A category board of point-value clues. Pick a cell, buzz in, answer, and steal the lead.
Brainpardy is a board of categories across the top and point values down each column, easiest clues worth the least and hardest worth the most. Teams take turns picking a cell, and everyone races to buzz in and answer.
Clue values run from 200 at the top of a column up to 1000 at the bottom on a full board. A correct answer adds the cell's value to your team and hands you control of the next pick. A wrong answer subtracts that value and reopens the buzzers for everyone else.
The team in control picks a category and a point value. The clue appears and the buzz-in window opens for every team at once.
The first team to buzz gets to answer. Answers are typed in. Get it right and you bank the points and keep control. Get it wrong and you lose the points, and the buzzers reopen so another team can steal it.
Play continues until the board is cleared. If the host turned on Final Brainpardy, one last clue caps the game with a wager from every team.
| Option | What it controls |
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| Categories Default: 5 (range 3 to 5) |
How many category columns the board has.
More categories means a wider board and a longer round.
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| Rows per category Default: 5 (range 3 to 5) |
How many clues sit under each category, easiest at the top.
Sets the point ladder, from 200 at the top down to the hardest clue at the bottom.
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| Daily Doubles Default: 1 (range 0 to 3) |
Hidden wager cells scattered on the board.
Each Daily Double lets the team that lands on it secretly wager before they see the clue.
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| Buzz-in window Default: 15 (range 10 to 60) |
How long teams have to buzz in after a clue appears.
Shorter windows reward teams that read fast and commit.
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| Grading Default: host |
Who decides if a typed answer is right.
Host: you judge every buzz-in yourself. Auto Assist: the assistant suggests a verdict on each typed answer and you confirm it before it counts. Auto-Grade: the assistant judges outright, auto-committing the clear calls and leaving only the close ones for you to settle.
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| Final Brainpardy Default: Off |
Add a one-clue finale where every team wagers.
Turns on a final round after the board is cleared.
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Board points decide the Brainpardy round, but they're separate from Glory Points (GP), the season-long score that ranks you across every game mode.
Brainpardy is a round inside a trivia game, so it doesn't pay GP on its own. Your board result rolls into your game score, and GP is awarded once when the whole game finishes. See the Glory Points guide for the full breakdown.
Buzz for the clues you actually know. A wrong answer costs you the cell's value, so a wild guess on a high-value clue can swing the board against you.
Daily Doubles are the big movers. Wager small when you're shaky on the category and big when it's your wheelhouse, since only your team can answer it.
Watch the scoreboard before Final Brainpardy. Your wager there can only be as large as your current score, so a strong lead is worth protecting.
Scoring is per team. A correct answer adds the cell value, a wrong answer subtracts it, and a team's score never drops below zero.
The buzz-in is settled on the server, so the first team to buzz wins the answer cleanly even across a busy room.
Daily Doubles never sit on the cheapest row, and the team that lands on one may wager up to the larger of their score or the top value on the board.
In Final Brainpardy each team wagers up to its current score on a single shared clue, then answers are revealed one at a time.
All clues are answered by typing, so there are no multiple-choice cells. The host can grade by hand or let the platform auto-grade with a manual override for close calls.
Final Brainpardy (optional format): flip it on to cap the game with a single high-stakes finale after the board is cleared, where every team makes a hidden wager on one shared clue. Leave it off for a faster game that ends when the last cell is answered.