1. Boxes

The classic box pool — a 10×10 grid of 100 boxes, with winners at the end of each period of play.

Boxes works on any game, in any sport. It isn't tied to football — set it up for any matchup you want, in any sport, and BoxD handles the rest.

What you set up:

• Pool name — your pool's title.
• Home team / Away team — shown on the board.
• Points per box — the value of each box. Your total pot is this number × 100 (for example, 50 points per box = a 5,000-point pot).
• Period payouts — the points awarded to the winning box at the end of each period (for football: 1st quarter, halftime, 3rd quarter, and final). You set each one.
• Notes (optional) — house rules or context, shown on the pool screen.
• Let participants claim their own boxes (optional) — off by default (you add everyone yourself). Turn it on to let people claim their own boxes from the invite link, and set how many each person can take.

You don't have to hand out the whole pot. As you set the period payouts, BoxD shows a running tally against your pot total. Allocate all of it if you like — or leave some unallocated, and that remainder simply stays with the organizer (a common, tidy way to run a house cut). If you go over the pot, BoxD warns you, but the call is always yours.

Optional advanced features:

• Touching Boxes — the boxes around the winning box each win a bonus too. You choose which neighbors count — the 4 adjacent, the 4 diagonal corners, or all 8 surrounding — plus which periods it applies to and the bonus points. Touching always wraps around the grid: a winner on an edge or corner still awards the full set of neighbors, so the count is always the same (4, 4, or 8) no matter where the winning box lands — a fixed, predictable bonus that folds right into the pot.
• Reverse Score — the box with the reversed numbers also wins a bonus (if 3–4 wins, then 4–3 wins too). You set which periods and the bonus amount.
• Pre-Game Prizes — pick specific number combinations ahead of time that automatically win a set prize once the numbers are drawn (for example: 0-0, 5-5, 2-2). These lock in when you create the pool.

How it runs: Add participants and fill the board → draw the numbers → BoxD marks the winning box automatically at the end of each period. Winning boxes light up and show their points. Box claims show up live — when someone claims a box, it appears for everyone viewing the board right away, no refresh needed.

Prefer a bigger screen? BoxD runs in your web browser too, at app.boxdsports.com — the same board and tracker on a laptop or desktop.

Play again next time. When your pool wraps, the owner can Roll Over from the button at the bottom of the pool (confirm first) to spin up a fresh copy for the next game — the board, roster, box nicknames, and co-owners all carry over, while the numbers, point tracking, team names, and winners reset for a clean slate. The copy gets a "(Rollover)" tag on its name. Drop anyone who isn't coming back first (press and hold their row) so you start with the right group. (Running a whole season this way? See Season / Series.)

For entertainment purposes only. BoxD organizes and manages your pool — it does not collect, hold, or transfer money or anything of monetary value.