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Ideas, updates, and practical notes for running better group games at events.
Ten Christmas party games for work that a whole team can play together, from warm-ups to the main event. Pick one for the warm-up and one for the main event.
JessicaOct 12, 20265 min read
A practical guide to running a group quiz for a team, office, or event – how many rounds, mixing question types, scoring that stays close, and keeping everyone engaged.
JessicaOct 1, 20266 min read
50 Halloween trivia questions with answers, sorted by group size – from a small team to a big party. Plus how to run them as a live game everyone plays at once.
JessicaSep 21, 20265 min read
12 browser multiplayer games built for events, not just friend nights. No downloads, no installs – attendees join by scanning a QR code and everyone plays at once on their phones.
JessicaSep 1, 20265 min read
Networking games for conferences that don’t need printed bingo cards or a facilitator running the room. Attendees join on their phones, the software handles the matching – no app download.
JessicaAug 25, 20265 min read
50 Christmas trivia questions with answers, sorted by group size – from a small team to a big office party. Plus how to run them as a live game everyone plays at once.
JessicaAug 19, 20266 min read
A multiplayer flag quiz a whole room plays at once. Players join by scanning a QR code and race on a live leaderboard, online or in the same room.
JessicaAug 13, 20264 min read
The word chain game breaks down past about eight players. Four variations that keep a whole room playing at once, and which one to use at each group size.
JessicaAug 13, 20265 min read
Three wireless ways to get a Kahoot quiz onto a TV: screen mirroring, Chromecast, and the smart TV browser. What works on Mac, Windows and Chrome.
JessicaAug 13, 20266 min read
Most team building game lists have the same problem: they hand you 30 activities with no sense of when you’d actually use any of them. A game that’s perfect for a relaxed offsite falls flat at a formal all-hands. Something that works on a conference main stage would feel like overkill at a team lunch. […]
JessicaAug 13, 20267 min read
Seven icebreaker games a group plays in a browser, no app and no accounts. Each one is a real game with a winner, not a list of questions to read out.
JessicaAug 13, 20267 min read
Most event platforms specialise. Kahoot does quizzes. Mentimeter does polls. Jackbox does party games. If you want variety in a single session, you’re usually juggling multiple tools, asking your group to re-join each time, or picking one format and hoping people don’t get bored halfway through. Kristofer Kallas didn’t have that problem. In a single […]
JessicaAug 7, 20266 min read
You’re in a conference room, a hotel meeting space, or someone’s living room. There’s a big smart TV on the wall. There’s no laptop. Someone says “can we play something on the TV?” Most people’s first instinct is to look for an HDMI cable and a laptop to plug in. Or to download a smart […]
JessicaAug 7, 20264 min read
Mentimeter does one thing really well: it lets a presenter collect live input from an audience. Polls, word clouds, rating scales, Q&A. If your goal is “ask the room a question and see the answers on screen,” Menti is a solid choice. But here’s what happens in practice. You run a word cloud. People type […]
JessicaAug 7, 20265 min read
So someone just asked you to “do something fun with the team” and you have basically no time to prepare. Maybe the meeting ended early. Maybe the afternoon speaker cancelled. Maybe your boss sent a message at 4pm saying “let’s do something together tomorrow morning.” Whatever the reason – you need something that works right […]
JessicaAug 7, 20263 min read
