How to Schedule a Private Game With Friends

In our September 2024 Pinochle app release (5.2.0) we introduced a new feature to allow you to schedule a private game and send invites to friends from within the app. You can select the time and date, customize table game options, and send an invite to three friends. We also added a calendar so you can keep track of your scheduled games and see the status of which players accepted or declined the invite.

Note: this feature is currently only available in the Pinochle app; we haven’t made this available yet for Cutthroat or on the web. We are testing to see how well this is received and may consider adding/expanding on this in the future.

In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the steps and share some screenshots. If you have any questions or feedback on this new feature please send us a message or post in our forum.

#1 From the Main Menu, click on the Calendar button.

Pinochle App Main Menu Screenshot

#2 From the Game Schedule screen, click on the Plus button add add a new scheduled game.

Pinochle Game Schedule Screenshot

3. Click on the gray Edit button next to the Date to select the date you want to schedule your game for.

Pinochle Schedule Private Game

4. Use the calendar popup to choose a date. Press Update to save your selection.

Pinochle Calendar Popup

#5 Use the drop down menus to select a time.

Pinochle Time Select Screenshot

#6 Choose from the drop down whether you want to play Single Deck, Double Deck, or Customize your table.

Pinochle Single Deck, Double Deck, Custom Table Selection

7. Select your preferred game options from the Table Settings menu.

Pinochle Table Settings Game Options Screenshot

8. Click on the Plus button or Avatar buttons to select players from your friends list you want to invite.

Pinochle Friends Select Screenshot

9. Check the recurrence check box if you want to schedule this game to repeat at the same time every week on the same day or daily.

Pinochle Recurring Game Screenshot

10. Press the Send button to send the invite.

Pinochle Upcoming Games Screenshot

11. Click on the scheduled game from the Game Schedule screen to check the status.

Pinochle Scheduled Game Details Screenshot

12. A few minutes before your game is scheduled to being be sure to log into the app. You can join the private table using the game code or just wait until the popup will tells you the game is about to being.

Pinochle Enter Game Code Screenshot
Pinochle Scheduled Game Starting Screenshot

13. Wait for other players to join. Click on blank Avatar buttons if you need to add a bot to fill an empty seat.

Pinochle Waiting Room Screenshot

Here’s a video of creating a scheduled game:

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