Little Golem Documentation

This site documents Little Golem games, tournaments, ratings and account rules.

Overview

LittleGolem.net was founded in 2000. It is a turn-based site for abstract board games such as chess, shogi, go, draughts, hex and many modern connection, word and strategy games.

Games are usually played as day games. Each player starts with a 10-day time bank and receives 36 hours after each move, up to the time-bank limit.

Most games are played in tournaments. Players can also use the waiting room for rated casual games.

Where to start

• Games explains the rules and variants available on Little Golem.
• Tournaments describes championships, Mini Cups, ladders, user tournaments and the waiting room.
• Time explains the time bank and vacation rules.
• Ratings explains Elo ratings and permanent ranks.
• Bots explains where bots are allowed.
• Help answers common questions about accounts and play.
• Applications links to the web, Android and iOS clients.