How to play Letter Hunt with Gather
In Letter Hunt, the TV draws the letter and everyone fills in the categories on their own phone – no paper, no pens. Two players or more, with an Apple TV, iPad or Mac as the table screen.
Open a room and join
On the table screen, choose “Letter Hunt”, “With your phones” and “Open a room”. Everyone joins and taps “Ready”, then start with “Start game”.
Choose categories and rounds
The TV shows “Choose your categories” with the sets “Classic”, “Short”, “Family” and “Outdoors”. Below that, use minus and plus to set 1 to 10 rounds; the default is 5.
Draw a letter
Press “Draw a letter” on the table screen – or someone taps “Start round” on their phone. The letter appears large on the TV and at the top of every phone.
Fill in your answers
Each category has its own field on your phone, and what you type is saved as you go. If an answer starts with the wrong letter, the phone flags it. The TV only shows how many fields each player has filled.
Call stop
Once all your fields are filled, “Stop!” becomes tappable. Everyone then has 10 more seconds; if nobody calls stop, the round ends after three minutes.
Review together
The TV goes through one category at a time. If someone else’s answer doesn’t fit, tap “Doesn’t count” on your phone (undo with “It’s fine”) – if most of the others agree, it’s struck out. “Next” or “Finish round” moves on.
Next round and finish
After each round you see the standings, then “Next round”. After the last round the winner and points are shown; “Play again” starts over and “Done” on the table screen closes the room.
TV and phone
The TV runs the game: it shows the letter, the timer, how many fields each player has and who called “Stop!”, and later everyone’s answers side by side with tags like “duplicate” or “struck out”. Nobody sees your answers there until the review starts.
“Next”, “Finish round” and starting the next round work on the table screen and on every phone – so nobody has to wait for whoever holds the remote.