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PocketParlor

Coming soon

Your TV is the board. Your phone is the controller.

Open it on any TV or laptop. Everyone joins from their phone. No download, no account.

Launching soon at pocketparlorgames.com

The TV lobby: a QR code and room code DHHR, five players at the table, and Realmshaper picked as the game
The party leader's phone, with the players at the table and a Start button

How it plays

One screen everyone can see runs the game. A laptop on HDMI is the most reliable, but any up-to-date browser on a TV or a cast tab works.

  1. Open it on the TV

    The TV shows a QR code and a 4-letter room code.

  2. Scan with your phones

    Everyone scans the code or types it in, then picks a name and a color. Wi-Fi or mobile data both work.

    The join screen on a phone: a name field and a choice of colors, each with its own shape

  3. Play

    The TV is the board. Phones hold the private stuff: your answers, your drawing, your secret role.

The Main Events

The four big games each have their own look, on the TV and on every phone.

Realmshaper on the TV: a tile being placed on the board, with each player's score down the side

Realmshaper

1–5 players plus computer heroes · 30–45 min

Stick 'Em Up on the TV: stick-figure teams on a lava mountain, with a player aiming

Stick 'Em Up

1–4 players plus computer teams · 10–20 min

Stowaway on the TV: five crew members while everyone checks their secret role on their phone

Stowaway

4–15 players · 15–25 min

Main Event

Crusade

1–4 players · 15–30 min

Everything else on the table

Drawing
Sketchy, Broken Crayon, Doodle Brawl · 3–12 players
Quick Wit
Wisecrack, Bar Fight, Pitch Please · 2–10 players
Talk & Bluff
Werewolf, Hot Potato · 3–16 players
Little games
Tic-Tac-Toe, Four in a Row, Rock Paper Scissors · 2–16 players

What Dowling Development built

  • The web appA TV screen and a phone controller, kept in sync in real time, with rooms you join by code.
  • 15 original gamesFrom quick knockouts to 45-minute strategy, with computer players to fill empty seats in some of them.
  • The brand and the game worldsThe Pocket Parlor look, plus a themed world for each of the four Main Events.
  • Three original soundtracksFor the lobby, Realmshaper and Stick 'Em Up, composed in-house in Logic Pro X.

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