Run a free online tournament — Chess, Word Tiles, Whot & Trivia
Turn game night into a competition. Set up a bracket, share one link, and your group battles it out across multiple rounds — free, no app, no sign-up. Great for friends, teams, and schools.
Free forever · No sign-up · No download · Real-time
Multiple formats
Head-to-head brackets, knockout, round-robin leagues, and a school-championship mode.
Real competitive games
Chess, Word Tiles, and Whot head-to-head, or Trivia for the whole group — with proper scoring.
One link to join
Share a code and everyone joins from their phone. No accounts, no bracket software.
Built for schools too
A class-based Whot championship format makes it easy to run a school-wide competition.
How it works
Pick a game and format
Chess, Word Tiles, Whot, or Trivia — bracket, knockout, round-robin, or school.
Share the join code
Players join from any browser with a nickname. No app, no sign-up.
Play it out
Rounds and brackets run automatically; winners advance until you have a champion.
A tournament makes any game night feel like an event. On FateRound you can run one free, in the browser, with no app and no accounts — just share a link and your group competes across multiple rounds. Choose a format that fits the game: head-to-head brackets for Chess, Word Tiles, and Whot; or round-robin and knockout rounds for Trivia.
It’s built for friends and teams, but also for schools — the class-based School Whot championship makes it easy to run a school-wide competition, and you can run Trivia as a league or knockout too. Scores, brackets, and who advances are all handled for you, so you host the event and FateRound runs it. Part of the same platform as 20+ games.
Games you can run a tournament for
- Chess — head-to-head knockout brackets — outlast every challenger to win.
- Word Tiles — 1v1 word battles with your chosen dictionary and clock.
- Whot — Naija card brackets, plus a class-based school championship format.
- Trivia — round-robin leagues or knockout rounds for the whole group.
Frequently asked questions
- What games can I run a tournament for?
- Chess, Word Tiles, and Whot as head-to-head brackets, and Trivia as a round-robin or knockout. There’s also a school-championship format for class-based competitions.
- What tournament formats are there?
- Round-robin (everyone plays everyone), head-to-head brackets, single-elimination knockout, and a class-based school championship. FateRound pairs players, runs the rounds, and advances winners automatically.
- How do players join a tournament?
- The host creates the tournament and shares one code or link. Players join from any browser with a nickname — no app to download and no account to make.
- Is it free to run an online tournament?
- Yes — free forever, no sign-up and no download. Set up a bracket, share the link, and play it out in the browser.
- Can schools use it for a competition?
- Yes. The class-based championship format is designed for schools — run a Whot or Trivia competition across classes, with everyone joining from their own device.
Set up your tournament
Free forever. Pick a game, share the link, crown a champion.