Private groups
Every pool is invitation-only and administered by its own Commissioners.
A quick introduction
What is DödPool?
A private game of chance, patience, and unusually specific celebrity knowledge—organized with clear rules and considerably fewer spreadsheet tabs.
First: what is a celebrity death pool?
A group creates a shared list of eligible celebrities. When a game begins, each participating Player receives one celebrity. The first qualifying death among those active assignments determines the winner.
The subject may be mortality, but the game is really about long odds, shared tradition, and the suspense of a season that refuses to follow a schedule.
Between games
Meet the Dead Period.
After a winner is declared, the pool enters the Dead Period—the time between games when keeper and winner-replacement decisions are completed. It ends when the next game actually starts.
Where DödPool fits
Your pool’s home field.
Shared celebrity pool
Players introduce eligible celebrities into the group inventory. That submission is not a personal pick.
Random assignments
At a new game’s start, eligible Players receive system-generated assignments, with confirmed keepers honored first.
Orderly results
Commissioners review death evidence and chronology before a result becomes final.
Players
Join private pools, meet eligibility requirements, submit celebrities, receive assignments, and follow the game.
Commissioners
Invite members and administer eligibility, celebrity approvals, payments, games, and verified results for their pool.
DödPool
Keeps the rules, records, and game activity together. It does not collect pool money.
Ready for the full play-by-play?
See what happens from invitation to the next game.