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Drafty Dojo Membership

2023 August 16

Get a leg up on draft day without cheating! Unlock helpful in-draft content and bonus draft preparation tools.

Draft Room Commissioner Controls

2023 August 9

Teams take turns choosing a player to add to their roster and each round the draft order reverses.

Upload A Custom Player List

2023 July 21

Instructions and guidlines for uploading your own player list to use in your upcoming draft.

Rookie Auction Draft Ideas For Dynasty Leagues

2023 July 21

Musings about how dynasty league commissioners might fairly employ an auction format for rookie drafts.

Mayhem Draft Overview

2023 July 21

Enable an arsenal for each team to use during the draft to annoy, distract, and sabotage other participants.

Hybrid Draft Overview

2023 July 21

Configure options for a 2nd phase and switch formats mid-draft.

Draft Room Branding

2023 July 21

Upload a logo and background images to make your draft room match your podcast, company, or personal style.

Round Robin Draft Overview

2023 July 20

Teams take turns choosing a player to add to their roster and each round the draft order repeats.

Classic Straight & Snake Draft Overview

2023 July 20

Teams take turns choosing a player to add to their roster and each round the draft order reverses.

Poker Auction Draft Overview

2023 July 20

Teams take turns bidding on the active player, choosing to raise the current bid or fold.

Silent Auction Draft Overview

2023 July 20

Teams enter a private bid (aka "blind bid") for each player and when time expires, the highest submitted bid wins.

Live Auction Draft Overview

2023 July 20

Teams freely compete to claim the highest bid before the timer expires.

5 Draft Formats

2023 July 20

Get an explanation of each draft format, each more awesome than the last.

Traditional & Snake Nomination Formats

2023 July 19

These formats are the traditional turn-based methods whereby teams take turns nominating between auctions.

Winner Picks Next Nomination Format

2023 July 19

This format gives the winner of each auction the privilege of nominating the next player.

Czar Nomination Format

2023 July 19

In this format, commish is the only one able to nominate players.

Freeze Tag Nomination Format

2023 July 19

This format lets teams freely nominate players one-at-a-time and puts them on cooldown until their nominee has been drafted.

5 Nomination Formats

2023 July 19

Get an explanation of each nomination format and how each affects the flow of a fantasy auction draft.

Draft Room Manual

2023 July 18

Drafty draft room mechanics are bit different from the fantasy league provider draft rooms. Find out how.

You Deserve Better Defensive Scoring (2023 Updated)

2023 July 17

The best D/ST scoring settings you can implement in your fantasy football league

Draft Room Help Panel

2023 June 7

Drafty draft room mechanics are bit different from the fantasy league provider draft rooms. Find out how.

Mininum and Maximum Bid Mechanics

2023 January 31

Let's discuss what it means to have a minimum bid, a max bid, and what mechanics are at play.

Draft Room FAQs

2022 August 30

Get answers to all your questions about the Drafty auction draft room experience.

Draft Room Troubleshooting

2022 August 29

A summary of error messages and issues you may encounter in the draft room.

A Beginner's Guide To Auction Drafts

2021 July 12

A guide for fantasy football and fantasy baseball veterans who have never tried an auction draft, but want to learn how it works.

Not A Fantasy League Provider

2021 February 11

Drafty provides best-in-class draft rooms for your upcoming fantasy season but does not host any leagues. Play anywhere, but draft here.

Player Nominations Can Add 1.5 Hours To Auction Draft Length

2020 May 24

In a traditional auction draft format where team owners nominate a new player in between every auction, draft participants unknowingly add up to 2 hours to their draft duration.

Weekly Fantasy Baseball Point Leagues Can Be Better

2019 April 18

Some folks really enjoy the daily routine of updating their roster, but fantasy football offers a lot of improvements to how fantasy baseball is played to simplify without sacrificing the fun.

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