Set it up in five minutes. Play it in twenty.
Set up your event
- Create your event.Name, date, board and prizes. No account needed. You get a player link (it's in the QR code) and a private host link. Save the host link: it runs the game and shows your results.
- Pick or write your squares.Use the Classic board, or with a pass, another board or your own. Type a few squares and let AI suggest the questions, or describe your event and let AI draft a whole board. You read it through before it goes on any card.
- Match your brand.With a pass: your colors on every card, and up to two logos on the share card.
- Run a test.One phone, one minute (a free game counts every phone that joins). Press Start, then Stop, then New round. (End event closes the whole event.)
On the day
- Show the QR code on the big screen while people arrive or during the break. People scan and type their name. Your screen counts the phones that are ready.
- Explain in two minutes: what a square is, how to scan, what the prizes are, and where winners find you.
- Press Start. Every card opens at once and counts down to the same end. Need more time? Press +2 min.
- The first bingo gets confetti on their phone and keeps playing. When time is up, the winners' phones tell them, and your screen shows them by card number. Hand over the prizes.
- Ask everyone to share their card and answer the feedback questions. Your results page shows how many played, how many conversations happened and what people said. Then press End event.
Ideas: where it works
| Where | Why it helps | Try |
|---|---|---|
| Conference or meetup break | People stay with the colleagues they came with | Start it right after the last talk, 15 to 20 minutes |
| Team offsite | Teams know each other's work, not each other | Your own squares about the team's year (pass) |
| Onboarding day | New people meet ten colleagues instead of two | A board about the company, plus personal squares (pass) |
| Workshop or class | A room of strangers on day one | Go deeper mode (pass), 8 to 10 minutes |
| International teams | Second-language speakers don't want to go first | Multinational Mingle board (pass) |
| Expat and alumni groups | Common ground beyond "where are you from?" | Expats in Germany board (pass) |
| Holiday or summer party | Mixing departments that never meet | Classic, prizes worth a photo |
| Small groups | Eight people can't fill a line with one square each | Let the same person tick 2 or 3 squares |
Tips that make it work
- Have people type their name before you press Start.
- Ask them to read the "Try asking" question out loud. It helps shy people and second-language speakers.
- After the first answer, ask one follow-up question. People who ask follow-up questions are liked more.
- Name a real place where winners find you. Prizes worth a photo, handed over on the spot.
- Ask out loud for shares and feedback at the end. They only happen when the host asks.