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Run of show

Every step, in order. Tick them off as you go — it remembers.

🛒 Before anyone arrives

  1. Buy 8 different chips. Different enough to tell apart. Wildly obscure flavors make for a frustrating game — one or two curveballs is plenty.
  2. Number 8 bowls 1 through 8, and write down which bag went in which. This is the step that ruins the night if you get it wrong. Do it somewhere the guests won't wander past, and keep the bags out of sight — recycling included.
  3. Open the Host page and enter your password. Bookmark it now so you're not hunting for the link later.
  4. Set the event name and the number of chips → Save event. Do this before you send anyone the link — it decides how many rows their sheet has.
  5. Type the 8 real flavors into the answer key → Save answer key. In bowl order: box 1 is bowl 1. Guests cannot read these — the database refuses to hand them over until you reveal.
  6. Check that Reveal says “Results are locked.” If it says OPEN, hit “Lock again” before anyone opens the link.
  7. Copy the guest link and have it ready to paste. That link only ever shows the sheet. It doesn't lead to the answers.

⚠️ Coming back to the answer key later? The boxes will look blank even though it saved — while results are locked the answers are hidden from you too. That's expected. Retyping and saving overwrites them.

👋 As people arrive

  1. Text everyone the guest link.
  2. Say the three rules out loud. Put your real name at the top · no shouting out guesses · press Submit when you're done — that last one is the step people miss.
  3. Reassure them their answers can't get lost. Every keystroke saves on their own phone. Closing the tab, a dead battery, a dropped phone — they can reopen the link and pick up where they left off.
  4. Fill out a sheet yourself, if you're playing. Same guest link as everyone else. (You already know the answers, so maybe don't.)

🥔 The tasting

  1. Go one bowl at a time, in order, and wait for everyone. Say the number each time. Half the mistakes at these things are people rating the wrong row.
  2. Put water on the table. By chip five everything tastes like salt.
  3. Check the roster on the Host page → Refresh. Names and times only — you can't see anyone's answers, and neither can they. It doesn't update on its own, so tap Refresh.
  4. Chase anyone who hasn't submitted. If they're missing from the roster, their sheet is still sitting on their phone. They can change answers and resubmit as often as they like — same name keeps it as one sheet.

🏆 The reveal

  1. When everyone's in, press “Score guesses & reveal.” Get everyone looking at the Results tab first — it's a better moment with an audience.
  2. Wait about a minute. Everyone sees “Claude is scoring everyone's guesses,” then the board opens by itself. Nobody needs to refresh.
  3. If it's still going after 3 minutes, press “Reveal now, skip scoring.” Your page will warn you if it's stuck. The results still open, just scored by plain text matching instead.
  4. Read the answer key out loud, bowl by bowl. It's the top card on the results page. Do it before anyone scrolls to the leaderboards.
  5. Announce the three winners. Best chip, most divisive chip, and who guessed best — all on the board.

🧹 Afterwards

  1. Someone disagrees with a call? Overrule it. Host page → “Turn host mode on,” then reload the results. Every guess gets a flip button. Changes show up for everyone.
  2. Late arrival submits after the reveal? Press “Re-score guesses.” It judges the new sheet without hiding the board.
  3. Show the “Who rated what” grid. The bottom card. Everyone's rating for every chip side by side — this is usually where the arguing starts.
  4. Leave the link up. People will want to look again tomorrow. Nothing expires.
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