The Bingo Format tab under the green Settings tab contains all the various settings for customizing the bingo game's scoring, patterns, format, rules, and rankings.

This section specifies how the bingo game will be scored.

Bingo games are always played in Points Mode. In this mode, players earn points for marking called squares on their bingo cards and for earning bingos. Players are ranked in real-time on the Rankings Leaderboard based on the points they earn. The player with the most points at the end wins.

These options configure how participants earn points in a bingo game.

The Decreasing Points Per Bingo setting decreases the amount of points earned for each bingo as players earn bingos. This is useful to award players with more points who earn bingos first. It also helps reduce the likelihood of tie-scores on the Rankings Leaderboard at the end of the bingo game as each bingo is worth a lesser amount of points.

When this setting is enabled, the amount of points each earned bingo is worth decreases starting with the amount set in the Points Per Bingo setting. Disabling this setting will award the same amount of points for every bingo earned by players.

When this setting is enabled, players earn points for every square they mark on their cards. The points are defined by the Points Per Square setting as discussed below. If you disable this setting, players will not earn any points for each bingo square they mark.

Editing these settings lets you set point values that your participants will be awarded for each Bingo they obtain and/or each square they mark on their card.

To edit the Points Per Bingo or Points Per Square values, click the green Edit (Pencil) button. Type the points in the box, or use the up and down arrows on your keyboard. Click the green Save (Checkmark) button afterward to save changes. The blue Cancel (X) will cancel the changes.

The Bingo Patterns section configures which bingo patterns are allowed to be used to earn bingos in the bingo game. Each bingo pattern specifies a different way to earn a bingo. As squares are called in the bingo game, when a player marks any of the patterns added to your bingo game, they will earn a bingo.

By default the Rows, Columns, and Diagonals patterns are added to all bingo games. Click on a bingo pattern to add or remove it. You can add as many or as few as desired.

The Add Free Square setting allows the "Free" square to be added or removed on all player bingo cards. The "Free" square is a square in the center of the bingo card that is used to complete any added bingo patterns. The "Free" square is enabled by default on all new bingo games.

The Display Bingo Patterns Message adds a footer to all player bingo cards that displays which bingo patterns are added to the bingo game. This is helpful for players to know which bingo patterns can be earned. The message automatically updates when the bingo patterns are changed. If disabled, no footer will be displayed on player bingo cards.

The Bingo Game Format section configures the called bingo squares displayed on the Presentation View and Participant View allowing different playable bingo game formats.

The Standard Bingo format is the default setting when creating a new bingo game. When the Standard Bingo setting is enabled, each called bingo square will display its text or image on the Presentation View and Participant View. If the called square does not have an image attached, then its text is displayed.

This format is useful for playing standard bingo games where players must simply recognize the called square on their bingo card and mark it.

When the Quiz Mode Bingo setting is enabled, each called bingo square will display its hint on the Presentation View and Participant View, while the text or images on the square will appear on the player's bingo card. In this mode, each bingo square should have hint text added.

This format is useful for playing quiz-style bingo games where each called square only shows its added hint and players must guess which square on their bingo card is identified by the hint.

When enabling Quiz Mode Bingo, the Highlight Called Squares setting is automatically disabled as this would reveal the square on player bingo cards that is identified by the called square's hint. This setting can be enabled again if desired.

When the Music Bingo setting is enabled, each called bingo square will not display any text or hint on the Presentation View and Participant View. Only a blank notification is shown to indicate that a new square was called.

This format is useful for "music bingo" games where for each called square the host plays music, audio, or gives verbal hints and players must recognize and mark the correct bingo squares on their bingo cards. When a host calls a square, the called square notification simply displays a white ball with a question mark on both the Presentation View and Participant View.

When enabling Music Bingo, the Highlight Called Squares setting is automatically disabled as this would reveal the square on player bingo cards that is identified by the called square. This setting can be enabled again if desired.

The Hide Column Letters setting configures if a bingo square's notification on the Presentation View and Participant View should include the bingo square's column.

If playing a standard bingo game with numbered squares, disabling this setting will include the called square's column in the notification (e.g. B19, N32, etc.)

However, if your bingo game's squares feature descriptive or topic-based text, then enabling this setting will omit the called square's column in the notification (e.g. Mickey Mouse, Cincinnati Reds, etc.) Crowdpurr's Bingo Library games mostly feature text-based squares so this setting is enabled by default is most library games.

The Highlight Called Squares setting configures if each called square should highlight on player bingo cards on the Participant View. If enabled, all called squares on player bingo cards will highlight with a red border and wiggle to indicate to the player that the square can be marked. If disabled, the player is not given any indication that the called square is on their bingo card.

This setting is useful if you want to help players know which squares they can mark as they are called.

The Allow Unlimited Square Marking setting determines whether players are allowed to check every square on their card, even if the square is incorrect. By disabling the new Allow Unlimited Square Marking setting such as for a Quiz Bingo game, players will receive an incorrect square marked message and be prevented from checking further squares.

The Auto-Finish Bingo Game setting allows the bingo game to automatically finish when a certain number of bingos are earned by players. A typical scenario is having a bingo game automatically end after the first bingo is earned. The number of bingos to allow is customizable.

If Don't Automatically Finish is enabled, then the bingo game will continue to allow squares to be called, either manually or automatically if Fully Automatic Mode is enabled, until all the squares have been called. This allows players to continue to earn bingos on all the added Bingo Patterns.

If After X Bingo(s) Earned is enabled, then the bingo game will automatically finish after X amount of bingos are earned by players.

Use this setting to specify which bingo and trivia games you want to include in your Multi-Game Rankings.

To link any your other bingo or trivia games, simply click the checkbox next to its name on this list. A checkmark will appear in the box and the label on the right will change from red to green with a new label that indicates Included.

Upon adding one or more bingo or trivia games to your Multi-Game Rankings, a new button will enable under the Viewer Controls section of the Experience Dashboard called Show Multi-Game Rankings (M).

To display the Multi-Game Rankings Leaderboard, click the Show Multi-Game Rankings (M) button. You can also set this view to display automatically for a Fully Automatic Mode bingo experience by enabling the appropriate Automatic Viewer Setting under the Bingo Game Playback & Timing section.