the group's members have added. On On the Table and Start a Table, each game shows who owns it, and you can filter by owner. This tab only appears when the picker is working for a group that has its collection switched on. |
| **Games Directory** | Every game in the WR-Games catalog. It lists games before you type anything. |

Each picker opens on the tab you used last time you were in it. If you haven't used it before, or that tab has no games, it opens on Group Collection if the group has games, then My Collection if you own games, then Games Directory. Not every picker has all three tabs. For example, the event wizard has no Group Collection tab.

## Searching

Type in the search box. On My Collection and Group Collection, search narrows the games already listed. On Games Directory, it searches the whole catalog.

If a search turns up only a few games in WR-Games, the first batch of BoardGameGeek results appears on its own, under its own label. Select **Show More** to load the next batch. You can also switch on **Search BoardGameGeek** to search there from the start. It's off each time you open the picker.

## What the Labels on a Game Card Mean

Cards tell you where a game already stands, so you don't add it twice.

**On the Table**

| Label | What It Means |
| - | - |
| **You're Bringing** | You already bring this game. It can't be added again. |
| **Sarah's Bringing** (or whoever's name it shows) | Someone else is bringing it. You can still add it, and then you bring another copy. |
| **Already Requested** | Someone has asked for this game. Request it and your vote is added to theirs. Bring it and the request becomes your copy, with its votes kept. |
| **You Voted** | You've already voted for this request. Adding it changes nothing. |

**Adding to a Group's Collection**

| Label | What It Means |
| - | - |
| **Added** | One of your own copies is already in the group. It can't be added again. |
| **In group** | Another member has already added this game to the group. You can still add it. |

> [!NOTE]
>
> In **Add Games** on My Collection, **Added** is only a label. You can still add the game.

## Related

> [card] [On the Table](https://help.wr-games.com/features/on-the-table.md)
>
> Adding games, requesting them, voting, and taking a seat.

> [card] [Creating Events](https://help.wr-games.com/features/creating-events.md)
>
> Where Pick a Game and Pick Cover Art sit in the event wizard.

> [card] [Your Game Collection](https://help.wr-games.com/features/game-collection.md)
>
> Get your games into WR-Games so the picker has something to show.

> [card] [Managing On the Table](https://help.wr-games.com/features/managing-on-the-table.md)
>
> For hosts: every On the Table setting, plus fixing who brought what.

Still stuck on something? [Contact us](https://help.wr-games.com/help/contact.md) and we'll sort it out.


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