The rules
Who plays each round is decided by matches played: whoever has played the least goes on court first. If it's level, the players who have sat on the bench the most take priority. The courts are then filled for maximum variety — repeating a partner is what the format works hardest to avoid, repeated opponents come second, and the teams are balanced by play time.
The result: you change partners from round to round and meet as many different players as possible. Where Mexicano uses the results to build the next round, Americano only looks at play time and variety.
The score still counts all the way: every match is played to 24 points, and the points you take go straight onto the leaderboard, which ranks by points and then wins. Whoever collects the most points across the session wins the evening.
The score never affects who you play with or against.
Players with the fewest matches played take the court first.
Repeated partners are avoided first, repeated opponents second.
Matches are played to 24 points and you keep the points you take — most points wins the evening.
In the app
Running an Americano night by hand means remembering who has played with whom, whose turn it is off the bench and what the standings are. The app does all of it automatically.
The app shuffles the roster before you start — round 1 is a pure draw, then variety takes over.
Enter one side and the other fills in automatically. The leaderboard updates live.
Extra players rotate in on their own — nobody sits out for long, and nobody has to speak up.
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Would you rather have the score build the next round? Read about Mexicano →
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