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If you wish to join a game as a Watcher—click "Watch".
Playing a Game
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Picking an Issue to Estimate
Once the game is started, you'll see the estimation backlog:
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You have to pick the next ticket for estimation. If you decided—click decided which one—click "Estimate".
Active Round
Once a story is picked, you'll see the screen below (normal Participants see less buttons, current screen is for Administrator role). See the explanation chapter for more details.
During this phase every participant has to play a card.
Finished Round
Once all participants played casted their votes, the cards will be opened automatically.
The Administrator can now set the estimation for this issue.
Exporting Results
Once all issues are estimated (or if the game was forced to end by the Administrator), the Administrator can export results to JIRA.
It is possible to choose a JIRA field to which an estimate should be exported (it is added as comment by default).
Admin Actions
Top Menu Actions
Change Game Owner
Sometimes it happens that the game creator has to leave the current estimation session.
In such situation it is possible to change the game admin, therefore another participant could moderate the game.
Move Current Issue to the End of the Backlog
In case you want to estimate something later (due to a low priority or unclear requirements) you can shift it to the end of the estimation backlog.
Remove Current Issue from the Backlog
As the name suggests, it is possible to completely remove the issue from the estimation backlog.
Finish Game
That is, finished the current game and opens the Export Screen.
In-Round Actions
Force Finish
Finishes the current round and opens all cards on the table without waiting for others to cast their votes.
Start Timer
Starts a countdown by the end of which all the cards are automatically open and the round is finished without waiting for the others to cast their votes.
End of Round Actions
Set Estimation
As name the name suggests—sets an estimation to the issue and moves to the next backlog item.
Replay Round
When there is a big difference in the votes, you can replay the round.