# Witt & Play

## Docs

- [Witt & Play community standards and code of conduct](https://docs.witt-play.com/community/code-of-conduct.md): Eight community rules every member accepts before using Witt & Play — covering respect, safety, honest identity, no gambling, and tiered enforcement.
- [Witt & Play FAQ: your common questions answered](https://docs.witt-play.com/community/faq.md): Answers to the most common questions: GPS verification, game approval, cancellations, private games, reimbursements, the waitlist, and age restrictions.
- [Host ratings: how players rate hosts after games](https://docs.witt-play.com/community/host-ratings.md): How approved players rate hosts on friendliness, cleanliness, and safety once a game starts — and how those ratings appear on profiles and game pages.
- [Your Witt & Play profile: what's public and private](https://docs.witt-play.com/community/profile.md): Set your display name, sport preferences, and social links, and learn which fields other members can see versus which are kept private.
- [Safety on Witt & Play: verification, rules, and reporting](https://docs.witt-play.com/community/trust-and-safety.md): How Witt & Play uses identity verification, GPS checks, the 18+ age rule, address privacy, and a conduct gate to keep every game session safe.
- [Set your sport preferences, location, and profile](https://docs.witt-play.com/getting-started/set-preferences.md): Choose game categories, individual sports, preferred city, and search radius. Discover where each setting lives on the Welcome and Profile pages.
- [Create your Witt & Play account and get started](https://docs.witt-play.com/getting-started/sign-up.md): Sign up with email and password or continue with Google or Apple. Learn what happens after sign-up and how the onboarding flow sets up your game feed.
- [Complete the five-step identity verification checklist](https://docs.witt-play.com/getting-started/verification.md): Complete five identity verification steps to unlock joining and hosting games on Witt & Play. Learn what each step unlocks and how to fix GPS failures.
- [How to create and post your first game as a host](https://docs.witt-play.com/hosting/create-game.md): A complete walkthrough of every field in the Witt & Play game creation form, from title and location to privacy, recurrence, and reimbursements.
- [Host Console: your central hub for managing games](https://docs.witt-play.com/hosting/host-console.md): Tour the Host Console — manage join requests, confirm reimbursements, read player messages, and review all your upcoming games from one place.
- [Saved locations: create and reuse your venues](https://docs.witt-play.com/hosting/locations.md): Save venues once and reuse them across all your games. Covers supported sports, home address use, public or private visibility, and address privacy.
- [Manage player join requests, waitlists, and rosters](https://docs.witt-play.com/hosting/manage-players.md): How to view, approve, and decline join requests, manage your waitlist, promote waitlisted players, and cancel a game with notifications to all members.
- [Schedule a recurring game series on Witt & Play](https://docs.witt-play.com/hosting/recurring-games.md): Create weekly, biweekly, or monthly game series in one step. Each session is independent with its own roster, chat, and RSVPs — up to 12 per series.
- [Host reimbursements: recover costs from players](https://docs.witt-play.com/hosting/reimbursements.md): How to set a per-player cost for communal expenses, why the social gathering certification is required, and how players pay and hosts confirm receipts.
- [How Witt & Play works: the complete member journey](https://docs.witt-play.com/how-it-works.md): Follow the complete member journey on Witt & Play: sign up, verify your identity, set preferences, browse and join games, host sessions, then rate.
- [Witt & Play: local sports and games with verified neighbors](https://docs.witt-play.com/introduction.md): Witt & Play is a community platform for discovering, joining, and hosting local pickup sports and tabletop game sessions with verified neighbors.
- [Finding Games Near You with Filters and Map View](https://docs.witt-play.com/playing/browse-games.md): Use location, sport, skill level, and accessibility filters on the Browse page to discover pickup games and tabletop sessions near you.
- [Calendar: browse and export your upcoming games](https://docs.witt-play.com/playing/calendar.md): Browse games on a monthly or weekly calendar grid, filter by role and time, and export approved sessions to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or .ics.
- [Requesting to Join a Game: Approval and Waitlist](https://docs.witt-play.com/playing/join-a-game.md): Walk through requesting a spot, leaving an optional message for the host, what the pending state means, how approval notifications work, and how to leave.
- [In-App Messaging: Game Threads and Direct Messages](https://docs.witt-play.com/playing/messaging.md): The Messages inbox brings together game discussion threads and direct messages in one place, with filters by role, time, and unread state.
- [My Games: track every session you host or join](https://docs.witt-play.com/playing/my-games.md): The My Games page lists every game you're hosting, have joined, or have a pending request for — with filters to sort by time, role, and status.
- [How to join private and invite-only Witt & Play games](https://docs.witt-play.com/playing/private-games.md): Private games are hidden from the Browse feed and map. Join them using a 6-digit join code or a shareable invite link shared directly by the host.