diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/dropdown.tsx b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/dropdown.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26fb237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/dropdown.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import React, {forwardRef, ReactEventHandler} from "react";
+
+export interface DropdownProps extends ComponentProps {
+  options?: string[],
+  onSelect?: ReactEventHandler<HTMLSelectElement>,
+}
+
+const Dropdown: FRComponent<DropdownProps, HTMLSelectElement> = forwardRef((
+  {
+    className,
+    options,
+    onSelect
+  }, ref) => (
+  <select ref={ref} className={"border-2 border-gray-300 rounded-md py-1 px-2 bg-white " + className}
+          onSelect={onSelect}>
+    {
+      options?.map((option, index) => (
+        <option key={index}>{option}</option>
+      ))
+    }
+  </select>
+));
+
+export default Dropdown;
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/gameComponent.tsx b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/gameComponent.tsx
index f16935b..cb382ef 100644
--- a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/gameComponent.tsx
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/gameComponent.tsx
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import WebSocketService from "../websockets/WebSocketService";
 import {testMap} from "../game/map";
 import {TileType} from "../game/tileType";
 import Player, {State} from "../game/player";
+import {Colour} from "../game/colour";
 
 const wsService = new WebSocketService(import.meta.env.VITE_API);
 
 const ghosts = [
-  new Ghost({Colour: "purple"}),
-  new Ghost({Colour: "purple"})
+  new Ghost({Colour: Colour.Purple}),
+  new Ghost({Colour: Colour.Purple}),
 ];
 
 export const GameComponent: Component<{ player: Player }> = (
@@ -65,6 +66,14 @@ export const GameComponent: Component<{ player: Player }> = (
         // TODO find spawn points
         setCharacters([...pacMen, ...ghosts]);
         break;
+      case GameAction.ready:
+        const isReady = parsed.Data.AllReady as boolean;
+        if (isReady) {
+          setCurrentPlayer(parsed.Data.Starter as Player);
+        } else {
+          // TODO update player states
+        }
+        break;
     }
   }
 
@@ -124,8 +133,7 @@ export const GameComponent: Component<{ player: Player }> = (
   }
 
   return (
-    <div>
-      <h1 className={"w-fit mx-auto"}>Pac-Man The Board Game</h1>
+    <>
       <div className={"flex-center"}>
         {
           player.State === State.waitingForPlayers ?
@@ -136,6 +144,7 @@ export const GameComponent: Component<{ player: Player }> = (
       <AllDice values={dice} onclick={handleDiceClick} selectedDiceIndex={selectedDice?.index}/>
       {
         (characters?.filter(c => c.isPacMan()) as PacMan[] | undefined)?.map(c =>
+          /*TODO use PlayerStats instead*/
           <div key={c.Colour} className={"mx-auto w-fit m-2"}>
             <p className={currentPlayer === player ? "underline" : ""}>Player: {player.Colour}</p>
             <p>Pellets: {player.Box.count}</p>
@@ -148,6 +157,6 @@ export const GameComponent: Component<{ player: Player }> = (
                    selectedDice={selectedDice}
                    onMove={onCharacterMove} map={testMap}/>
       }
-    </div>
+    </>
   );
 };
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/input.tsx b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/input.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a375f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/components/input.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import React, {forwardRef} from "react";
+
+const Input: FRComponent<InputProps, HTMLInputElement> = forwardRef((
+  {
+    type = "text",
+    className,
+    id,
+    placeholder,
+    required = false,
+  }, ref) => (
+  <input type={type}
+         ref={ref}
+         id={id}
+         className={"border-2 border-gray-300 rounded-md p-1 " + className}
+         placeholder={placeholder}
+         required={required}/>
+));
+
+export default Input;
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/box.ts b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/box.ts
index f92eadf..c25c603 100644
--- a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/box.ts
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/box.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Pellet from "./pellet";
+import {Colour} from "./colour";
 
 export default class Box {
   public Pellets: Pellet[];
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/character.ts b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/character.ts
index 559e3f6..700f06d 100644
--- a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/character.ts
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/character.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {Direction} from "./direction";
+import {Colour} from "./colour";
 
 export enum CharacterType {
   pacMan,
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export class Dummy extends Character {
 
   public constructor(position: Path) { // TODO see-through
     super({
-      Colour: "grey",
+      Colour: Colour.Grey,
       Position: position,
       IsEatable: false,
       SpawnPosition: {At: {x: 0, y: 0}, Direction: Direction.up},
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/colour.ts b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/colour.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c38416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/colour.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export enum Colour {
+  White = "white",
+  Red = "red",
+  Blue = "blue",
+  Yellow = "yellow",
+  Green = "green",
+  Purple = "purple",
+  Grey = "grey",
+}
+
+export const getColours = (): Colour[] => Object.values(Colour);
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/player.ts b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/player.ts
index 2e57c91..c8d2a07 100644
--- a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/player.ts
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/player.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {Character, CharacterType} from "./character";
 import Box from "./box";
+import {Colour} from "./colour";
 
 export enum State {
   waitingForPlayers,
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/playerStats.tsx b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/playerStats.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fd1fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/game/playerStats.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import React from "react";
+import Player, {State} from "./player";
+
+export interface PlayerStatsProps extends ComponentProps {
+  player: Player,
+  isCurrentPlayer?: boolean,
+}
+
+const PlayerStats: Component<PlayerStatsProps> = (
+  {
+    player,
+    isCurrentPlayer = false,
+    className,
+    id
+  }) => (
+  <div key={player.Colour} className={`mx-auto w-fit m-2 ${className}`} id={id}>
+    <p className={isCurrentPlayer ? "underline" : ""}>Player: {player.Name}</p>
+    {player.State === State.inGame ?
+      <>
+        <p>Pellets: {player.Box.count}</p>
+        <p>PowerPellets: {player.Box.countPowerPellets}</p>
+      </> :
+      <p>{player.State === State.waitingForPlayers ? "Waiting" : "Ready"}</p>}
+
+  </div>
+);
+
+export default PlayerStats;
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/index.css b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/index.css
index 5d777a4..a1adf7a 100644
--- a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/index.css
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/index.css
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ h1 {
     @apply text-4xl;
 }
 
-button {
+br {
+    @apply my-2;
+}
+
+button, button[type=submit], input[type=button], input[type=submit] {
     @apply bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-600 text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded;
 }
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/pages/home.tsx b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/pages/home.tsx
index 3423480..c0903b5 100644
--- a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/pages/home.tsx
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/pages/home.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,44 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, {FormEvent, useRef, useState} from "react";
 import {GameComponent} from "../components/gameComponent";
 import Player from "../game/player";
+import Input from "../components/input";
+import Dropdown from "../components/dropdown";
+import {Colour, getColours} from "../game/colour";
 
-const Home: Component = () => (
-  <div>
-    <GameComponent player={new Player({
-      Name: "Martin",
-      Colour: "yellow",
-    })}/>
-  </div>
-);
+const Home: Component = () => {
+
+  const [player, setPlayer] = useState<Player>();
+  const input = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const dropdown = useRef<HTMLSelectElement>(null);
+
+  function formHandler(e: FormEvent): void {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    if (!input.current || !dropdown.current) return;
+    setPlayer(new Player({
+      Name: input.current.value,
+      Colour: dropdown.current.value as Colour,
+    }));
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <h1 className={"w-fit mx-auto"}>Pac-Man The Board Game</h1>
+      {
+        player ?
+          /*TODO move to own page*/
+          <GameComponent player={player}/>
+          :
+          <form className={"flex flex-col items-center"} onSubmit={formHandler}>
+            <p>Enter your name:</p>
+            <Input ref={input} required/>
+            <p>Choose a colour:</p>
+            <Dropdown ref={dropdown} options={getColours()}/>
+            <br/>
+            <button type={"submit"}>Find game</button>
+          </form>
+      }
+    </>
+  );
+};
 
 export default Home;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/types/props.d.ts b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/types/props.d.ts
index 6dfdbf6..c576fd0 100644
--- a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/types/props.d.ts
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/types/props.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 type Component<T = ComponentProps> = (props: T) => React.JSX.Element | null;
 
+type FRComponent<T = ComponentProps, HTML extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> = React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<React.PropsWithoutRef<T> & React.RefAttributes<HTML>>;
+
 interface ComponentProps {
   className?: string,
   style?: React.CSSProperties,
@@ -11,8 +13,14 @@ interface ChildProps extends ComponentProps {
   children?: React.JSX.Element,
 }
 
+interface InputProps extends ComponentProps {
+  type?: string,
+  placeholder?: string,
+  required?: boolean,
+}
+
 interface CharacterProps {
-  Colour: Colour,
+  Colour: import("../game/colour").Colour,
   Position?: Path | null,
   IsEatable?: boolean,
   SpawnPosition?: DirectionalPosition | null,
@@ -21,13 +29,13 @@ interface CharacterProps {
 
 interface BoxProps {
   pellets?: import("../game/pellet").default[],
-  readonly colour: Colour,
+  readonly colour: import("../game/colour").Colour,
 }
 
 interface PlayerProps {
   readonly Name: string,
   readonly PacMan?: CharacterProps,
-  readonly Colour: Colour,
+  readonly Colour: import("../game/colour").Colour,
   readonly Box?: BoxProps,
   State?: import("../game/player").State,
 }
diff --git a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/types/types.d.ts b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/types/types.d.ts
index b5d91fb..53258bb 100644
--- a/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/pac-man-board-game/ClientApp/src/types/types.d.ts
@@ -34,5 +34,3 @@ type Path = {
   End: Position,
   Direction: import("../game/direction").Direction
 }
-
-type Colour = "white" | "red" | "blue" | "yellow" | "green" | "purple" | "grey";