Every time you play a board game, log it. Your play history becomes a record of your gaming life — what you play, who you play with, how you win, and all the memories along the way.

A play and a live session are the same underlying object. The only difference is how it gets filled in: quick logging is a single form you complete after the fact, while a live session populates the same data interactively together with the other players during the game. Both produce an identical play entry in your history and can be viewed, edited, and shared the same way.

Quick Logging

After a game session, capture the essentials:

  • Game — Which game did you play?
  • Players — Add Ludoya users or guests (guests just need a name)
  • Teams (optional) — Group players into teams if you played that way
  • Location (optional) — Where did you play?
  • Duration (optional) — How long did it take?
  • Notes (optional) — Any memorable moments or house rules?
  • Attached Post (optional) — Link a photo or comment you posted during the session

Once you save, the play is in your history forever.

Copy a Previous Play

Playing the same game with the same group again? Duplicate your last play and modify only what changed (date, final scores, notes). Saves time if you have regular game nights.

Play History Views

Access your play history from your profile or dashboard. Switch between three views:

Grid View

Box art tiles for each game you've played. Great for a visual scan of your library's play patterns. Hover to see the game title and date.

List View

A table with sortable columns — game name, date, players, duration, location, result. Click any column header to sort, making it easy to find "When did I last play Catan?" or "Which games did I play at the cafe?"

Calendar View

Calendar view showing plays plotted across the month

See your gaming life plotted across a calendar. Each day shows games played and total session count. Click a day to see details of all plays that day.

Filters and Search

Narrow down your history:

Time Period Filters

  • Presets — Last Week, Last Month, Last Year, All Time
  • Custom Range — Pick any start and end date
  • Step Backward/Forward — Click arrows to navigate through time windows (useful for comparing month-to-month)

Game Filter

Show only plays of one game, a group of games, or all games.

Location Filter

Show only plays at a specific location, or all locations.

Player Count Filter

Show only plays at a specific table size — e.g., just your 2-player sessions or just your 5+ player nights.

Shareable Filtered Views

Found a cool slice of your gaming history? Share it:

  • Link — Anyone with the link can see your filtered history
  • Image — Save a snapshot of your current view
  • QR Code — Scan it from a friend's phone to jump directly to your filtered history

Filters are preserved — they'll see the exact time period, game, and location you selected.

Play Tags and Confirmations

When someone else plays in your session, they can tag themselves to confirm they were there. You'll see a confirmation banner for unconfirmed plays:

  • Accept — Confirm the tag and add the play to your official history
  • Decline — Reject the tag if something's wrong
  • Auto-Accept from Trusted Players — Set certain players (friends, family) to auto-confirm. Speeds things up if you always play together

Monthly & Yearly Play Summaries

Monthly play summary showing title, totals, and game grid

Ludoya automatically generates a shareable visual recap of your gaming (see Statistics):

  • Every month — a summary for the month that just ended
  • Every January — an additional yearly summary covering the whole previous year, on top of the usual monthly recap

What the Summary Shows

  • A title with your name and the period — e.g., "Pere's Plays | March" for a monthly recap, or the year for a yearly one
  • Total play count — how many plays you logged in the period
  • Total play time — cumulative hours you spent playing
  • A grid of game covers for every game you played in that period

Share & Download

From the summary sheet you can Share it directly to a feed or messaging app, or Download it as an image — great for social media posts or just looking back on a good month of gaming.

Customize the Image

Tap Customize on the share sheet to tweak the shared image before posting. A live preview updates as you change things:

  • Title and Subtitle — free text with dynamic placeholders you can drop in:
    • %USERNAME% — the profile's name
    • %PERIOD% — the selected time period (e.g., "March")
    • %PLAYS% — the total play count
    • %TIME% — the total play time
    • Defaults are %USERNAME%'s Plays | %PERIOD% for the title and Total play count: %PLAYS% | Total play time: %TIME% for the subtitle
  • Background — pick a background style from the preset list
  • Show play counts / Show play times / Show game names — toggles for what appears alongside each game in the grid
  • Item limit — cap how many games are included (useful if you played a lot and want a cleaner image)
  • Sort by — order the games by Play Time, Play Count, or other criteria
  • Resolution — choose the output size (e.g., Normal 1080×1080 for square social posts)

Hit Apply to lock in the changes, or Reset to go back to defaults.

Permissions & Edit History

Default: Everyone Can Edit

By default, all participants on a play have full edit rights — anyone tagged in the session can fix scores, adjust duration, add notes, or correct mistakes. The person who created the play can restrict this when they want tighter control (for example, making it editable only by themselves).

Editing After the Fact

Plays stay editable long after they're saved. If you later spot a wrong score, a missing player, or a forgotten house-rule note, you can go back and fix it — whether the play came from quick logging or a live session.

Edit History & Notifications

Every change to a play is tracked:

  • A full edit history is kept, so anyone can see who changed what and when
  • All participants are notified when a play is edited, so nothing changes silently
  • This keeps scores honest for statistics, player profiles, and group leaderboards while still allowing real fixes

Related Pages

  • Live Sessions — Log a play after finishing a live session
  • Statistics — View summaries and trends from your play history
  • Game Kits — Game Kits can be applied when logging a play
  • Events — Log plays from organized events
  • Social & Feeds — Share your plays on your feed