Keeping score: Tally, Judgement and UCER explained

Three scoring modes cover almost every card game. Which one to pick, how the Judgement formulas work, and how to set up teams.

The scoreboard opens from the Scores button at the top of the table. It has three modes, and the host picks which one the table uses so everyone stays in sync.

Tally — for everything else

Plain plus and minus buttons per player or per team. No rules, no formulas: you decide what a point is. Use it for Crazy 8s round scores, Rummy, Phase Runner leftovers, or any game where you just need a running total.

Judgement — for bid-and-make games

For trick-taking games where players call how many tricks they will win: Judgement, Oh Hell, Spades, Court Piece. The flow is:

  1. Host opens a roundEveryone gets a bid prompt.
  2. Players submit bidsEach player enters the number of tricks they expect to take.
  3. Host locks the bidsNobody can change a bid after this point.
  4. Play the handThen the host records who made their bid and who missed. Scores are calculated for you.

The three formulas

FormulaHow it scores a made bid
StandardA base bonus (10 by default) plus the value of the bid.
MultiplierThe bid multiplied by a multiplier value you set.
CustomYou set the base bonus, the bid multiplier, a separate zero-bid bonus, and the score for a missed bid.
Custom exists because every group scores a successful nil bid differently. Set it once and save the table as a template.

UCER — for team rounds

Team-based scoring for partnership games. Record the winning team each round and mark Kot — a sweep — for the bonus. You need at least two teams set up before UCER becomes available.

Setting up teams

In the scoreboard settings, switch the mode from Table to Teams. Click players to cycle them between teams, and add, remove, rename or recolour teams as you need.

  • Table mode offers Tally or Judgement.
  • Teams mode offers Tally or UCER.

When the scores are disputed

Open the activity log. Every action at the table is recorded with the player’s name and a timestamp, newest first — who drew, who played what, who took which pile. Between that and the integrity check, “I never played that card” is a checkable claim rather than an argument.

Scoring is built in — nobody has to keep the pad.

Open a table and try it