How to play
One help page covers the whole Six Rings family: solo Trophy Case modes, ranked Duels, and FFA rooms.
Draft the most impactful lineup.
Five rounds, one pick each. Each board shows you real players from one NBA team, but their scores are hidden. Just pick the one you think helped his team win the most, five times, to build your lineup.
You'll see 20 players from one team — names and faces, no stats. Trust your gut, pick the one you think made the biggest difference, and we'll reveal his real impact. Five rounds, five players, one lineup.
- Redeal: Don't like these 20? Get a fresh batch from the same team.
- Position: Narrow the board to 10-15 players at one position you pick.
- Double Dip: Grab two players from the same round.
- Reveal: Peek at a player's offense, defense, and total before you lock in.
- Swap teams: Want a different team? Jump to a random new one.
- Spyglass: Reveal one player's impact right on his card — three per game.
- Flashbang: Randomize every player's season on the board — same players, new years. Once per game.
Your five picks set the base score, then bonuses stack on top: +3 for a full PG-SG-SF-PF-C lineup, up to +2 for balanced offense and defense, and a +4 Lockdown bonus for a defense over +11. Guys who barely played or a lopsided roster drag it down.
It's how much better a team played with that player on the floor — basically the points he added (or cost them) every time he stepped on the court. Higher is better, and it's the number you're trying to guess on every pick.
Impact uses LAKER, created by Neil Paine. Boards require position, WAR, and LAKER RAPM above +0.
Draft head-to-head.
Duels are the multiplayer version of Six Rings: same blind board, alternating picks, mode-aware scoring, and a live opponent on the other side.
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Same board, alternating picks
Both players draft from one blind board. Pick order snakes so each side gets a fair run at the board.
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20 seconds per pick
When the clock is yours, lock a player before time expires. Missed turns can auto-pick, and repeated misses can forfeit.
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Ranked affects Duels Elo
Ranked 1v1 and Trio move the global Duels ladder. Friend challenges and custom games are friendly.
In LAKER duels, Flashbang rerolls every unpicked card to a different season for the same player. Picked cards stay locked.
Register in the lobby, check in before the timer expires, and play your series when the bracket calls you.
Race the room.
FFA is for multiplayer rooms where more than two players chase the same board. It is faster, messier, and intentionally separated from the 1v1 ladder.
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Everyone races the same room
FFA rooms put multiple players on the same blind board. There are no turns in race-style FFA: first tap wins the card.
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Draft five before the room ends
You are trying to finish your five-player lineup while other seats chase the same player pool.
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FFA has its own rating
Classic FFA uses the separate FFA ladder. Top finishers gain, lower finishers lose, and custom invite games stay casual.
Queue for a public FFA room from the Duels lobby or the Rooms page. FFA Madness uses larger event boards.
Create private invite rooms or open custom FFA lobbies for a group. Invite games can start with fewer players than public full-room queues.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about blind cards, scoring, rings, accounts, and multiplayer ratings across the SixRings family.
What is SixRings?
SixRings is databallr's family of 82-0-style NBA blind-draft games. You build lineups from real player seasons, discover their impact after you commit, and chase trophies, leaderboard spots, or live multiplayer wins.
Is SixRings an 82-0 game?
Yes. SixRings starts with the familiar 82-0 game idea—draft a five-player lineup from NBA history—but makes the player-season values blind and adds impact-based scoring, lifelines, lineup bonuses, trophies, and live multiplayer modes.
How do I play SixRings solo?
Choose one player from each blind board until you have drafted five. Player impact is hidden before the pick, and each mode gives you a limited set of lifelines to reshape the board or reveal information.
What does impact mean in SixRings?
Impact estimates how much a player helped his team on offense, defense, or overall. The exact stat depends on the mode—such as LAKER, RAPM, DARKO, or a mode-specific box-score measure—and the active game tells you which one it uses.
How is a solo lineup scored?
Your five revealed player values form the base score. Depending on the mode, lineup construction can add bonuses for a complete five-position lineup, offense-defense balance, defense, health, or reliability. Higher is better.
How do I earn six rings?
Your finished solo lineup is compared with other eligible results in that mode. A 90th-percentile result earns all six rings, and lower percentile tiers earn fewer rings. Your best result fills that mode's trophy in the Trophy Case.
What is the difference between Solo, Duels, Trio, and FFA?
Solo is a five-pick blind draft against the leaderboard. Duels are alternating-pick 1v1 games. Trio is a three-player match on the Rooms engine. FFA is a larger, no-turn race in which the first player to tap a card claims it.
How do SixRings ratings work?
Ranked 1v1 Duels and Trio move the global Duels Elo rating. Classic FFA has a separate FFA rating, and Impact Monster has its own rating. Friend challenges and custom games are casual unless the game explicitly says they are ranked.
Do I need an account to play?
No. You can start playing as a guest. Signing in lets you keep your Trophy Case, public handle, ratings, and progression across browsers and devices. Guest progress can be tied to the current browser session.
Are the player cards really blind?
Yes in normal gameplay: the impact number stays hidden until you pick the card or use an allowed reveal tool. The visible team, season, position, name, and portrait are the clues you draft from.
Is SixRings free and mobile-friendly?
Yes. SixRings is free to play in a web browser, and its solo and multiplayer games are designed for both phones and desktop screens.