Gather

Use an iPad or Mac as the game table

An iPad or Mac can do what the Apple TV does: it shows the board while everyone else plays on their phones. The device becomes the host on your Wi‑Fi.

  1. Open Gather

    Launch Gather on your iPad or Mac. The very first time, you quickly pick a name and an avatar.

  2. Choose “Use as game table”

    In the “Play” tab, tap the “Use as game table” card. On iPad the game table fills the whole screen; on Mac it opens in a separate window.

  3. Mac: move the window to the big screen

    Drag the game table window onto a connected TV or projector and switch it to full screen. The view scales to fit the window.

  4. Pick a game and open a room

    From here it works just like on Apple TV: pick a game, choose who’s playing under “Who’s playing?” and select “Open a room”. The QR code and room code appear.

  5. Players join

    The others scan the QR code with their phone’s camera or enter the code in the Gather app. On the same Wi‑Fi as the iPad or Mac they connect directly; if the device is online, it also works from another network through gathergames.de.

  6. Close the game table

    On iPad, tap “Close game table” in the top-left corner and confirm. On Mac, simply close the window. Any game in progress ends for everyone.

Things to keep in mind

While the game table is open, the screen won’t go to sleep. Keep Gather in the foreground – the device is the host, and the game can’t continue without it.

Game controllers for Corner Chaos only work on Apple TV, not on an iPad or Mac game table.