Nerts Now
Need a hand? Email hello@nertsnow.com and we'll get back to you. It helps to say which iPhone and iOS version you're using, and what happened.
Common questions
How do I play?
Tap How to Play on the main menu for a one-minute guide. In short: everyone plays at once, racing to empty their Nerts pile onto their work piles and into the middle. The first to empty it ends the round, and everyone scores a point for each of their cards in the middle and loses two for each card left in their Nerts pile.
Nearby players don't show up.
Everyone needs Wi-Fi turned on (it can stay on in Airplane Mode) and to be close together; you don't need to be on the same network. If your phone asked to find devices on your local network and you said no, turn it back on in Settings > Privacy & Security > Local Network > Nerts Now.
How do I play with friends far away?
Tap Play Online, choose how you'll play, then Invite Friends. Pick FaceTime to talk while you play (the best way), or a Messages group chat to play without a call. Your friends tap Join and sit down at your table. Everyone needs the app.
How do I play on FaceTime?
Already on a FaceTime call? Open Nerts Now and tap Play Online, then Start: everyone on the call is offered the game.
My friend's invitation doesn't open the game.
Make sure you have Nerts Now installed and up to date, then tap Join on the invitation in Messages or FaceTime again.
Does everyone in my family need to buy it?
No. Nerts Now works with Family Sharing: up to six people in your family can play with one purchase. Each person finds it in the App Store under their account's Purchased list and downloads it there. Friends outside your family need their own copy.
How do I put it on the TV?
Tap Show on TV on the main menu: it walks you through starting Screen Mirroring from Control Center to an Apple TV or AirPlay TV. The TV shows the whole table as a live broadcast while you keep playing on your phone. To hear the commentator, turn on Commentator's voice in Settings.
My stats didn't come over to my new phone.
Stats sync through iCloud. Check that you're signed in to the same Apple Account and that iCloud is on for Nerts Now, then give it a minute after opening the app.
We call it Peanuts (or Pounce, or Racing Demon).
So does the app, if you like: pick your name in Settings and the app and its icon follow.