Welcome to Jumbalaya!
Please send mail if you have suggestions, questions, or bug reports.
There is a Jumbalaya
Yahoo group
that serves as a discussion area. Anyone is welcome to join.
Play Jumbalaya
In order to play in a multiplayer game, you'll need to get a handle and
then get your account activated.
To get a handle, follow the instructions on the
registration form, which also has instructions
about how to get your handle activated (you get a current player to vouch
for you).
If you'd like to try the multiplayer game out before deciding if you
want to register a handle,
you can play in a demo game. A new demo
game starts every fifteen minutes with a few slots open for people
trying out the game.
If you already have a handle, you can change your personal info with the
update form.
Multiplayer game
- Join a game
(there's a game taking signups now)
You can join a game that's still taking signups. The game setup is shown -
board size, minimum word length, players, etc.
- Start a multiplayer game
Single player game
The computer is good. Really good. Fortunately you can handicap it, and even
take unlimited time if you want. To qualify for the
high scores page, you'll need to have a
handle (see above), which also
enables you to play in multiplayer games. You can always play
anonymously.
- Play using your handle
Play anonymously
Differences after the move to a new hosting provider:
- Login form. The new place doesn't support mod_authmysql, so I had to create a
login page. It uses a cookie to store an authentication token, so if you can't
log in, make sure cookie support is turned on in your browser. It should be unless
you've turned it off.
- No more vocabulary tracking. You won't see a red number for a word that you've
found for the first time. The data table was just too big to support in a shared
hosted environment (10M rows). The feature might return someday.
- Time is East Coast time.